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Academic English Grades 9 and 10 Fiction Reading List – organized by genre
(updated Nov. 2015)
Note that most books are listed in more than one category
Historical Drama / Historical Adventure
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Chains.
Anderson, M. T. Feed or The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation.
Anderson-Dargatz, Gail. The cure for death by lightning or A recipe for bees
Bell, William. Forbidden City.
Bradley, Alan. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.
Chevalier, Tracy. Girl with the pearl earring.
Donnelly, Jennifer. A northern light
Dyer, Hadley. Johnny Kellock died today.
Foley, Jessie Ann. The Carnival at Bray.
Glatshteyn, Yankey. Emil and Karl.
Gold, Jennifer. Soldier Doll.
Hosseini, Khaled. A thousand splendid suns.
Ibbitson, John. The landing.
Jocelyn, Marthe. How it happened in Peach Hill.
Kwok, Jean. Girl in Translation
Lake, Nick. In darkness
Lekich, John. The loser’s club.
Livingston, Lesley. Once Every Never
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McCormick, Patricia. Never fall down.
McCullers, Carson, The heart is a lonely hunter.
Mckay, Sharon E. Esther.
Mosher, Richard. Zazoo.
Moran, Michelle. Cleopatra's daughter, Nefertiti, or The Heretic Queen.
Morrison, Toni. The bluest eye.
Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise at Fallujah.
Namioka, Lensey. Ties that bind, ties that break.
Rapp, Adam. Punkzilla
Rees, Celia. Pirates or Witch Child.
Sedgewick, Marcus. Revolver or The foreshadowing.
Skrypuch, Marsha. Daughter of War.
Skrypuch, Marsha. Hope’s War.
Smith, Dodie. I capture the castle.
Sutcliffe, Rosemary. The eagle of the ninth chronicles. (3 books in one volume).
Turnbull, Ann. No shame, no fear.
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief.
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Wartime and/or Battles / Armed Conflict
Bell, William. Forbidden City.
Glatshteyn, Yankey. Emil and Karl.
Gold, Jennifer. Soldier Doll.
Hosseini, Khaled. A thousand splendid suns.
Marsden, John. Tomorrow, when the war began.
McCormick, Patricia. Never fall down or Purple Heart.
Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise at Fallujah.
Rosoff, Meg. How I live now. Sedgwick, Marcus. The foreshadowing. Walters, Eric. Shattered.
Wein, Elizabeth. Code name Verity or Rose Under Fire.
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief.
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Mystery / Adventure / Suspense / Action
Aker, Don. Delusion Road.
Barclay, Linwood. Fear the worst. The Accident. Trust Your Eyes.
Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship breaker
Blundell, Judy. What I saw and how I lied.
Bradley, Alan. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.
Chupeco, RIn. The Girl from the Well.
Cline, Ernest. Ready player one.
Crewe, Megan. The way we fall.
Doctorow, Cory. Little brother or For the Win.
Donnelly, Jennifer. A northern light.
Ellis, Deborah. No safe place or True Blue.
Fitch, Sheree. Pluto’s Ghost.
Gaiman, Neil. The graveyard book.
Grant, Vicki. Not suitable for family viewing or Quid pro quo.
Green, John. Looking for Alaska
Johnston, E. K. The Story of Owen.
Lake, Nick. In darkness.
Mandel, Emily St. John. Station Eleven.
Marchetta, Melina. Finnikin of the rock.
Marsden, John. Tomorrow, when the war began.
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McClintock, Norah. Dooley takes the fall.
McClintock, Norah. Taken.
Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall or Delirium.
Pierce, Tamora. Terrier.
Rees, Celia. Pirates or Witch Child.
Sebold, Alice. The lovely bones or Almost moon.
Sedgwick, Marcus. Revolver or Midwinterblood
Setterfield, Diane. The thirteenth tale.
Sutcliffe, Rosemary. The eagle of the ninth chronicles. (3 books in one volume).
Treggiarai, Jo. Ashes, ashes.
Walters, Eric. End of Days, Just Deserts or Shaken.
Wein, Elizabeth. Code name Verity.
Werlin, Nancy. Impossible or Rules of Survival.
Weyn, Susanne. The bar code tattoo.
Williams, Tad. City of golden shadows.
Wynn-Jones, Tim. Blink & Caution.
Zusak, Markus. I am the Messenger.
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Science Fiction
Austen, Catherine. All good children.
Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship breaker or The Wind Up Girl
Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game. Cline, Ernest. Ready player one.
Crewe, Megan. The way we fall.
Oppel, Kenneth. This Dark Endeavour or Airborn.
Rosoff, Meg. How I live now.
Sawyer, Robert J. Wake.
Treggiarai, Jo. Ashes, ashes.
Weyn, Susanne. The bar code tattoo.
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Fantasy and/or Supernatural Elements
Almond, David. Secret Heart.
Black, Holly. Valiant or Coldest girl in cold town.
Block, Francesca Lia. Love in the Time of Global Warming Card, Orson Scott. Pathfinder.
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling or Fire.
Chima, Cinda Williams. The Demon King.
Chupeco, RIn. The Girl from the Well.
Coakley, Lena. Witchlanders.
deLint, Charles. The blue girl.
Gaiman, Neil. The graveyard book.
Hartman, Rachel. Seraphina.
Johansen, K.V. Nightwalker: The warlocks of Talverdin.
Johnston, E. K. The Story of Owen
Lanagan, Margo. Tender Morsels.
Leavitt, Martine. Keturah and Lord Death.
Mac, Carrie. The Droughtlanders.
Marchetta, Melina. Finnikin of the Rock.
Morgenstern, Erin. The Night Circus.
Oliver, Lauren. Delirium.
Pierce, Tamora. Terrier.
Pratchett, Terry. Nation.
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Rees, Celia. Witch Child.
Rosoff, Meg. How I live now.
Sedgewick, Marcus. Midwinterblood or The foreshadowing
Stiefvater, Maggie. The Scorpio Races, The Raven Boys, or Shiver
Taylor, Laini. Daughter of Smoke and Bone.
Werlin, Nancy. Impossible.
Westerfeld, Scott. Afterworlds.
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Realistic Characters/Setting: Focus on relationships, family, school life, etc.
Aker, Don. The space between or The first stone or The fifth rule or Delusion Road.
Alexie, Sherman. The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian.
Anderson-Dargatz, Gail. The cure for death by lightning
Barclay, Linwood. Fear the worst.
Bell, William. Forbidden city.
Bone, Ian. The song of an innocent bystander.
Brenne, Beverly. Wild orchid.
Brooks, Martha. Two moons in august.
Brown Jennifer. Hate List or Thousand words.
Burtinshaw, Julie. The perfect cut.
Bustin, Pam. Mostly happy.
Calame, Don. Swim the fly (and other books by him)
Caletti, Deb. The queen of everything.
Chbosky, Stephen. The perks of being a wallflower.
Choyce, Lesley. The end of the world as we know it, Shoulder the sky
Cowan, Leslie Ann. As she grows or Something wicked.
Crow, Matthew. The Brilliant Light of Amber Sunrise
Dessen, Sarah. The truth about forever (and other books by her).
DeVries, Maggie. Rabbit Ears.
Doctorow, Cory. Little brother.
Donnelly, Jennifer. A northern light or Revolution.
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Efaw, Amy. After.
Elkeles, Simone. Leaving Paradise.
Ellis, Deborah. True Blue.
Erskine, Kathryn. Mockingbird.
Fitch, Sheree. The gravesavers or Pluto’s Ghost.
Flinn, Alex. Breathing underwater.
Francis, Brian. Fruit.
Ghent, Natalie. Gravity brings me down.
Gold, Jennifer. Soldier Doll.
Grant, Vicki. Not suitable for family viewing or Quid pro quo.
Green, John. Looking for Alaska
Haddon, Mark. Curious incident of the dog in the night time.
Handler, Daniel. Why we broke up.
Harvey, Sarah. The lit report or Death benefits.
Haworth-Attard, Barbara. Theories of relativity.
Holubitsky, Katherine. Tweaked or Alone at 90 foot.
Horvath, Polly. The corps of the bare-boned plane
Hosseini, Khaled. A thousand splendid suns.
Hubbard, Jenny. And we stay.
Ibbitson, John. The landing.
Irani, Anosh. The song of Kahunsha.
Juby, Susan. Getting the girl.
Juby, Susan. Another kind of cowboy.
King. A.S. Please Ignore Vera Dietz.
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Kingsolver, Barbara. Pigs in heaven
Kwok, Jean. Girl in Translation. Laurence, Margaret. A bird in the house or The stone angel.
Lekich, John. The loser’s club.
Levithan, David. Will Grayson Will Grayson
Lewis, Wendy A. Freefall.
Lockhart, E. The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks.
Kuipers, Alice. The worst thing she ever did.
Mac, Carrie. The beckoners.
Mac, Carrie. The opposite of tidy.
McCormick, Patricia. Never fall down or Purple Heart.
McDonald, Abby. Getting over Garrett Delaney.
McGarry, Katie. Dare to You.
Myracle, Lauren. Shine
Nelson, Jandy. I’ll Give You the Sun.
Pearson, Kit. The daring game.
Phillips, Wendy. Fishtailing.
Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall or Delirium.
Oppel, Kenneth. Half Brother.
Palacio, R. J. Wonder.
Quick, Matthew. Forgive me, Leonard Peacock.
Rapp, Adam. Punkzilla.
Reid, Donalda. The way it is.
Ryan, Tom. Way to go.
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Sawyer, Robert J. Wake.
Saenz, Benjamin. Last night I sang to the monster.
Sebold, Alice. The lovely bones or Almost moon.
Sobat, Gail Sidonie. Gravity journal or Chance to Dance for You.
Skrypuch, Marsha. Hope’s War or The Hunger.
Smith, Hilary, T. A Sense of the Infinite Standiford, Natalie. How to say goodbye in robot.
Stevenson, Robin. A thousand shades of blue.
Stinson, Kathy. Becoming Ruby.
Summers, Courtney. Cracked up to be or Some girls are or All the Rage.
Taylor, Drew Hayden. Motorcycles and sweet grass.
Turnbull, Ann. No shame, no fear.
Vlahos, Len. The Scar Boys
Walters, Eric and Teresa Toten. The taming.
Whaley, John. Where things come back.
Werlin, Nancy. Impossible.
Werlin, Nancy. The rules of survival.
Wynn-Jones, Tim. Blink & Caution.
Ye, Ting-Xing. Throwaway daughter or mountain girl, river girl.
Zarr, Sara. How to save a life or Once was lost or Story of a girl.
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Humour
Alexie, Sherman. The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian or Flight.
Austen, Catherine. All good children.
Bray, Libba. Going bovine
Calame, Don. Swim the fly or Beat the Band or Call the Shots
Grant, Vicki. Not suitable for family viewing or Quid pro quo.
Juby, Susan. Getting the girl.
McDonald, Abby. Getting over Garrett Delaney.
Taylor, Drew Hayden. Motorcycles and sweet grass.
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Multi-Cultural/ Travel Elements/ Foreign Setting
Alexie, Sherman. The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian.
Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship breaker or The Wind Up Girl
Bone, Ian. The song of an innocent bystander.
Buck, Pearl S. The good earth.
Chupeco, RIn. The Girl from the Well. (based on a Japanese horror legend)
Doctorow, Cory. For the Win.
Donnelly, Jennifer. Revolution.
Ellis, Deborah. No safe place.
Goodman, Alison. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn.
Gold, Jennifer. Soldier Doll.
Hosseini, Khaled. A thousand splendid suns.
Hrdlitschka, Shelley. Sister wife.
Irani, Anosh. The song of Kahunsha.
Kingsolver, Barbara. Pigs in heaven
Kwok, Jean. Girl in Translation.
Lake, Nick. In darkness.
Marsden, John. Tomorrow, when the war began.
Marchetta, Melina. On the Jellicoe road.
McCormick, Patricia. Never fall down or Purple Heart.
Moran, Michelle. Cleopatra's daughter, Nefertiti, or The Heretic Queen.
Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise at Fallujah.
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Ostlere, Cathy. Karma.
Rees, Celia. Pirates or Witch Child.
Setterfield, Diane. The thirteenth tale.
Skrypuch, Marsha. Daughter of War.
Simsion, Graeme. The Rosie Project.
Stiefvater, Maggie. The Scorpio Races
Sutcliffe, Rosemary. The eagle of the ninth chronicles. (3 books in one volume).
Taylor, Drew Hayden. Motorcycles and sweet grass.
Turnbull, Ann. No shame, no fear.
Wein, Elizabeth. Code name Verity.
Ye, Ting-Xing. Throwaway daughter or mountain girl, river girl.
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Edgy/Urban /Modern Teen Life Issues
Aker, Don. The space between or The first stone or The fifth rule or Delusion Road.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak or Wintergirls
Asher, Jay. The Future of Us. Austen, Catherine. All good children. Black, Holly. Valiant.
Boll, Rosemarie. The second trial.
Bone, Ian. The song of an innocent bystander.
Brown, Jennifer. Hate List or Thousand words.
Burtinshaw, Julie. The perfect cut.
Caletti, Deb. The queen of everything.
Chalifour, Francis. After.
Chbosky, Stephen. The perks of being a wallflower.
Cowan, Jennifer. Earthgirl.
Cowan, Leslie Ann. As she grows or Something wicked.
deLint, Charles. The blue girl.
DeVries, Maggie. Rabbit Ears.
Doctorow, Cory. Little brother or For the Win.
Efaw, Amy. After.
Ellis, Deborah. True Blue.
Francis, Brian. Fruit.
Garland, Alex. The beach.
Green, John. Looking for Alaska (or any other book by him).
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Haworth-Attard, Barbara. Theories of relativity.
Harvey, Sarah. The lit report.
Holubitsky, Katherine. Tweaked or Alone at 90 foot.
Hubbard, Jenny. And we stay.
Irani, Anosh. The song of Kahunsha.
Juby, Susan. Another kind of cowboy.
Kuipers, Alice. The worst thing she ever did.
Lanagan, Margo. Tender Morsels.
Levithan, David. Every day or Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Mac, Carrie. The opposite of tidy.
Marchetta, Melina. Saving Francesca.
McClintock, Norah. Dooley takes the fall.
McGarry, Katie. Dare to You.
Myers, Walter Dean. All the Right Stuff or Lockdown
Nelson, Jandy. I’ll Give You the Sun.
Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall.
Plum-Ucci, Carol. What happened to Lani Garver.
Quick, Matthew. Forgive me, Leonard Peacock.
Rapp, Adam. Punkzilla
Ryan, Tom. Way to go.
Saenz, Benjamin. Last night I sang to the monster.
Skrypuch, Marsha. The Hunger.
Sobat, Gail Sidonie. Gravity journal or Chance to Dance for You.
Summers, Courtney. Cracked up to be or Some girls are or All the Rage.
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Vizzini, Ned. It’s Kind of a Funny Story.
Vlahos, Len. The Scar Boys
Werlin, Nancy. Impossible or Rules of Survivial.
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Make lemonade.
Wynn-Jones, Tim. Blink & Caution.
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Girl Power: Strong Female Protagonists Anderson-Dargatz, Gail. The cure for death by lightning
Bradley, Alan. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling or Fire.
Cowan, Jennifer. Earthgirl.
Black, Holly. Valiant.
Bone, Ian. The song of an innocent bystander.
Brenne, Beverly. Wild orchid.
Brooks, Martha. Two moons in august.
Caletti, Deb. The queen of everything.
Cowan, Leslie Ann. As she grows or Something wicked.
Crewe, Megan. The way we fall.
Dessen, Sarah. The truth about forever (and other books by her).
Donnelly, Jennifer. A northern light or Revolution.
Dyer, Hadley. Johnny Kellock died today.
Ellis, Deborah. No safe place or True Blue.
Friesen, Gayle. The Isabel Factor
Ghent, Natalie. Gravity brings me down.
Goodman, Alison. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn.
Hartman, Rachel. Seraphina.
Harvey, Sarah. The lit report.
Hosseini, Khaled. A thousand splendid suns
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Hubbard, Jenny. And we stay.
Jocelyn, Marthe. How it happened in Peach Hill.
Lewis, Wendy A. Freefall.
Lockhart, E. The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks.
Mac, Carrie. The opposite of tidy.
Marchetta, Melina. On the Jellicoe road.
Marchetta, Melina. Saving Francesca.
McDonald, Abby. Getting over Garrett Delaney.
Mckay, Sharon E. Esther.
McClintock, Norah. Taken.
Mosher, Richard. Zazoo.
Morrissey, Donna. Kit’s law.
Moran, Michelle. Cleopatra's daughter, Nefertiti, or The Heretic Queen.
Namioka, Lensey. Ties that bind, ties that break.
Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall or Delirium.
Pearson, Kit. The daring game.
Pierce, Tamora. Terrier.
Rees, Celia. Pirates or Witch Child.
Sawyer, Robert J. Wake.
Sheppard, Mary C. One for Sorrow.
Skrypuch, Marsha. Hope’s War.
Smith, Hilary, T. A Sense of the Infinite
Stiefvater, Maggie. The Scorpio Races, The Raven Boys, or Shiver
Summers, Courtney. Cracked up to be or Some girls are.
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Taylor, Laini. Daughter of Smoke and Bone.
Treggiarai, Jo. Ashes, ashes.
Wein, Elizabeth. Code name Verity.
Weiner, Jennifer. Best friends forever.
Werlin, Nancy. Impossible, Rules of Survival.
Westerfeld, Scott. Afterworlds.
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Make lemonade.
Ye, Ting-Xing. Throwaway daughter or mountain girl, river girl.
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Boy Power: Strong Male Protagonists
Aker, Don. The space between or The first stone or The fifth rule or Delusion Road.
Alexie, Sherman. The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian.
Austen, Catherine. All good children.
Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship breaker
Bell, William. The blue helmet or Only in the movies or Forbidden City.
Bray, Libba. Going bovine.
Boll, Rosemarie. The second trial.
Calame, Don. Swim the fly or Beat the Band or Call the Shots
Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game or Pathfinder.
Cline, Ernest. Ready player one.
Choyce, Lesley. The end of the world as we know it or Shoulder the sky
Courtenay, Bryce. The power of one.
Doctorow, Cory. Little brother.
Flinn, Alex. Breathing underwater.
Friesen, Gayle. Men of stone.
Green, John. Looking for Alaska
Harvey, Sarah. Death benefits.
Ibbitson, John. The landing.
Juby, Susan. Getting the girl.
Levithan, David. Will Grayson
McClintock, Norah. Dooley takes the fall.
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McCormick, Patricia. Never fall down or Purple Heart.
Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise at Fallujah or We Were Heroes or All the Right Stuff or Lockdown
Oppel, Kenneth. Half Brother.
Quick, Matthew. Forgive me, Leonard Peacock
Palacio, R. J. Wonder.
Rapp, Adam. Punkzilla
Reinhardt, Dana. The things a brother knows.
Ryan, Tom. Way to go.
Sutcliffe, Rosemary. The eagle of the ninth chronicles. (3 books in one volume).
Zusak, Mark. The Messanger.