| Reading Level 1 minimally challenging in either theme, language, or length |
Reading Level 2 moderately challenging in either theme, language or length |
Reading Level 3 most challenging in either theme, language, or length |
| Babylon Boyz Jess Mowry |
Black and Blue Anna Quindlen |
American Gods Neil Gaiman |
| Breaking Rank Kristen D. Randle |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak |
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison |
| Breathing Underwater Alex Flinn |
City
of Bones Cassandra Clare |
The Cider House Rules John Irving |
| California Blue David Klass |
The Coldest WInter Ever Sister Souljah |
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Rebecca Wells |
| Catalyst Laurie Halse Anderson |
Diamond Dogs Alan Watt |
Gertrude and Claudius John Updike |
| A Certain Slant of Light Laura Whitcomb |
A Dirty Job Christopher Moore |
The
Host Stephenie Meyer |
| Down
These Mean Streets Piri Thomas |
My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult |
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| Crank Ellen Hopkins |
Ellen Foster Kaye Gibbons |
Snow Falling on Cedars Steve Guterson |
| Donorboy Brendan Halpin |
The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls |
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski |
| Elsewhere Gabrielle Zevin |
The Great Santini Pat Conroy |
Audrey Niffenegger |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams |
Janet Fitch |
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| The House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer |
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| In Cold Blood Truman Capote |
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| Heroes Robert Cormier |
Last Days of Summer Steve Kluger |
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| Imani All Mine Connie Porter |
Local Girls Alice Hoffman |
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| Inexcusable Chris Lynch |
Odd
Thomas Dean Koontz |
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| Kissing Doorknobs Terry Spencer Hesser |
The Pact Jodi Picoult |
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| The Lake House James Patterson |
Plainsong Kent Haruf |
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| Looking for Alaska John Green |
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd |
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| Monster Walter Dean Myers |
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| Sundays at Tiffany's James Patterson & Gabrielle Charbonnet |
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| Running Loose Chris Crutcher |
The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien |
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| Shattering Glass Gail Giles |
True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall Mark Salzman |
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| Son of the Mob Gordon Korman |
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom |
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| Speak Laurie Halse Anderson |
Twilight Stephenie Meyer |
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| Straydog Kathy Koja |
The
Ugly Duckling Iris Johansen |
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| Tenderness Robert Cormier |
Watchers Dean Koontz |
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| They Cage the Animals At Night Jennings Michael Burch |
What Happened to Lani Garver Carol Plum-Ucci |
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| Things Change Patrick Jones |
Where the Heart Is Billie Letts |
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| Whale Talk Chris Crutcher |
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| When
She Was Good Norma Fox Mazer |
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| Where I Want To Be Adele Griffin |
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| Wrecked E.R. Frank |
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| You Don't Know Me David Klass |