12th Grade Reading Choices

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

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Book Trailer for All My Rage ⬇

About the Author

Sabaa Tahir's 2022 National Book Award Acceptance Speech

Conversation on Culture and Identity with Sabaa Tahir

James by Percival Everett

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Percival Everett Challenging the American Literary Canon ⬆

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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Gabrielle Zevin introduces Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow ⬆

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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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Her Novel Became a Best Seller. The Trouble: She Didn’t Write It. (Published 2023)In “Yellowface,” R.F. Kuang satirizes the publishing industry with a tale of a struggling writer who passes off her recently deceased friend’s book as her own.

The Martian by Andy Weir

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Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wawll Kimmer

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The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

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Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD | Kirkus ReviewsWhat appears at first to be a double hate crime in a tiny Texas town turns out to be much more complicated—and more painful—than it seems.

About the Author: Attica Locke

What is the What by Dave Eggers

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The Lost Boy (Published 2006)Dave Eggers’s tale of a Sudanese refugee’s nightmarish flight has the imaginative sweep and the emotional power of an epic.

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As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

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All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

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Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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Alex Awards

Given to adult literature with particular appeal for YA audiences

Michael L. Printz Award

Annual award from the ALA for excellence in YA Literature

ALA's List of Outstanding Books for the College-Bound and Life-long Learners

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