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Summer Reading Recommendations for High School Students Each cluster of book titles below provides recommended books organized by a broad topic. These “librarian-tested” titles come from a variety of genres that might include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography, etc. Our goal is that each cluster contains a diverse assortment of books that represents the interests of our diverse students. Please check your school library website for additional summer reading opportunities and information. This list may also be used in conjunction with the Chesterfield County Public Library theme for this summer, which is… “‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Own the Night”‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ //* denotes a 2012-13 Virginia Readers' Choice title //
 * War **
 * 1) *//Annexed// by Sharon Dogar
 * 2) *//Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19 Year-Old GI// by Ryan Smithson
 * 3) //Between Shades of Gray// by Ruta Sepetys
 * 4) //Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two// by Joseph Bruchac
 * 5) //Milkweed// by Jerry Spinelli
 * 6) //Sarah’s Key// by Tatiana de Rosnay
 * 7) //Maus: A Survivor's Tale I & II// written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman (graphic novel)
 * 8) //Resistance// (#1 in series) by Carla Jablonski (graphic novel)
 * 9) //Fallen Angels// by Walter Dean Myers
 * 10) //Sunrise Over Fallujah// by Walter Dean Myers
 * 11) //An Innocent Soldier// by Josef Holub
 * 12) //Private Peaceful// by Michael Morpurgo


 * Creepy, Super Creepy, Weird & Strange **
 * 1) //‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers// by Mary Roach‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
 * 2) //The Christopher Killer// (#1 in Forensic Mystery series) by Alane Ferguson
 * 3) *//Bonechiller// by Graham McNamee
 * 4) //Bone Detective: The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France// by Lorraine Jean Hopping
 * 5) //Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science// by John Fleischman
 * 6) //Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children// by Ransom Riggs
 * 7) //Ashes// by Ilsa Bick
 * 8) //Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter// by Seth Grahame-Smith
 * 9) //Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance -- Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem// by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith
 * 10) //The House Next Door// by Richie Tankersley Cusick
 * 11) //The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution// by Sally Gardner
 * 12) //The Future of Us‍// by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler


 * Real (Nitty Gritty) Life **
 * 1) //Thirteen Reasons Why// by Jay Asher
 * 2) //Speak// by Laurie Halse Anderson
 * 3) //Impulse// (#1 in series) by Ellen Hopkins
 * 4) //After// by Amy Efaw
 * 5) //Queen of Water// by Laura Resau & Maria V. Farinango
 * 6) //I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced// by Nujood Ali
 * 7) //*Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares// by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
 * 8) //How to Save a Life// by Sara Zarr
 * 9) *//Before I Fall// by Lauren Oliver
 * 10) //Scorched Earth// by David Robbins


 * The Lives They Lived **
 * 1) //The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian// by Sherman Alexie
 * 2) //American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793// by Jim Murphy
 * 3) //Bad Boy: A Memoir// by Walter Dean Myers
 * 4) //A Fire in My Hands// by Gary Soto
 * 5) //Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth// by James Cross Giblin
 * 6) //Rocket Boys (//or //October Sky)// by Homer Hickam
 * 7) //Knots in My Yo-yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid// by Jerry Spinelli
 * 8) //Hole in My Lif//e by Jack Gantos
 * 9) //The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother// by James McBride
 * 10) //Daughter of Fortune// by Isabel Allende
 * 11) //Copper Sun// by Sharon M. Draper
 * 12) //Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption// by Laura Hillenbrand


 * Sports and Outdoor Pursuits **
 * 1) //SAS Survival Handbook: For Any Climate, In Any Situation// by John Wiseman
 * 2) //Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board// by Bethany Hamilton
 * 3) //Leaving Prote//ction by Will Hobbs
 * 4) //A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail// by Bill Bryson
 * 5) //Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream// by H. G. Bissinger
 * 6) //Bleachers// by John Grisham
 * 7) //My Losing Seas//on by Pat Conroy
 * 8) //Mexican White B//oy by Matt de la Pena
 * 9) //Running Loose// by Chris Crutcher
 * 10) //Deadline// by Chris Crutcher


 * Survival **
 * 1) //The Fault in our Stars// by John Green
 * 2) //Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America// by Jim Murphy
 * 3) //Watch that Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic// by Allan Wolf
 * 4) //Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 19//16 by Michael Capuzzo
 * 5) //Shark Life: True Stories about Sharks and the Sea// by Peter Benchley (adapt. by Karen Wojtyla)
 * 6) //The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor// by Ken Silverstein
 * 7) *//Trapped// by Michael Northrop
 * 8) //Life As We Knew It// (#1 in Last Survivors series) by Susan Beth Pfeffer
 * 9) //Boot Camp// by Todd Strasser


 * Hip – Hop **
 * 1) //Rooftop// by Paul Volponi
 * 2) //Tyrell// (#1 in series) by Coe Booth
 * 3) //Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty// by Greg Neri and Randy duBurke (graphic novel)
 * 4) //Shortie Like Mine// by Ni-Ni Simone
 * 5) //The Rose that Grew from Concrete// by Tupac Shakur
 * 6) //Graffiti Girl// by Kelly Parra
 * 7) //Graffiti Planet: The Best Graffiti from Around the World// by Alan Ket.
 * 8) //Graffiti World: Street art from five continents// by Nicholas Ganz ; edited by Tristan Manco.
 * 9) //Homeboyz// by Alan Sitomer


 * Fairy Tale Remakes **
 * 1) //Beastly// by Alex Flinn
 * 2) //Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter// by Adeline Yen Mah
 * 3) //Cloaked// by Alex Flinn
 * 4) //Wildwood Dancing// (#1 in series) by Juliet Marillier
 * 5) //Cinder// (#1 in Lunar Chronicles series) by Marissa Meyer
 * 6) //Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty & the Beast// by Robin McKinley


 * Dystopian Societies – What to read after the Hunger Games... **
 * 1) //Divergent// (#1 in trilogy) by Veronica Roth
 * 2) *//Matched// (#1 in series) by Ally Condie
 * 3) //Delirium// (#1 in series) by Lauren Oliver
 * 4) //Wither// (#1 in Chemical Garden Trilogy) by Lauren DeStefano
 * 5) //The Scorpio Races// by Maggie Stiefvater
 * 6) //The Knife of Never Letting Go// (#1 in Chaos Walking series) by Patrick Ness
 * 7) //The Maze Runner// (#1 in series) by James Dashner
 * 8) //Empty// by Suzanne Weyn
 * 9) //The Roar// by Emma Clayton
 * 10) //I Am Number Four// (#1 in Lorien Legacies series) by Pittacus Lore
 * 11) //Unwind// (#1 in series) by Neal Shusterman


 * Steampunk **
 * 1) //Clockwork Angel// (#1 in Infernal Devices series) by Cassandra Clare
 * 2) //Fever Crumb// (#1 in Fever Crumb series - prequel to Hungry City Chronicles) by Philip Reeve
 * 3) //Airborn// (#1 in Matt Cruse series) by Kenneth Oppel
 * 4) *//Ship Breaker// by Paolo Bacigalupi
 * 5) //‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Leviathan// (#1 in series) by Scott Westerfeld‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
 * 6) //Girl in the Steel Corset// (#1 in Steampunk Chronicles series) by Kady Cross


 * Paranormal Romance **
 * 1) //City of Bones// (#1 in Mortal Instruments series) by Cassandra Clare‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
 * 2) //Shiver// (#1 in Wolves of Mercy Falls series) by Maggie Steifvater
 * 3) //Fallen// (#1 in series) by Lauren Kate
 * 4) //Marked// (#1 in House of Night series) by P.C. Cast
 * 5) //Blue Bloods// (#1 in series) by Melissa de la Cruz


 * Humor **
 * 1) //Beauty Queens// by Libba Bray
 * 2) //Abundance of Katherines// by John Green
 * 3) //Son of the Mob// by Gordon Korman
 * 4) //Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie// by David Lubar
 * 5) //Dairy Queen// by Catherine Murdock
 * 6) //Swim the Fly// (#1 in series) by Don Calame
 * 7) //Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story// by Adam Rex

// Compiled by CCPS Librarians. //