Theme

Genre

Family
Relationships
Fever 1793 by Laurie
Halse Anderson
Song of the Sparrow
by Lisa Ann Sandell

Historic Fiction

El Deafo by Cece Bell

Realistic Fiction
Graphic Novel

Inside Out and Back

Again by Thanhha Lai

Historical Fiction

Cardboard by Doug
TenNapel

Fantasy Graphic
Novel

Since Youve Been

Gone by Morgan
Matson
Nothing Can Possibly
Go Wrong by
Prudence Shen and
Faith Erin Hicks
The Night the Ghost
Got in by James
Thurber
A Father and His Son
by Mel Glenn

Adventure

The Family Romanov

by Candace Fleming

Non-Fiction

Historical Fiction

Realistic Fiction
Graphic Novel

Comedy Short
Story
Realistic Fiction
Poem

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Song of the
Sparrow
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El Deafo
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Inside Out and
Back Again
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Cardboard
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Since Youve
Been Gone
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Nothing Can
Possibly Go
Wrong
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The Night the
Ghost Got In
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A Father and His
Son
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The Family
Romanov

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this theme

Friendship
In Real Life by Cory
Doctorow and Jen
Wang
Lost in the Sun by
Lisa Graf
Endangered by Eliot

Lesson
Ideas

Realistic Fiction
Graphic Novel

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In Real Life

Realistic Fiction

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Lost in the Sun
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Realistic Fiction

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comic books

Schrefer
The Games of Boys
and Monsters by
Rachel M. Wilson

Realistic Fiction
Short Story

Endangered
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The Games of
Boys and
Monsters
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Bamboo People

Bamboo People by
Mitali Perkins

Realistic Fiction

The Eye of Minds by

James Dashner

Science Fiction

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The Eye of Minds

V is for Villain by
Peter Moore

Action/Adventure

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V is for Villain

Black and White by

Paul Volponi
This One Summer by
Mariko and Jillian
Tamaki
Dont Look Back by
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Anyas Ghost by Vera
Brosgol

Critical Race

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Black and White
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This One
Summer
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Dont Look Back
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Anyas Ghost

Realistic Fiction
Graphic Novel
Action/Adventure
Supernatural
Graphic Novel

Coming of Age
Another Day by J.W.
Murphy
Firegirl by Tony
Abbott

Realistic Fiction
Poem
Realistic Fiction

Childhood Games by
Mel Glenn

Realistic Fiction
Poem

Roller Girl by Victoria

Jamieson
What My Mother
Doesnt Know by
Sonya Sones
Doll Bones by Holly
Black
Unfriended by Rachel
Vail
Nimona by Noelle
Stevenson

Realistic Fiction
Graphic Novel
Realistic Fiction

Doing What Is

Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Fantasy Graphic
Novel

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Another Day
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Firegirl
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Childhood
Games
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Roller Girl
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What My Mother
Doesnt Know
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Doll Bones
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Unfriended
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Nimona
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this theme

Right
Swagger by Carl
Deuker

Realistic Fiction

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Swagger

I Hunt Killers by Barry

Lyga
Goin Fishin by Chirs
Crutcher
Pastoralia by George
Saunders

Thriller,
Action/Adventure
Realistic Fiction

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I Hunt Killers
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Goin Fishin
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Pasoralia

Non-Fiction

Identity

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this theme
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Pearls Fateful
Wish
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Friends with
Boys
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Brown Girl
Dreaming
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The Face on the
Milk Carton
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Paper Hearts

Pearls Fateful Wish

by Jeanne DePrau

Fiction Short
Story

Friends with Boys by

Faith Erin Hicks

Realistic Fiction
Graphic Novel

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline
Woodson
The Face on the Milk
Carton by Caroline B.
Cooney
Paper Hearts by Meg
Wiviott

Memoir

Earth Girl by Janet

Edwards

Science Fiction

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Earth Girl

Positive: A Memoir by
Paige Rawl and Ali
Benjamin
George by Alex Gino

Memoir

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Positive: A
Memoir
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George

Tomboy by Liz Prince

Memoir

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Tomboy

Class Dismissed by
Mel Glenn

Realistic Fiction

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Class Dismissed

Power of
countries/words/a
ctions

Realistic Fiction

Historical Fiction

Realistic Fiction

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Imprisoned by Martin
W. Sandler
Battling Boy by Paul
Pope

Non-Fiction

All the Broken Pieces

by Ann E. Burg

Historical Fiction

Revelations by Kathi
Appelt

Realistic Fiction
Poem

We Were Liars by E.
Lockhart
An Angel in Disguise
by T.S. Arthur

Action/Adventure

Graphic Novel
Action Book

Realistic Fiction
Short Story

Blank vs. Blank

The House of the
Scorpion by Nancy
Farmer (religion vs.
science)
A Monster Calls by
Patrick Ness (fantasy
vs. reality)
Through the Woods
by Emily Carroll
(fantasy vs. reality)
The Secrets of Lily
Graves by Sarah
Strolmeyer (individual
vs. society)
Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery
(imagination vs.
reality)

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All the Broken
Pieces
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Revelations
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We Were Liars
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An Angel in
Disguise
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Science Fiction

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The House of the
Scorpion

Fantasy

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A Monster Calls

Realistic Fiction

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Through the
Woods
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The Secrets of
Lily Graves

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Anne of Green
Gables

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Fantasy

Realistic Fiction

Imagination
The Phantom
Tollbooth by Norton
Juster

Fantasy

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The Phantom
Tollbooth

The Wish by Roald

Dahl
Another Reason I

Realistic Fiction
Short Story
Fiction

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The Wish
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Dont Keep a Gun in

the House by Billy
Collins
Crack of the Bat by
Mel Glenn
First Grade by Ron
Koertge

Realistic Fiction
Poem
Realistic Fiction
Poem

Patriotism

Another Reason I
Dont Keep a
Gun in the House
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Crack of the Bat
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First Grade
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this theme

I Hear America
Singing by Walt
Whitman

Historical Fiction
Poem

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I Hear America
Singing

Bomb: The Race to

Build and Steal
The Worlds Most
Dangerous by Steve
Sheinkin

Non-Fiction

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Bomb: The Race
to Build The
Worlds Most
Dangerous
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The Crossover

Fear
The Crossover by
Kwame Alexander

Realistic Fiction

Skeleton Creek by
Patrick Carman

Trans-media

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Skeleton Creek

Tangerine by Edward
Bloor

Realistic Fiction

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Tangerine

Surrounded by Sharks
by Michael Northrop

Realistic Fiction

Our Deepest Fear by

Marianne Williamson

Realistic Fiction
Poem

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Surrounded by
Sharks
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Our Deepest
Fear
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this theme

Facing and
Overcoming
Adversity/Obstacl
es
A Night Divided by
Jennifer A. Nielson
Code Talker by Joseph
Bruchac

Historical Fiction

The Boy on the

Memoir

Historical Fiction

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A Night Divided
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Code Talker
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Wooden Box by Leon

Leyson
A Handful of Stars by
Cynthia Lord

Realistic Fiction

The Boy on the

Wooden Box
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A Handful of
Stars
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The Star
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Scrawl

The Star by H.G. Wells

Science Fiction

Scrawl by Mark
Shulman

None-Fiction

Book of the Dead by

Michael Northrop

Interactive,
Action/Adventure

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Book of the Dead

Surviving Hitler: A
Boy in the Nazi Death
Camps by Andrea
Warren

Non-Fiction

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Surviving Hitler:
A Boy in the Nazi
Death Camps

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Love

Midwinterblood by
Marcus Sedqwick
Delirium by Lauren
Oliver

Fantasy

Three Times Lucky by

Sheila Turnage

Realistic Fiction

Romiette and Julio by

Sharon M. Draper

Realistic Fiction

The Third Wish by

Joan Aiken

Science Fiction

Dystopia

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Delirium
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Three Times
Lucky
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Romiette and
Julio
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The Third Wish
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Discrimination/Pr
ejudice
The Westing Game by
Ellen Raskin

Mystery

The Skin Im In by
Sharon G. Flake

Realistic Fiction

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The Westing
Game
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The Skin Im In

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book
American Born
Chinese by Gene Luen
Yang
Race: A History
Beyond Black and
White by Mark
Aroncon
Buried Onions by
Gary Soto

Realistic Fiction
Graphic Novel

The Outsiders by S.E.

Hinton

Realistic Fiction

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The Outsiders

The Nazi Hunters by

Neal Bascomb
Courage Has No Color
by Tanya Lee Stone

Historical Fiction

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The Nazi Hunters
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Courage Has No
Color
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When I was the
Greatest
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Pretty Monster
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Not For Humans

Non-Fiction

Realistic Fiction

Non-Fiction

Choices

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American Born
Chinese
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Race: A History
Beyond Black
and White
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Buried Onions

When I was the

Greatest by Jason
Reynolds
Pretty Monster by
Kelly Link
Not For Humans by
Cassandra Clare and
Holly Black
Tears of a Tiger by
Sharon M. Draper

Realistic Fiction

Critical Race

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Tears of a Tiger

Most Dangerous:
Daniel and the Secret
History of the
Vietnam War by Steve
Sheinkin

Non-Fiction

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Most Dangerous:
Daniel and the
Secret History of
the Vietnam War
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this theme

Fantasy
Fantasy

Selfimage/reputation
s
Thirteen Reasons
Why by Jay Asher

Realistic Fiction

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Thirteen Reasons
Why

Paperboy by Vince
Vawter

Memoir

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Paperboy

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book
Popular: Vintage
Wisdom for the
Modern Geek by Maya
Van Wagenen
Speak Up by Janet S.
Wong

Memoir

Realistic Fiction
Poem

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Popular: Vintage
Wisdom for the
Modern Geek
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Speak Up

Eleven by Sandra
Cisneros

Realistic Fiction
Short Story

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Eleven

Hope
Far Far Away by Tom
McNeal
Day of Tears by Julius
Lester

Supernatural

Getting Away with

Murder: The True
Story of the Emmett
Till Case by Chris
Crowe
Bootleg: Murder,
Moonshine, and the
Lawless Years of
Prohibition by Karen
Blunenthal

Non-Fiction

The Revolt of
Mother by Mary E.
Wilkins
The President Has
Been Shot! By James
L. Swanson

Realistic Fiction

Historical Fiction

Non-Fiction

Historical Fiction

Loss

Symphony for the

City of Dead by M.T.
Anderson
Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson

Science Fiction

Mockingbird by
Kathryn Erskine

Realistic Fiction

Realistic Fiction

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Day of Tears
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Getting Away
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True Story of the
Emmett Till Case
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Moonshine, and
the Lawless
Years of
Prohibition
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The Revolt of
Mother
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The President
Has Been Shot!
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Symphony for
the City of Dead
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Bridge to
Terabithia
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Mockingbird

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Walk Two Moons by

Sharon Creech

Realistic Fiction

Diversity

13 Little Blue
Envelops by Mauree
Johnson
The House on Mango
Street by Sandra
Cisneros

Adventure

Realistic Fiction

Bravery
Shadowshaper by
Daniel Jose Older
Number the Stars by
Lois Lowry

Supernatural/Fant
asy
Historical Fiction

Making a Fist by
Naomi Shihab Nye
Crossing the Wire by
Will Hobbs

Realistic Fiction
Adventure

Trustworthiness

Stranger Things
Happen Survivors
Ball or the Donner
Party by

Realistic Fiction

Orbiting Jupiter by
Gary D. Schmidt
The Endgame: The
Calling by James Frey

Realistic Fiction

Famous Last Words

by Katie Alender

Adventure

Interactive Fiction

Change
Bone: Eyes of the

Graphic Novel

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Walk Two Moons
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this theme

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13 Little Blue
Envelops
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The House on
Mongo Street
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this theme
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Shadowshaper
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Number of the
Stars
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Making a Fist
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Crossing the
Wire
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this theme

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Stranger Things
Happen
Surviviors Ball or
the Donner Party
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Orbiting Jupiter
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The Endgame:
The Calling
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Famous Last
Words
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Storm by Jef Smith

Audacity by Melanie
Crowder
Taking Things Apart
by Ralph Fletcher

Historical Fiction

Burning of the Old

Year by Naomi Shihab
Nye

Realistic Fiction

Realistic Fiction

Truth

The Caged Graves by

Dianne Sulerni

Action/Adventure

Ringside, 1925 by Jen

Bryant
Miss Peregrines
Home for Peculiar
Children by Ransom
Riggs
The Honest Truth by
Dan Gemeinhart

Historical Fiction
Supernatural

Adventure

Conformity
The Chocolate War by
Robert Cormier

Realistic Fiction

The Giver by Lois

Lowry

Dystopia

A Wrinkle in Time by
Madeline LEngle

Realistic Fiction

Defying Norms
The Rithmatist by
Brandon Sanderson
A Girl Named Jack by
Jacqueline Woodson

Adventure/Fantasy
Realistic Fiction

Journey
Unwind by Neal

Science Fiction

Bone: Eye of the

Storm
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Taking Things
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Old Year
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Games
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Home for
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War
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Jack
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Shusterman
The Lost Boy by Greg
Ruth
The Detectives
Assistant by Kate
Hanningan
Titanic: Voices from
the Disaster by
Deborah Hopkinson
The Curious Incident
of the Dog in the
Night-Time by Mark
Hadden
Uglies by Scott
Westerfield
Ill Give You the Sun
by Jandy Nelson

Mystery Graphic
Novel
Action

Non-Fiction

Mystery

Science Fiction
Realistic Ficiton

Unity
Trackers by Patrick
Carman
Awkward by Svetlana
Chmakova
The Missed Trip by
S.E. Hinton
Straight Punch by
Monique Polak
The Silver Six by AJ
Lieberman and Darren
Rawlings

Adventure
Realistic Fiction
Graphic Novel
Memoir
Action/Adventure
Fantasy Graphic
Novel

Differences
The Curiosities: A
Murder of Gods by
Maggie Stiefvater
Im Just Me by M.G.
Higgins

Realistic Fiction

Critical Race

Unwind
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Assistant
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from the Disaster
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The Curious
Incident of the
Dog in the NightTime
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Ill Give You the
Sun
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this theme
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Im Just Me