Mrs. Schuette’s Book List
Authors:
Rick Riordan—Percy Jackson series and Kane Chronicles series
Lois Lowry—Gathering Blue, Number the Stars, The Giver
Laurie Halse Anderson—Chains, Fever 1793, and Speak
Christopher Paul Curtis—Bud, Not Buddy, Watsons Go to Birmingham
Jerry Spinelli—Wringer, Stargirl, Maniac Magee
Richard Peck—A Long Way From Chicago
Sharon Creech—Chasing Redbird, Walk Two Moons, The Wanderer
Margaret Peterson Haddix-Shadow Children series
Books:
Historical Fiction:
Out of the Dust (Dust Bowl/Depression) Karen Hesse
Witch of Blackbird Pond (Salem
Number the Stars (Holocaust) Lois Lowry
Catherine Called Birdy (Medieval Time) Karen Cushman
The Midwife’s Apprentice Karen Cushman
My Brother Sam is Dead (Revolutionary War)Christopher Collier & James Lincoln
Across Five Aprils (Civil War) Irene Hunt Collier
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor
Sarah Bishop Scott O’Dell
Leviathan series Scott Westerfeld
Soldier X
Fantasy/ Science Fiction:
Harry Potter series
Lord of the Rings
A Wrinkle in Time series Madeline l’Engle
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
Ender’s Game—Orson Scott Card
Maximum Ride series
Peter and the Starcatchers series—also Kingdom Keepers
Savvy Ingrid Law
Suspense/Mystery:
Things Not Seen Andrew Clements
Westing Game Raskin
Tangerine Edward Bloom
Kit’s Wilderness David Almond
City of Ember series
Caroline Cooney—Face on the Milk Carton, Fog
Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Uglies series Scott Westerfeld
Realistic Fiction
Rules Cynthia Lord
Holes Louis Sachar
A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck
A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories Richard Peck
Wednesday Wars
Esperanza Rising Pam Munoz Ryan
Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata
Flipped Wendelin Van Draanan
Lily's Crossing Patricia Reilly Giff
Penny from Heaven Jennifer L. Holm
Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Classics/Other:
To Kill A Mockingbird
Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë
Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
Thursday Next Series—Jasper Fforde
Into Thin Air—Jon Krakauer
