Title: The Perks of being a Wallflower Author: Stephen Chbosky Lexile: 830 Summary: Fifteen-year-ol Charlie is !

oping with the sui!i e of his frien " #i!hael$ To lessen the fear an an%iety of starting high s!hool alone" Charlie starts writing letters to a stranger" someone he hear was ni!e but has ne&er met in person$ '(in of like when we write letters to Paul )u before we go to sleep$* +t s!hool" Charlie fin s a frien an mentor in his ,nglish tea!her" -ill$ .e also o&er!omes his !hroni! shyness an approa!hes a !lassmate" Patri!k" who" along with his stepsister Sam" be!ome two of Charlie/s -FFs$ 0uring the !ourse of the s!hool year" Charlie has his first ate an his first kiss" he eals with bullies" he e%periments with rugs an rinking" an he makes frien s" loses them" an gains them ba!k$ .e !reates his own soun tra!k through a series of mi% tapes full of i!oni! songs" rea s a huge sta!k of !lassi! books" an gets in&ol&e in the Rocky Horror Picture Show au ien!e-parti!ipation !ulture$ Charlie has a relati&ely stable home life" though" with supporti&e" if istant" parents to fall ba!k on$ 1nfortunately" a isturbing family se!ret that Charlie has represse for his entire life surfa!es at the en of the s!hool year$ Charlie has a se&ere mental break own an en s up hospitali2e $ Charlie/s final letter !loses with feelings of hope: getting release from the hospital" forgi&ing his aunt .elen for what she i to him" fin ing new frien s uring sophomore year" an trying his best not to be a wallflower$ Charlie hopes to get out of his hea an into the real worl " parti!ipating in life instea of 3ust wat!hing it fly by$ Why I liked it? This book i entifies with teenagers be!ause it is rele&ant to what ki s fa!e to ay4 5t oes not !ompromise rea er/s 3u gment$ 5t instea instills a sense of self" base on !hoi!e$ +#+6578444 This is one of the best books 5/&e e&er rea $ 5t taught me a lot of important things about life an has a lot of beautiful 9uotes" my fa&orite is :We a!!ept the lo&e we think we eser&e$:

Title: The .unger games Author: Su2anne Collins Lexile: 8;0 Summary: Si%teen-year-ol (atniss ,&er een has been pro&i ing for her family sin!e her father<s eath in a mining a!!i ent$ She has one this by illegally hunting beyon the boun aries of 0istri!t ;= an using the game she kills for foo or for barter$ Through her skill with a bow an her ability to tra!k an snare rabbits an s9uirrels" her family has been able to sur&i&e$ They ha&e also sur&i&e be!ause (atniss signs up for the tessera" a ration of grain that is gi&en in e%!hange for pla!ing your name in the lottery for the reaping" the !eremony that etermines who will be the istri!t<s representati&e in the 8ames$ ,&eryone<s name goes in the lottery from the time they rea!h the age of ;= until they turn ;8$ ,a!h time (atniss e%!hanges her name for the tessera" her !han!es of being the one whose name is !alle in!rease$ >nly it isn<t her name that is !alle $ 5t is her sister<s$ Prim ,&er een is the one person that (atniss lo&es abo&e all others$ She is only ;=" 9uiet" lo&ing an on her way to being a healer$ She woul not be able to sur&i&e the reaping an (atniss knows this$ When Prim<s name is !alle " (atniss imme iately &olunteers to take her pla!e as a tribute from 0istri!t ;= to the .unger 8ames$ (atniss knows that it is not only her own life on the line in the games" but that others will benefit as well if she is the &i!tor an her skills as a hunter will gi&e her an e ge in the 8ames$ -ut her life as a tribute be!omes more !ompli!ate by the other tribute from 0istri!t ;=$ Peeta #ellark" the baker<s son" is a boy that (atniss owes a fa&or to be!ause of a kin ness that he showe her when she was most esperate an her family<s sur&i&al was at stake$ +n (atniss knows that now her sur&i&al will mean his eath$ (atniss is whiske away from her family an 8ale" her best frien an hunting partner" to the Capitol" where she is preppe an primpe to parti!ipate in the 8ames$ She an Peeta are to be mentore by .aymit!h" the only tribute that 0istri!t ;= has ha who was a winner in the 8ames$ -ut .aymit!h is a relu!tant an seemingly ina e9uate mentor" so (atniss reali2es she must rely on her own strengths in or er to sur&i&e$ Why I liked it?

+s the first book of the .unger 8ames trilogy" The Hunger Games is !ompelling rea ing an makes the rea er want to rea the ne%t book imme iately to fin out what has happene to (atniss an Peeta$ (atniss is a strong !hara!ter who sol&es her own problems an takes !harge of her own life$ .er struggles with her i&i e affe!tions between two boys are realisti!ally portraye but not o&erwrought$ +n her ten en!y to ina &ertently !reate problems !an spark many !on&ersations about whether she was right or wrong an whether she staye true to who she is$ (atniss is someone that rea ers will not forget$ Title: The Fault in our Stars Author: ?ohn 8reen Lexile: 8@0 Summary: Here's the whole sordid tale. Dying girl meets hot boy. Hot boy and dying girl fall in teenage love and go on adventures to Amsterdam together. Dying girl disappointed by her meeting with a certain author whom she idolizes. Dying girl and hot boy admit their love to each other and have physical relations. In a horrible twist of fate, dying girl lives while hot boy dies. The end. onfused and a little intrigued! Don't worry about it" we'll go a little slower #and add a little detail$ to ma%e the summary &ust a bit more palatable and easy to follow. 'e open up the story with Hazel (race, who is your average teenager except for the little fact that she's got all sorts of cancer inside her body and her lungs aren't wor%ing very well. Hazel is in )upport (roup one day when a new boy catches her eye. 'ell, to be accurate, they catch one another's eyes. )oon enough, she and Augustus #aforementioned hot boy$ are flirtatious friends and tal% to each other about everything. Hazel shares her favorite boo%, An Imperial Affliction, with Augustus, and together they obsess about the unsolved ending. Augustus manages to somehow get through to the author and when Hazel emails him, he invites her to come to Amsterdam to discuss the ending of the boo%. A fan's dream come true. In the meantime, Augustus and Hazel's good friend Isaac is losing his eye #the only one he has left$ so that he can be cancer*free at long last. In the process though, he also loses his girlfriend +onica, who can't ,deal, with having a blind boyfriend. -eah, we thin% she's a little superficial too, but whatever.

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)o Augustus surprises Hazel by telling her that he still has his wish #the ,'ish, that they grant to dying children$ from when he had cancer and lost his leg, and he'd happily use it to ta%e her to Amsterdam to meet .eter /an Houten, reclusive author of An Imperial Affliction. Ah, true romance. Hazel of course, is over the moon about the whole idea, but first she has to convince her hovering, worried parents and her s%eptical doctors. 0ventually, they manage to get their trip in order and ta%e off into the great un%nown with Hazel's mother in tow. They go to Amsterdam and have beautiful and romantic times, but when they meet .eter /an Houten, it doesn't e1actly go as planned. 2irst of all, he's a mean drun%. )econd of all... well actually, no, that's totally it. He's &ust a mean drun% and doesn't answer any of Hazel's 3uestions. Hazel is angry and upset, but /an Houten's assistant 4idewi& ta%es her and Augustus out to e1plore Amsterdam. They see Anne 2ran%'s house, where things are %ind of redeemed because she and Augustus finally %iss. 5oh la la. They go bac% to the hotel room and even steamier things happen. -owza. Augustus then drops a bomb6 his cancer has returned. This is very, very bad. 'hen they return to Indianapolis, it's clear that Augustus's health is deteriorating and he might not have much time left. In a heartbrea%ing scene, Hazel and Isaac even share the eulogies that they wrote for him. Throughout it all, Hazel is there with Augustus, until the very end. 'hen he dies, Hazel is shoc%ed and filled with grief. At his funeral, though, she gives a different eulogy than the one she had written him. 'hy! 'ell, she realizes that she needs to deliver something that's tailored to his parents, who are the ones suffering now #not him$. At the funeral, she's shoc%ed to see that .eter /an Houten is there. )he tal%s to him and realizes that he wrote An Imperial Affliction because he had a daughter who died of cancer. )he's no closer to li%ing /an Houten as a person, but she understands a little more why he's so tortured and crotchety. )he also learns from Isaac that Augustus was writing something for her before he died. )he proceeds to go on a %ind of crazy search for what he's written, which she thin%s might be the alternate ending to An Imperial Affliction that she wanted so badly. )he also learns that her mother is ta%ing classes to become a )upport (roup leader, and is relieved that there will be life for her parents after she dies. At the very end, she learns from 4idewi& that Augustus wrote her a eulogy that he sent to /an Houten. The boo% ends with her reading the eulogy, which states that he hopes that she's happy with the choices she made. Hazel says that yes, she is happy. Why I liked it?

.ere is a story about !han!e an !hoi!e too tragi! to be !ome i! an too funny to be sa $ 5t is e%9uisitely !rafte an uni&ersally a!!essible$ +t the !enter of this swirling &orte% of big i eas lies the notion that ma e up stories !an mean a great eal to people$$ an that we fa!e losing su!h stories 3ust as we fa!e losing life$

Title:)a ian!e Author: +lyson 7oel Lexile: 830 Summary: )iley -loom left her sister" ,&er" in the worl of the li&ing an !rosse the bri ge into the afterlifeAa pla!e !alle .ere" where time is always 7ow$ )iley an her og" -utter!up" ha&e been reunite with her parents an are 3ust settling into a ni!e" rela%ing eath when she/s summone before The Coun!il$ They let her in on a se!retAthe afterlife isn/t 3ust an eternity of leisureB )iley has to work$ She/s been assigne a 3ob" Soul Cat!her" an a tea!her" -o hi" a !urious boy she !an/t 9uite figure out$ )iley" -o hi" an -utter!up return to earth for her first assignment" a )a iant -oy who/s been haunting a !astle in ,nglan for !enturies$ #any Soul Cat!hers ha&e trie to get him to !ross the bri ge an faile $ -ut he/s ne&er met )iley 5f you ha&e rea the 5mmortals series before rea ing )a ian!e you woul know that )iley is snarky" wity" an 3ust an o&erall likeable !hara!ter$ 5n )a ian!e she still is the likeable !hara!ter you grew to lo&e in the 5mmortals series 5 was 3ust e%pe!ting a little more snarkyness$ .owe&er" with that sai 5 think that she really !omes into her own in this story while ealing with the normal issues all twel&e year ol s eal with$ The story begins with )iley ha&ing to atten s!hool 3ust like she woul ha&e to if she was still ali&e an li&ing on ,arth$ .owe&er" s!hool in the .ere is not what she e%pe!ts$ She is gi&en the title as Soul Cat!her an nee s to tra&el to a !astle an !at!h a soul of a ten year ol boy who has been haunting a !astle in ,nglan for hun re s of years$ +long with her gui e -o hi a somewhat orky fourteen year ol boy she is etermine to get the mission !omplete as soon as possible so she !an en3oy ,nglan an ha&e -o hi tea!h her how to fly$ Sometimes things on/t go as smoothly as planne espe!ially when -o hi

i n/t gi&e her the whole story to begin with$ Shimmer the se9uel to )a ian!e !omes out in Spring =0;; an 5 hope )iley/s snarkyness is turne up a not!h an we learn more about -o hi$ Why I liked it? 5 think ra ian!e is a won erful an elightful rea $ 5t tells the story of a young girl whos life has 3ust been yanke from un erneath her feet$ +n who has to bra&e the !hallenges of her new worl $ For )iley" the hereCnow is a little bit like her life on the human plane$ ,%!ept there is no one that she knows besi es her family$ There is also no time or ate" its always here C now$ ?oin riley in the a &enture of her ne%t life$ +n maybe e&en earn a little bit ra ian!e for yourself$ Title:The 7otebook Author: 7i!holas Lexile: 8@0 Summary:
A man with a faded, wellmorning ritual she doesn't is an achingly tender story that will stay with you

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worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a understand. Until he begins to read to her. The Notebook about the enduring power of lo e, a story of miracles fore er.

!et amid the austere beauty of coastal North "arolina in #$%&, The Notebook begins with the story of Noah "alhoun, a rural !outherner returned home from 'orld 'ar ((. Noah, thirtyone, is restoring a plantation home to its former glory, and he is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met fourteen years earlier, a girl he lo ed like no other. Unable to find her, yet unwilling to forget the summer they spent together, Noah is content to li e with only memories...until she unexpectedly returns to his town to see him once again. Allie Nelson, twenty-nine, is now engaged to another man, but reali)es that the original passion she felt for Noah has not dimmed with the passage of time. !till, the obstacles that once ended their pre ious relationship remain, and the gulf between their worlds is too ast to ignore. 'ith her impending marriage only weeks away, Allie is forced to confront her hopes and dreams for the future, a future that only she can shape. *ike a pu))le within a pu))le, the story of Noah and Allie is +ust the beginning. As it unfolds, their tale miraculously becomes something different, with much higher stakes. The result is a deeply mo ing portrait of lo e itself, the tender moments and the fundamental changes that affect us all. !hining with a beauty that is rarely found in current literature, The Notebook establishes Nicholas !parks as a classic storyteller with a uni,ue insight into the only emotion that really matters. -( am nothing special, of this ( am sure. ( am a common man with common thoughts and (' e led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but (' e lo ed another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has

always been enough.And so begins one of the most poignant and compelling lo e stories you will e er read...The Notebook Why I liked it?

The 7otebook by 7i!holas Sparks is a story about two teenagers from opposite si es of the tra!k who meet one fateful summer an fall in lo&e for a lifetime$ This no&el was engaging an stea y pa!e $ 5 was able to rea it in one sitting as 5 was rawn into the li&es of 7oah an +llie$ 7i!holas Sparks has !reate a poignant story about two people who try to re!apture the lo&e they on!e share espite the passage of time$ Title:0it!he 'the Do&e Story* +uthor: )obin #ellom Lexile: 800 Summary: There's a girl. ?ustina 8riffith was ne&er the girl who reame of going to prom$ 0esigner resses an strappy heelsE 7ot her thing$ That sai " she ne&er e%pe!te her best frien " 5an Clark" to ask her$ And there's a boy. 5an" who always 5an" who knew 5an" who passe her the baseball bat" han le first$ e%a!tly when she nee e re li!ori!e$ promise her the most ama2ing night at prom$

Then there's a ditch. -ut when ?ustina is it!he " figurati&ely and literally" she must pie!e together--stain-by-stain on her thrift store ress--e%a!tly how she en e up ateless$$$with only the help of some opinionatei la ies at the F-,le&en$ Why I liked it? This is su!h a !ute story that left me laughing an smiling so mu!h4 5 a ore that !hara!ters an her story-telling of what happene that night$ 5t /s so !ra2y an e%!iting that it totally lea&es you smiling4 This story starts off with a girl !ra2y in lo&e" swirling into a turn of e&ents that will ha&e you laughing$ >ne thing 5 en3oye about this book is the main !hara!ter ?ustina$ +fter fighting her feelings about 5an" things ha&e turn out not what she e%pe!te $ 5 en3oye rea ing about ?ustina To get the whole store" ?ustina will ha&e to fa!e the boy who it!he her$ Can losing out at her prom ultimately lea to fin ing true lo&eE

Title: The Cat!her in the )ye Author: ?$0 Salinger Lexile: 8G0
Summary: .olden "aufield, the se enteen-year-old narrator and protagonist of the no el, addresses the reader directly from a mental hospital or sanitarium in southern "alifornia. .e wants to tell us about e ents that took place o er a two-day period the pre ious /ecember. Typically, he first digresses to mention his older brother, /.0., who was once a -terrific- short-story writer but now has sold out and writes scripts in nearby .ollywood. The body of the no el follows. (t is a frame story, or long flashback, constructed through .olden's memory. .olden begins at 1encey 1rep, an exclusi e pri ate school in 1ennsyl ania, on the !aturday afternoon of the traditional football game with school ri al, !axon .all. .olden misses the game. 2anager of the fencing team, he managed to lose the team's e,uipment on the subway that morning, resulting in the cancellation of a match in N.3. !pencer is a well-meaning but long-winded old man, and .olden gladly escapes to the ,uiet of an almost deserted dorm. 'earing his new red hunting cap, he begins to read. .is re erie is temporary. 4irst, a dorm neighbor named Ackley disturbs him. *ater, .olden argues with his roommate, !tradlater, who fails to appreciate a theme that .olden has written for him about .olden's deceased brother Allie's baseball glo e. A womani)er, !tradlater has +ust returned from a date with .olden's old friend 5ane 6allagher. The two roommates fight, !tradlater winning easily. .olden has had enough of 1encey 1rep and catches a train to New 3ork "ity where he plans to stay in a hotel until 'ednesday, when his parents expect him to return home for "hristmas acation. !ally is snobbish and -phony,- but the two watch a play featuring married 0roadway stars Alfred *unt and *ynn 4ontanne. !ally and .olden skate at 7adio "ity but fight when .olden tries to discuss things that really matter to him and suddenly suggests that they run off together. .olden lea es, sees the "hristmas show at 7adio "ity 2usic .all, endures a mo ie, and gets ery drunk. Throughout the no el, .olden has been worried about the ducks in the lagoon at "entral 1ark. .e tries to find them but only manages to break 1hoebe's recording in the process. 8xhausted physically and mentally, he heads home to see his sister. .olden's story ends with 1hoebe riding a carrousel in the rain as .olden watches. (n the final chapter, .olden is at the sanitarium in "alifornia. .e doesn't want to tell us any more. (n fact, the whole story has only made him miss people, e en the +erks. Why I liked it? 7.D. )alinger's novel is a wa%e*up call to all teenagers and in a sense, is an inspiring read because it sends out the message that we should all remain hopeful and true to ourselves. Teenagers can relate

to it because of its comple1 themes of rebellion, identity and independence but I would recommend you read it before you're an adult otherwise you may have the urge to slap Holden for his actions when reading the boo%8

Title:The Story Teller Author: ?o i Pi!oult Lexile: 830 Summary: Sage Singer befrien s an ol man who/s parti!ularly belo&e in her !ommunity$ ?osef Weber is e&eryone/s fa&orite retire tea!her an Dittle Deague !oa!h$ They strike up a frien ship at the bakery where Sage works$ >ne ay he asks Sage for a fa&or: to kill him$ Sho!ke " Sage refusesHan then he !onfesses his arkest se!ret - he eser&es ie" be!ause he was a 7a2i SS guar $ Compli!ating the matterE Sage/s gran mother is a .olo!aust

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What o you o when e&il li&es ne%t oorE Can someone who/s !ommitte a truly heinous a!t e&er atone for it with subse9uent goo beha&iorE Shoul you offer forgi&eness to someone if you aren/t the party who was wronge E +n most of all - if Sage e&en !onsi ers his re9uest - is it mur er" or 3usti!eE Why I liked it? ?o i Pi!oult has ta!kle yet another Ibig issue< 'forgi&eness* in The Storyteller" but as in all her books things are a little more !ompli!ate than usual" an there<s her wow- i n<t-see-that-!oming twist as well$ Sage Singer is a loner$ She works as a baker through the night" only befrien ing a few people" har ly e&er talking to the !ustomers" always staying behin the s!enes in the store where she works$ She has terrible s!ars on her fa!e from a frightful a!!i ent" something she<s struggling to !ope with J psy!hologi!ally as well as physi!ally J e&ery ay of her life$ -ut it oesn<t stop her baking$ Throughout the book 5 !oul almost smell Sage<s brea s" the beautiful brea s taught to her by her ?ewish gran mother J an esperately wante to taste them$ >&er time an unlikely frien ship grows between her an an el erly !ustomer in the store$

Title:#irror 5mage Author:San ra -rown Lexile: 8F0 Summary: : +&ery 0aniels is a tele&ision 3ournalist who has problems keeping emotionally unin&ol&e with her news stories$ She sur&i&es a plane !rash only to be mistaken for a fellow passenger whose !hil she has !arrie from the air!raft$ ,&eryone belie&es that she is Carol )utle ge" the mother of the !hil $ She has lost her &oi!e an !annot !ommuni!ate with the surgeons who will perform the !osmeti! surgery to re!reate the fa!e of the ea Carol$ While in re!o&ery her life an that of Carol/s husban are threatene $ +&ery fears she will be targete if the killer is!o&ers her real i entity an sees an unparalle opportunity to regain her tainte reputation in the 3ournalisti! !ommunity$ Tate )utlege is an up an !oming politi!ian in the Southwest with a &ery unhappy marriage" who is planning a i&or!e$ .e is &ery grateful to his :wife: for sa&ing their aughter an e!i es to support her through the iffi!ulties of surgery an re!uperation$ .e oes not un erstan the attra!tion he feels for this woman he has !ome to espose$ 5t is almost like is!o&ering that he is marrie to a ifferent an e%!iting woman$ .is attempts to maintain his istan!e an aloofmess are woefully unsu!!essful as he fin himself falling in lo&e with her all o&er again$ #eanwhile +&ery is falling in lo&e herself an fin ing out who among Tate/s family an politi!al !ir!les wants to o him harm an possibly eliminate him$: Why I liked it? >&erall" 5 lo&e this story an the main plot$ #istaken i entity ma e in a plan !rash an the !rash &i!tim '+&ery* un ergoes re!onstru!ti&e surgery an en s up taking someone else/s i entity$ -efore she !an re&eal her i entity" she fin s that the woman/s husban 'Tate*" a senatorial !an i iate is an assasination target$ .is wife 'Carol" her new i entity* was in on it$ 0uring her re!o&ery"

Tate is there aily" gi&ing her en!ouragement an +&ery fin s Tate as the !enter of her worl $