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Independent Reading List* INDEPENDENT READING PROGRAM* Students involved in the Independent Reading Program must choose their reading titles from this list. New titles are added throughout the school year so be sure to check the library website https://www.vsb.bc.ca/schools/sir- winston-churchill/) often or ask one of the teacher-librarians! The new titles are in blue AND underlined. Level Key: C = Challenging M = Moderate E = Easy EE = Double Easy AUTHOR TITLE TAGS LEVEL Abuelaish, Izzeldin I Shall Not Hate Popular Non-Fiction: 921 ABU M Adams, Richard Watership Down Fantasy/Animal/Adventure C Addison, Corban A Walk Across the Sun Child Trafficking/India/Orphans C Adeyemi, Tomi Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha 1) Magic/Persecution/Vengeance M Adeyemi, Tomi Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of War/Betrayal/Magic/Sacrifice M Orïsha Trilogy 2) Adichi, Chimamanda Ngozi Half of a Yellow Sun 1960s/Nigeria/Biafra War C Adiga, Aravind The White Tiger Caste System/Corruption/India M Ahdieh, Renée The Wrath & The Dawn Arabian Nights retold/Magic M Ahdieh, Renée The Rose & The Dagger (Sequel to The Wrath & War/Magic/Friendship/Love M The Dawn) Ahdieh, Renée Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist 1) Magic/Betrayal/Samurai M Aker, Don The First Stone Teen/Delinquency/Coming of Age M Albom, Mitch The First Phone Call from Heaven Afterlife/Inspirational M Albom, Mitch The Five People You Meet in Heaven Afterlife/Inspirational E Albom, Mitch Tuesdays with Morrie Friendship/Inspirational M Alexi, Sherman The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Teen/Humour M Alexis, André Fifteen Dogs Allegory/Intelligent Dogs C Ali, Monica Brick Lane Romance/Arranged Marriage/England C Alifirenka, Caitlin & Martin I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Popular Non-Fiction: 305.235 ALI M Ganda Changed Two Lives Allende, Isabel City of the Beasts Fantasy/Amazon River M Allende, Isabel Daughter of Fortune Adventure/Gold Rush C Allende, Isabel In the Midst of Winter Human Trafficking/Murder C Allende, Isabel Inés of my Soul 16th C/South America/Immigrants C Allende, Isabel Island Beneath the Sea 18th C/Caribbean/Adventure C Allende, Isabel Maya’s Notebook Drug Addiction/Chile/Teen C Allende, Isabel Of Love and Shadows Chile/The Disappeared C Allende, Isabel Paula Popular Non-Fiction: 921 ALL C Allende, Isabel The Japanese Lover Japanese Internment/Romance C Alvarez, Julia How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Coming of Age/Immigrants/Siblings M Alvarez, Julia In the Time of the Butterflies 1800s/Dominican Republic M Amirrezvani, Anita The Blood of Flowers 17th C/Persia/Family C Anders, Charlie Jane All the Birds in the Sky Witchcraft vs Science/Romance C Anders, Charlie Jane The City in the Middle of the Night Dystopia/Transformation C Anderson, Laurie Halse Catalyst Teen/Coming of Age M Anderson, Laurie Halse Speak Teen/Coming of Age M Andrews, Jesse Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Teen/Humour/Cancer E Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Popular Non-Fiction: 921 ANG C Anna, Threes Waiting for the Monsoon India/Love/War/Poverty C Anonymous Go Ask Alice Teen/Drug Abuse M Archer, Jeffrey Kane and Abel Family/Revenge C May 2020 Arden, Katherine The Bear and the Nightingale (Bk One of The Adventure/Magic/Good vs Evil M Winternight Trilogy) Arden, Katherine The Girl in the Tower (Bk Two of The Winternight Adventure/Magic/Good vs Evil M Trilogy) Arden, Katherine The Winter of the Witch (Bk Three of The Magic/War/Coming of Age M Winternight Trilogy) Armstrong, Kelley The Gathering (Darkness Rising 1) Supernatural/Survival M Armstrong, Kelley The Calling (Darkness Rising 2) Horror/Supernatural M Armstrong, Kelley The Rising (Darkness Rising 3) Supernatural/Coming of Age M Armstrong, Kelley The Summoning (Darkest Powers 1) Horror/Supernatural M Armstrong, Kelley The Awakening (Darkest Powers 2) Horror/Supernatural M Armstrong, Kelley The Reckoning (Darkest Powers 3) Horror/Supernatural M Arnold, David Mosquitoland Teen/Road Trip/Family/Humour M Asher, Jay Thirteen Reasons Why Teen/Suicide/Bullying M Atkinson, Kate Behind the Scenes at the Museum England/Family C Atkinson, Kate Transcription WWII/Espionage/London C Atwood, Margaret The Blind Assassin Sisters/Family/Abuse C Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid’s Tale Classic/SF/Dystopia C Atwood, Margaret The Heart Goes Last Dystopia/Dark Comedy C Atwood, Margaret The Penelopiad Classic/Greek Myth retold M Atwood, Margaret The Testaments (sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale) Dystopia/Theocracy/Revenge C Austen, Jane Emma Classic/Victorian Era/Romance C Austen, Jane Mansfield Park Classic/Romance/Family/Morals C Austen, Jane Persuasion Classic/Victorian Era/Romance M Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility Classic/Victorian Era/Sisters C Aveyard, Victoria Red Queen (Red Queen 1) Rebellion/Regicide/Powers M Aveyard, Victoria Cruel Crown (Red Queen Prequel Novellas) Conspiracy/Rebellion E Aveyard, Victoria Glass Sword (Red Queen 2) Insurgency/Betrayal/Brothers M Aveyard, Victoria King’s Cage (Red Queen 3) War/Conspiracy/Betrayal M Aveyard, Victoria War Storm (Red Queen 4) War/Rebellion/Brothers C Avi The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Teen/1880s/Action/Sea Adventure E Avi Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror Mystery/Murder/Thriller E B., David Epileptic Graphic Novel/Illness/War M Babbitt, Natalie Tuck Everlasting Fantasy/Immortality EE Bacigalupi, Paolo Ship Breaker (1) Dystopia/Survival/Friendship M Bacigalupi, Paolo The Drowned Cities (2) (Companion to Ship Dystopia/War/Friendship M Breaker) Bacigalupi, Paolo Tool of War (3) (Companion to Ship Breaker & Dystopia/Survival/Friendship M The Drowned Cities) Backman, Frederik Beartown Hockey/Teenagers/Scandal C Bacon, Charlotte There is Room for You India/Family C Badami, Anita Rau Tamarind Mem India/Mother & Daughter C Badami, Anita Rau Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? Immigrants/Sikh C Badami, Anita Rau Tell it to the Trees Murder/Child Abuse M Badami, Anita Rau The Hero’s Walk India/Orphans C Bala, Sharon The Boat People Tamils/Racism/Refugees C Banks, Lynne Reid The Dungeon 14th C/Revenge/Scotland/Travel EE Barbery, Muriel The Elegance of the Hedgehog Paris/Humour C Bardugo, Leigh King of Scars (Vol. 1 King of Scars Duology) Good vs Evil/Survival/Magic M Bardugo, Leigh Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone Trilogy 1) Good vs Evil/Magic/Friendship M Bardugo, Leigh Siege and Storm (Shadow and Bone Trilogy 2) Good vs Evil/Magic/Power M Bardugo, Leigh Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone Trilogy 3) Magic/War/Love M Bardugo, Leigh Six of Crows (The Six of Crows Duology 1) Brigands/Magic/Theft/Gangs M Bardugo, Leigh Crooked Kingdom (The Six of Crows Duology 2) Revenge/Kidnapping/Friendship M Barker, Clive Abarat (The Abarat Series 1) Dark Fantasy/Magic/Friendship E Barker, Clive Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War (The Dark Fantasy/Magic/Friendship E Abarat Series 2) May 2020 Barker, Clive Absolute Midnight (The Abarat Series 3) Dark Fantasy/Magic/Friendship E Barry, Dave & Ridley Peter and the Starcatchers (Book 1) Peter Pan/Pirates/Magic E Pearson Barry, Dave & Ridley Peter and the Shadow Thieves (Book 2) London/Shadows/Evil E Pearson Barry, Lynda One Hundred Demons! Graphic Novel/Family/Adolescence E Basran, Gurjinder Everything was Goodbye Indo-Canadian Culture/Arranged M Marriage/Family/Relationships Beah, Ishmael A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Popular Non-Fiction: 921 BEA M Beasley, Cassie Circus Mirandus Magic/Family/Friendship E Belfoure, Charles The Paris Architect WWII/Holocaust/Resistance C Bell, William Stones Teen/Fantasy/Time Travel E Biu, Thi The Best We Could Do Graphic Non-Fiction: 921 BUI M Bivald, Katarina The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend Penpals/Romance/Small Town Life M Black, Holly Tithe: a Modern Faerie Tale Fantasy/Faeries M Blackwood, Gary The Shakespeare Stealer Mystery/17th C E Blair, Kate Transferral SF/Father & Daughter/Disease M Blair, Peggy The Beggar’s Opera (An Inspector Ramirez Novel Cuba/Murder/Poverty C 1) Blair, Peggy The Poisoned Pawn (An Inspector Ramirez Novel Murder/Cuba/Sexual Abuse C 2) Blair, Peggy Hungry Ghosts (An Inspector Ramirez Novel 3) Cuba/Canada/Prostitutes C Bodeen, S.A. The Compound Action/Suspense/Psychopaths/Twins E Bone, Ian The Song of An Innocent Bystander Teen/Adventure/Hostages M Boo, Katherine Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death & Popular Non-Fiction 305.5 BOO C Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Boukreev, Anatoli The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest Popular Non-Fiction: 796.52 BOU M Boyden, Joseph The Orenda New France/Missionaries/Survival C Boyden, Joseph Three-day Road WW II/Snipers C Boyden, Joseph Through Black Spruce First Nations/Canadian Wilderness C Boyne, John The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas WW II/Holocaust/Friendship E Bradford, Karleen Angeline Egypt/Children’s Crusade EE Bradford, Karleen Dragonfire Fantasy/Coming of Age E Bradley, Alan The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (A Flavia Mystery/Murder/1940s England M de Luce Novel 1) Bradley, Alan The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag (A Murder/Mystery/1940s England M Flavia de Luce Novel 2) Bradley, Alan A Red Herring Without Mustard (A Flavia de Murder/Mystery/1940s England M Luce Novel 3) Bradley, Alan I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (A Flavia de Luce Murder/Mystery/1940s England M Novel 4) Brashares, Ann The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (The Teen/Humour/Friendship M Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1) Brashares, Ann Forever in Blue: the Fourth Summer of the Teen/Humour/Friendship E Sisterhood (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 4) Bray, Libba A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle Mystery/Victorian/Supernatural M Trilogy 1) Bray, Libba Beauty
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