A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

As this beautifully written story unfolds over three decades of Afghan's warfare, two unlikely women, each with two horrific and heartbreaking past tragedies create an unlikely-unbreakable bond.
Realistic Fiction

Tiffany Tan
Grade 11

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

Landon finds himself in love with Jaime Sullivan after she says not to.  He never thought he would fall in love with a girl like her.  After finding out the reason why she didn't want him to fall in love, does Landon change is feelings toward her?  Romance

Gabriella Torres
Grade 12

Detour for Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds

Emmy is a young teenage girl just entering high school expecting to have a great year.  When she thought things couldn't get any better, they did and she meets, Art, the love of her life.  They are inseparable, happily in love, when suddenly Emmy gets pregnant.  She finds herself disappointed, scared, and most of all, alone.  Will Art stick by her side or flee like a coward?  Realistic Fiction
Brenda Flores
Grade 11

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

This book is about a girl named Suzie who gets murdered and her her parents who are trying to find her killer.  Her parents talk to the person who murdered their daughter.  The killer lives in the neighborhood-the killer is very close.

Yanira Ramirez
Grade 12

Liar by Justine Larbalestier

Who will believe a girl who cries wolf?  When Micah's boyfriend Zach goes missing everyone suspects her.  They know she is a liar.  Micah's web of lies will leave you wondering what is true and what is just another lie.  Psychological thriller or tale of horror; you decide.

Valeria Jimenez
Grade 12

Detour For Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds

Emmy is a young teenage girl just entering high school expecting to have a great year.  When she thought things couldn't get any better, they did and she meets Art, the love of her life.  They are inseperable and happily in love when suddenly Emmy gets pregnant. She finds herself disappointed, scared, and most of all alone.  Will Art stick by her side or flee like a coward? Realisitic Fiction

Brenda Flores
Grade 12

Dune by Frank Herbert

Hundreds of years in the future, humans have colonized faraway planets.  Paul Atreides, the young heir of a poweful duke, must learn to survive on the harsh desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune.  He must deal with the mysterious dangers of the planet as he tries to rise to power amond the Fremen, the strong and hostile natives of Dune. Science Fiction  

                                                              

Black-eyed Susie by Susan Shaw

Without reason, Suzie sits at her spot quietly; not speaking, eating, or even sleeping.  Suzie's always covered by the box of imagination and never tells anyone about the abuse.  What is she going to do if her sister is in danger?    Realistic Fiction
Rodjana Sathirathiwat
Grade 12

Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez

This terrifying story of horror and adventure is worth reading. This story will keep you in suspense with its crazy twists and make you want to finish the book.  If you like reading about a werewolf and a vampire teaming up to save the world, fighting off zombies, stopping a cult and destroying an evil demonic entity then this is the book for you.  Fantasy
Ricard Nea
Grade 12

Vibes by Amy Kathellen Ryan

Ever since her father left Kristi Carmichael has had the ability to read people's minds!  She always believed only in what she could she and not what people said.  Can Kristi really read people's minds or is it just her thoughts about herself?  After her father comes back, Kristi discovers what people really think about her.
Suong Nguyen
Grade 12

Banned Books!

Banned Books!

Tell by Norah McClintock

Is David guilty of murdering his step-father?  The police seem to think so. Was David's younger brother's death an accident? Who is David's real father and is he really dead or still alive?  Mysteries abound in this short, gripping novel.  Mystery    Mrs. Mastros

Gossamer by Lois Lowry

While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.  Fantasy                                      

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The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman

Gecko, Arjay, and Terence, all in trouble with the law, must find a way to keep their halfway house open in order to stay out of juvenile detention. Realistic Fiction

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The Help by Kathryn Stockett

In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
Historical Fiction
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Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

Beautiful sisters, Pear and May Chin, escape the horrors of war-torn Shanghai to find new lives in 1930s Los Angeles where they hope to find love and happiness.
Historical Fiction

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Historical Fiction
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Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
Supernatural Fiction
Perma-Bound

Liar by Justine Larbalestier

Compulsive liar Micah promises to tell the truth after revealing that her boyfriend has been murdered.
Perma-Bound
Werewolves or murder? You decide.

Tenderness by Robert Cormier

A runaway looking for love finds trouble and romance in Eric Poole, who has been released from custody despite his responsibility for the murders of numerous girls.
Psychopaths
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The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson

In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
Science Fiction Follett Library Resources

Why I Fight by J. Adams Oaks

 

After his house burns down, twelve-year-old Wyatt Reaves takes off with his uncle, and the two of them drive from town to town for six years, earning money mostly by fighting, until Wyatt finally confronts his parents one last time.
Realistic Fiction

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