Popular High School books & authors (2006-2009)
(This particular list is neither exhaustive nor in any order, but can be used to think about a core collection for high school, particularly 9th & 10th grades.)
Vandal (Michael Simmons)
Street Pharm (Van Diepen)
Snitch (Van Diepen)
Drama High series
Roosevelt High series (Gloria Velasquez)
Carter High series ( ) [published by Saddleback]
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Rachel Cohn)
Marked series (P.C. Cast)
Blue Bloods series (De la Cruz)
When It Happens (Susane Colasante)
Slam (Nick Hornby)
Demonata series (Darren Shan)
Carol Plum-Ucci titles
Ernesto Quinonez titles
Leaving Dirty Jersey
Pete Hautman
Forever My Lady (Jeff Rivera)
Walter Dean Myers (obviously)
Killing Britney (Sean Olin)
The Last Apprentice series (Delaney)
Maximum Ride series (James Patterson)
The Book is About…Sex
Fragments (Johnston)
Jude [which we have as Framed]
A Fighter’s Heart (Sam Sheridan)
The Five Ancestors series (Jeff Stone)
Lucky (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
Rainbow Boys series (Alex Sanchez)
Julie Anne Peters books
(This particular list is neither exhaustive nor in any order, but can be used to think about a core collection for high school, particularly 9th & 10th grades.)
Vandal (Michael Simmons)
Street Pharm (Van Diepen)
Snitch (Van Diepen)
Drama High series
Roosevelt High series (Gloria Velasquez)
Carter High series ( ) [published by Saddleback]
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Rachel Cohn)
Marked series (P.C. Cast)
Blue Bloods series (De la Cruz)
When It Happens (Susane Colasante)
Slam (Nick Hornby)
Demonata series (Darren Shan)
Carol Plum-Ucci titles
Ernesto Quinonez titles
Leaving Dirty Jersey
Pete Hautman
Forever My Lady (Jeff Rivera)
Walter Dean Myers (obviously)
Killing Britney (Sean Olin)
The Last Apprentice series (Delaney)
Maximum Ride series (James Patterson)
The Book is About…Sex
Fragments (Johnston)
Jude [which we have as Framed]
A Fighter’s Heart (Sam Sheridan)
The Five Ancestors series (Jeff Stone)
Lucky (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
Rainbow Boys series (Alex Sanchez)
Julie Anne Peters books
Poetry:
Sonia Sones
Gail Giles
Willie Perdome
Bum Rush the Page
Urban Legends
Teenage Bluez
Am I Blue?
Grl2Grl
First French Kiss