The AC Stelle English department encourages all parents to assist their children in making book choices as a novel that may be appropriate for an eighth grader may not appropriate for a sixth grader. If parents have further questions, please contact your child's English teacher.
CA Dept of Education Recommended Literature List
Mid Continent Library Series listing
Common Sense Media - find out if your book is age appropriate
Sports: Matt Christopher, Carl Deuker, John Feinstein, Tim Green, Dan Gutman, Mike Lupica, Chris Lynch
Romance: Jen Calonita, Suzanne Colasante, Sarah Dessen, Jenny Han, Carrie Jones, Stephenie Meyer, Nicholas Sparks
Mystery: Peter Abrahams, Jennifer Allison, M.T. Anderson, Blue Balliet, Agatha Christie, Mary Higgins Clark, Caroline Cooney, Franklin Dixon, Lois Duncan, Alane Ferguson, Carolyn Keene, Joan Lowery Nixon, Wendelin Van Draanen
Fantasy: Piers Anthony, Lloyd Alexander, T.A. Barron, Dave Barry, Frank Beddor, Terry Brooks, Patrick Carman, Cinda Williams Chima, Eoin Colfler, Joseph Delaney, John Flanagan, C.S. Lewis, D.J. MacHale, Jenni Nimmo, Garth Nix, Christopher Paolino, Aprilynne Pike, Rick Riordan, Emily Rodda, J.K. Rowling, Angie Sage, Obert Skye, Paul Stewart, Jonathan Stroud, J.R.R. Tolkien, Scott Westerfeld
Action/Adventure: Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, Vince Flynn, John Grisham, Charlie Higson, Will Hobbs, Anthony Horowitz, Robert Muchamore, Kenneth Oppel, James Patterson, Brian Paulsen, Justin Somper
Ghost/Horror: Mary Downing Hahn, Christopher Pike, Darren Shan, Alexander Gordon Smith, R.L. Stine
Survival/Apocalypse/Dystopian: Suzanne Collins, Jeanne DuPrau, Allan Eckert, Brian Falkner, Jean Craighead George, Watt Key, John Marsden, Brian Paulsen, Susan Pfeffer, Roderick Philbrick