Student+Recommended+Books

Student Recommended Books (alphabetically by author) Looking for a good book to read this summer? Here is a list of books that have been recommended by current and former students. I'm sure you'll be able to find something good to read here. If you have a book you'd like to see added to the list, please send me an email.


 * ** Author ** || ** Title ** ||
 * Douglas Adams || The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ||
 * Laurie Halse Anderson || Fever 1793 ||
 * Jane Austen || Pride and Prejudice ||
 * E.D. Baker || Dragon’s Breath ||
 * T.A. Barron || The Merlin Series ||
 * L. Frank Baum || The Wizard of Oz ||
 * Ray Bradbury || Fahrenheit 451 ||
 * Ann Brashares || Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ||
 * Libba Bray || A Great and Terrible Beauty ||
 * Kevin Brookes || Kissing the Rain ||
 * Edgar Rice Burroughs || Tarzan of the Apes ||
 * Orson Scott Card || Ender’s Game ||
 * Esme Raji Codell || Sahara Special ||
 * Barbara Cohen || Seven Daughters and Seven Sons ||
 * Sharon Creech || Absolutely Normal Chaos ||
 * Sharon Creech || Ruby Holler ||
 * Sharon Creech || The Wanderer ||
 * Anna Dale || Dawn Undercover ||
 * Carl Deuker || Heart of a Champion ||
 * Kate DiCamillo || Because of Winn Dixie ||
 * Kate DiCamillo || A Tale of Despereaux ||
 * Chris D’Lacey || The Fire Within ||
 * Chris D’Lacey || Ice Fire ||
 * Jennifer Donnelly || A Northern Light ||
 * Nancy Farmer || House of the Scorpion ||
 * Cornelia Funke || Dragon Rider ||
 * Cornelia Funke || Inkheart ||
 * Cornelia Funke || Inkspell ||
 * Cornelia Funke || The Thief Lord ||
 * Jean Craighead George || My Side of the Mountain ||
 * Natale Ghent || No Small Thing ||
 * William Golding || Lord of the Flies ||
 * John Grisham || The Last Juror ||
 * Dan Gutman || Babe and Me ||
 * Margaret Peterson Haddix || Double Identity ||
 * Bethany Hamilton || Soul Surfer ||
 * Lisi Harrison || The Clique Series ||
 * S.E. Hinton || The Outsiders ||
 * Will Hobbs || The Big Wander ||
 * Will Hobbs || Downriver ||
 * Will Hobbs || River Thunder (read “Downriver” first!) ||
 * Anthony Horowitz || Alex Rider Series ||
 * Anthony Horowitz || Diamond Brothers Series ||
 * Anthony Horowitz || Gatekeepers Series ||
 * Erin Hunter || Warriors Series ||
 * Eva Ibbotson || The Secret of Platform 13 ||
 * Eva Ibbotson and Kevin Hawkes || Island of the Aunts ||
 * Brian Jacques || Redwall Series ||
 * Harper Lee || To Kill a Mockingbird ||
 * Madeleine L'Engle || A Swiftly Tilting Planet ||
 * Madeleine L'Engle || A Wind in the Door ||
 * Madeleine L'Engle || A Wrinkle in Time ||
 * Gail Carson Levine || The Wish ||
 * C.S. Lewis || The Horse and His Boy ||
 * Lois Lowry || Gathering Blue ||
 * Lois Lowry || The Giver ||
 * David Lubar || Dunk ||
 * Tracy Lynn & Kinuku Craft || Snow ||
 * Ann Martin || A Corner of the Universe ||
 * H.L. McCutchen || Lightland ||
 * Ben Mikaelsen || Touching Spirit Bear ||
 * Donna Jo Napoli || North ||
 * Phyllis Reynolds Naylor || The Fear Place ||
 * Scott O’Dell || The Island of the Blue Dolphins ||
 * Mary O’Hara || Thunderhead ||
 * Mary O’Hara || My Friend Flicka ||
 * Christopher Paolini || Eragon ||
 * Christopher Paolini || Eldest ||
 * Gary Paulsen || The Hatchet ||
 * Michelle Paver || Wolf Brother ||
 * Dave Pelzer || A Child Called It ||
 * Dave Pelzer || The Lost Boy ||
 * Dave Pelzer || A Man Named Dave ||
 * Tamora Pierce || Circle of Magic ||
 * Tamora Pierce || Trickster’s Choice ||
 * Tamora Pierce || Wild Magic ||
 * Steven Pressfield || Gates of Fire ||
 * Wilson Rawls || Where the Red Fern Grows ||
 * Celia Rees || City of Shadows ||
 * Celia Rees || Witch Child ||
 * Rick Riordan || The Lightning Thief ||
 * Rick Riordan || Sea of Monsters ||
 * Willo Davis Roberts || Megan’s Island ||
 * J.K. Rowling || Harry Potter Series ||
 * Louis Sachar || Small Steps ||
 * Angie Sage || Magyk ||
 * Darren Shan || Cirque Du Freak ||
 * Neal Shusterman || Full-Tilt ||
 * Neal Shusterman || The Schwa Was Here ||
 * Lemony Snicket || A Series of Unfortunate Events ||
 * Jerry Spinelli || Loser ||
 * John Steinbeck || Cannery Row ||
 * Todd Strasser || Con-fidence ||
 * Jonathan Stroud || The Bartimaeus Trilogy ||
 * Stephanie S. Tolan || Surviving the Applewhites ||
 * JRR Tolkien || The Hobbit ||
 * JRR Tolkien || Lord of the Rings trilogy ||
 * Wendelin Van Draanen || Flipped ||
 * Scott Westerfield || Pretties ||
 * Elie Wiesel || Night ||
 * Laura E. Williams || Behind the Bedroom Wall ||
 * Elizabeth Yates || Amos Fortune ||
 * Jane Yolen || Sword of the Rightful King ||