Recommended Books

Teen reads:

  • Turtles all the way Down
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • The Map of Salt and Stars
  • Eleanor and Park
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
  • We Were Liars
  • Anything by Sarah Dessen. She was my favorite author when I was in high school, and I still read her new books every summer :)

Literary Favorites:

  • The Secret Life of Bees
  • The Importance of Being Earnest
  • The Giver
  • Beloved
  • The Awakening
  • Brave New World
  • The Great Gatsby
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Mrs. Dalloway

For anyone (popular fiction & nonfiction):

  • Where the Crawdads Sing
  • The Parable of the Sower
  • Educated
  • Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crises
  • The Handmaid's Tale
  • The Edible Woman
  • The Road
  • Me Talk Pretty One Day
  • The Year of Magical Thinking
  • White Oleander
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany
  • Bossypants

Contact info:

rwelty@caldwellschools.com

828-396-2188