The following lists contain a selection of books to satisfy the wide variety of reading levels and interests of 7th and 8th grade readers. Many of these titles address the issues of adolescence and are for mature readers. Most of the authors listed have written other books at this level.
Adventure & Survival
| Arnold, David | Mosquitoland. |
| Avi | The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. |
| Bray, Libba | Going Bovine. |
| Gilman, David | The Devil’s Breath. |
| Golding, William | Lord of the Flies: A Novel. |
| Griffin, Paul | Adrift. |
| Higgins, Jack | Sure Fire. |
| Hobbs, Will | Take Me to the River. |
| Kephart, Beth | This Is the Story of You. |
| Klavan, Andrew | If We Survive. |
| Lake, Nick | Hostage Three. |
| Nijkamp, Marieke | This is Where It Ends. |
| Northrop, Michael | Trapped. |
| Parks, Kathy | The Lifeboat Clique. |
| Perkins, Lynne Rae | As Easy As Falling Off the Face of the Earth. |
| Pratchett, Terry | Nation. |
| Rock, Peter | Klickitat. |
| Tanen, Sloane | Are You Going to Kiss Me Now? |
| Tracy, Kristen | Sharks & Boys. |
| Voigt, Cynthia | Homecoming. |
Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs
| Beals, Melba | Warriors Don’t Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High. |
| Burch, Jennings Michael | They Cage the Animals at Night. |
| Codell, Esmé | Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year. |
| Crutcher, Chris | King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography. |
| DePrince, Michaela | Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina. |
| Fradin, Judith Bloom | Stolen Into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man. |
| Hamilton, Bethany | Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. |
| Heiligman, Deborah | Charles and Emma : the Darwins’ Leap of Faith. |
| Hickam, Homer H. | Rocket Boys: A Memoir. |
| Jennings, Jazz | Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen. |
| Jiang, Ji-li | Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution. |
| Kazerooni, Abbas | On Two Feet and Wings: One Boy’s Amazing Story of Survival. |
| Lee, Sungju | Every Falling Star: How I Survived and Escaped North Korea. |
| Opdyke, Irene Gut | In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer. |
| Pelzer, David J. | A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive. |
| Samanci, Özge | Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up In Turkey. |
| Seiple, Samantha | Lincoln’s Spymaster: Allan Pinkerton, America’s First Private Eye. |
| Silverstein, Ken | The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor. |
| Tarbox, Katherine | A Girl’s Life Online. |
| Turner, Pamela S. | Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune. |
| Yousafzai, Malala | I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World. |
Crime & Punishment
| Dessen, Sarah | Saint Anything. |
| Ducie, Joe | The Rig. |
| Fisher, Catherine | Incarceron. |
| Hawes, Louise | The Language of Stars. |
| Lange, Erin Jade | Rebel, Bully, Geek, Pariah. |
| McKay, Sharon E. | Prison Boy. |
| Mikaelsen, Ben | Touching Spirit Bear. |
| Miranda, Megan | Soulprint. |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Lockdown. |
| Nijkamp, Marieke | This is Where It Ends. |
| Pearsall, Shelley | The Seventh Most Important Thing. |
| Rollins, Danielle | Burning. |
Graphic Novels for Middle Schoolers
| Gulledge, Laura Lee | Will & Whit. |
| **Smith, Jeff | Bone series. |
| **Telgemeier, Raina | Britt, Fanny |
| **Telgemeier, Raina | Smile series. |
| TenNapel, Doug | Cardboard. |
| Tsang, Evonne | I Love Him to Pieces Or, My Date Is Dead Weight, Or, He Only Loves Me for My Brains. |
| Yolen, Jane | Foiled. |
Fantasy
| Alward, Amy | Madly. |
| Bardugo, Leigh | Shadow and Bone. |
| Beddor, Frank | The Looking Glass Wars. |
| Cashore, Kristin | Graceling. |
| Chabon, Michael | Summerland. |
| Childs, Tera Lynn | Oh. My. Gods. |
| Chima, Cinda Williams | The Demon King: A Seven Realms Novel. |
| Clare, Cassandra | City of Bones. |
| Connolly, Tina | Seriously Wicked. |
| Cooper, T. | Changers: Book One: Drew. |
| Estep, Jennifer | Cold Burn of Magic. |
| Goldman, William | The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure. |
| Hamilton, Alwyn | Rebel of the Sands. |
| Harris, Joanne | Runemarks. |
| Horowitz, Anthony | Raven’s Gate. |
| Le Guin, Ursula | A Wizard of Earthsea. |
| Matharu, Taran | The Novice. |
| McNeal, Tom | Far, Far, Away. |
| Neumeier, Rachel | The Keeper of the Mist. |
| Nix, Garth | Sabriel. |
| Pratchett, Terry | The Color of Magic: A Discworld Novel. |
| Pullman, Philip | The Golden Compass. |
| Rees, Celia | Witch Child. |
| Scott, Michael | The Alchemyst. |
| Shan, Darren | Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare. |
| Sheehan, Judy | I Woke Up Dead at the Mall. |
| Stiefvater, Maggie | The Scorpio Races. |
| Thorne, Bella | Autumn Falls: A Novel. |
| Westerfeld, Scott | Afterworlds. |
Historical Fiction
| Alban, Andrea | Anya’s War. |
| Anderson, Laurie Halse | Chains. |
| Bayard, Louis | Lucky Strikes. |
| Blackwood, Gary L. | Around the World in 100 Days. |
| Bowman, Erin | Vengence Road. |
| Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker | Jefferson’s Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children. |
| Dowswell, Paul | The Ausländer. |
| Grant, Vicki | Small Bones |
| Hahn, Mary Downing | Mister Death’s Blue-Eyed Girls. |
| Hunt, Irene | No Promises in the Wind. |
| Lisle, Janet Taylor | Black Duck. |
| Lee, Stacey | Outrun the Moon. |
| Mills, Wendy | All We Have Left. |
| Namioka, Lensey | Ties that Bind, Ties that Break: A Novel. |
| Paulsen, Gary | Woods Runner. |
| Schlitz, Laura Amy | The Hired Girl |
| Sepetys, Ruta | Salt to the Sea: A Novel. |
| Waller, Sharon Biggs | The Forbidden Orchid. |
| Walter, Jon | My Name is Not Friday. |
| Wood, Maryrose | The Poison Diaries. |
Holocaust & Genocide
| Burakowski, Ella | Hidden Gold. |
| Gleitzman, Morris | Once. |
| Hesse, Monica | Girl in the Blue Coat. |
| Hillman, Laura | I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler’s List Survivor. |
| Rappaport, Doreen | Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust. |
| Rauch, Georg | Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army. |
| Savit, Gavriel | Anna and the Swallow Man. |
| Setterington, Ken | Branded by the Pink Triangle. |
| Spiegelman, Art | Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History. |
| Wiviott, Meg | Paper Hearts. |
| Zail, Suzy | Playing for the Commondant. |
| Zusak, Markus | The Book Thief. |
Horror
| Alameda, Courtney | Shutter. |
| Alender, Katie | The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall. |
| Bass, Karen | The Hill. |
| Damico, Gina | Wax. |
| De la Cruz, Melissa | Blue Bloods. |
| Dirge, Roman | Something at the Window is Scratching. |
| Griffin, Bethany | The Fall. |
| Harris, Carrie | Bad Taste in Boys. |
| Helpern, Jake | Nightfall. |
| Higson, Charles | The Enemy. |
| Hunt, Leo | 13 Days of Midnight. |
| Klause, Annette Curtis | Blood and Chocolate. |
| Knudson, Michelle | Evil Librarian. |
| Laybourne, Emmy | Sweet. |
| McKenzie, Paige | The Haunting of Sunshine Girl: Book One. |
| Meaney, Flynn | Bloodthirsty. |
| Ostow, Micol | The Devil and Winnie Flynn. |
| Rollins, Danielle | Burning. |
| Stratton, Allan | The Dogs. |
| Ward, Kaitlin | Bleeding Earth. |
| Waters, Daniel | Generation Dead. |
| Westerfeld, Scott | Peeps: A Novel. |
Humor
| Cabot, Meg | The Princess Diaries. |
| Calame, Don | Dan Versus Nature. |
| Carter, Ally | Heist Society. |
| Dinan, Kurt | Don’t Get Caught. |
| Easton, Tom | Boys Don’t Knit (In Public). |
| David, Stuart | My Brilliant Idea (And How It Caused My Downfall). |
| Hannan, Peter | My Big Mouth: 10 Songs I Wrote That Almost Got Me Killed. |
| Jones, Diana Wynne | Dark Lord of Derkholm. |
| Korman, Gordon | Son of the Mob. |
| Meaney, Flynn | Bloodthirsty. |
| Rubens, Michael | The Bad Decisions Playlist. |
| Schreiber, Joe | Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick. |
| Strand, Jeff | The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever. |
| Taylor, Billy | Thieving Weasels. |
In Other Lands
| Abelove, Joan | Go and Come Back: A Novel. |
| Bradbury, Jennifer | A Moment Comes. |
| Gibbons, Alan | An Act of Love. |
| Kephart, Beth | One Thing Stolen. |
| Lowitz, Leza | Up From the Sea. |
| Moriarty, Jaclyn | Feeling Sorry for Celia. |
| Mulligan, Andy | Trash. |
| Saeed, Aisha | Written in the Stars. |
| Schrefer, Eliot | Endangered. |
| Sullivan, Tara | The Bitter Side of Sweet. |
| Venkatraman, Padma | A Time to Dance. |
| Welch, Jenna Evans | Love & Gelato. |
| Zusak, Markus | Fighting Ruben Wolfe. |
LGBTQ+
| Albertalli, Becky | Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. |
| Barakiva, Michael | One Man Guy. |
| Birdsall, Bridget | Double Exposure. |
| Brewer, Zac | The Blood Between Us. |
| Brown, Jaye Robin | Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit. |
| Gephart, Donna | Lily and Dunkin. |
| Gregorio, I.W. | None of the Above. |
| Hill, Katie Rain | Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition. |
| Jennings, Jazz | Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen. |
| Levithan, David | Boy Meets Boy. |
| Logan, Kenneth | True Letters From a Fictional Life. |
| Myracle, Lauren | Kissing Kate. |
| Nelson, Jandy | I’ll Give You the Sun. |
| Peters, Julie Ann | Luna: A Novel. |
| Saenz, Benjamin | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. |
| Tamaki, Mariko | Saving Montgomery Sole. |
| Ward, Kaitlin | Bleeding Earth. |
| Wilkinson, Lili | Pink. |
| Williamson, Lisa | The Art of Being Normal. |
Other
| Alexie, Sherman | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. |
| Anderson, Laurie Halse | Speak. |
| Asher, Jay | Th1rteen R3asons Why: A Novel. |
| Bennett, Cherie | Life in the Fat Lane. |
| Bloor, Edward | Tangerine. |
| Cormier, Robert | The Chocolate War. |
| Crutcher, Chris | Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes: A Novel. |
| Giles, Gail | Girls Like Us. |
| Halpern, Julie | Get Well Soon. |
| Hinton, S.E. | The Outsiders. |
| Howe, James | The Misfits. |
| Klass, David | Losers Take All: A Novel. |
| Langston, Laura | Stepping Out. |
| Leavitt, Martine | Calvin. |
| Littman, Sarah | Backlash. |
| McStay, Moriah | Everything That Makes You. |
| Murphy, Julie | Dumplin’ |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Monster. |
| Ness, Patrick | A Monster Calls: A Novel. |
| Niven, Jennifer | Holding Up the Universe. |
| Portes, Andrea | The Fall of Butterflies. |
| Sones, Sonya | What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know. |
| Smale, Holly | Geek Girl. |
| Spinelli, Jerry | Stargirl. |
| Stork, Francisco X. | The Memory of Light. |
| Thomas, Leah | Because You’ll Never Meet Me. |
Mysteries & Thrillers
| Alender, Katie | Famous Last Words. |
| Brewer, Zac | The Blood Between Us. |
| Charbonneau, Joelle | Need. |
| Cooney, Caroline B. | The Face on the Milk Carton. |
| Deuker, Carl | Payback Time. |
| Duncan, Lois | Killing Mr. Griffin. |
| Feinstein, John | The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army-Navy Game. |
| Fitzgerald, Sarah Moore | The Apple Tart of Hope. |
| Gangsei, Jan | Zero Day. |
| Haddon, Mark | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: a Novel. |
| Hayes, Daniel | The Trouble with Lemons. |
| Henry, April | The Body in the Woods. |
| Jaffe, Michele | Bad Kitty. |
| Johnston, Jeffry W. | The Truth. |
| King, Laurie R. | The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, or, On the Segregation of the Queen. |
| Lane, Andy | Death Cloud. |
| Levithan, David | Every You, Every Me. |
| Miranda, Megan | The Safest Lies. |
| Morgan, Amanda | Secrets, Lies and Scandals. |
| Patterson, James | Confessions of a Murder Suspect. |
| Priest, Cherie | I am Princess X. |
| Sorrells, Walter | First Shot. |
| Ward, Rachel | Numbers. |
| Werlin, Nancy | The Killer’s Cousin. |
Nonfiction
| Armstrong, Jennifer | Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: Shackleton’s Amazing Voyage. |
| Bartoletti, Susan Campbell | They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group. |
| Bressler, Karen W. | D.I.Y. Beauty. |
| Brown, Daniel James | The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team’s Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics. |
| Dye, Dan | Amazing Gracie: A Dog’s Tale. |
| Ford, Amanda | Be True to Your Self: A Daily Guide for Teenage Girls. |
| Freedman, Russell | Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America. |
| Goldschneider, Gary | The Secret Language of Birthdays: Personology Profiles for Each Day of the Year. |
| Hoase, Phillip M. | The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club. |
| Krizmanic, Judy | The Teen’s Vegetarian Cookbook. |
| Miller, Sarah Elizabeth | The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden & the Trial of the Century. |
| Murphy, Jim | An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. |
| Peabody, Erin | A Weird and Wild Beauty: The Story of Yellowstone, the World’s First National Park. |
| Schanzer, Rosalyn | Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem. |
| Seiple, Samantha | Ghosts in the Fog: The Untold Story of Alaska’s WWII Invasion. |
| Sheinkin, Steve | Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War. |
Novels in Poems
| Bodger, Holly | 5 to 1: A Novel. |
| Crossan, Sarah | One. |
| Crowder, Melanie | Audacity. |
| Dean, Carolee | Forget Me Not. |
| Engle, Margarita | The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist. |
| Frank, Lucy | Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling. |
| Hopkins, Ellen | Crank. |
| Jaskulka, Marie | The Lost Marble Notebook of Forgotten Girl and Random Boy. |
| Kehoe, Stasia Ward | The Sound of Letting Go. |
| McVoy, Terra Elan | After the Kiss. |
| Mass, Wendy | Heaven Looks a Lot Like a Mall. |
| Nelson, Marilyn | American Ace. |
| Ostlere, Cathy | Karma: A Novel in Verse. |
| Sandell, Lisa Ann | Song of the Sparrow. |
| Sones, Sonya | Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy. |
| Sones, Sonya | What My Mother Doesn’t Know. |
| Sutton, Kelsey | The Lonely Ones. |
| Venkatraman, Padma | A Time to Dance. |
| Wolff, Virginia Euwer | Make Lemonade. |
Relationships
| Cabot, Meg | Princess in Love. |
| Dessen, Sarah | This Lullaby: A Novel. |
| Destiny, A. | Love is in the Air. |
| Dinnison, Kris | You and Me and Him. |
| Eulberg, Elizabeth | Prom & Prejudice. |
| Flinn, Alex | Beastly. |
| Friedman, Aimee | Two Summers. |
| Hall, Sandy | Signs Point to Yes. |
| Greene, Bette | Summer of My German Soldier. |
| Huntley, Amy | The Everafter. |
| Kiely, Brendan | The Last True Love Story. |
| Kinsella, Sophie | Finding Audrey. |
| Klause, Annette Curtis | The Silver Kiss. |
| Lindstrom, Eric | Not If I See You First. |
| Luper, Eric | Seth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto. |
| Smith, Jennifer E. | The Comeback Season. |
| Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories. | |
| West, Kasie | P.S. I Like You. |
School, Family & Growing Up
| Brashares, Ann | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. |
| Calonita, Jen | Belles. |
| Culbertson, Kim A. | The Possibility of Now. |
| Danticat, Edwidge | Untwine: A Novel. |
| Davis, Tanita S. | Peas and Carrots. |
| Dessen, Sarah | What Happened to Goodbye. |
| Fleischman, Paul | Whirligig. |
| Friend, Natasha | Where You’ll Find Me. |
| Haddix, Margaret Peterson | Takeoffs and Landings. |
| Hoban, Julia | Willow. |
| LaMarche, Una | Don’t Fail Me Now. |
| Longo, Jennifer | Up to This Pointe. |
| Mackler, Carloyn | Tangled. |
| Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin | We are All Made of Molecules. |
| Rallison, Janette | My Double Life. |
| Rice, Luanne | The Secret Language of Sisters. |
| Sachar, Louis | The Cardturner: A Novel About a King, a Queen, and a Joker. |
| Schmidt, Gary D. | Orbiting Jupiter. |
| Shen, Prudence | Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong. |
| Sloan, Holly Goldberg | I’ll Be There: A Novel. |
| Sonnenblick, Jordan | Falling Over Sideways. |
| Tabak, Lawrence | In Real Life. |
| Tamaki, Mariko | This One Summer. |
| Van Draanen, Wendelin | The Running Dream. |
| Wolff, Virginia Euwer | Make Lemonade. |
| Zalben, Jane Breskin | Four Seasons: A Novel in Four Movements. |
Science Fiction
| Adams, Douglas | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. |
| Bradbury, Ray | Fahrenheit 451. |
| Card, Orson Scott | Ender’s Shadow. |
| Engdahl, Sylvia | Enchantress from the Stars. |
| Farmer, Nancy | The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm: A Novel. |
| Haddix, Margaret Peterson | Turnabout. |
| Heinlein, Robert A. | Tunnel in the Sky. |
| Jones, Diana Wynne | Hexwood. |
| Kincaid, S.J. | Insignia. |
| Lancaster, Mike A. | Human.4. |
| Lewis, J. S. | Invasion: A C.H.A.O.S. Novel. |
| Lore, Pitticus | I Am Number Four. |
| McCaffrey, Anne | Dragonflight. |
| Mullin, Mike | Ashfall. |
| Nix, Garth | A Confusion of Princes. |
| Nix, Garth | Shade’s Children. |
| Stracher, Cameron | The Water Wars. |
| Vizzini, Ned | Be More Chill. |
| Zahn, Timothy | Dragon and Thief: A Dragonback Adventure. |
Dystopias
| Aguirre, Ann | Razorland trilogy |
| Bacigalupi, Paolo | Ship Breaker. |
| **Bradbury, Ray | Fahrenheit 451. |
| Cass, Kiera | Selection series |
| Card, Orson Scott | Pathfinder. |
| Charbonneau, Joelle | The Testing. |
| Condie, Allyson Braithwaite | Matched. |
| Collins, Suzanne | The Hunger Games. |
| Crockett, S. D. | After the Snow series |
| Dashner, James | The Maze Runner. |
| DeVita, James | The Silenced. |
| Dockter, Debra | Deadly Design. |
| Doctorow, Cory | Little Brother. |
| DuPrau, Jeanne | Book of Ember series |
| Duyvis, Corinne | On the Edge of Gone. |
| **Farmer, Nancy | House of the Scorpion series |
| Gout, Leopoldo | Genius: The Game. |
| Hautman, Pete | Rash. |
| Hirsch, Jeff | The Eleventh Plague. |
| Jones, Carrie | Flying. |
| Jordan, Sophie | Uninvited. |
| Landers, Melissa | Starflight. |
| **Landon, Kristen | The Limit. |
| London, Alex | Proxy. |
| **Lu, Marie | Legend series |
| Mafi, Tahereh | Shatter Me. |
| Mariz, Rae | The Unidentified. |
| Metzger, Lois | Change Places With Me. |
| Ness, Patrick | The Knife of Never Letting Go. |
| Oliver, Lauren | Delirium. |
| **Patterson, James | Maximum Ride series |
| Pearson, Mary | The Adoration of Jenna Fox. |
| **Price, Lissa | Starters series |
| Reeve, Philip | The Hungry City Chronicles |
| **Roth, Veronica | Divergent series |
| Shusterman, Neal | Unwind. |
| Wells, Robinson | Dark Energy. |
| Westerfeld, Scott | Uglies. |
| **Zevin, Gabrielle | All These Things I’ve Done. |
Short Stories
| After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia. | |
| Almond, David | Half a Creature from the Sea: A Life in Stories. |
| Dirge, Roman | Something at the Window is Scratching. |
| Kerr, M.E. | Edge: Collected Stories. |
| Life on Mars: Tales From the New Frontier: An Original Science Fiction Anthology. |
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| Lubar, David | The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales. |
| My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories. | |
| Myers, Walter Dean | 145th Street: Short Stories. |
| Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court. | |
| Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales. | |
| Such a Pretty Face: Short Stories About Beauty. | |
| Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns. | |
| Tan, Shaun | Lost and Found. |
Spies & Intrigue
| Bennardo, Charlotte | Blonde Ops: A Novel. |
| Benway, Robin | Also Known As. |
| Brennan, Herbie | The Shadow Project. |
| Carlton, Kat | Two Lies and a Spy. |
| Carriger, Gail | Etiquette & Espionage. |
| Kiem, Elizabeth | Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy. |
| McNab, Andy | Traitor. |
| Muchamore, Robert | The Recruit. |
| Richmond, Caroline Tung | Darkest Hour. |
| Rogers, Meghan | Crossing the Line. |
| Sabel, Lauren | Lies I Live By. |
| Smith, Lindsay | Dreamstrider. |
| Stone, Sonja | Desert Dark. |
Sports
| Carter, Caela | Tumbling. |
| Coy, John | Crackback. |
| Deuker, Carl | Gutless. |
| Dominy, Amy Fellner | A Matter of Heart. |
| Garner, Paula | Phantom Limbs. |
| Gibney, Shannon | See No Color. |
| Halpin, Brendan | Shutout. |
| Harmon, Michael B. | Stick. |
| Johnson, Shawn | The Flip Side. |
| Klass, David | Losers Take All:A Novel. |
| Lupica, Mike | QB 1. |
| Luurtsema, Nat | Goldfish. |
| Murdock, Catherine Gilbert | Dairy Queen: A Novel. |
| Padian, Maria | Out of Nowhere. |
| Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court. | |
| Sullivan, Derek | Biggie. |
| Van Draanan, Wendelin | The Running Dream. |
| Volponi, Paul | Top Prospect. |
| Withers, Pam | Andreo’s Race. |
War
| Collier, James | My Brother Sam is Dead. |
| Cooper, James Fenimore | The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757. |
| Hughes, Dean | Soldier Boys. |
| Lynch, Chris | I Pledge Allegiance. |
| Lynch, Chris | The Right Fight. |
| Mazer, Harry | The Last Mission. |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Fallen Angels. |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Invasion. |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Sunrise Over Fallujah. |
| Park, Linda Sue | A Long Walk to Water: A Novel. |
| Rauch, Georg | Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army. |