The ‘Young Adult Book Challenge’ Reading List and Assignment
(Select One book below—or choose another book not on this list, geared for ages 9-16—and Begin Reading
This
‘The Young Adult Book Assignment’ is directly below this Book List. Remember, you only need to select ONE
BOOK and you need only to read 50 pages of the book to do the assignment—but I hope you will read more!
First, look up a couple of these titles up on the internet and see which books seem of interest—and then DO
ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
–‘Read’ the book through an ‘ebook’ or ‘ibook’ platform or go to any ‘Young Adult/Read a Novel for Free’
website on the internet (There are quite a few!)
–‘Listen’ to the book being read-aloud on ‘Audible’ or another similar platform.
Or
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre
Burnett, Frances. The Secret Garden
Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street
Collins, Suzanne. Hunger Games (or any book in the series)
Collodi, Carlo. Pinocchio
Cowell, Cresida. How to Train Your Dragon
Dahl, Roal. –Matilda
–The Witches
–James and the Giant Peach
–Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dashner, James. The Maze Runner (or a book in the series)
De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. The Little Prince
Dicamillo, Kate. –The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
–The T ale of Desperaux
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–Because of Winn Dixie
Frank, Anne. Diary of Anne Frank
Gaiman, Neil. –Coraline
–The Graveyard Book
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies
Goldman, William. The Princess Bride.
Green, John. –Fault of the Stars
–Looking for Alaska
Hinton, S. F. The Outsiders
Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth
Kinney, Jeff. The Diary of a Whimpy Kid (or a book in the series)
Kipling, Rudyard. Jungle Book
Lai, T. Inside Out and Back Again
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird
L’Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time
Lewis, Carroll. –Alice in Wonderland
–Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis, C.S. –The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (or a book in the series)
Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted
Lowry, Lois, –The Giver
–Number the Stars
–Gathering Blue
Lu, Marie. Legend
Knowles, John. A Separate Peace
Milne. A. Winnie the Pooh
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Niven, Jennifer. All the Bright Places
Norton, Mary. The Borrowers
O’Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins
Palacio, R.J. Wonder
Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass (or a book in the ‘Dark Materials’ series)
Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief (or a book in the Percy Jackson series)
Roland, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (or a book in the series)
Roth, Veronica. Divergent.
Sachar, Louis. Holes
Sewell, Anna. Black Beauty
Small, David. –Stitches (graphic novel)
–Home After Dark (graphic novel)
Smith, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Smith, Dody. –I Capture the Castle
–101 Dalmatians
Snicket, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning or, Orphans! (or another book in the
series)
Thomas, Angie. The Hate You Give
Tolkien, J. R.R. –The Hobbit
–The Lord of the Ring
Travers, P.L. Mary Poppins.
White, E.B. –Charlotte’s Web
–Stuart Little
Yolen, Jane. The Devil’s Arithmetic
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief.
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From what you have read of this book so far, do you like it? If so, why? If not, why not?
What is the book’s setting?
Who is the main character? (Please describe one of the main characters in 2-3 sentences.)
What are 2-3 central themes in this book? (Examples: tackling depression, divorce, immigration, loneliness,
bravery, illness, annoying parents, space exploration, WWII, friendship, divorce, the journey of a hero/heroine,
feeling a part of a community/belonging, isolation/loneliness, etc.)
What (if anything) is interesting about the book’s structure? (Examples: Each chapter ends with a bit of
suspense,–making you want to read further, the story goes back and forth in time, the story is told from the
perspective of different characters, etc.)
If a book grabs us and makes us want to keep reading, we often feel a personal connection to the story. Please
share a possible personal connection to the book: Please complete at least 2 of the following phrases: