Recommended Reading
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Not sure what to read?
Ms. Kocar recommends:
*A Long Way From Chicago - Richard Peck
*A Night Divided - Jennifer A. Nielsen
*A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L'Engle
*Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson
*Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis
*Esperanza Rising – Pam Munoz Ryann
*Fish in a Tree - Lynda Mullaly Hunt
*Front Desk - Kelly Yang
*Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
*Holes – Louis Sachar
*Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus – Dusti Bowling
*Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O'Dell
*Maniac Magee – Jerry Spinelli
*Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs
*Number the Stars – Lois Lowry
*Out of My Mind – Sharon Draper
*Restart - Gordon Korman
*Sideways Stories from Wayside School – Louis Sachar
*Stargirl – Jerry Spinelli
*The Cay – Theodore Taylor
*The City of Ember – Jeanne DuPrau
*The Dark is Rising – Susan Cooper
*The Devil’s Arithmetic – Jane Yolen
*The Distance Between Lost and Found – Kathryn Holmes
*The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate
*The Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster
*The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise - Dan Gemeinhart
*The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 – Christopher Paul Curtis
*The Westing Game – Ellen Raskin
*Touching Spirit Bear – Ben Mikaelsen
*Ugly - Robert Hoge
*Walk Two Moons – Sharon Creech
*When You Reach Me – Rebecca Stead
*Where the Red Fern Grows – Wilson Rawls
*Wonder – R.J. Palacio
*Words on Fire - Jennifer A. Nielsen
*The Breadwinner series – Deborah Ellis
-The Breadwinner
-Parvana’s Journey
-Mud City
-My Name is Parvana
*The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
-The Magician's Nephew
-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
-The Horse and His Boy
-Prince Caspian
-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
-The Silver Chair
-The Last Battle
*The Divergent series – Veronica Roth
-Divergent
-Insurgent
-Allegiant
*The Giver series - Lois Lowry
-The Giver
-Gathering Blue
-Messenger
-Son
*The Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling
-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
-Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
*The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins
-The Hunger Games
-Catching Fire
-Mockingjay
*The Land of Elyon series – Patrick Carman
-The Dark Hills Divide
-Beyond the Valley of Thorns
-The Tenth City
*The Maze Runner series – James Dashner
-The Maze Runner
-The Scorch Trials
-The Death Cure
-The Fever Code (prequel)
*A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
-The Bad Beginning
-The Reptile Room
-The Wide Window
-The Miserable Mill
-The Austere Academy
-The Ersatz Elevator
-The Vile Village
-The Hostile Hospital
-The Carnivorous Carnival
-The Slippery Slope
-The Grim Grotto
-The Penultimate Peril
-The End