Suggested Book List

Ages 11-13

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman

Witness by Karen Hesse

Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath

Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin

Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine

The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis

Thief Lord by Cornella Funke

 

Ages 14-16

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Boy o Boy by Brian Doyle

The Canning Season by Polly Horvath

Stitches by Glen Huser

Bone Dance by Martha Brooks

Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements

The Lightkeeper's Daughter by Ian Lawrence

 

Ages 17-20

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck

What the Birds See by Sonya Hartnett

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Sparks

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy