"Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks."
-Dr. Seuss
Updated 12/9/16
Below are some of my favorite books. Enjoy, and remember to explore outside of your normal genre!
Realistic Fiction
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Money Hungry by Sharon G. Flake
Double Dutch by Sharon Draper
Historical Fiction
The Book Theif by Markus Zusak
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Fantasy
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Tale of Despereaux by Katie DiCamillo
39 Clues by various authors
Eragon series by Christopher Paolini
Ink Heart series by Cornelia Funke
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nihm by Robert C. O’Brie
Hunger Games, Mockingjay, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Maze Runner series by John Daschner
Mystery/Horror
Anything by Edgar Allen Poe
Goosebumps series by R.L Stein
Poems
Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman
Anything by Shel Silverstien
Adventure
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
Humor
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
Dear Dumb Diary series by Jim Benton
Al Capone Does my Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Anything by Roal Dahl
The Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket
Non-Fiction
World's Dumbest Criminals
Guinness Book of World Records (several)
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
Hole in my Life by Jack Gantos
Links
NPR's Top books of 2016 **NEW!
NPR's Top 100 Teen Novels
The 21 Best YA Novels of 2013
40 Banned Books to Read at Your Own Risk
Best 100 Books Ever Written
Top 100 Young Adult Books
Middle School Book Lists