Mr. Bordoks' Top 5 Recommended Reading List:

1. Can't Stop Won't Stop; A hip-hop history by Jeff Chang

Chronicles the history of the hip hop movement, beginning with its fermentation in inner-city African American communities and clubs and expanding into various genres such as music, art, dance, fashion, and culture. Features interviews with early artists, spotlights facts about its rise to mainstream culture, and highlights historical moments in the movement's history.

2. The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys.

Eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson has traveled to Spain hoping to connect with his mother’s homeland through his photography. When he meets a young woman named Ana, he sees the harsh realities of the impact of the Spanish Civil War that still affect her family. Daniel finds himself facing difficult decisions as secrets from the past and danger collide, revealing a dark side of Spain hidden under the sunny shroud of relaxation and tourism.

3. Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean.

A Michael L. Printz Honor Book and Carnegie Medal Winner! Every summer in 1727, as per tradition, a young boy named Quill and his friends are dropped off on the shore of a large, rocky, and remote sea stac. They are there to hunt birds for a time, then someone comes by boat to pick them up. Only this summer nobody comes. The boys decide that the only explanation is that the world has ended, and they are on their own, cold, starving, clinging to just a large hunk of rock in the middle of the ocean. Somehow, they must find a way to survive in a place forsaken.

4. Sorry For Your Loss by Jessie Ann Foley.

Pup Flanagan is an average guy, barely passing his high school classes, ignored in his large family, and unsure of what the future holds. The only person who thought anything of Pup was his late brother, Patrick. Then Pup gets a school photography assignment, and one photograph changes everything for Pup.

5. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki.

Sixteen-year-old Frederica “Freddy” Riley's girlfriend, Laura Dean, is toxic, but Freddy just keeps coming back. Freddy begins to alienate her friends, and she finds herself almost alone, with just her best friend Doodle, and her awful girlfriend. Freddy begins to wonder if Laura is really the problem, and decides she must find a way out of the cycle of toxicity.