[yalsa-bk] Compiled Warrior Read-a-likes

Compiled by Kate [katewithbooks@gmail.com]

Warrior Read-Alikes

The Tale of Despereaux -Kate DiCamillo

Redwall series - Brian Jacques

Silverwing series- Kenneth Oppel

The Cats of Roxville Station by Jean Craighead George

Porter's Girl -Gene Stratton

The Named (Ratha) Clare Bell

Little Fur a fox called Sorrow - Isobelle Carmody

Swordbird - Nancy Yi Fan,

The Tygrine Cat - Inbali Iserles,

The Deptford Mice Trilogy - Robin Jarvis

Highway cats - Janet Taylor Lisle

Three swords for Granada - Walter Dean Myers

The Cat Master - Bonnie Pemberton

Mouse guard, vol. 1 - David Petersen

Firebringer Trilogy - Meredith Ann Pierce,

Nurk - Ursula Vernon

The legend of Thunderfoot - Bill Wallace

Watership Down- Richard Adams

Poppy by Avi

Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins

Arjak Paw by Said

Eaglesmount Trilogy by Cherith Baldry

Mistmantle Chronicles by Margaret McAllister

Guardians of Ga'hoole by Kathryn Lasky

Charlotte's Web – E.B. White

The Trumpet of the Swan- E.B. White

Stuart Little-E.B. White
Dragon Rider by Funke

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by O'Brien

Hermux Tantamoq Adventures by Michael Hoeye

Mistmantle Chronicles MI McAllister

Yaxley's Cat - Robert Westall

Blitzcat - Robert Westall

Christmas Cat- Robert Westall

Moomintroll series

Freddy books -Walter R. Brooks

Mousehunter- Alex Milway

I, Freddy (Golden Hamster Saga) - Reiche Dietlof

Tailchaser's Song- Tad Williams

[yalsa-bk] Above-level late-elementary reader

Compiled by Jessica Neiweem [jneiweem@parkcountylibrary.org]

Reading Above Level In Elementary School: Suggestions

Dignifying Science - Various

Fallout - Jim Ottaviani

Two-Fisted Science - Jim Ottaviani

Wire Mothers - Jim Ottaviani

T-Minus - Kevin Cannon

Clan Apis - Jay Hosler

Coraline - Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke

Inkheart series - Cornelia Funke

Divide series - Elizabeth Kay

Fire Within series - Chris D’Lacey

The Westmark series - Lloyd Alexander

The Vesper Holly series - Lloyd Alexander

The Sister's Grimm series - Michael Buckley

Last Apprentice series - Joseph Delaney

Bewitching Season - Miranda Doyle

So You Want to Be a Wizard series - Diane Duane

Ranger's Apprentice series - John Flanagan

The Seems Glitch in Sleep - Hulme and Wexler

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos - R.L. LaFevers

Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy

The Squire's Tale - Gerald Morris

Princess Ben - Catherine Murdock

Airborn - Kenneth Oppel

Aurelia - Anne Osterlund

Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett

Book of Days - Guillaume Prevost

Larklight - Philip Reeve

Magyck - Angie Sage

The Alchemyst - Michael Scott

Endimyon Spring - Matthew Skelton

Crown Duel - Sherwood Smith

Heart of Valor - L.J. Smith

Sisters of the Sword - Maya Snow

Vampirates series - Justin Somper

Rowan Hood series - Nancy Springer

Bartimaeus trilogy - Jonathan Stroud

Edge of the Sword - Rebecca Tingle

Sorcery and Cecelia - Wrede and Stevermer

Dealing with Dragons (The Enchanted Forest Chronicles) - Patricia Wrede

Sun and Moon Ice and Snow - Jessica Day George

Book of 1,000 Days - Shannon Hale

Dogsbody - Diana Wynne Jones

Tales from the Brothers Grimm; Sisters Weird - Vivian Vande Velde

Eon Dragoneye Reborn - Alison Goodman

Monster Blood Tattoo - D.M. Cornish

Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson

Call of the Wild - Jack London

Robin Hood -Howard Pyle

La Morte D’Arthur - Alfred Lord Tennyson

Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery

The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum

Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling

White Fang - Jack London

Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain

Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie

King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table - Roger Lancelyn Green

Black Beauty - Anna Sewell

The Good Dog - Avi

A Dog’s Life: Autobiography of a Stray - Ann M. Martin

Chasing Vermeer - Balliet

Echo Falls mystery series - Peter Abrahams

Charlie Bone series - Jenny Nimmo

Where The Red Fern Grows - Wilson Rawls

Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart

Peace Like A River - Leif Enger

Sweetness At The Bottom Of The Pie - Alan Bradley

The Dollhouse Murders - Betty Ren Wright

The Egypt Game - Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Glinda Joyce... (series) - Jennifer Allison

The Unseen - Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor

So B. It - Sarah Weeks

Happenstance - P.W. Catanese

Found - P.W. Catanese

Enola Holmes mysteries - Nancy Springer

Nobody's Princess - Esther Friesner

The S.T.O.R.M. books - E.L. Young

Steel Trapp - Ridley Pearson

Dairy Queen - Catherine Murdock

Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene

Homecoming - Cynthia Voigt

The Calder Game - Blue Balliet

A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett

Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graeme

The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster

The Moomin series - Tove Jansson

The Borrowers series - Mary Norton

[yalsa-bk] Links for compiled lists

http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Booklists_from_YALSA-BK

http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Themed_Booklists

[yalsa-bk] Gentle Reads for 9th Grader

Compiled by Sarah Nelsen [snelsen@fvrl.org]

Just the Good Stuff

Great books without the sex, drugs, and swearing you're not interested in reading about!

Avalon High by Meg Cabot

0060755865

Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale*

1599900513

Ever by Gail Carson Levine*

9780061229626

Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

0689838581

Jason’s Gold by Will Hobbs*

0688150934

Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt

1932425292

Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial by Ronald Kidd

1416905723

My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison*

9780802797803

Outside Beauty by Cynthia Kadohata

9780689865756

Peak by Roland Smith*

0152024174

Peeled by Joan Bauer*

9780399234750

The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas

9780374360870

Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock*

9780618959716

Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George*

9781599903224

Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale

9781599902883

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar

0525473114

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

0440416779

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld*

0689865384

Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix*

9781416911715

[yalsa-bk] Addiction memoirs

Compiled by Cheney, Amy [ACheney@aclibrary.org]

These aren't all memoirs, but there are a few here that supremely important: a Piece of Cake being one of them!

Drugs

Baca, Jimmy Santiago. A Place to Stand

Booth, Coe. Tyrell

Brooks, Kevin. Candy

Brown, Cupcake. A Piece of Cake

Burgess, Melvin. Smack

Carey, Percy. Sentences: the Life of M.F. Grimm

Charles, Ray. Brother Ray

Faison, Azie. Game Over

Farmer, Nancy. House of the Scorpion

Frey, James. A Million Little Pieces

Flake, Sharon. Begging for Change

Flake, Sharon. Money Hungry

Fontaine, Claire and Mia. Come Back: A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through Hell and Back

Frost, Helen. Keesha's House

Gaetz, Dayle. No Problem

Glodoski, Ron. How to Be a Succesful Criminal: the Real Deal on Crime, Drugs and Easy Money

Hardrick, Jackie. Imani in Never Say Goodbye

Hopkins, Ellen. Crank

Hopkins, Ellen. Glass

James, Brian. Pure Sunshine

Kern, Peggy. No Way Out (Bluford High)

LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole. Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

Mowry, Jess. Way Past Cool

Murray, Jay. Bottled Up

Myers, Walter Dean. The Beast

Nolan, Han. Born Blue

Philbrook, Roderick. Last Book in the Universe

Quinonez, Ernesto. Bodega Dreams

Quinonez, Ernesto. Chango’s Fire

Rodriquez, Luis. Always Running

Scott, Sterling. Weeds of Society

Sheff, David. Beautiful Byo. A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

Sheff, Nic. Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines

Souljah, Sister. Coldest Winter Ever

Tervalon, Jervey. Understand This

Van Diepen, Allison. Street Pharm

Volponi, Paul. Rooftop

Youngs, Bettie. Teens Guide To Living Drug Free

Zailckas, Koren. Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood

[yalsa-bk] Suggestions for YA non-fic books on healthy teen relationships/dating abuse prevention?

Compiled by Cheney, Amy [ACheney@aclibrary.org]

Bad Situations (Abuse)

Adams, Lenora. Baby Girl

Alison, Dorothy. Bastard Out of Carolina

Arnoldi, Katherine. Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mother

Cole, Brock. Facts Speak For Themselves

Coman, Carolyn. What Jamie Saw

Deem, James. 3 NB’s of Julian Drew

De Vries, Anke. Bruises

Dessen, Sarah. Dreamland

Draper, Sharon. Darkness Before Dawn

Draper, Sharon. Forged by Fire

Draper, Sharon. Tears of a Tiger

Dry, Richard. Leaving

Fisher, Antwoine. Who Will Cry for the Little Boy?

Flinn, Alex. Breathing Underwater

Frank, E.R. America

Haddix, Margaret. Don’t You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunfrey

Higgins, Janice. There Were No Parents Here and following titles.

Klass, David. You Don’t Know Me

Louise, Regina. Somebody’s Someone: a Memoir

Mazer, Norma Fox. When She Was Good

McCormick, Patricia. Cut

McNamee, Graham. Hate You

Monroe, Mary. God Don’t Like Ugly and following books

Peltzer, Dave. A Child Called It and following books

Pollack, Monique. On the Game

Reynolds, Marilyn. Telling

Rivers, Victor Rivas. A Private Family Matter

Runyon, Brent. The Burn Journals

Saphire, Push

Scheers, Julia. Jesus Land

Schraff Anne. Someone to Love Me

Scott, Elizabeth. Living Dead Girl

Sitomer, Alan Lawrence. Secret Story of Sonia Rodriquez

Stratton, Allan. Leslie’s Journal

Su, Lac. I Love Yous are for White People

Tervalon, Jervey. Dead Above Ground

Williams, Lori Aurelia. When Kambia Elaine Flew In From Neptune

_____

Bean, Barbara and Shari Bennett. The Me Nobody Knows: A guide

for teen survivors.

Gil, Eliana. Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and about Adults Abused as Children

Hunter. Mic. Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse

Kirberger, Kimberly. Teen Love On Relationships

Levy, Barrie. In Love and Danger: a Teen’s Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive Relationships

Mather Cynthia L. How Long Does It Hurt?: A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families

Pierce-Baker, Charlotte. Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape

[yalsa-bk] YA nonfiction compiled

Compiled by Erica Littlefield [elittlefield@lib.tfid.org]

After 9/11: America's war on terror

The curse of King Tut's tomb

In the shadow of no towers

Safe area Gorazde

T-Minus: The Race to the Moon by Jim Ottaviani.

And The Stuff of Life by Mark Schultz

Hill & Wang (publishers of The Stuff of Life) also have a great graphic
nonfiction book on The U.S. Constitution.

Michael Rosen, Shakespeare: His Work and His World

Michael Rosen, reteller, Illus by Jane Ray. Shakespeare´s Romeo and
Juliet or Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Illus by Sonia Leong, text
adaptor Richard Appignanesi, Amulet/Abrams 2007.

Ann Bausum, With Courage and Cloth: Winning the fight for a woman´s
right to vote

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone

Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees and Off to War: Voices of Soldiers'

Children by Deborah Ellis

Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice and The Race to Save the Lord God
Bird by Phillip Hoose

Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American
Immigration

Muckrakers by Ann Bausum

Encyclopedia of the End by Deborah Noyes

The Lincolns by Candace Fleming

Race: A History Beyond Black and White by Marc Aronson

Secret Subway and Lincoln through the Lens by Martin Sandler

The Ultimate Weapon: The Race to Develop the Atomic Bomb by Edward T.
Sullivan

Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland by Sally
Walker

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong.

Long Way Gone/Beah

Between a Rock and a Hard Place/Ralston

Websites:

NCTE Orbis Pictus Awards--Links to present and past winners through 1990
http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People--PDF copies of
2000-2008 lists
are available. The most current list is published in the journal Social
Education.
http://www.socialstudies.org/notable

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12--Lists available from
1996 through
2009 http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/

ALSC's Sibert Award and Honor Books--Many titles of YA Interest
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/index.cfm

YALSA Quick Picks--Usually has a few good nonfiction suggestions
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/quickpicks/qphome.cfm