Agawam Junior High School
Recommended Young Adult Books for Summer Reading
Contemporary
13 Reasons Why – Jay Asher
Down the Rabbit Hole, Behind the Curtain- Peter Abrahams (mystery)
A Little Piece of Ground- Elizabeth Laird
The Alice books- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Margaret Peterson Haddix books (mostly futuristic, some contemporary)
Sarah Mlynowski books,
Lauren Myracle books
Parvana’s Journey- Deborah Ellis
Saffy’s Angel, Indigo’s Star, Permanent Rose - Hilary McKay
Hoot, Flush- Carl Hiaasen
John Feinstein mysteries
Anthony Horowitz books (Alex Rider action/adventure stories)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid and its sequels– Jeff Kinney
Baseball in April- Gary Soto
Travel Team, Heat, Summer Ball, Comeback Kids - Mike Lupica (sports)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian- Sherman Alexie
(National Book Award winner)
Fantasy and Science Fiction
The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien
Life as We Knew It, The Dead and the Gone- Susan Pfeffer
The Golden Compass, the Subtle Knife, the Amber Spyglass - Phillip Pullman
Ella Enchanted- Gail Levine
House of the Scorpion- Nancy Farmer
Coraline, The Graveyard Book- Neil Gaiman
The Thief Lord, Inkheart- Cornelia Funke
Twilight books- Stephanie Meyer
Historical Fiction
Bound- Donna Jo Napoli
Chains- Laurie Halse Anderson
The Prince and the Pauper- Samuel Clemens
To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
White Fang – Jack London
Karen Hesse books
The Braid- Helen Frost
Katherine Patterson books
The Coffin Quilt- Ann Rinaldi
Non Fiction
Air Raid Pearl Harbor- Theodore Taylor
Four Perfect Pebbles - Lila Perl
Phineas Gage, a Gruesome but True Story of Brain Science - John Fleishman
The Children of Topaz- Tunnell and Chilcoat
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl- Anne Frank
China’s Son- Da Chen
Chinese Cinderella- Adeline Yen Mah
Left for Dead- Pete Nelson
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