Author_First - Author_Last Prefix - Title -- Last Update 2003-August-16 Year SettingMulticultural ThemesAmazonLvl Theme Own i SBN (no i ) AR LevelAR ptsComments RecAtwellBourque (A)ChicagoCalif (B)Frstbrn24 CDCEGirls (D)MacKnight (F)NewberyOaklandPat RiefRAllison USDTCY (P)W X * * http://www.WelchEnglish.com/ i Merged List of0 Recommended and Favorite Books for Adolescent Readers * * About.com About.com - Historical Fiction http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/historicalfiction/i http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/historicalfiction/0 Nancie * Atwell In the Middle: New Understandings About Writing, Reading,1998 and Learning http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0867093749/timstore06-20* * Book List i 0867093749 1 A Louise * Bourque (and GwenThe Johnson)Book Ladies' List of Students' Favorites * * Book List i http://www.qesnrecit.qc.ca/ela/refs/books.htm1 B * * Chicago Chicago Public Schools - Reading List (recommended books for high school students) * * Book List i 1 C * * Dept of Ed, Calif * Reading List for California Students * * Book List i http://www.cde.ca.gov/literaturelist/litsearch.asp1 D * * Frstbrn24 Reading List 2002: Firstbrn24 * * Book List i http://pages.ivillage.com/frstbrn24/readinglist2002.htm1 F Kathleen * G - Odean Great Books for Girls 1997 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345450213/timstore06-20* * Book List 1 i 0345450213 Updated 20021 edition also availableG Eric * MacKnight Favourite Books as chosen by my students http://homepage.mac.com/ericmacknight/favbks.htmli UK 1 M Eric * MacKnight Independent Reading List http://homepage.mac.com/ericmacknight/Booklist.pdfi UK 1 M * * Newbery Newberry Awards (ALA) 1922-2003 * * Book List i http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/Awards_and_Scholarships1/Literary_and_Related_Awards/Newbery_Medal/Newbery_Medal.htm1 N * * Oakland CA Oakland (Calif.) Core & Extended Book Lists (grades 9-12) * * Book List i http://www210.pair.com/udticg/language_arts/authors_booknotes.html1 O * * Pat Allison One school's literary circles book list * * Book List i 1 P Linda * Rief Seeking Diversity: Language Arts With Adolescents: Best-Liked1992 Books http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0435085980/timstore06-20* * Book List i 0435085980 1 R * * Teachers… Int'l Reading Ass'n - Teachers', Children's, and Young Adult Choices (2001, 2002, 2003)http://www.reading.org/choices/choices_download.htmlI http://www.reading.org/choices/choices_download.html1 T * * W:Middleweb MiddleWeb: Favorite Young-Adult Books * * Book List i http://www.middleweb.com/ReadWrkshp/YAbooks.html1 W * * W:Middleweb Middleweb: Great Middle School Books * * Book List i http://www.middleweb.com/ReadWrkshp/greatMSbooks.html1 W * X:ALA Banned BooksALA List of 100 most frequently challenged / banned books,2000 1990-2000 http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/Intellectual_Freedom3/Banned_Books_Week/Related_Links7/100_Most_Frequently_Challenged_Books_of_1990-2000.htmhttp://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/Intellectual_Freedom3/Banned_Books_Week/Related_Links7/100_Most_Frequently_Challenged_Books_of_1990-2000.htm1 X * * X:Ch.Lit.WebGuide Children's Literature Web Guide http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/lists.html http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/lists.html0 * * X:St. Louis County LibraryHistorical Fiction http://www.slcl.lib.mo.us/teens/teen_histfic.htm* Book List i http://www.slcl.lib.mo.us/teens/teen_histfic.htm0 Chester Aaron Gideon: A Novel 1982 1944Jewish, Holocausthttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0397319932/timstore06-20i 0397319932 After losing family0 and friends, Gideon must bury religion and identity in order to survive the Warsaw Ghetto and Treblinka concentration camp during World War II. Edward Abbey The Monkey Wrench Gang 1975 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060956445/timstore06-20G fict. i 0060956445 Environment,1 humor. D Lynn Abbey Sanctuary (Thieves' World Series) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/031287491X/timstore06-20G fict.(fantasy) i 031287491X 2 R* Kobo Abe The Ark Sakura http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679721614/timstore06-20T fict. i 0679721614 1 D Kobo Abe The Box Man http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375726519/timstore06-20T fict. i 0375726519 1 D Kobo Abe The Ruined Map http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375726527/timstore06-20T fict. i 0375726527 1 D Joan Abelove Saying It Out Loud http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141312270/timstore06-20T fict. i 0141312270 Mindy befriends1 a family who will listen as she "saysP it out loud". About teens and surrogate families. Chinua Achebe Anthills of the Savannah http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385260458/timstore06-20T fict. i 0385260458 Africa. 1 D Chinua Achebe Arrow of God http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385014805/timstore06-20T fict. i 0385014805 Africa. 1 D Chinua Achebe A Man of the People: A Novel of Political Unrest in a New Nation1966 African http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385086164/timstore06-20G fict. 1 i 0385086164 0 Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart African http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385474547/timstore06-20T fict. i 0385474547 Africa. 3 D M OUSD Gr.10 Core Diane Ackerman I Praise My Destroyer 1998 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679448780/timstore06-20G poetry 1 i 0679448780 0 Karen Ackerman The Leaves in October http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440408687/timstore06-20M fict. i 0440408687 5 3 0 Alma Flor Ada Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba Latin America http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0689806310/timstore06-20M autobio. i 0689806310 Cuba 1 D Adrienne Adams (Ed.) Poetry of Earth http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684130122/timstore06-20M poetry i 0684130122 1 D Douglas Adams The [1] Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1979 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345391802/timstore06-20G scifi i 0345391802 5 A C D M R Douglas Adams [2] Restaurant at the End of the Universe 198x http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345391810/timstore06-20G scifi i 0345391810 1 R Douglas Adams [3] Life, The Universe, and Everything 198x http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345391829/timstore06-20G scifi i 0345391829 1 R Douglas Adams [4] So Long and Thanks for All The Fish 1984 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345391837/timstore06-20G scifi 1 i 0345391837 1 R Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671746723/timstore06-20G scifi i 0671746723 1 R Julie Davis Adams Mountains are Free 1931 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9997489047/timstore06-20G fict. i 9997489047 0 Richard Adams Watership Down http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0380002930/timstore06-20G fict. i 0380002930 7.6 32 0 Simon Adams Code Breakers: From Hieroglyphs to Hackers 2001 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//timstore06-20M nonfict. I 0613457315 1 C Joy Adamson Born Free http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375714383/timstore06-20G nonfict. i 0375714383 7.8 9 0 Martin Adan The Cardboard House http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1555971296/timstore06-20T fict. i 1555971296 1 D Jane Addams Twenty Years at Hull-House http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451527399/timstore06-20T autobio. i 0451527399 1 D C. S. Adler The No Place Cat 2002 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618096442/timstore06-20M fict. 1 i 0618096442 0 C. S. Adler Winning http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0395650178/timstore06-20M fict. i 0395650178 Tennis. 1 D C.S. Adler The Magic of the Glits 1979 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0027001202/timstore06-20M fict. i 0027001202 5.5 2 0 C.S. Adler Tuna Fish Thanksgiving 1992 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0395588294/timstore06-20M fict. i 0395588294 5.7 7 This well-intentioned0 book is not up to Adler's usual standards. David A. Adler The Fourth Floor Twins and the Skyscraper Parade 1987 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670816035/timstore06-20M fict. (mystery) i 0670816035 3 1 The mystery 0is pedestrian, and the story is sluggish, talky, and lacking in action. There is so little character development that the four twins are interchangeable. David A. Adler Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0152024832/timstore06-20E bio. i 0152024832 1 D David A. Adler A Picture Book of Anne Frank Jewish, Holocausthttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823410781/timstore06-20E bio. i 0823410781 1 D David A. Adler A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson African-Americanhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823413047/timstore06-20E bio. i 0823413047 1 D Susan S. Adler Samantha Learns a Lesson 1904 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0937295132/timstore06-20fict.(hist.) i 0937295132 3.5 1 American Girl0 series Arnold Adoff (Ed.) Black Out Loud: An Anthology of Modern Poems by Black AmericansAfrican-Americanhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0027001008/timstore06-20M Poetry Anth. i 0027001008 1 D Arnold Adoff (Ed.) I Am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems1970 by Black AmericansAfrican-Americanhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0689808690/timstore06-20T Poetry Anth. 1 i 0689808690 0 Arnold Adoff All the Colors of the Race African-Americanhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0688114962/timstore06-20M poetry i 0688114962 1 D Arnold Adoff Black Is Brown Is Tan 1992 African-Americanhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0064432696/timstore06-20M fict. i 0064432696 Children's picture1 book, interracialD family. Arnold Adoff Chocolate Dreams 1989 African-Americanhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0688068227/timstore06-20M poetry i 0688068227 1 A Arnold Adoff Malcolm X 1970 African-Americanhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0064460150/timstore06-20M bio. 1 i 0064460150 1 D Arnold Adoff Slow Dance Heart Break Blues 1998 African-Americanhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0688105696/timstore06-20T poetry i 0688105696 1 C * Aeschylus The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers and the Furies http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486292428/timstore06-20T dr. i 0486292428 Ancient greek1 drama. D James Agee Let Us Now Praise Famous Men 1935 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618127496/timstore06-20T nonfict.