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Powerful Openings Unit Independent Reading Selections
Mentor Text: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Alexie, Sherman The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Anderson, Laurie Halse Speak
Blum, Jenna Those Who Save Us
Bray, Libba A Great and Terrible Beauty
Burns, Olive-Ann Cold Sassy Tree
Card, Orson Scott Ender's Game
Chbosky, Stephen The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Cheva, Cherry She's So Money
Cisneros, Sandra The House on Mango Street
Cleave, Chris Little Bee
Condie, Ally Matched
Danticat, Edwidge Behind the Mountains
DiCamillo, Kate The Tiger Rising
Draper, Sharon Tears of a Tiger
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man
Erdrich, Louise Tracks
Forman, Gail If I Stay
Gibbons, Kaye Ellen Foster
Green, John The Fault in Our Stars
Green, John Looking for Alaska
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
Hornby, Nick Fever Pitch
Ihimaera, Witi Whale Rider
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees
Kluger, Steve Last Days of Summer
Knowles, John A Separate Peace
Kogawa, Joy Obasan
Martel, Yann The Life of Pi
Ness, Patrick A Monster Calls
Picoult, Jodi My Sister's Keeper
Reynolds, Jason The Boy in the Black Suit
Ryan, Pam Munoz Esperanza Rising
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
Sanchez, Erica L. I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Stockett, Kathryn The Help
Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Viramontes, Helena Maria Under the Feet of Jesus
Watson, Renee Piecing Me Together
White, T.H. The Once and Future King
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