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AUTHOR BOOK TITLE GRADE GENRE
Aaseng, Nathan Navajo Code Talkers 6-9 nonfiction
Alvarez, Julia How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents 10-12 contemporary fiction
Anderson, Laurie Speak 10-12 contemporary fiction
Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 10-12 nonfiction
Appelt, Kathi Kissing Tennessee and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance 6-12 short stories
Atkin, S. Beth Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories 6-12 nonfiction
Avi,  Fighting Ground, The 6-9 historical fiction
Avi,  Nothing But the Truth: a Documentary Novel 6-12 contemporary fiction
Bambara, Toni Cade Gorilla My Love 10-12 short stories
Bauer, Joan Hope Was Here 6-12 contemporary fiction
Bertrand, Diane Gonzales Trino's Choice 6-9 contemporary fiction
Block, Francesca I Was a Teenage Fairy 10-12 contemporary fiction
Boas, Jacob We are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust 6-12 nonfiction
Brashares, Ann Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 6-12 contemporary fiction
Bruchac, Joseph Hidden Roots 6-9 contemporary fiction
Canfield, et al Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love, and Learning 6-12 nonfiction
Card, Orson Scott Ender's Game 6-12 sci-fi
Chbosky, Stephen Perks of Being a Wallflower 10-12 contemporary fiction
Cisneros, Sandra House on Mango Street 6-12 contemporary fiction
Cisneros, Sandra Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories 10-12 short stories
Cooper, Susan King of Shadows 6-9 fantasy/science fiction
Creech, Sharon Walk Two Moons 6-12 contemporary fiction
Crew, Linda Children of the River 6-12 contemporary fiction
Crutcher, Chris Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes 10-12 contemporary fiction
Crutcher, Chris Stotan! 10-12 contemporary fiction
Curtis, Christopher Paul Bud, Not Buddy 6-9 historical fiction
Curtis, Christopher Paul Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 6-9 contemporary fiction
Cushman, Karen Catherine, Called Birdy 6-9 historical fiction
Danticat, Edwidge Breath, Eyes, Memory 10-12 contemporary fiction
Duffy, Carol I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine: Poems for Young Feminists 6-12 poetry
Ehrlich, Amy When I Was Your Age: Original Stories about Growing Up, Vol. 2 6-9 short stories
Farmer, Nancy The House of the Scorpion 6-12 sci-fi
Fleischman, Paul Seedfolks 6-9 contemporary fiction
Flinn, Alex Breathing Underwater 10-12 contemporary fiction
Friedman, Carl Nightfather 6-12 historical fiction
Frosch, Mary Coming of Age in America: a Multicultural Anthology 10-12 short stories
George, Jean Julie of the Wolves 6-9 contemporary fiction
Gillian, Maria and Jennifer Unsettling America: an Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry 10-12 poetry
Gordon, Ruth Pierced by a Ray of Sun: Poems about the Times We Feel Alone 6-12 poetry
Haddix, Magaret Peterson Among the Hidden 6-12 sci-fi
Haynes, David and Landsmen, Julie Welcome to Your Life: Writings for the Heart of Young America 6-12 short stories
Hesse, Karen Out of the Dust 6-12 historical fiction
Hesse, Karen Witness 6-12 historical fiction
Hewett, Lorri Dancer: Everybody Has a Dream 6-12 contemporary fiction
Hinton, S.E. Outsiders, The 6-9 contemporary fiction
Hong, Maria Growing Up Asian American 6-12 short stories
Houston, James Farewell to Manzanar: a True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment 10-12 nonfiction
Hughes, Langston Not Without Laughter 10-12 historical fiction
Hunt, Irene Across Five Aprils 6-9 historical fiction
Janeczko, Paul and Nye, Naomi Shihab I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You: A Book of Her Poems and His Poems Collected in Pairs 6-12 poetry
Kendall, Martha E. Failure is Impossible: The History of American Women's Rights 6-12 nonfiction
King, Laurie Hear My Voice: A Multicultural Anthology of Literature from the United States 10-12 short stories
Levine, Ellen Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews 6-12 nonfiction
Levitin, Sonia Return, The 6-9 historical fiction
Lipsyte, Robert Contender, The 6-12 contemporary fiction
Logue, Mary Dancing with an Alien 6-12 sci-fi
Lowry, Lois Gathering Blue 6-12 fantasy/science fiction
Lowry, Lois Giver, The 6-12 fantasy/science fiction
Lowry, Lois Number the Stars 6-9 historical fiction
Martinez, Victor Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida 10-12 contemporary fiction
Masson, Jeffrey Dogs Have the Strangest Friends and Other True Stories of Animal Feelings 6-9 nonfiction
Mazer, Anne America Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories 6-12 short stories
Mazer, Norma Fox When She Was Good 10-12 contemporary fiction
McGraw, Jay Life Strategies for Teens 6-12 nonfiction
McKinley, Robin Hero and the Crown 6-12 fantasy/science fiction
Moore, Lorrie I Know Some Things: Stories About Childhood by Contemporary Writers 10-12 short stories
Morrison, Toni Bluest Eye, The 10-12 historical fiction
Myers, Walter Dean At Her Majesty's Request: an African Princess in Victorian England 6-12 nonfiction
Myers, Walter Dean Monster 10-12 contemporary fiction
Myers, Walter Dean Slam 6-12 contemporary fiction
Myers, Walter Dean Somewhere in the Darkness 6-12 contemporary fiction
Nye, Naomi Shihab Habibi 6-12 contemporary fiction
O'Brien, Tim Things They Carried 10-12 contemporary fiction
Paterson, Katherine Lyddie 6-9 historical fiction
Paulsen, Gary Hatchet 6-9 contemporary fiction
Peck, Richard Year Down Yonder 6-9 historical fiction
Philbrick, Rodman Last Book in the Universe 6-12 sci-fi
Pipher, Mary Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls 10-12 nonfiction
Red Shirt, Delphine Bead on an Anthill: A Lakota Childhood 10-12 nonfiction
Reilly Giff, Patricia Lily's Crossing 6-9 historical fiction
Richter, Hans Peter Friedrich 6-9 historical fiction
Rinaldi, Ann My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl 6-9 historical fiction
Rinaldi, Ann Stitch in Time 6-12 historical fiction
Rosenberg, Liz Invisible Ladder: an Anthology of Contemporary American Poems for Young Readers 10-12 poetry
Ryan, Pam Munoz Esperanza Rising 6-9 historical fiction
Sachar, Louis Holes 6-9 contemporary fiction
Sandler, Martin Island of Hope: the Story of Ellis Island and the Journey to America 6-9 nonfiction
Sedaris, David Naked 10-12 nonfiction
Sender, Ruth Minsky Cage, The 6-12 nonfiction
Sinclair, April Coffee Will Make You Black 10-12 contemporary fiction
Sones, Sonya What My Mother Doesn't Know 6-9 poetry
Soto, Gary Neighborhood Odes 6-12 poetry
Soto, Gary Summer Life, A 6-12 nonfiction
Spielgelman, Art Maus II: a Survivor's Tale : and Here My Troubles Began 6-12 fantasy/science fiction
Spinelli, Jerry Stargirl 6-12 contemporary fiction
Staples, Suzanne Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind 6-12 contemporary fiction
Stavans, Ilan Wáchale!: Poetry and Prose about Growing up Latino in America 6-9 poetry
Strasser, Todd Wave, The 6-12 nonfiction
Sullivan, George Hellen Keller (In Their Own Words) 6-9 nonfiction
Taylor, Mildred Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 6-9 historical fiction
Ten Boom, Corrie Hiding Place 6-12 nonfiction
Thomas, Rob Rats Saw God 10-12 contemporary fiction
Thomas, Rob Slave Day 10-12 contemporary fiction
Tolkien, J.R.R. Hobbit 6-12 fantasy/science fiction
Voigt, Cynthia Dicey's Song 6-9 contemporary fiction
Vonnegut, Kurt Mother Night 10-12 historical fiction
Weiss, M. and Helen Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth 6-12 short stories
Wiesel, Elie Night 10-12 nonfiction
Wiesenthal, Simon Sunflower: On the Possibilities of Limits and Forgiveness 6-12 nonfiction
Wolff, Virginia E. Make Lemonade 6-12 contemporary fiction
Woodson, Jacqueline Dear One, The 10-12 contemporary fiction
Woodson, Jacqueline Hush 6-9 contemporary fiction
Yen, Adeline Mah Chinese Cinderella: the True Story of an Unwanted Daughter 6-12 nonfiction
Yep, Laurence American Dragons 10-12 short stories
Yep, Laurence Lost Garden 6-12 nonfiction
Yolen, Jane Devil's Arithmetic 6-9 historical fiction
Zindel, Paul Pigman 10-12 contemporary fiction
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