The Book Ladies' List of Students' Favourites

Created by Louise Bourque and Gwen Johnston, Kahnawake Survival School/2001

A suggestion from Louise - teachers can log onto Barnes and Noble (www.barnesandnoble.com) or Amazon (www.amazon.com) and type in the book title. A blurb will come up and then teachers can decide if the text is appropriate for their students.

Reluctant Readers
Go Ask Alice It Happened to Nancy Annie's Baby Megan Make Lemonade Leslie's Journal The House on Mango Street Life in the Fat Lane Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes Jazmin's Notebook Stone Cold Tears of a Tiger Cracker Jackson The Mighty The Man Who Loved Clowns	Anonymous Beatrice Sparks Anonymous Mary Hooper Virginia Euwer Wolfe Allan Stratton Sandra Cisernos Cherie Bennett Chris Crutcher Nikki Grimes Robert Swindells Sharon Mills Draper Betsy Bryars W.R. Philbrick June Wood
Kooky Books
Violet and Claire Weetzie Bat Cherokee Bat and The Goat Guys Witch Baby Missing Angel Juan Girl Goddess I Was A Teenage Fairy The Hanged Man Stargirl The Perks of Being a Wallflower Love Among the Walnuts Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Blood and Chocolate Silver Kiss	Francesca Lia Block Francesca Lia Block Francesca Lia Block Francesca Lia Block Francesca Lia Block Francesca Lia Block Francesca Lia Block Francesca Lia Block Jerry Spinelli Stephen Chbosky Jean Ferris Dyan Sheldon Annette Curtis Klaus Annette Curtis Klaus
Mystery
The Good Children The Killer's Cousin Stranger With My Face Killing Mr. Griffin Bones in the Cliff Melusine Deathwatch Holes	Kate Wilhelm Nancy Werlin Lois Duncan Lois Duncan James Stephenson Lynne Reid Banks Robb White Louis Sachar
Non Fiction
Corpses Coffins and Crypts: A History of Burial Real Girls Real World Ophelia Speaks Girls Speak Out Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Spilling Open	Penny Coleman Heather M. Gray Sara Shandler Andrea Johnston, Gloria Steinem Sean Covey Sabrina Ward Harrison
Poetry
Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate You Hear Me?: Poems and Writing from Teenage Boys The Rose that Grew From Concrete The Dream Keeper A Night Without Armour Stop Pretending	Nikki Giovanni Betsy Franco (ed.) Tupac Shakur Langston Hughes Jewel Sonya Sones
The Royal Diaries
Marie Antoinette Elizabeth 1 Anastasia Cleopatra Nzingha- Warrior Queen of Matamba Kaiulani- Hawaiian Princess	Kathryn Laskey Carolyn Meyer Carolyn Meyer Kristiana Gregory Patricia McKissack Ellen Emerson White
Historical Fiction
Jackaroo Fortune's Wheel True North True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Beyond the Burning Time The Midwife's Apprentice Catherine Called Birdy	Cynthia Voight Cynthia Voight Kathryn Laskey Avi Kathryn Laskey Karen Cushman Karen Cushman
Sports
Wrestling Sturbridge Tangerine The Moves Make the Man Slam Whaletalk Athletic Shorts	Rich Wallace Edward Bloor Bruce Brooks Walter Dean Meyers Chris Crutcher Chris Crutcher
Humour
A Long Way from Chicago A Nose for Adventure Joey Pigza Watsons Go to Birmingham Flour Babies	Richard Peck Richard Scrimger Jack Kantos Christopher Paul Curtis Anne Fine
Fairy Tale
Spinners Zel The Prince of the Pond Beast Ella Enchanted The Princess Bride	Donna Jo Napoli Donna Jo Napoli Donna Jo Napoli Donna Jo Napoli Ellen Levine William Goldman
Old Fashioned
Looking For Alibrandi I Capture the Castle	Melina Marchetta Dodie Smith
Miscellaneous
Lost Man's River The Wave A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich Mr. Was Changing Jareth The Watcher The Maestro Stone Cold Maura's Angel Forbidden City A Time for Dancing Dancing on the Edge Kissing Doorknobs My Sister's Bones Johnny Voodoo Speak Hate You Skin I'm In	Cynthia Defelice Todd strasser Alice Childress Pete Hautmam Elizabeth Wehhick James Howe Tim Wynne Jones Pete Hautmam Lynn Reid Banks William Bell Davida Wills Hurwin Hans Nolan Terry Spencer Hesser Cathi Hanauer Dakota Lane Laura Halse Anderson Graham McNamee Sharon Flake

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