Recommended+Reading+List

**Recommended Books**
These authors can be counted on to write consisently good book for teens. You should become familiar with as many of their books as possible.
 * Professional Resources**
 * Atwell, Nancy. //The Reading Zone//.
 * Edwards, Margaret A. //The Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts: The Library and the Young Adult.//
 * Gorman, Michale and Tricia Suellentrop. //Connecting Young Adults and Libraries.// (There is an older edition of this written by Patrick Jones that is still very good.)
 * Mahood, Kristine. //A Passion for Print: Promoting Reading and Books to Teens.//
 * Must Read YA Authors**
 * Meg Cabot
 * Sarah Dessen
 * Coe Booth
 * Walter Dea Myers
 * Alan Lawrence Sitomer
 * Marc Aronson
 * Jim Murphy
 * Chris Crutcher
 * Rick Riordan
 * Tamora Pierce
 * Sharon Draper
 * Cornelia Funke
 * Louise Rennison
 * Marcus Zusak
 * Riordan, Rick

For a history of YA lit, read: Cart, Michael. //From Romance to Realism: 50 Years of Growth and Change in Young Adult Literature//.
 * Classics of YA Lit**
 * Daly, Maureen. //Seventeenth Summer//. (1942)
 * Salinger, J. D. //The Catcher in the Rye//. (1951)
 * Golding, William. //The Lord of the Flies.// (1954)
 * Knowles, John. //A Separate Peace//. (1960)
 * Hinton, S. E. //The Outsiders//. (1967)
 * Head, Ann. //Mr. & Mrs. Bo Jo Jones// (1968)
 * Cormier, Robert. //The Chocolate War//. (1974)
 * Garden, Nancy. //Annie On My Mind.//
 * Myers, Walter Dean. //Fallen Angels//. (1988)
 * Block, Francesca Lia. //Weetzie Bat//. (1989)


 * Paranormal Fiction**
 * Klause, Annette Curtis. //Blood and Chocolate.//
 * --- . //The Silver Kiss.//
 * Rees, Sarah. //The Demon's Lexicon//. (first in series)
 * White, Kiersten. //Paranormalcy. (first in series)//
 * Dystopian Fiction**
 * Collins, Suzanne. //Catching Fire// and //Mockingjay//.
 * Haddix, Margaret Peterson. //Among the Hidden.//
 * Bacigalupi, Paolo//. Ship Breaker//
 * Realistic Fiction**
 * Donnelly, Jennifer. //Revolution.//
 * Hartinger, Brent. //Geography Club// (series)
 * Vivian, Siobhan. //Not That Kind of Girl//.
 * Alexie, Sherman. //Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian//.
 * Dhami, Narinder. //Bindi Babes.// (series)
 * Hidier, Tanuja Desai. //Born Confused.//
 * Fantasy**
 * Cashore, Kristen. //Graceling.//


 * Historical Fiction**
 * Donnelly, Jennifer. //A Northern Light.//
 * Graphic Novels**
 * Kirkman, Robert. //The Walking Dead//. (series/basis for new TV show)
 * Satrapi, Marjoan. //Persepolis// & //Persepolis II//
 * Spiegelman, Art. //Maus// & //Maus II//
 * Thompson, Craig//. Blankets.//
 * Yang, Gene. //American Born Chinese.//


 * Informational Books**
 * Partridge, Elizabeth. //John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth.//
 * Walker, Sally M. //Secrets of a Civle War Submarine.//
 * //---. Written in Bone.//


 * Award Winners**
 * __ Printz Award __
 * __ [|Sibert Medal] __
 * __ YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award __
 * [|Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award]
 * [|Abraham Lincoln Reader's Choice Award]