Complete West Allegheny Reading List GRADE 6 And Then There Were The Immortal Life of A Long Walk to Water by None by Agatha Christie Henrietta Lacks by Linda Sue Park (GR) Rebecca Skloot (ALA) Inside Out and Back Again Romeo and Juliet by The Book Thief by Markus by Thanhha Lai William Shakespeare Zusak (ALA, GR) (ALA, GR) Roll of Thunder, Hear My In the Time of Butterflies Fahrenheit 451 by Ray by Julia Alvarez Cry by Mildred Taylor (GR) Bradbury (GR) Wonder* by Raquel Freakonomics: A Rogue About Palacio (ALA) Night by Elie Wiesel (GR) Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything GRADE 7 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (GR) by Stephen D. Levitt and The Outsiders by S.E. The Glass Castle Stephen Dubmer (AP) Hinton (ALA, GR) (excerpts) by Jeannette In Cold Blood by Truman West Allegheny Unbroken by Laura Walls (ALA) Capote (AP) Hillenbrand (ALA) Sleeping Freshmen Never The Great Gatsby by F. The Adoration of Jenna Lie by David Lubar (ALA) Scott Fitzgerald (AP) (GR) Fox by Mary Pearson Nothing But the Truth by GRADE 12 (ALA) Novels Avi Catcher in the Rye* by J.D. Fever 1793 by Laurie GRADE 10 Salinger (GR) Halse Anderson (ALA) The Kite Runner* by The Giver by Lois Lowry Lord of the Flies* by Khaled Hosseini (AP) (ALA) (ALA, GR) William Golding (GR) A Thousand Splendid Suns Fish in a Tree* by Mullaly A Long Way Gone by by Khaled Hosseini Hunt Ishmail Beah (ALA) Devil in the White City GRADE 8 Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (GR) (excerpts) by Erik Larson Drums, Girls, and Macbeth by William (ALA) Dangerous Pie* by Jordan Shakespeare (ALA, GR) The Importance of Being Sonnenblick (ALA) The Joy Luck Club by Amy Earnest by Oscar Wilde Endangered by Eliot Tan (GR) (GR) Schrefer (ALA) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Fences by August Wilson Brown Girl Dreaming by Hamlet by William Jacqueline Woodson Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Shakespeare (GR) Omnivore’s Dilemma by Jonathon Safran Foer Inferno by Dante Alighieri Michael Pollan (ALA) GRADE 11 (GR) GRADE 9 Frankenstein by Mary The Things They Carried* Tuesdays with Morrie* by Shelley (AP) (GR) by Tim O’Brien (GR) Mitch Albom (ALA, GR) The Great Gatsby by F. One Flew Over the The Odyssey by Homer Scott Fitzgerald (AP) (GR) Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken * Summer Reading Kesey (GR) The Awakening by Kate (ALA) American Library Association Chopin (AP) (GR) The Crucible by Arthur Recommended Novels for High The Metamorphosis by West Allegheny School District School and Middle School Miller (GR) A Tradition of Excellence . A Vision for Tomorrow (GR) Good Reads 100 Most Read Franz Kafka (AP) (GR) Books in Middle School and High School It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations—something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own. —Katherine Paterson, Newberry Award Winning Children’s Book Author Award-winning West Allegheny Reading Selections Specifics about Select Novels A Long Walk to Water, Sue Park Jane Adams Book Award Winner; Recommended Reading, Junior Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai Library Guild Grade 6 Inside Out & Back Again, Thanhha Lai Newbery Medal Award; National Book Award for Young People’s This story follows a young girl and her family who are forced to leave their home in Literature Saigon and her dreams of a hopeful life in America. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Newbery Medal Award Mildred Taylor Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor Wonder, R.J. Palacio Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth Set in the depression era, fraught with segregation and racial injustice, this novel de- The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton ALA Best Young Adult Book Award; New York Herald Tribune Best tails how the Logan family triumphs to hold onto their land. Teenage Book List The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year; Andre Norton Award Unbroken (young adult adaptation) by Laura Hillenbrand Mary Pearson Finalist Grade 7 Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson ALA Best Book for Young Adults Award; Junior Library Guild Selection This is the true story of Olympic runner Louis Zamperini’s odyssey during World War II Award; Parent’s Guide to Media Award and the courage and fortitude he found to endure and overcome. The Giver, Lois Lowry Newbery Medal Award; ALA Best Book for Young Adults Award; School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Endangered by Eliot Schrefer Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence and Indies Choice Book Award; A compelling tale of a girl who must save a group of Bonobo monkeys and herself from Dayton Literary Peace Prize a coup in the Congo. Fish in a Tree, Lynda Mullaly Hunt ALA Schneider Family Book Award Endangered, Eliot Schrefer National Book Award In Young People’s Literature Finalist; NPR Best Books: 5 Young Adult Novels That You’ll Never Outgrow; ALA Best Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Fiction for Young Adults; ALA The Amelia Bloomer Book List Grade 8 Jacqueline tells the story of her childhood as she shares what it was like to grow up as Brown Girl Dreaming, Newbery Medal Award; NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary an African American in the 1960s and 70s living with the remnants of the Jim Crow era Jacqueline Woodson Work for Youth and Teens; Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner; and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights Movement. National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan James Beard Award; The New York Times Ten Best Books of 2006; Night by Elie Wiesel YALSA Excellence in Non-fiction for Young Adults Award Nominee This novel provides the author’s deeply poignant autobiographical account of his sur- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury National Book Award; American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature Grade 9 vival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. Night, Elie Wiesel Author is recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee Pulitzer Prize Award, Fiction; The Brotherhood Award Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, David Lubar ALA Best Books for Young Adults Award The main character Atticus Finch maintains his moral fortitude in the face of prejudice Nothing but the Truth, Avi Newbery Medal Award and racism. A Long Way Gone, Ishmail Beah ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners; Grade 10 Quill Award Nominee A Long Way Gone by Ishmail Beah Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut Nebula Award and Hugo Award for Best Selection of Fiction Nominee The author gives an inside view of the war in Sierra Leone by describing his experienc- Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan National Book Award Finalist; National Book Critics Circle Award Fences, August Wilson Pulitzer Prize, Best Drama es after he was driven away from his home by the war. The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist; Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger Award Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut In Cold Blood, Truman Capote Pulitzer Prize Nominee This science fiction novel follows the summary of a chaplain’s assistant during his ex- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald Widely considered a literary classic and contender for “The Great periences in WWII with a focus on his unwavering will. American Novel” Grade 11 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, Non-fiction; Welcome Trust Book The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien Rebecca Skloot Prize, The American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Young Adult Science Award; National Academies Best Book of the This novel offers different perspectives of the experience of the Vietnam War and Year Award examines how this impacted the lives of these soldiers. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Best Book; School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; National Jewish Book Award for Children’s and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Young Adult Literature; Daniel Elliott Peace Award;Publishers Weekly This non-fiction follows the life of Henrietta Lacks as her cancer cells were taken with- Best Children’s Book of the Year out her knowledge and became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez National Book Critics Award Nominee developing the polio vaccine and cancer research. Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger Modern Library of one of the 100 Best English Language Novels of the 20th Century Grade 12 The Devil in the White City (excerpts) by Erik Larson The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini Alex Award, Young Adult Books th The Devil in the White City,(excerpts) Carl Sandberg Literary Award; National Book Foundation Award Final- This book is a nonfiction account of two American men near the beginning of the 20 Erik Larson ist; ALA Outstanding Book for the College Bound; Book Sense Book of Century. It spans the years surrounding the building of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. the Year Honor Book; Edgar Award The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath Author is recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize .