Literature Selection Review
Middle School and High School Literature Selections
Book Title | Author | Book Review |
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10 Things I Hate About Me | Randa Abdel-Fattah | Book Review |
2001 The Space Odyssey | Author C. Clark | Book Review |
A Corner of the Universe | Ann M. Martin | Book Review |
A Crack in the Line | Michael Lawrence | Book Review |
A Lesson Before Dying | Ernest J. Gaines | Book Review |
A Long Walk to Water | Linda Sue Park | Book Review |
A Long Way Home: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier | Ishmael Beah | Book Review |
A Million Junes | Emily Henry | Book Review |
A Monster Calls | Patrick Ness | Book Review |
A Prayer for Owen Meany | John Irving | Book Review |
A Raisin in the Sun | Lorainne Hansberry | Book Review |
A Separate Peace | John Knowles | Book Review |
A Single Shard | Linda Sue Park | Book Review |
A Tale Dark and Grimm | Adam Gidwitz | Book Review |
A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens | Book Review |
A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseni | Book Review |
A Very Large Expanse of Sea | Tahereh Mafi | Book Review |
Abduction | Peg Kehret | Book Review |
Across Five Aprils | Irene Hunt | Book Review |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | Book Review |
After the War | Carol Matas | Book Review |
Aliens on Vacation | Clete Barrett Smith | Book Review |
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten | Robert Fulghum | Book Review |
All Quiet on the Western Front | Erich Maria Remarque | Book Review |
Among the Hidden | Margret Peterson Haddix | Book Review |
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing | Hank Green | Book Review |
And Then There Were None | Agatha Christie | Book Review |
Anna of Byzantium | Tracy Barrett | Book Review |
Anne Frank: The Diary of Young Girl | Anne Frank | Book Review |
Anything But Typical | Nora Raleigh Baskin | Book Review |
April Morning | Howard Fast | Book Review |
Ashes of Roses | Mary Jane Auch | Book Review |
Atonement | Ian McEwan - OOHS Review | Book Review |
Bad Boy | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review |
Battle Scars | John Wilson | Book Review |
Bearstone | Will Hobbs | Book Review |
Being Me | Lori Williams | Book Review |
Between Shades of Gray; also title Ashes in the Snow | Sepetys | Book Review |
Bird by Bird | Anne Lamott | Book Review |
Black Like Me | John Howard Griffin | Book Review |
Blindness | Jose Saramago | Book Review |
Boost | Kathy Mackel | Book Review |
Boot Camp | Todd Strasser | Book Review |
Bottled Up | Jaye Murray | Book Review |
Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | Book Review |
Breadcrumbs | Anne Ursu | Book Review |
Breaker | Paolo Bacigalupi | Book Review |
Breaking Point | Alex Flinn | Book Review |
Bronx Masquerade | Nikki Grimes | Book Review |
Can't Get There from Here | Todd Strasser | Book Review |
Catcher in the Rye | J.D. Salinger | Book Review |
Catherine, Called Birdy | Karen Cushman | Book Review |
Chanda's Secrets | Allan Stratton | Book Review |
Chinese Cinderella | Adeline Yen Mah | Book Review |
Choosing Up Sides | John H. Ritter | Book Review |
Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell | Book Review |
Code of Honor | Alan Gratz | Book Review |
Copper Sun | Sharon Draper | Book Review |
Coraline | Neil Gaiman | Book Review |
Counting By 7s | Holly Goldberg Sloan | Book Review |
Crack In The Line | Michael Lawrence | Book Review |
Crash | Jerry Spinelli | Book Review |
Crystal | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review |
Cut | Patricia McCormick | Book Review |
Dangerous Skies | Suzanne Staples | Book Review |
David and Goliath | Malcolm Gladwell | Book Review |
Dead End in Norvelt 2 | Jack Gantos | Book Review |
Death of a Salesman | Arthur Miller | Book Review |
Divergent | Veronica Roth | Book Review |
Don't Scream | Joan Lowery Nixon | Book Review |
Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey | Margaret Peterson Haddix | Book Review |
Dope Sick | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review |
Downriver | Will Hobbs | Book Review |
Downsiders | Neal Shusterman | Book Review |
Dragonwings | Lawrence Yep | Book Review |
Drowned City Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans | Don Brown | Book Review |
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie | Jordan Sonnenblick | Book Review |
Dry | Shusterman | Book Review |
Eight Plus One | Robert Cormier | Book Review |
Elijah of Buxton | Christopher Paul Curtis | Book Review |
Elsewhere | Gabrielle Zevin | Book Review |
Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card | Book Review |
Esperanza Rising | Pam Munoz Ryan | Book Review |
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | Jonathan Safran Foer | Book Review |
Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | Book Review |
Fallen Angels | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review |
Farewell to Manzanar | Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston | Book Review |
Fast Food Nation | Eric Schlosser | Book Review |
Fire From Rock | Sharon Draper | Book Review |
Flip | David Lubar | Book Review |
Flush | Carl Hiaasen | Book Review |
Flying Solo | Ralph Fletcher | Book Review |
Freak the Mighty | Sharon Creech | Book Review |
Freak the Mighty | Rodman Philbrick | Book Review |
Game | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review |
Give a Boy a Gun | Todd Strasser | Book Review |
Give a Boy a Gun | Todd Strasser | Book Review |
Go Set A Watchman | Harper Lee | Book Review |
Going After Cacciato | Tim O'Brien - OOHS Review | Book Review |
Goodbye Vietnam | Gloria Whelan | Book Review |
Great Expectations | Charles Dickens | Book Review |
Green Glass Sea | Ellen Kleges | Book Review |
Greenglass House | Kate Milford | Book Review |
Gym Candy | Carl Deuker | Book Review |
Half Upon A Time | James Riley | Book Review |
Heart of Darkness | Joseph Conrad | Book Review |
Heart of Darkness | Joseph Conrad (for AP courses) | Book Review |
Hero | S.L. Rottman | Book Review |
Hero | S.L. Rottman | Book Review |
Heroes | Robert Cormier | Book Review |
Hidden Figures | Margot Lee Shetterly | Book Review |
Hidden Figures Young Reader | Margot Lee Shetterly | Book Review |
Hoot | Carl Hiaasen | Book Review |
Hope was Here | Joan Bauer | Book Review |
How to Read Novels Like a Professor | Thomas C. Foster | Book Review |
I Am Malala | Malala Yousafzai | Book Review |
I Know What You Did Last Summer | Lois Duncan | Book Review |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya Angelou | Book Review |
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (OLMS) | Maya Angelou | Book Review |
If I Grow Up | Todd Strasser | Book Review |
If I Should Die Before I Wake | Han Nolan | Book Review |
In Cold Blood | Truman Capote | Book Review |
Inside the Walls of Troy | Clemence McLaren | Book Review |
Into Thin Air | Jon Krakauer | Book Review |
Invisible | Pete Hautman | Book Review |
Invisible Man | Ralph Ellison | Book Review |
Jesse | Gary Soto | Book Review |
Journey to Jo'Burg | Beverly Naidoo | Book Review |
Jurassic Park | Michael Crichton | Book Review |
Just Ella | Margaret Petterson Haddix | Book Review |
Just Mercy | Bryan Stevenson | Book Review |
Just Mercy Adapted For Young Adults (OOMS) | Bryan Stevenson | Book Review |
Kindred | Octavia Butler | Book Review |
Let the Great World Spin | Colum McCann | Book Review |
Letters from Rifka | Karen Hesse | Book Review |
Life as We Knew It | Susan Beth Pfeffer | Book Review |
Lion - A Long Way Home: A Memoir | Saroo Brierley | Book Review |
Lions of Little Rock | Kirsten Levine | Book Review |
Lockdown | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review |
London Eye Mystery | Siobhan Dowd | Book Review |
Long Way Down | Jason Reynolds | Book Review |
Lord of the Flies | William Golding | Book Review |
Love That Dog | Sharon Creech | Book Review |
Lupita Manana | Patricia Beatty | Book Review |
March Book 1 | John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell | Book Review |
Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell Block 25 | Richard Paul Evans | Book Review |
Missing Since Monday | Ann M. Martin | Book Review |
Mississippi Trial 1955 | Chris Crowe | Book Review |
Mississippi Trial 1955 | Chris Crowe - OLMS review | Book Review |
Monkey Island | Paula Fox | Book Review |
Monster | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review |
Mountains Beyond Mountains | Tracy Kidder | Book Review |
My Brother Sam is Dead | James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier | Book Review |
Naughts and Crosses | Malorie Blackman | Book Review |
Night | Elie Wiesel | Book Review |
Nightjohn | Gary Paulsen | Book Review |
No Summit Out of Sight | Jordan Romero | Book Review |
Number the Stars | Lois Lowry | Book Review |
Of Mice and Men | John Steinbeck | Book Review |
On My Honor | Marion Dane Bauer | Book Review |
On the Fringe Various; edited | Don Gallo | Book Review |
On Writing | Stephen King | Book Review |
On Writing the College Application Essay | Harry Bauld | Book Review |
One Crazy Summer | Rita William-Garcia | Book Review |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Ken Kesey | Book Review |
One Of Us Is Lying | Karen M. McManus | Book Review |
Out Of My Mind | Sharon Draper | Book Review |
Outliers: a story of success | Malcolm Gladwell | Book Review |
Pay It Forward | Catherine Ryan Hyde | Book Review |
Payback Time | Carl Deuker | Book Review |
Penny from Heaven | Jennifer L. Holm | Book Review |
Petey | Ben Mikaelsen | Book Review |
Petey | Ben Mikaelsen | Book Review |
Please Stop Laughing at Me | Jodee Blanco | Book Review |
Pretties | Scott Westerfeld | Book Review |
Pride | Ibi Zoboi | Book Review |
Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | Book Review |
Rain Reign | Ann M. Martin | Book Review |
Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | Book Review |
Red Scarf Girl | Ji-Li Jiang | Book Review |
Refugee | Alan Gratz | Book Review |
Rocket Boys | Homer Hickam | Book Review |
Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry | Mildred D. Taylor | Book Review |
Romiette and Julio | Sharon Draper | Book Review |
Scorpions | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review |
Scorpions | Walter Dean Myers- reviewed for middle schools | Book Review |
Scythe | Neil Shusterman | Book Review |
Ship Breaker | Paolo Bacigalupi | Book Review |
Shiver | Maggie Stiefvater | Book Review |
Silent to the Bone | E. L. Konigsburg | Book Review |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | J.R.R. Tolkien | Book Review |
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie | David Lubar | Book Review |
So Far from the Bamboo Grove | Yoko Kawashima Watkins | Book Review |
Somewhere in the Darkness | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review |
Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson - OHS review | Book Review |
Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson - OLHS review | Book Review |
Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson - reviewed for middle schools | Book Review |
Stamped | Christa Overbeck | Book Review |
Stormbreaker | Anthony Horowitz | Book Review |
Street Love | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review |
Stuck in Neutral | Terry Trueman | Book Review |
Stuck In Neutral | Terry Trueman | Book Review |
Success Express for Teens | Sean Covey | Book Review |
Sunrise Over Fallujah | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review |
Taking Flight | Micahaela DePrince and Elaine DePrince | Book Review |
The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make | Sean Covey | Book Review |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens | Sean Covey | Book Review |
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Sherman Alexie | Book Review |
The Adoration of Jenna Fox | Mary Pearson | Book Review |
The Awakening | Kate Chopin | Book Review |
The Bar Code Tattoo | Susan Weyn | Book Review |
The Battle of Jericho | Sharon Draper | Book Review |
The Bean Trees | Barbara Kingsolver | Book Review |
The Bean Trees | Barbara Kingsolver - OOHS Review | Book Review |
The Beast | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review |
The Beasties | William Sleator | Book Review |
The Bluest Eye | Toni Morrison - OOHS Review | Book Review |
The Book Thief | Markus Zusak | Book Review |
The Book Thief | Markus Zusak | Book Review |
The Boy In Striped Pajamas | John Boyne | Book Review |
The Brimstone Journals | Ron Koertge | Book Review |
The Chosen | Chaim Potok | Book Review |
The Creek | Jennifer L. Holm | Book Review |
The Dead and the Gone | Susan Beth Pfeffer | Book Review |
The Eyes of Kid Midas | Neal Shusterman | Book Review |
The Frog Princess | ED Baker | Book Review |
The Giver | Lois Lowry | Book Review |
The Glass Castle | Jeannette Wells | Book Review |
The Golden Compass | Philip Pullman | Book Review |
The Grimm Legacy | Shulman | Book Review |
The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas | Book Review |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | Book Review |
The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien | Book Review |
The House Of The Scorpion | Nancy Farmer | Book Review |
The House on Mango Street | Sandra Cisneros - OHS review | Book Review |
The House on Mango Street | Sandra Cisneros - OLHS review | Book Review |
The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | Book Review |
The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins - OLMS review | Book Review |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Rebecca Skloot - OLHS review | Book Review |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Rebecca Skloot - OOHS review | Book Review |
The Island of Dr. Moreau | H.G. Wells | Book Review |
The Jacket | Andrew Clements | Book Review |
The Johnstown Flood | David McCullough | Book Review |
The Jungle | Upton Sinclair | Book Review |
The Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini - OHS review | Book Review |
The Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini - OLHS review | Book Review |
The Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini - OOHS review | Book Review |
The Laramie Project | Moises Kaufman | Book Review |
The Light in the Forest | Conrad Richter | Book Review |
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven | Sherman Alexie | Book Review |
The Lottery Rose | Irene Hunt | Book Review |
The Marrow Thieves | Cherie Dimaline | Book Review |
The Martian | Andy Weir | Book Review |
The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead - OHS/CDL Review | Book Review |
The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead - OLHS Review | Book Review |
The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah | Book Review |
The Omnivore’s Dilemma Young Readers Edition | Michael Pollan | Book Review |
The Orphan Train | Christina Baker Kline | Book Review |
The Other Wes Moore | Wes Moore | Book Review |
The Outsiders | S.E. Hinton | Book Review |
The Parable Of The Sower | Harry N. Abrams | Book Review |
The Pigman | Paul Zindel | Book Review |
The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver | Book Review |
The Road | Cormac McCarthy | Book Review |
The Running Dream | Wendelin Van Draanen | Book Review |
The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Book Review |
The Secret Life of Bees | Sue Monk Kidd | Book Review |
The Shadow Club | Neal Shusterman | Book Review |
The Sisters Grimm:The Fairy Tale Detectives | Buckley | Book Review |
The Sledding Hill | Chris Crutcher | Book Review |
The Soloist | Steve Lopez | Book Review |
The Sound and the Fury | William Faulkner | Book Review |
The Sun Also Rises | Ernest Hemingway | Book Review |
The Thief | Megan Whalen Turner | Book Review |
The Things They Carried | Tim O'Brien | Book Review |
The Time Machine | H.G. Wells | Book Review |
The True Meaning of Smekday | Adam Rex | Book Review |
The Unwinding | George Packer | Book Review |
The Watsons Go to Birmingham | Christopher Paul Curtis | Book Review |
The Wave | Todd Strasser | Book Review |
The Wednesday Wars | Gary Schmidt | Book Review |
The Westing Game | Ellen Raskin | Book Review |
Their Eyes Were Watching God | Zora Neale Hurston | Book Review |
They Call Me Hero | Daniel Hernandez | Book Review |
This Side of Paradise | Steve Layne | Book Review |
This Train is Being Held | Ismee Williams | Book Review |
Three Cups of Tea | Greg Mortensen and Greg Oliver Relin | Book Review |
Tiger Lily | Jodi Lynn Anderson | Book Review |
To Kill A Mockingbird | Harper Lee | Book Review |
To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee - OLMS | Book Review |
Touching Spirit Bear | Ben Mikaelsen | Book Review |
Trapped | Michael Northrop | Book Review |
Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom | Book Review |
Twerp | Mark Goldblatt | Book Review |
Twisted Summer | Willo Davis Roberts | Book Review |
Two Miserable Presidents | Steve Sheinkin | Book Review |
Unbroken | Laura Hillenbrand | Book Review |
Ungifted | Gordon Korman | Book Review |
Unwind | Neal Shusterman | Book Review |
Uprising | Margaret Peterson Haddix | Book Review |
Warriors Don't Cry | Melba Patillo Beals | Book Review |
Water Buffalo Days | Huynh Quang Nhuong | Book Review |
Watership Down | Richard Adams | Book Review |
We Were Liars | E. Lockhart | Book Review |
Whale Talk | Chris Crutcher | Book Review |
When My Name Was Keoko | Linda Sue Park | Book Review |
Where the Red Fern Grows | Veronica Asbury | Book Review |
Woodsong | Gary Paulsen | Book Review |
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War | Max Brooks | Book Review |
Zap | Paul Fleischman | Book Review |
Zeitoun | David Eggers | Book Review |