Great Reads - A to ZWe’ve got 26 terrific authors represented with 26 terrific books. Better start reading... |
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 | Almond, David | | Kit's Wilderness | | This winner of the 2001 Michael Printz Award follows Kit through the coal mines of North England, as he and his friend John search for ghosts of family members who died there. |
|  | Bass, L.G. | | Sign of the Qin | | In long-ago China, Prince Zong, mortal Starlord, joins the twin outlaws, White Streak and Black Whirlwind, to fight the Lord of the Dead and his demon hordes. |
|  | Cormier, Robert | | The Rag and Bone Shop | | In Robert Cormier’s final novel, Jason is the chief suspect in the brutal murder of a neighbor girl. Will the personal crusade of the town’s hired interrogator get in the way of his search for the truth? |
| | Donnelly, Jennifer | | A Northern Light | | Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer, takes a job at an inn in the summer of 1906, and there discovers the truth about the death of a guest. |
|  | Earls, Nick | | 48 Shades of Brown | | This action-packed and laugh-out-loud-funny novel navigates Australian high-school senior Dan's chaotic world of calculus, roommates, birds, and love. |
|  | Farmer, Nancy | | The House of the Scorpion | | Nancy Farmer’s staggering novel follows Matt, the clone of El Patron, a 146-year-old opium baron, as he yearns for freedom. |
|  | Geras, Adele | | Troy | | Love and war are central, intertwined themes in this compelling reimagination of the Trojan War from the feminine perspective of two orphan sisters. |
|  | Hobbs, Will | | Beardance | | Cloyd Atcitty, an Ute Indian, is nothing but trouble until he learns to let go of his hostility and trust in an old rancher, taking strength from a small turquoise bear and the ancient traditions it represents. |
|  | Isaacs, Anne | | Torn Thread | | Based on the author’s own experiences, this evocative novel tells the story of two sisters imprisoned in a Czech labor camp where they spin thread to make Nazi clothing. |
|  | Juby, Susan | | Alice, I Think | | Alice is an odd, acerbic misfit who has been home-schooled by her still-hippie parents her whole life. Now she’s going to public high school... |
|  | Korman, Gordon | | Son of the Mob | | Vince thought being the son of a Mafia boss was bad – until he started dating the daughter of an FBI agent. |
|  | Levithan, David | | Boy Meets Boy | | At Paul’s high school, everything is easy. The cheerleaders ride Harleys, and the star quarterback and homecoming queen are the same person. But when Noah finds out that Paul might still like Kyle, things get complicated. |
|  | Myers, Walter Dean | | Monster | | In this emotionally charged novel 16-year-old Steve Harmon tells of his incarceration and murder trial, both in his journal, and in the screenplay he’s writing about his experience. |
|  | Napoli, Donna Jo | | Zel | | This dark, searing reimagination of the Rapunzel tale, set in Switzerland, and told in alternating voices, considers the psychology of love and obsession. |
|  | O'Brien, Robert C. | | Z for Zacharaiah | | Ann Burden thinks she may be the only person to survive a nuclear holocaust. So she’s thrilled to see in the distance a man in a “safe-suit,” until his behavior shows him to be something other than benevolent. |
| | Perkins, Lynne Rae | | Criss Cross | | The lives of five friends intertwine over the course of a simple, sublime summer. Fresh, honest, and irresistible. |
|  | Qualey, Marsha | | One Night | | What begins as a recovering addict’s ploy to dupe a Prince ends in a surprisingly tender romance. |
|  | Rosoff, Meg | | how i live now | | This staggering novel, winner of the 2004 Printz Medal, examines a contemporary WWIII through the eyes of the freshest, most honest literary heroine in decades. |
|  | Staples, Suzanne Fisher | | Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind | | Life for Shabanu, a Middle Eastern nomad, and second daughter in a family of no sons, is both sweet and cruel. |
|  | Trueman, Terry | | Stuck in Neutral | | Shawn McDaniel, bound to a wheelchair with severe cerebral palsy, fears that his father is planning to kill him. |
|  | Updale, Eleanor | | Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? | | A petty thief becomes Victorian London’s most infamous character, pulling off amazing heists and escaping through the dingy sewers. |
|  | Voigt, Cynthia | | Homecoming | | The first in the Tillerman Saga follows the four Tillerman children as they abandon their emotionally ill mother and set out across the country to find their grandmother, and a place to be. |
|  | Wein, Elizabeth | | A Coalition of Lions | | Arthurian legend is reset in sixth century Africa, as a British Princess is sent to Aksum (Ethiopia) to meet her father’s heir, the British Ambassador, who is also her intended. |
|  | X (Shouku Akira) | | X2 (Times Two) | | This graphic novel features 5 short stories that explore budding romance and the mixed emotions of young love. |
|  | Yolen, Jane | | Dragon's Blood | | Two determined young people struggle to free dragons who are trained to fight to the death. |
|  | Zindel, Paul | | The Pigman | | When two troubled teens play a practical joke on an old man, they find in him something they couldn’t find anywhere else. But a gift that rare can’t last forever. |
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