Top Ten Book Lists for Teens
Each year the American Library Association creates Top 10 lists for teen
readers. Here are two of the selections from the 2012 fiction and
nonfiction lists for reluctant readers. Check out the entire list, and
all other lists, here.
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Get Hooked on a Series
Getting hooked on a series is a sure way to develop skill as a reader.
Here are some favorites at each grade level/reading level. Titles are
listed from easiest to more challenging under each grade level. Guided Reading levels are in
parentheses.
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Audio Book Resource for SPS Students
If you have an M3P player, a world of free book downloads from OneClickDigital is open to you! Find on the SPS student resource page, or here! Book files are available for 10 day checkout.
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SCIENCE FICTION
I Am Number Four / Lore Michael Vey / Evans Gone / Grant Alex Rider / Horowitz The Uglies / Westerfelf City of Ember / Dupraw Incarceron / Fisher The Hunger Games / Collins FANTASY Tale of Desperaux / DiCamillo Percy Jackson & Olympians / Riordan Elsewhere / Zevin Gregor Overlander series / Collins The Shiver Series / Stiefvater Lord of the Rings / Tolkien Inkheart / Funke The Hobbit / Tolkien Eragon / Paolini Cordyon & the Island of Monsters / Druitt The Warrior series / Hunter Pendragon / Avelli |
REALISTIC FICTION
Lord of the Flies / Golding Penderwicks / Birdsall Troy High / Norris Burned / Hopkins Blue is for Nightmares / Stolarz HISTORICAL FICTION Under the Blood Red Sun / Salisbury The Invention of Hugo Cabret / Selznik 
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K-1st Grade (F-I)
Biscuit the Dog / Rylant Elephant & Piggie / Willems Fly Guy / Arnold Dragon / Pilkey The Littles / Peterson 3rd Grade (M-P) Ivy & Bean / Barrows Flat Stanley / Brown Magic Treehouse / Pope Osborne Marvin Redpost / Sachar Junie B. Jones / Park A-Z Mysteries / Roy Amber Brown / Danziger My Father's Dragon / Gannett Zack Files / Greenburg Black Lagoon Mysteries / Thaler Geronimo Stilton / Stilton Boxcar Children / Warner Ramona / Cleary Clementine / Pennypacker Akimbo / Smith Dragon Slayers' Academy / Coville Time Warp Trio / Scieszka Captain Underpants / Pilkey If you live/traveled… series (Scholastic) 5th Grade (U-V) 39 Clues series / various authors Princess Diaries series / Cabot Julie of the Wolves series / George Warriors series / Hunter Falcondance series / Atwater Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series / Brewer (YA) Gregor the Overlander series/ Collins Dragon Rider series / Funke Inkheart series / Funke Guardians of Ga’Hoole series / Lasky Circle of Magic series / Pierce Cirque du Freak series / Shan (YA) Series of Unfortunate Events Series 6th Grade (W) Who is Carrie? trilogy / Collier The League series / Kenyon (YA) Seventh Tower series / Nix Land of Promise series / Nixon Harry Potter series / Rowling |
2nd Grade (J-L)
Henry & Mudge / Rylant Mercy Watson / DiCamillo Young Cam Jensen / Adler Stink / McDonald Judy Moody / McDonald Ricky Ricotta / Pilkey 4th Grade (Q-T) All about … (wildlife) / Arnosky Animal Ark series / Baglio Chronicles / DiTerlizzi Ghosthunters series / Funke Chet Gecko, Private Eye / Hale Bunnicula series /Howe Amulet series / Kibuishi Dragonquest series / Koller Island trilogy / Korman Alvin Ho series / Look Anastasia series / Lowry Dragon Slayers’ academy / McMullen Goosebumps / Stine I Survived … series / Tarshis Who was … (famous person) /various You Wouldn’t Want … (R+) / various Kidnapped series / Korman Hatchet series / Paulsen Big Nate series / Peirce Vampire Kisses Series / Schreiber A Day in the Life of … (history) series My Teacher series / Coville Emily Windsnap series / Kessler The Doll People series / Martin The Borrowers series / Norton Dear America series / various Ink trilogy / Funk Joey Pigza series / Gantos Julie of the Wolves trilogy / George Princess Academy series / Hale Diary of a Wimpy Kid series / Kinney Chronicles of Narnia series / Lewis Charlie Bone series / Nimmo Storm Runners series / Smith Sammy Keyes series / VanDraanen 7th Grade (X-Y) Artemis Fowl series / Colfer Dark is Rising series / Cooper Clique series / Harrison (YA) Alex Rider series / Horowitz Pendragon series / MacHale Ender's Game series / Card All-American Girl series / Cabot Inheritance series / Paolini Leviathan Trilogy / Westerfield |
