Summer+Reading



__Summer Reading! __

2009 Best Books for Young Adults Compiled by the American Library Association

· // __It's Complicated: The American Teenager__, by Robin Bowman  // · //__Waiting for Normal__ ////, by Leslie // **Conner ** · __ Mexican WhiteBoy __, by Matt de la Pena. · //__Bog Child __////, by Siobhan // ** Dowd ** · __ The Hunger Games __, by Suzanne Collins · //__Ten Cents a Dance __////, by Christine //**<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Fletcher ** <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Baby __, by Joseph Monninger <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· //__<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Nation __////<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, by Terry //**<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Pratchett ** <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Skim __, by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki //<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; msobidifontstyle: italic;">· ////__<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The Brothers Torres __////<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, by Coert //**<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Voorhees ** <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontweight: bold;">· __ The Savage __, by David Almond <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontweight: bold;">· **__<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Boy Who Dared __****<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, by ** Susan Campbell ** Bartoletti ** <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontweight: bold;">· __ Jellicoe Road __, by Melina Marchetta <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontweight: bold;">· __ How to Build a House __, by Dana Reinhardt <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontweight: bold;">· __ Me, the Missing, and the Dead __, by Jenny Valentine <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ War Is...Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk About War __, by Aronson, Marc ** and Campbell, Patty. **
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontweight: bold;">· ****__<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Host __****<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, by Stephenie Meyer **
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontweight: bold;">· **__ The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West __, by Sid  **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Fleischman **

<span style="font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> //**<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #000066; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Some Other Suggestions: **// <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ 1984 __, by George Orwell <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Alaska ____ 's First Homegrown Millionaire __, by Elizabeth Towers <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ All things Bright and Beautiful __, by James Herriott, <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ An Abundance of Katherines __, by John Green <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Code Talker __, by Joseph Bruchac <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Eyes of the Dragon __, by Stephen King <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Last of the Breed __, by Louis L'Amour <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Peak __, by Roland Smith <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie __, by David Lubar <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Wicked Lovely __, by Melissa Marr <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Tamar __, by Mel Peet <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ The Places In Between __, by Roy Stewart <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Eagle Blue __, by Michael D'Orso <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Summer of the Dragon __, by Elizabety Peters <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ The Book Thief __, by Markus Zusak <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msospacerun: yes;"> __ <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Kite Runner __, by Khaled Hosseini <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ A Ten Thousand Splendid Suns __, by Khaled Hosseini <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ My Sister’s Keeper __, by Jodi Picoult <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;">__Three Cups of Tea__, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msospacerun: yes;"> __ <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Winter Girls __, by Laurie Halse Anderson <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Shadow of the Wind __, by Carlos Ruíz Zafón <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Timeline __, by Michael Crichton <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ The Silver Kiss __, by Annette Curtis Klause <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Nineteen Minutes: a novel __, Jodi Picoult <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Where the Heart Is __, by Billie Letts <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Angels & Demons __, Dan Brown <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ The Absolutely True Story of a Part Time Indian __, Sherman Alexie <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows __, JK Rowling <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time __, Mark Haddon <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ The Giver / Gathering Blue __, Lois Lowery <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Syrup __, Maxx Barry <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Unseen Companion __, Denise Gosliner <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ The Uglies __, Scott Westerfeld <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ October Sky __, Homer Hickam <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Castaways of the Flying Dutchman __, Brian Jacques <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Hunt for Justice __, Lucinda Schroder <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ I am the Messenger __, Markus Zusak <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince __, J.K. Rowling <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ The Lovely Bones __, Alice Sebold <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Dealing with Dragons __, Patricia Wrede <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Little Women __, Louis May Alcott <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ The House of Scorpion __, Nancy Farmer <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ Speak __, Lori Halse Anderson <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __ True Believer __, Virginia Euer Wolff

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