Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. Why You Say It: The Fascinating Stories
Behind Over 600 Everyday. Words and Phrases by Webb Garrison.
Appendix B Books for . . . Lists Some Other Favorite Contemporary Young Adult Books Barry’s List Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Knife of Never Letting Go and sequels by Patrick Ness Nation by Terry Pratchett Cinder by Marissa Meyer The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by David Levithan ReLeah’s List I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier Boot Camp by Todd Strasser The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (and for younger readers a great novel on the same topic: Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine)
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How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg and Kevin O’Malley Looking for Alaska by John Green Luna by Julie Anne Peters Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Chapter 1: Books for Connecting Language Arts and Social Studies The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume I: The Pox Party and The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: Kingdom on the Waves by M. T. Anderson Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin A Break With Charity: A Story About the Salem Witch Trials by Ann Rinaldi Chains: Seeds of America and Forge: Seeds of America by Laurie Halse Anderson Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose Hitler Youth and The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti T4 by Ann Clare LeZotte Titanic: Voices From the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy
Chapter 2: Picture Books for Scaffolding the Teaching of Theme Blues Journey by Walter Dean Myers The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco 14 Cows for America by Carmen Deedy
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Fox by Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A. Nivola Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam by Walter Dean Myers Smoky Night by Eve Bunting The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman
Chapter 3: Books for Teaching Informational Text Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom by Walter Dean Myers The Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir by Domingo Martinez They Call Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe The Great Fire by Jim Murphy The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Moonbird: A Year on the Wind With the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Y. Levinson
Chapter 4: Young Adult Novels Useful for Teaching Critical Literacy and Encouraging Deep Thinking The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Copper Sun by Sharon Draper Double Helix by Nancy Werlin Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
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Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick Shine by Lauren Myracle The Sledding Hill by Chris Crutcher Smashed by Lisa Luedeke
Chapter 5: Dystopian Novels for an Inquiry Unit on Creating a Sustainable Future Ashfall and Ashen Winter (series) by Mike Mullin Birthmarked (trilogy) by Caragh O’Brien Divergent (Book 1) and Insurgent (Book 2) by Veronica Roth The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Life as We Knew It (series) by Susan Beth Pfeffer The Maze Runner (series) by James Dashner Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi Son by Lois Lowry
Chapter 6: Books That Inspire Meaningful Presentations Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust by Doreen Rappaport Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food by Charles Wilson and Eric Schlosser One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia The Fault in Our Stars by John Green The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War by Jennifer Armstrong Skinny by Donna Cooner Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
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Chapter 7: Books Representative of Various Periods, Cultures, and Worldviews The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs Fallen Angels or Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers Fire From the Rock by Sharon Draper I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali, Delphine Minoui, and Linda Coverdale Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park Sold by Patricia McCormick
Chapter 7: Ms. Buchanan’s Sixth Grade: Choices in Historical Fiction The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline Cooney Iron Thunder by Avi Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli New Boy by Julian Houston Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Soldier’s Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers by Gary Paulsen Under a War-Torn Sky by L. M. Elliott
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Chapter 8: Books to Enhance Vocabulary Study Baseball Haiku: The Best Haiku Ever Written About the Game edited by Cor Van Den Heuvel and Nanae Tamura Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein Feed by M. T. Anderson The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper Why You Say It: The Fascinating Stories Behind Over 600 Everyday Words and Phrases by Webb Garrison
