Recommended Authors: (Don't forget to check out the Teacher Recommendations!)

• Jacqueline Woodson (EXCEPT If You Come Softly)

• Walter Dean Myers (EXCEPT Bad Boy)

• Sharon Draper

• Gary Soto

• Jim Murphy

Non-Fiction Suggestions:

• The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

• A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

• Dear Bully edited by Megan Kelley