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=Welcome to Teaching Literature to Adolescents!=

Our class will use this wiki as a meeting space and area to keep projects for later use in the real world. For now, here is a list of all the possible book selections for each area:

=SUPERIMPORTANT NOTE: You don't have to have all these books read by the start of class - however, please have at least Harry Potter and The Book Thief read. :) It won't hurt to get a start on the other books, either, but I know lives are busy!=

Adventure (includes series) - select either one from this list OR one from the mystery list!**
 * [|The kindling] by [|Jennifer Armstrong] (2002) Book 1
 * [|The keepers of the flames] by [|Jennifer Armstrong] (2002) Book 2
 * [|The kiln] by [|Jennifer Armstrong] (2003) Book 3
 * [|Tom Clancy's Net force] by [|Tom Clancy] (1999) Book 1
 * [|Tom Clancy's Net Force. Hidden agendas] by [|Tom Clancy] (1999) Book 2
 * [|Tom Clancy's Net Force. Night moves] by [|Tom Clancy] (2000) Book 3
 * [|Artemis Fowl] by [|Eoin Colfer] (2001)
 * [|The Arctic incident] by [|Eoin Colfer] (2002) Sequel to Artemis Fowl
 * [|Artemis Fowl : the eternity code] by [|Eoin Colfer] (2003) Sequel to The Arctic Incident
 * [|Lionboy] by [|Zizou Corder] (2004) Book 1 Lionboy
 * [|The chase] by [|Zizou Corder] (2004) Book 2 Lionboy
 * [|The truth] by [|Zizou Corder] (2005) Book 3 Lionboy
 * [|Stormbreaker] by [|Anthony Horowitz] (2001)
 * [|Point blank] by [|Anthony Horowitz] (2001) Sequel to Stormbreaker
 * [|Skeleton Key] by [|Anthony Horowitz] (2003) Sequel to Point Blank
 * [|The wreckers] by [|Iain Lawrence] (1998) Book 1
 * [|The Smugglers] by [|Iain Lawrence] (1999) Book 2
 * [|The buccaneers] by [|Iain Lawrence] (2001) Book 3
 * [|Operation Red Jericho] by [|Joshua Mowll] (2005) Book 1 Guild of Specialists
 * [|Operation typhoon shore] by [|Joshua Mowll] (2006) Book 2 Guild of Specialists
 * [|The wind singer] by [|William Nicholson] (2000) Book 1 The Wind on Fire
 * [|Slaves of the Mastery] by [|William Nicholson] (2001) Book 2 The Wind on Fire
 * [|Firesong: an adventure] by [|William Nicholson] (2002) Book 3 The Wind on Fire
 * [|The angel experiment] by [|James Patterson] (2006) Book 1 Maximum Ride
 * [|School's out-- forever] by [|James Patterson] (2006) Book 2 Maximum Ride
 * [|Saving the world and other extreme sports] by [|James Patterson] (2007) Book 3 maximum Ride
 * [|Hatchet] by [|Gary Paulsen] (1999)
 * [|The River] by [|Gary Paulsen] (2001) Sequel to Hatchet
 * [|Wolf brother] by [|Michelle Paver] (2004) Book 1 The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
 * [|Spirit Walker] by [|Michelle Paver] (2006) Book 2 The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
 * [|Soul Eater] by [|Michelle Paver] (2007) Book 3 The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
 * [|The golden compass] by [|Philip Pullman] (1995) Book 1
 * [|The subtle knife] by [|Philip Pullman] (1997) Book 2
 * [|The amber spyglass] by [|Philip Pullman] (2000) Book 3
 * [|Keeper of the winds] by [|Jenna Solitaire] (2006) Book 1 Daughter of Destiny
 * [|Keeper of the waters] by [|Jenna Solitaire] (2006) Book 2 Daughter of Destiny
 * [|Keeper of the flames] by [|Jenna Solitaire] (2006) Book 3 Daughter of Destiny
 * [|Keeper of the earth] by [|Jenna Solitaire] (2006) Book 4 Daughter of Destiny
 * [|Apocalypse] by [|Tim Bowler] (2005)
 * [|Away to the goldfields!] by [|Pat Derbby] (2004)
 * [|Blood gold] by [|Michael Cadnum] (2004)
 * [|Bone dry] by [|Kathleen Karr] (2002)
 * [|Downriver] by [|Will Hobbs] (1991)
 * [|Escape from memory] by [|Margaret Peterson Haddix] (2003)
 * [|The extraordinary adventures of Alfred Kropp] by [|Richard Yancey] (2005)
 * [|Fish] by [|L.S. Matthews] (2004)
 * [|A girl named disaster] by [|Nancy Farmer] (1996)
 * [|Hunchback] by [|Randall Wright] (2004)
 * [|Hunter] by [|Joy Cowley] (2004)
 * [|Jackie's Wild Seattle] by [|Will Hobbs] (2003)
 * [|The killing sea] by [|Richard Lewis] (2006)
 * [|The kin] by [|Peter Dickinson] (2003)
 * [|The king in the window] by [|Adam Gopnik] (2005)
 * [|The king of Attolia] by [|Megan Whalen Turner] (2006)
 * [|Memory boy : a novel] by [|Will Weaver] (2001)
 * [|Overboard] by [|Elizabeth Fama] (2002)
 * [|Peak survival] by [|Pam Withers] (2004)
 * [|Pirates! : the true and remarkable adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, female pirates] by [|Celia Rees] (2003)
 * [|Red midnight] by [|Ben Mikaelsen] (2003)
 * [|Red Sea] by [|Diane Tullson] (2005)
 * [|The rope trick] by [|Lloyd Alexander] (2002)
 * [|Scrib] by [|David Ives] (2005)
 * [|Shackleton's stowaway] by [|Victoria McKernan] (2005)
 * [|Surviving Antarctica : reality TV 2083] by [|Andrea White] (2005)
 * [|The thief] by [|Megan Whalen Turner] (1998)
 * [|The trap] by [|John E. Smelcer] (2006)

(Youth Jr Hi Fiction FEI). Also available: CD, eAudiobook ||
 * Mystery - select either one from this list or one from the adventure list **
 * **2010** || Abrahams, Peter. **Reality Check**. ||
 * **2009** || Green, John. **Paper Towns**. ||
 * **2008** || Arnold, Tedd. **Rat Life**. ||
 * **2007** || MacCready, Robin Merrow. **Buried**. ||
 * **2006** || Feinstein, John. **Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery**.
 * **2005** || Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas. **In Darkness, Death**. ||
 * **2004** || McNamee, Graham. **Acceleration**. ||
 * **2003** || Parker, Daniel. **The Wessex Papers #1: Trust Falls**. ||
 * **2002** || Wynne-Jones, Tim. **The Boy in the Burning House**. ||
 * **2001** || Alphin, Elaine Marie. **Counterfeit Son**. ||
 * **2000** || Velde, Vivian Vande. **Never Trust a Dead Man**. ||


 * **1999** || Werlin, Nancy. **The Killer's Cousin**. ||
 * **1998** || Hobbs, Will. **Ghost Canoe**. Also available: Cassette ||
 * **1997** || Roberts, Willo Davis. **Twisted Summer**. ||
 * **1996** || MacGregor, Rob. **Prophecy Rock**. (Youth Jr Hi Fiction Mystery MAC). ||
 * **1995** || Springer, Nancy. **Toughing It**. ||
 * **1994** || Nixon, Joan Lowery. **The Name of the Game was Murder**. ||
 * **1993** || Reaver, Chap. **A Little Bit Dead**. ||
 * **1992** || Taylor, Theodore. **The Weirdo**. ||
 * **1991** || Reaver, Chap. **Mote**. ||
 * **1990** || Ferguson, Alane. **Show Me the Evidence**. (Youth Jr Hi Fiction Mystery FER). ||
 * **1989** || Levitin, Sonia. **Incident at Loring Grove**. (Youth Jr Hi Fiction LEV). ||


 * Biography - select one from list**
 * [|Autobiography of a Face] by [|Lucy Grealy] (1994)
 * [|Bad Boy] by [|Walter Dean Myers] (2001)
 * [|Beautiful Days of my youth: My Six Months in Auschwitz and Plaszow] by [|Ana Novac] (1997)
 * [|Bo Knows Bo: The Autobiography of a Ballplayer] by [|Bo Jackson] (1990)
 * [|Boy: Tales of Childhood] by [|Roald Dahl] (1984)
 * [|Burn Journals] by [|Brent Runyon] (2004)
 * [|Burnt: A Teenage Addict’s Road to Recovery] by [|Craig Fraser] (1989)
 * [|CandyFreak: A journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America] by [|Steve Almond] (2005)
 * [|Child Called It:: One Child's Courage to Survive] by [|David J Pelzer] (1995)
 * [|Crocodile Hunter: The Incredible Life and Adventures of Steve and Terri Irwin] by [|Steve Irwin] (2001)
 * [|Devil in the Details: Scenes From an Obsessive Girlhood] by [|Jennifer Traig] (2004)
 * [|A Dog Year: Twelve months, Four Dogs and Me] by [|Jon Katz] (2002)
 * [|Fat Girl: A True Story] by [|Judith Moore] (2004)
 * [|Fighting Fire: A Personal Story] by [|Caroline Paul] (1998)
 * [|Friend Called Anne: One Girl’s Story of War, Peace, and a Unique Friendship with Anne Frank] by [|Carol Ann Lee] (2004)
 * [|Go for the Goal: A Champion’s Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life] by [|Mia Hamm] (2000)
 * [|Greatest: Muhammad Ali] by [|Walter Dean Myers] (2001)
 * [|Hole in My Life] by [|Jack Gantos] (2002)
 * [|Houdini: Master of Illusion] by [|Clinton Cox] (2001)
 * [|I am a Soldier Too] by [|Rick Bragg] (2003)
 * [|I have Lived a Thousand Years] by [|Livia Bitton Jackson] (1997)
 * [|I Touch the Future] by [|Robert T Hohler] (1986)
 * [|Into the Wild] by [|Jon Krakauer] (1996)
 * [|Joni: An Unforgettable Story] by [|Joni Eareckson Tada] (2001)
 * [|A Journey : the Autobiography of Apolo Anton Ohno] by [|Apolo Anton Ohno] (2002)
 * [|King of the Mild Frontier] by [|Chris Crutcher] (2003)
 * [|Knots in My Yo-Yo String] by [|Jerry Spinelli] (1998)
 * [|Let me Go] by [|Helga Schneider] (2004)
 * [|Lost Childhood: A World War II Memoir] by [|Yehuda Nir] (2002)
 * [|Monkeys on the interstate : and other tales from America's favorite zookeeper] by [|Jack Hanna] (1989)
 * [|Needles: A Memoir of Growing up with Diabetes] by [|Andie Dominick] (2000)
 * [|Rachel’s Tears: the Spiritual Journey of Columbine Martyr Rachel Scott] by [|Darrell Scott] (2000)
 * [|Radioactive Boy Scout] by [|Ken Silverstein] (2004)
 * [|Room to Grow; An Appetite for Life] by [|Tracey Gold] (2003)
 * [|Save Karyn: One Shopaholic’s Journey to Debt and Back] by [|Karyn Bosnak] (2003)
 * [|Second Ascent : the Story of Hugh Herr] by [|Alison. Osius] (1991)
 * [|She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall] by [|M. (Misty) Bernall] (1999)
 * [|Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by proxy Childhood] by [|Julie Gregory] (2003)
 * [|Soul Surfer: A True story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board] by [|Bethany Hamilton] (2004)
 * [|Space: A Memoir] by [|Jesse Lee Kercheval] (1998)
 * [|Steven Spielberg : Hollywood Filmmaker] by [|Virginia Meachum] (1996)
 * [|Stick figure : a Diary of My Former self] by [|Lori Gottlieb] (2000)
 * [|Thanks to My Mother] by [|Shoshanah Rabinovits] (2000)
 * [|Thura's Diary : My Life in Wartime Iraq] by [|Thura Al-Windawi] (2004)
 * [|Total Impact: Straight Talk from Football’s Hardest Hitter] by [|Ronnie Lott] (1991)
 * [|Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson] by [|Mitch Albom] (1997)
 * [|Unbelievable: The Life, Death and Afterlife of the Notorious B. I. G.] by [|Cheo Hodari Coker] (2003)
 * [|Wasted : A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia] by [|Marya Hornbacher] (1998)
 * [|Wild Times: Tales from the Suburban Safari] by [|Tim Harrison] (2001)
 * [|Wise Girl: What I’ve Learned about Life, Love and Loss] by [|Jamie-Lynn Sigler] (2002)
 * [|Within Reach: My Everest Story] by [|Mark Pfetzer] (1998)
 * [|Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (with Kids) in America] by [|Michelle Kennedy] (2005)
 * [|You Belong in a Zoo! : Tales from a Lifetime Spent with Cobras, Crocs, and Other Creatures] by [|Peter Brazaitis] (2003)

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 * Censored Works - select one from the link**


 * Comics & Graphic Novels - select one from the list**
 * Clowes, Daniel. //Ghost World//.
 * Fleming, Ann Marie. //The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam.//
 * Hernandez, Gilbert. //Sloth//.
 * Knisley, Lucy. //French Milk.//
 * Moore, Alan. //Watchmen//.
 * Nakazawa, Keiji, //Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima. Volume One.//
 * Satrapi, Marjane. //Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood//.
 * Satrapi, Marjane. //Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return//.
 * Spiegelman, Art. //Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History //.
 * Yang, Gene Luen. //American Born Chinese//.

> Burgess, Melvin. //Doing It//. > Farmer, Nancy. //A Girl Named Disaster//
 * Contemporary Realist Fiction** **- select one from the list.**
 * Abrahams, Peter. //Reality Check//.
 * Alexie, Sherman. //The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian//.
 * Anderson, Laurie Halse. //Speak//.
 * Anderson, Laurie Halse. //Twisted//.
 * Anderson, Laurie Halse. //Wintergirls.//
 * Anonymous. //Go Ask Alice//.
 * Asher, Jay. //Thirteen Reasons Why.//
 * Bloor, Edward. //Tangerine.//
 * Blume, Judy. //Forever.//
 * Brashares, Anne. //Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants//.
 * Brown, Jennifer. //Hate List.//
 * Burgess, Melvin. //Smack//.
 * Canales, Viola. The //Tequila Worm.//
 * Chbosky, Stephen. //The Perks of Being a Wallflower//.
 * Cormier, Robert. //The Chocolate War//.
 * Cormier, Robert. //Heroes//.
 * Cormier, Robert. //I am the Cheese//.
 * Cooper, Susan. //The Dark is Rising//.
 * Curtis, Christopher Paul. //Bucking the Sarge//.
 * Curtis, Christopher Paul. //Bud, Not Buddy//.
 * Crutcher, Christopher. //Athletic Shorts//.
 * Crutcher, Christopher. //Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes//.
 * Crutcher, Christopher. //Deadline//.
 * Davidson, Dana. //Jason and Kyra//.
 * De La Pena, Matt. //Mexican Whiteboy.//
 * Dessen, Sarah. //Dreamland.//
 * Dessen, Sarah. //The Truth About Forever.//
 * Flinn, Alex. //Breathing Underwater.//
 * Forman, Gayle. //If I Stay.//
 * Green, John. //An Abundance of Katherines//.
 * Green, John. //Looking for Alaska//.
 * Green, John. //Paper Towns//.
 * Green, John. //The Fault In Our Stars.//
 * Hinton, S.E. //The Outsiders//.
 * Hinton, S.E. //Rumble Fish//
 * Hornby, Nick. //Slam//.
 * Houston, Julian. //New Boy.//
 * Johnson, Angela. //Heaven//.
 * Jones, Traci L. //Standing Against the Wind//.
 * Kaslik, Ibi. //Skinny//.
 * Kidd, Sue Monk. //The Secret Life of Bees//.
 * Korman, Gordon. //Jake Reinvented//.
 * Korman, Gordon. //No More Dead Dogs.//
 * Levithan, David. //Boy Meets Boy//.
 * Levithan, David and John Green. //Will Grayson, Will Grayson.//
 * Luna, Louisa//. Brave New Girl.//
 * Martinez, Victor. //Parrot in the Oven//.
 * McCauley, Alex. //Bad Girls.//
 * McCormick, Patricia. //Cut//.
 * McCormick, Patricia. //Sold//.
 * Meno, Joe. //Hairstyles of the ed.//
 * Mikaelsen, Ben. //Tree Girl//.
 * Myers, Walter Dean. //Fallen Angels.//
 * Myers, Walter Dean. //Monster//.
 * Myracle, Lauren. //Bliss//.
 * Paulsen, Gary. //Hatchet//.
 * Paulsen, Gary. //Nightjohn.//
 * Peck, Richard. //A Year Down Yonder//.
 * Pennebaker, Ruth. //Don't Think Twice//.
 * Rapp, Adam. //Punkzilla//.
 * Raskin, Ellen. //The Westing Game.//
 * Reed, Daniel. //Deliver us from Evil//.
 * Ryan, Pam Munoz. //Becoming Naomi Leon//
 * Ryan, Pam Munoz. //Esperanza Rising//.
 * Sachar, Louis. //Holes//.
 * Sapphire. //Push//.
 * Schmidt, Gary. //Okay for Now.//
 * Spinelli, Jerry. //Milkweed//.
 * Spinelli, Jerry. //Stargirl//.
 * Teller, Janne. //Nothing.//
 * Vizzini, Ned. //It's Kind of a Funny Story.//
 * Wiess, Laura. //Such a Pretty Girl.//
 * Zailckas, Koren. //Smashed//.
 * Zevin, Gabrielle. //Elsewhere//.
 * Zindel, Paul. //The Pigman//.
 * Zusak, Markus. //I am the Messenger//.


 * Historical Fiction - //The Book Thief// is required reading, and select one more of your choice (second one is optional).**
 * Anderson, Laurie Halse. //Chains.//
 * Anderson, Laurie Halse. //Fever 1793.//
 * Anderson, M.T. //The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Traitor to the Nation: Volume One, The Pox Party.//
 * Anderson, M.T. //The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Traitor to the Nation: Volume Two, The Kingdom on the Waves.//
 * Boyne, John. //The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.//
 * Collier, James Lincoln. //My Brother Sam is Dead//.
 * Curtis, Christopher Paul. //Elijah of Buxton//.
 * Fox, Paula. //The Slave Dancer//.
 * Kerr, M.E. //Your Eyes in Stars.//
 * Lowry, Lois. //Number the Stars//.
 * O'Dell, Scott. //Sing Down the Moon//.
 * Park, Linda Sue. //When my Name was Keoko.//
 * Paulsen, Gary. //Soldier's Heart//.
 * Rinaldi, Ann. //Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons.//
 * Sepetys, Ruth//. Between Shades of Gray.//
 * Taylor, Mildred. //Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry//.
 * Taylor, Mildred. //Let the Circle be Unbroken.//
 * Taylor, Mildred//. The Road to Memphis.//
 * Weaver, Will//. Full Service.//
 * Westerfield, Scott. //Leviathan.//
 * Zusak, Markus. //The Book Thief.// **REQUIRED READING**


 * Nonfiction - select one from this list**
 * Fleming, Candace.//The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum//.
 * Gray, Theodore.//The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe.//
 * Heiligman, Deborah. //Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith.//
 * Hoose, Phillip M.//Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice.// Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2009. 978-0-374-31322-9. $19.95.
 * Mann, Charles C.//Before Columbus:////The Americas of 1491.//
 * Murphy ,Jim.//Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting.//
 * Partridge, Elizabeth.//Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary.//
 * Small, David.//Stitches: A Memoir//.
 * Stone, Tanya Lee.//Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream.//
 * Swanson, James L.//Chasing Lincoln’s Killer.// Walker, Sally M. //Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland//.


 * Poetry, Drama & Short Stories - No reading required, but we will discuss these genres in class.**

> Riordan, Rick. //The Lightning Thief//.
 * Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror - Harry Potter is required, and one more of your choice (optional).**
 * Anderson, M.T. //Feed.//
 * Anderson, M.T. //Thirsty//.
 * Bachman, Richard. //The Long Walk//.
 * Card, Orson Scott, //Enders Game//.
 * Cater, Aimee. //The Goddess Test.//
 * Cashore, Kristin, //Graceling//
 * Cast, P.C.; Cast, Kristin. //Marked//.
 * Clare, Cassandra. //Mortal Instruments.//
 * Collins, Suzanne. //Catching Fire.//
 * Collins, Suzanne. //The Hunger Games//.
 * Collins, Suzanne. //Mockingjay//.
 * Dashner, James. //The Maze Runner//.
 * Doctorow, Cory. //For the Win.//
 * Doctorow, Cory. //Little Brother//.
 * Eggers, Dave. //The Wild Things//.
 * Fitzpatrick, Becca. //Hush Hush//.
 * Gaiman, Neil. //Coraline.//
 * Gaiman, Neil. //The Graveyard Book//.
 * Gaiman, Neil. //Stardust//.
 * Gould, Steven. //Jumper//.
 * L'Engle, Madeleine. //A Wrinkle in Time//.
 * L'Engle, Madeleine. //Many// Waters.
 * Lowry, Lois. //Gathering Blue.//
 * Lowry, Lois. //The Giver//.
 * MacHale, D.J. //Pendragon: The Merchant of Death//.
 * MacHale, D.J. // Morpheus Road: The Light //.
 * Mayfield, Susan. //Drowning Anna//.
 * Mead, Richelle. //Vampire Academy.//
 * Nix, Garth. //Sabriel.//
 * Oliver, Lauren//. Delirium.//
 * Osterlund, Anne. //Academy 7.//
 * Paolini, Christopher. //Eldest//.
 * Paolini, Christopher. //Eragon//.
 * Patterson, James. //Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment.//
 * Pullman, Philip. //The Golden Compass//.
 * Roth, Veronica. //Divergent//
 * Rowling, JK - //Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone// **REQUIRED**
 * Sage, Angie //Septimus Heap, Book 1, Magyk//
 * Smith, L.J. //Nightworld//.
 * Taylor, Laini. //Daughter of Smoke and Bone.//
 * Von Ziegesar, Cecily. //Gossip Girl//.
 * Westerfield, Scott. //Uglies.//
 * Zevin, Gabrielle. //Elsewhere.//