Because of Winn-Dixie 

by Kate Dicamillo

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 

by Kate Dicamillo

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

Loser 

by Jerry Spinelli

Knots In My Yo Yo String

by Jerry Spinnelli

Cinder 

(Series)

by Marissa Meyer

Hatchet

by Gary Paulsen 

Crenshaw 

by Katherine Applegate

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

Gregor The Overlander 

by Suzanne Collins

Love That Dog

by Sharon Creech

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup

by Sharon Creech

Walk Two Moons

by Sharon Creech

Hoot 

by Carl Hiaasen

Holes 

by Louis Sachar

Blue 

by Joyce Moyer Hostetter

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Giver 

by Lois Lowry

Serafina and the Black Cloak 

by Robert Beatty