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This novel tells the story of 4 kids, Sergio, Will, Aimee, Naheed,  who are from all over the country living there individual lives. Sergio is dealing with his absent father while Will is dealing with his who was tragically killed in a car accident. All while Naheed struggles with her religious identity, and Aimee is moving away from her friends and school. They are all connected through one day September 11, 2001.

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This book follows Josh Bell an 8th grade basketball star who is the son of Chuck Bell, a famous basketball player. JB, Josh's brother, gets a new crush on a girl at school and quickly gets distracted from basketball. Josh is annoyed by this and also break's JB's nose during a game after a hard chest pass. Josh's is soon off the team and his dad begins showing signs of sickness. On day, Josh's father has a heart attack and ends up in the hospital. Josh visits him in the hospital and Josh is able to play in the upcoming game. The day of the big game, their dad has another heart attack but at the same time Josh helps his team win their big game. The story ends sadly with the Chuck Bell passing away. JB and Josh are able to talk with each other and bond over free throws just as their dad used to do with them.

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The book follows Miranda a young girl who receives notes that predict the future. At the same time her mom is also selected to go on the show $20,000 Dollar Pyramid and could win money that they really need. Miranda often talks about a homeless man that laughs and kicks his leg out into the street and it not sure what to think about him. Miranda's best friend Sal is beat up by a boy on the street and after this Sal distanced himself from Miranda. Miranda ends up meeting the boy who hit Sal and realizes that he is not a bad guy, his name is Marcus. She continues to find notes as she works at Jimmy's. One day Marcus attempts to talk with Sal, but he is frightened and runs away. He run out into the street as a car is coming, just in time the laughing man kicks his leg out at Sal. In the end of this story, Sal survived but the laughing man does not. Miranda continues to find letters and realizes that the laughing man is who has been writing them. Miranda's mom goes on $20,000 Dollar Pyramid and Miranda realizes that Marcus and the laughing man are the same person that had traveled back in time. Her mom wins the money and Miranda plans to use it for school.

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Miles Halter attends a boarding school his junior year of high school. He is quiet and has almost no friends, but once he arrives at school he meet 3 new friends.
His friends Alaska, Takumi, and the colonel get into drinking, smoking and pulling pranks all while trying to not get caught by the Dean. Miles is obsessed with Alaska and her strangeness. One night Alaska leaves campus in her car but is tragically dies in a crash. Miles and his friends are left to deal with the guilt and grief that comes after her death. The set to determine whether her death was accidental or a suicide. They eventually give up on trying to find out what happened that night. At the end of the novel, Miles forgives himself for what happened to Alaska and pulls a school-wide prank in her memory

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Bruno, a nine year old boy living in Germany, is told that him and his family will be moving for his fathers job. He is very bored and unhappy in his house but one day he notices people outside  along a fence wearing what he calls striped pajamas. Bruno is curious about these people but when he asks his father about them he is told that they are not people at all. After being bored for weeks, Bruno decides to investigate the fence. He meets a boy named Shmuel who wears striped pajamas on the other side of the fence. Bruno then begins to visit Shmuel and even bring him food. Bruno gives him good one day while Shmuel is working in the house and he is caught. Bruno denies knowing him and the next time they meet Shmuel is covered in bruises. Bruno family is planning to move and Shmuel’s father is missing so the boys plan their their last day together. At the end of the story, Shmuel brings Bruno a pair of striped pajamas and he crawls under the fence to help look for Shmuel’s father. The boys are lead to a dark building and the as the doors lock, Bruno tells Shmuel that he is his best friend.

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This book follows the life of a young Navajo girl named Bright Morning. She spends her time herding her sheep that she cares for dearly. One day while she and her friend running bird are kidnapped by Spanish slavers. After she is kipnapped, she meets Nehana who tells her where Running Bird is and her plan to escape. The 3 girls run and leave the Spaniards but they catch up to them. They are saved by Tall Boy a man that is a friend of Bright
Morning. He is shot in the arm but they manage to escape. When they return the "long knives" are taking their land and the tribe flees. The tribe is left without resources and many tribe members die. Tall Boy and Bright Morning marry and get pregnant. In the end of the novel, they both run away so that their child can be born in the canyon. They build their family their and Bright Morning is able to continue to care for her sheep.

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Charlie is a freshman in High School who is very quiet and timid. He starts his freshman year alone after his best friend committed suicide the year before. He soon makes friends with a group of seniors Sam, Patrick, Mary Elizabeth, Alice, and Bob. Charlie begins to fall in love with Sam while  also dealing with his own issues that he has buried. Charlie gets to see the dark issues that he friends are dealing with such as teen pregnancy and homophobia. He also gets to know what it feels like to enjoy the life and friendships around him. At the end of the novel, after Sam leaves for college, Charlie breaks down and is emitted to the hospital. After which, he comes to grip with molestation in his childhood, but is supported by his new friends.

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This book is about a mother who rocks her son to sleep each night no matter his age. In the end of this story the mother grows old and sick and her son must rock her before she passes.

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This picture books tells the story of Harvey Milk and the Pride flag. The story begins by explaining what Milk's dream was. It emphasizes that Milk wanted equal rights for all people, specifically gay people. Milk uses his voice by being elected into political office and planned marches. Milk has Gilbert Baker create a flag to create hope and the rainbow pride flag was born. At the end of the book, they talk about the tragic assassination of Harvey Milk in 1978.

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This book tells the story of John, Tonky, and Wanly, three elephants from the Ueno Zoo. During the war in Japan, bombs were dropped everynight and the zoo became worried that the animals would get lose. The zoo keepers decided that they needed to kill the animals. All the animals were poisoned except for 3 elephants who would not eat the poison and who had too think of skin for an injection. The zoo keepers decided to starve the elephants. John died soon after. Tonky and Wanly were left to starve, but a trainer soon feed them because it hurt him to watch them die. Despite this, the elephants still died shortly after the men grieved their losses.

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This begins when four newspaper delivery girls (Erin, Mackenzie, KJ, Tiffany) from Cleveland, Ohio who are delivering papers the night asfter halloween. They get a call from their walkie-talkie that Tiffany and KJ need help. They were robbed by 3 people who spoke an unknown language and were dressed in costumes.  At the end of the book, they follow these people and come across an old house with a strange pod machine inside.

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This book was very insightful about the impacts of war. I think that this book would be great for explaining war and how it effects animals to children.

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This comic was very interesting and have amazing art work. It was very intense and suspenseful!

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This book was very interesting and had fantastic illustrations. I think many parents who are uneducated about LGBTQ issues often ask “How will I explain this to my kids?” This book answers this question. It introduces the topic in a light was and makes it easy for kids to understand.

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This book has a special place in my heart. I love how personal it feels and deals with mental illness, teen pregnancy, sexuality, and trauma. All very serious issues that some teens encounter in life. This novel would be great to teach about character and theme

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I found this novel very compelling. I think it would be a great resource for teaching student about 9/11 through these unique characters and their experiences. I'm glad that it was not using tragedy to entertain or paint the attacks in an inaccurate manner.

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Baskin, N.R. (2017). Nine, ten: A September 11 story. New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

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This book tells the story of two children, Laura and Howie, who both attend a summer camp. The other campers determine that these two are "the goats" of that year. Howie and Laura are stripped and abandoned them on "goat island." These two campers who are left in the cold, naked, and afraid decide they are going to work together and swim away from the camp. They work together to find clothes, food, and a place to stay for the night. Together they come to terms with that fact that they will have to face the other campers again. Laura's mother desperately searches for her daughter. In the end Laura is reunited with her mother by her and Howie are now are the goats that are bonded for life.

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This book is set in the 1950's  follows Holden Caulfield who is recalling when he was 16. Holden is a smart student with a poor work ethic. He is failing his classes at Pencey Prep  and decides he is going to leave his annoying roommates behind. He leaves Pencey Prep and heads to New York. He dreads facing his parents and his little sister, Phoebe. He encounters all different people and is constantly trying to hold on to his childhood innocence. He struggles to form meaningful relationships with women and just wants to move and leave his life behind. When he finally returns home, his sister is very disappointed that he has left school but is happy to see him again. At the end of the novel, Holden and Phoebe end up at the going to the zoo and Phoebe rides the carousel. Holden is so happy that he begins to cry as he watches her

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This novel Admiral William H. McRaven shares the the 10 lesson he has learned in Navy SEAL training. The book is based off of the commencement speech he is asked to give at the University of Texas. His 10 lessons include:
1. Start your day by making your bed, it is a task completed
2. you can't change the world alone,  you will need help
3. the size of your heart is what matters
4. Life is unfair so keep moving forward
5. Failure makes us strong
6. You must take risks
7. Don't back down from the bullies, find your courage
8. Rise to the occasion
9. Do your very best in your darkest moments
10. Never Quit!

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This novel follows Starr a black high-schooler who attends a party with her friends. A fight breaks out and a gun goes off so she quickly leaves wither friend Khalil. He and Khalil are pulled over. Khalil is searched and asked to stand still. When Khalil returns to the car he is shot and killed in front of Starr by the police officer. Starr tries to deal with the trauma of witnessing two acts of violence in her life. She tries to get justice for Khalil by testifying while protests break out and her family is threatened by the King Lords (local gang). Despite Starr's courage, the office is not charged in Khalil's murder. Protest's break out as a result and Starr gets caught up in them. She speaks into a megaphone on top of a car and then is tear gassed. She and her friends head to her father's store to get milk for their eyes but while they are there the King Lords set the store on fire and trap them inside. They eventually make it out but her father's store is destroyed. The community comes together and says that witnessed the King Lords start the fire and help's the family rebuild. In the end of the novel, Starr learns to unbrace her black identity as well vows to promised to continue to seek justice for people like Khalil.

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I had never read a novel in verse before so this book was different than anything I had experienced before. I was surprised about how easy it was to follow and how fast paced it was. I think this book would be great to teach along side a poetry lesson. It also can be relatable for students who may be dealing with grief from losing a parent or parental figure in their life.

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Alexander, K. (2014). The crossover. Boston ; New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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I really enjoyed this book and was very surprised about the strong language. I knew this was a banned book but enjoyed the raw dialogue. It made the characters relatable. I think this book would be appropriate for mature high school students. It would be a great resource for teaching symbolism and theme.

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I enjoyed this book's mystery and suspense that is but up through out even though it was slow at first. I think this book would make a good required reading because of its relatable character and interesting plot.

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Stead, R. (2009). When you reach me. New York: Wendy Lamb Books.

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Salinger, J. D. 1. (1945). Catcher in the rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.

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This book is told from alternating view point of both Bryce and Juli. They have known each other since Bryce moved in the neighbor in second grade. Juli has had a crush on him for most of her childhood but it has never been reciprocated by Bryce. Bryce has a crush on Shelly Stalls who Juli hate and gets into a fight with. Bryce seems most of his time trying to avoid Juli until her favorite sycamore tree is cut down, a tree that used to spend hours sitting watching over the neighborhood. Bryce feels guilty for not protesting the removal of the tree. Juli then overhears Bryce making fun of her uncle who is disabled and her crush soon fades.  Now that Juli is ignoring him, he realizes his feeling for her. At a school fundraiser where students are bid on and bought for the day, Juli doesn’t bid on Bryce and Bryce spends the day with two other girls. All he can think about is Juli  and eventually goes and sits with Juli trying to get her to forgive him. In the end, Juli forgives Bryce when she looks out her window and sees him planting a sycamore tree in her front yard.

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I loved this novel because of its alternating view points. We are able to understand both characters and their disagreements. This novel would be great for understanding characters!

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Van, D. W. (2001). Flipped. New York: Knopf

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This book is incredibly heartbreaking and introduces the horrors of the Holocaust in a honest way. This would be a great novel to talk to about the history surrounding the novel and its impact.

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Boyne, J., & OverDrive Inc. (2008). The boy in the striped pajamas: A fable (1st American ed.). New York: David Fickling Books.

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This novel was an easy read but touched on deep issues of colonization and enslavement. I also enjoyed the strong female lead character.

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O'Dell, S. (19761970). Sing down the moon. New York: Dell

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Vaughan, B. K., Chiang, C., Wilson, M., & Fletcher, J. K. (2016). Paper girls. Berkeley, CA: Image Comics.

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Tsuchiya, Yukio, 1904-1999. (1988). Faithful elephants : a true story of animals, people and war. Boston :Houghton Mifflin

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This was a favorite of mine when I was a kid and shows the bond between a mother and her children. This story is bittersweet for all ages.

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Chbosky, S. (1999). The perks of being a wallflower. New York: Pocket Books.

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Munsch, R. N., & McGraw, S. (1987). Love you forever. Willowdale, Ontario, Canada: Firefly Books.

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Sanders, R., & Salerno, S. (2018). Pride: The story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag. New York: Random House.

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This story was very touching and gave me a window into the ongoing issue of police brutality. I think this book is especially relevant today because of the recent murder of George Floyd and the BLM protests. This book is very memorable and would be great for all students.

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Thomas, A., Turpin, B., & OverDrive Inc. (2017). The hate u give (Unabridged.). New York: Balzer + Bray.

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This book was very motivating! I think this book would be great for graduating seniors. This is a extraordinary story about his extraordinary life. I will take his message to heart.

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McRaven, W. H. 1. (2017). Make your bed: little things that can change your life...and maybe the world. First edition. New York: Grand Central Publishing.

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This novel follows Craig who is struggling with depression. One night he reaches his breaking point and plans to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. Last minute he changes his mind and calls the suicide hotline. He then checks himself into a psychiatric hospital. At the hospital he meets lots of new people including a girl named Noelle. She helps Craig find what he is really interested in. Craig begins drawing maps, showing movies, and playing music for the other patients. In the end of this book Craig is able to embrace the good things in life.

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The way this book describes mental illness and the way it effects Craig was very relatable for me and I think it could be helpful to students that may feel alone. I also like that this book ends with an optimistic message.

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Vizzini, N. (2006). It's kind of a funny story. New York: Miramax Books/Hyperion Books For Children.

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This book is a collection of poem by Shel Silverstein. Most poems are humorous and strange but also have deeper underlying meaning.

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I really enjoyed reading this poems they really made me laugh. This book would make a great resource to teach a poetry lesson.

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Silverstein, S., & Harper & Row, Publishers,. (1981). A light in the attic.

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This tells the story of Cole Matthews who is a troubled teen and is currently in trouble for being up a student named Peter.  The justice circle decides to send Cole to a remote island rather than to jail to heal. While he is there he attempts to escape but fails. He sees a giant white spirit bear and he attempts to kill it but the bear attacks him. Cole is badly injured but is luckily rescued and survives. After his injures have healed he returns to the island but this time he follows the guidelines that are set out for him to guide his healing process. Cole learns that Peter is suicidal so he invites him to the island and reluctantly agrees. Peter learns to forgive and heal In the end, the two boys heal together.