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

• Lois Lowry (EXCEPT Number the Stars or The Giver)

• Jerry Spinelli

• Gordon Korman

• Jason Reynolds

• Torrey Maldonado

• Mike Lupica

• Kwame Alexander

• Russell Freedman

Non-Fiction Suggestions:

• Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong

• Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James Swanson

• Fourth Down and Inches by Carla Killough McClafferty