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FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION
A Great and Terrible Beauty
by Libba Bray
City of Embers*
by Jeanne DuPrau
Dealing with Dragons*
by Patricia Wrede
Eragon*
by Christopher Paolini
Fablehaven
* by Brandon Mull
Goosegirl*
by Shannon Hale
No Child's Game
by Andrea White
Gregor the Overlander*
by Suzanne Colins
Inkheart
* by Cornelia Funk
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge
by Kathryn Reiss
The Hidden
by Margaret Haddix
The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
The Amulet of Samarkind: The Bartimeaus Trilogy #1
by Jonathan Stroud
Uglies*
by Scott Westerfield
* These titles all have sequels that are also good.
CONTEMPORARY FICTION
A Corner of the Universe
by Anne Martin
Boy 2 Girl
by Terence Blacker
Out of My Mind
by Sharon Draper
Dairy Queen
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Defiance
by Valerie Hobbs
Esparanza Rising
and
Finding Naomi Leon
by Pam Munoz Ryan
The One & Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Hoot
and
Flush
by Carl Hiassen
Hope Was Here
by Joan Bauer
Million Dollar Putt
by Dan Gutman
On the Run
by Michael Coleman
Rules
by Cynthia Lord
So B. It
by Sarah Weeks
The Schwa Was Here
by Neal Shusterman
Tangerine
by Edward Bloor
Things Not Seen
by Andrew Clements
HISTORICAL FICTION
Crispin*
by Avi
Pirates!
by Celia Rees
Ask Me No Questions
by Marina Budhos
How I Found the Strong
by Margaret McMullan
Brotherhood
by Ann Westrick
Samurai Shortstop
by Alan Gratz
Under the Persimmon Tree
by Suzanne F. Staples
The Giant Slayer
by Iain Lawrence
Elijah of Buxton
by Paul Michael Curtis
California Young Reader
2014-2015
Nominees
Young Adult:
Legend by Marie Lu
The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
by Laini Taylor
Intermediate:
Tuesdays at the Castle
by Jessica Day George
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio
Wild Wings
by Gill Lewis
Middle:
Blue Fist
by Pat Schmatz
Chained
by Lynne Kelly
The False Prince
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Contemporary fiction for 8th graders or older
Big Mouth, Ugly Girl
by Joyce Carol Oates
Chanda's Secret
by Allan Stratton
Copper Sun
by Sharon Draper
Feed
by M.T. Anderson
The First Part Last
and
Heaven
by Angela Johnson
Locomotion
by Jacqueline Woodson
Make Lemonade
and its sequel
True Believer
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Sunshine Rider
by Ric Lynden Hardmean
The Sledding Hill
by Chris Crutcher
Who Killed Mr. Chippendale
by Mel Glenn
Keesha's House
by Helen Frost
Paper Towns
by John Green
Unwind
by Neal Shusterman
The River Between Us
by Richard Peck
The Things A Brother Knows
by Dana Reinhardt
If I Ever Get Out of Here
by Eric Gansworth
MYSTERY
Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
T
he Last Treasure
by Janet Anderson
Gilda Joyce
(a series) by Jennifer Allison
Down the Rabbit Hole*
by Peter Abrahams
Enola Holmes
(a series) by Nancy Springer
The Ghost in Tokaido Inn
* by Thomas Hoobler
Most titles by Anthony Horowitz, Lois Duncan, Joan Lowery Nixon, Peg Kehret, Caroline Cooney, William Sleator and Wendelin Van Draanen