Books and Reading

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Survival Stories || Ghosts || Vampires || Horses || Middle School || High School || Surviving Losses or Tragedies || Inspirational Books || Other Countries || African American Characters ||

If You Like Survival Stories, Try:

Between a Rock and a Hard Place   by Alden Carter Pursuit   by Michael French Downriver   by Will Hobbs Far North   by Will Hobbs Tomorrow When the War Began   by John Marsden Deathwalk   by Walt Morey Z for Zachariah   by Robert O’Brien Hatchet   by Gary Paulsen Deathwatch   by Robb White

If You Like Ghost Stories, Try:

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer   by Vivien Alcock Stranger with My Face   by Lois Duncan Haunted Sister   by Lael Littke The Changeover   by Margaret Mahy The Tricksters   by Margaret Mahy Shadow   by Joyce Sweeney The Promise   by Robert Westall

If You Like Vampire Books, Try:

Thirsty   by M. T. Anderson Demon in My View   by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Look for Me by Moonlight   by Mary Downing Hahn The Silver Kiss   by Annette Kurtis Klause Twilight   by Stephenie Meyer Darkangel   by Meredith Pierce Companions of the Night   by Vivian Van Velde

If You Like Books About Horses, Try:

The Big Book of Favorite Horse Stories Pine Hollow Series   by Bonnie Bryant Flying Changes   by Lynn Hall Darkling   by K. M. Peyton Flambards   by K.M. Peyton Golden Filly series   by Lauraine Snelling

If You Like Books About Middle School Students, Try:

Here’s to You, Rachel Robinson   by Judy Blume The Cat Ate My Gym Suit   by Paula Danziger Snail Mail No More   by Paula Danziger & Ann Martin Flour Babies   by Anne Fine Friendship Ring series   by Rachel Vail Do-Over   by Rachel Vail

If You Like Books About High School Students, Try:

Speak   by Laurie Anderson Nothing But the Truth   by Avi Violet and Claire   by Francesca Block Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey   by Margaret Haddix Much Ado about Prom Night   by William McCants Circles   by Marilyn Sachs Stargirl   by Jerry Spinelli Slave Day   by Rob Thomas What’s in a Name   by Ellen Wittlinger

If You Like Books About Surviving Losses or Tragedies, Try:

Saying It Out Loud   by Joan Abelove Tiger Eyes   by Judy Blume Mind’s Eye   by Paul Fleischman Out of the Dust   by Karen Hesse Postcards to Father Abraham   by Catherine Lewis A Summer to Die   by Lois Lowry When the Phone Rang   by Harry Mazer After the Rain   by Norma Fox Mazer One Last Wish series   by Lurlene McDaniel Peeling the Onion   by Ruth Orr Izzy Willy-Nilly   by Cynthia Voigt Memories of Summer   by Ruth White

If You Like Inspirational Books, Try:

Cedar River Daydreams series   by Judy Baer Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul (vols I, II, III)   by Jack Canfield Christie Miller series   by Robin Gunn Sierra Jensen series   by Robin Gunn Seven Sleepers series   by Gilbert Morris Bonnets and Buglers series   by Gilbert Morris Clearwater Crossing series   by Laura Roberts Jennie McGrady Mystery series   by Patricia Rushford

If You Like Books That Take Place in Other Countries, Try:

Go and Come Back   by Joan Abelove Kit’s Wilderness   by David Allmond Many Stones   by Carolyn Coman Tightrope   by Gillian Cross AK   by Peter Dickinson In Lane Three, Alex Archer   by Tess Duder A Girl Named Disaster   by Nancy Farmer Shizuko’s Daughter   by Kyoko Mori No Turning Back   by Beverly Naidoo Ties That Bind, Ties That Break   by Leslie Namioka The Baboon King   by Anton Quintana Foxspell   by Gillian Rubinstein Shiva’s Dance   by Suzanne Staples Fall of the Red Star   by Helen Szablya

If You Like Books with African-American Characters, Try:

Forged by Fire   by Sharon Draper Life is Funny   by E. R. Frank The Friends   by Rosa Guy Jazmin's Notebook   by Nikki Grimes Heaven   by Angela Johnson 145th Street   by Walter Dean Myers The Glory Field   by Walter Dean Myers Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun   by Arvella Whitmore Like Sisters from the Homefront   by Rita Williams-Garcia Miracle’s Boys   by Jacqueline Woodson

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