Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
1 Issues 1
A Coping with Others' Choices 1
1 Twisted Laurie Halse Anderson 1
2 Mistik Lake Martha Brooks 4
3 A Friend at Midnight Caroline B. Cooney 6
4 Not Like You Deborah Davis 9
5 Bang! Sharon G. Flake 11
6 Lush Natasha Friend 14
7 Bullyville Francine Prose 16
B Facing Our Own Choices 19
1 Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Peter Cameron 19
2 The Loud Silence of Francine Green Karen Cushman 21
3 Just Listen Sarah Dessen 24
4 Godless Pete Hautman 27
5 Invisible Pete Hautman 29
6 Becoming Chloe Catherine Ryan Hyde 32
7 Repossessed A. M. Jenkins 35
8 Freak Marcella Pixley 37
2 Contemporary 41
A Learning about Love 41
1 One Whole and Perfect Day Judith Clarke 41
2 An Abundance of Katherines John Green 44
3 Kissing the Bee Kathe Koja 46
4 Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie David Lubar 49
5 What They Found: Love on 145th Street Walter Dean Myers 51
6 Small Steps Louis Sachar 53
7 The Wednesday Wars Gary D. Schmidt 56
8 Going Going Naomi Shihab Nye 59
9 Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Gabrielle Zevin 61
B Playing the Game 64
1 Love, Football, and Other Contact Sports Alden Carter 64
2 Beanball Gene Fehler 67
3 Slam Nick Hornby 69
4 Game Walter Dean Myers 71
5 Rebound Bob Krech 74
6 Big Slick Eric Luper 77
7 Heat Mike Lupica 79
8 Notes from the Midnight Driver Jordan Sonnenblick 82
3 Adventure/Survival 85
A Flight 85
1 Being Kevin Brooks 85
2 Copper Sun Sharon Draper 87
3 Chase Jessie Haas 90
4 Safe House James Heneghan 93
5 Runaway Wendelin Van Draanen 95
B Fight 98
1 A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah 98
2 The Braid Helen Frost100
3 Pigboy Vicki Grant 103
4 The White Darkness Geraldine McCaughrean 105
5 Sold Patricia McCormick 108
6 Captives Tom Pow 111
C Quest 113
1 The Last Knight: A Knight and Rogue Novel Hilari Bell 113
2 Airman Eoin Colfer 116
3 The Caretaker Trilogy David Klass 119
4 The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio Alexander Lloyd 123
4 Mystery/Suspense 127
A Contemporary 127
1 Candy Kevin Brooks 127
2 Something Rotten Alan Gratz 130
3 Surrender Sonya Hartnett 133
4 The Unmaking of Duncan Veerick Betty Levin 135
5 First Boy Gary D. Schmidt 138
B Historical 141
1 The Traitors' Gate Avi 141
2 Feathered Laura Kasischke 144
3 The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World e. l. konigsburg 146
4 Black Duck Janet Taylor Lisle 149
5 The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick 152
C Paranormal 154
1 Darkside Tom Becker 154
2 The Road of the Dead Kevin Brooks 157
3 Dreamhunter Duet Elizabeth Knox 160
4 Hell Phone William Sleator 164
5 Fantasy/Science Fiction/Paranormal 167
A Discovering Our Place 167
1 The Beast of Noor Janet Lee Carey 167
2 Rash Pete Hautman 169
3 Freaks: Alive, on the Inside! Annette Curtis Klause 172
4 Shapeshifter's Quest Dena Landon 175
5 Keturah and Lord Death Martine Leavitt 178
6 The Navigator: Chosen to Save the World Eoin McNamee 180
7 The Inheritance Cycle Christopher Paolini 183
B Retelling an Old Story 189
1 Wabi: A Hero's Tale Joseph Bruchac 189
2 Enter Three Witches: A Story of Macbeth Caroline B. Cooney 191
3 Book of a Thousand Days Shannon Hale 194
4 Song of the Sparrow Lisa Ann Sandell 197
5 The Book of Mordred Vivian Vande Velde 199
C Choosing and Achieving 202
1 The Land of the Silver Apples Nancy Farmer 202
2 Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 David Petersen 205
3 The Will of the Empress Tamora Pierce 207
4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 210
5 Storm Thief Chris Wooding 213
6 History 217
A Struggling 217
1 The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor of the Nation; Volume I: The Pox Party M. T. Anderson 217
2 The Book of Lost Things John Connolly 220
3 Underground Jean Ferris 222
4 Blue Joyce Moyer Hostetter 225
5 Mendel's Daughter: A Memoir Gusta Lemelman 227
B Growing 230
1 Runner Robert Newton 230
2 Let Sleeping Dogs Lie Mirjam Pressler 233
3 A True and Faithful Narrative Katherine Sturtevant 235
4 Summer of the War Gloria Whelan 238
5 The Book Thief Markus Zusak 241
C Shaping 243
1 Geronimo Joseph Bruchac 243
2 Jane Addams: Champion of Democracy Judith Bloom Fradin Dennis Brindell Fradin 246
3 The Real Benedict Arnold Jim Murphy 249
4 We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball Kadir Nelson 252
5 The Wall: Growing up behind the Iron Curtain Peter Sís 255
7 Multiple Cultures 259
A Identity 259
1 Does My Head Look Big in This? Randa Abdel-Fattah 259
2 On Thin Ice Jamie Bastedo 262
3 Kampung Boy LAT 264
4 Harlem Summer Walter Dean Myers 267
B Integration 269
1 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie 269
2 Diamonds in the Shadow Caroline B. Cooney 272
3 Healing Water: A Hawaiian Story Joyce Moyer Hostetter 275
4 Off-Color Janet McDonald 278
5 American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang 280
C Conflict 283
1 Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood Ibtisam Barakat 283
2 I Am a Taxi Deborah Ellis 285
3 Sacred Leaf Deborah Ellis 287
4 Child of Dandelions Shenaaz Nanji 289
5 Trouble Gary D. Schmidt 292
Index 297
