Books written for Grades 9-12 (Ages 14 – 17)

Title:   Son Author:  Lois Lowry Illustrator: Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Publication Date:  October 2012 ISBN:  978-0547887203 Audience:  Ages 10 and up Summary: Son begins in the same controlled community and at the same time as The Giver. Twelve-year old...

  Title:   Messenger Author:  Lois Lowry Illustrator:  None Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Publication Date:  Reissue September 2012 ISBN:  978-0547995670 Audience: 12 and up Summary: Matty, a lively boy entering adolescence, lives with Seer, his blind...

Title:   Gathering Blue Author:  Lois Lowry Illustrator:  None Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Publication Date:  Reissue September 2012 ISBN:  978-0547995687 Audience: 10 and up Summary: Kira, lame since birth, has just left her mother’s body in the Field of...

Title:  The Giver Author:  Lois Lowry Illustrator:  None Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Publication Date:  Reissue September 2012 ISBN:  978-0547995663 Audience:  Ages 10 and up The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Award winner, has sold over eight million copies...

Name of Book:  The Miracle Stealer Author:  Neil Connelly Illustrator: Publisher:  Arthur A. Levine Books, An Imprint of Scholastic, Inc. ISBN:  9780545131957 Audience:  Grade 7 and up Summary:  Six-year-old Daniel is the “miracle boy” of Paradise, Pennsylvania. People come from...

Name of Book:  I Am Number Four Author:  Pittacus Lore Publisher: Harper. ISBN: 978-0061969553 Audience: Ages 14 and up Summary:  This is a science-fiction story about an alien race’s struggle for survival from an evil enemy. Literary elements at work in the story: There are...

Name of Book: The Host Author: Stephenie Meyer Illustrator: none Publisher: Little, Brown and Company ISBN: 9780316068048 Audience: 15 and up.  Young adult readers will enjoy the challenge of what is considered to be an adult novel.  Although intended for adults, the reading...

Name of Book:  Life As We Knew It Author:  Susan Beth Pfeffer Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780152061548 Audience: Ages 12 and up Summary:  This is a realistic fiction work about the aftermath of an asteroid hitting our moon and one family’s struggle to survive....

Name of Book:  Up A Road Slowly Author:  Irene Hunt Publisher:  Berkley ISBN: 978-0425202050 Audience:  Ages 10 and up Summary:  After her mother’s death Julie goes to live with her spinster Aunt Cordelia in a big house in the country. As she grows from seven to seventeen she...