academic english grades 9 and 10 english grades 9 and 10 fiction reading list – organized by genre...

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Academic English Grades 9 and 10 Fiction Reading List – organized by genre

(updated Nov. 2015)

Note that most books are listed in more than one category

Historical Drama / Historical Adventure

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Chains.

Anderson, M. T. Feed or The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation.

Anderson-Dargatz, Gail. The cure for death by lightning or A recipe for bees

Bell, William. Forbidden City.

Bradley, Alan. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.

Chevalier, Tracy. Girl with the pearl earring.

Donnelly, Jennifer. A northern light

Dyer, Hadley. Johnny Kellock died today.

Foley, Jessie Ann. The Carnival at Bray.

Glatshteyn, Yankey. Emil and Karl.

Gold, Jennifer. Soldier Doll.

Hosseini, Khaled. A thousand splendid suns.

Ibbitson, John. The landing.

Jocelyn, Marthe. How it happened in Peach Hill.

Kwok, Jean. Girl in Translation

Lake, Nick. In darkness

Lekich, John. The loser’s club.

Livingston, Lesley. Once Every Never

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McCormick, Patricia. Never fall down.

McCullers, Carson, The heart is a lonely hunter.

Mckay, Sharon E. Esther.

Mosher, Richard. Zazoo.

Moran, Michelle. Cleopatra's daughter, Nefertiti, or The Heretic Queen.

Morrison, Toni. The bluest eye.

Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise at Fallujah.

Namioka, Lensey. Ties that bind, ties that break.

Rapp, Adam. Punkzilla

Rees, Celia. Pirates or Witch Child.

Sedgewick, Marcus. Revolver or The foreshadowing.

Skrypuch, Marsha. Daughter of War.

Skrypuch, Marsha. Hope’s War.

Smith, Dodie. I capture the castle.

Sutcliffe, Rosemary. The eagle of the ninth chronicles. (3 books in one volume).

Turnbull, Ann. No shame, no fear.

Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief.

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Wartime and/or Battles / Armed Conflict

Bell, William. Forbidden City.

Glatshteyn, Yankey. Emil and Karl.



Marsden, John. Tomorrow, when the war began.

McCormick, Patricia. Never fall down or Purple Heart.


Rosoff, Meg. How I live now. Sedgwick, Marcus. The foreshadowing. Walters, Eric. Shattered.

Wein, Elizabeth. Code name Verity or Rose Under Fire.

Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief.

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Mystery / Adventure / Suspense / Action

Aker, Don. Delusion Road.

Barclay, Linwood. Fear the worst. The Accident. Trust Your Eyes.

Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship breaker

Blundell, Judy. What I saw and how I lied.


Chupeco, RIn. The Girl from the Well.

Cline, Ernest. Ready player one.

Crewe, Megan. The way we fall.

Doctorow, Cory. Little brother or For the Win.

Donnelly, Jennifer. A northern light.

Ellis, Deborah. No safe place or True Blue.

Fitch, Sheree. Pluto’s Ghost.

Gaiman, Neil. The graveyard book.

Grant, Vicki. Not suitable for family viewing or Quid pro quo.

Green, John. Looking for Alaska

Johnston, E. K. The Story of Owen.

Lake, Nick. In darkness.

Mandel, Emily St. John. Station Eleven.

Marchetta, Melina. Finnikin of the rock.


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McClintock, Norah. Dooley takes the fall.

McClintock, Norah. Taken.

Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall or Delirium.

Pierce, Tamora. Terrier.


Sebold, Alice. The lovely bones or Almost moon.

Sedgwick, Marcus. Revolver or Midwinterblood

Setterfield, Diane. The thirteenth tale.


Treggiarai, Jo. Ashes, ashes.

Walters, Eric. End of Days, Just Deserts or Shaken.

Wein, Elizabeth. Code name Verity.

Werlin, Nancy. Impossible or Rules of Survival.

Weyn, Susanne. The bar code tattoo.

Williams, Tad. City of golden shadows.

Wynn-Jones, Tim. Blink & Caution.

Zusak, Markus. I am the Messenger.

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Science Fiction

Austen, Catherine. All good children.

Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship breaker or The Wind Up Girl

Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game. Cline, Ernest. Ready player one.


Oppel, Kenneth. This Dark Endeavour or Airborn.

Rosoff, Meg. How I live now.

Sawyer, Robert J. Wake.


Weyn, Susanne. The bar code tattoo.

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Fantasy and/or Supernatural Elements

Almond, David. Secret Heart.

Black, Holly. Valiant or Coldest girl in cold town.

Block, Francesca Lia. Love in the Time of Global Warming Card, Orson Scott. Pathfinder.

Cashore, Kristin. Graceling or Fire.

Chima, Cinda Williams. The Demon King.

Chupeco, RIn. The Girl from the Well.

Coakley, Lena. Witchlanders.

deLint, Charles. The blue girl.

Gaiman, Neil. The graveyard book.

Hartman, Rachel. Seraphina.

Johansen, K.V. Nightwalker: The warlocks of Talverdin.

Johnston, E. K. The Story of Owen

Lanagan, Margo. Tender Morsels.

Leavitt, Martine. Keturah and Lord Death.

Mac, Carrie. The Droughtlanders.

Marchetta, Melina. Finnikin of the Rock.

Morgenstern, Erin. The Night Circus.

Oliver, Lauren. Delirium.


Pratchett, Terry. Nation.

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Rees, Celia. Witch Child.

Rosoff, Meg. How I live now.

Sedgewick, Marcus. Midwinterblood or The foreshadowing

Stiefvater, Maggie. The Scorpio Races, The Raven Boys, or Shiver

Taylor, Laini. Daughter of Smoke and Bone.

Werlin, Nancy. Impossible.

Westerfeld, Scott. Afterworlds.

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Realistic Characters/Setting: Focus on relationships, family, school life, etc.

Aker, Don. The space between or The first stone or The fifth rule or Delusion Road.

Alexie, Sherman. The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian.

Anderson-Dargatz, Gail. The cure for death by lightning

Barclay, Linwood. Fear the worst.

Bell, William. Forbidden city.

Bone, Ian. The song of an innocent bystander.

Brenne, Beverly. Wild orchid.

Brooks, Martha. Two moons in august.

Brown Jennifer. Hate List or Thousand words.

Burtinshaw, Julie. The perfect cut.

Bustin, Pam. Mostly happy.

Calame, Don. Swim the fly (and other books by him)

Caletti, Deb. The queen of everything.

Chbosky, Stephen. The perks of being a wallflower.

Choyce, Lesley. The end of the world as we know it, Shoulder the sky

Cowan, Leslie Ann. As she grows or Something wicked.

Crow, Matthew. The Brilliant Light of Amber Sunrise

Dessen, Sarah. The truth about forever (and other books by her).

DeVries, Maggie. Rabbit Ears.

Doctorow, Cory. Little brother.

Donnelly, Jennifer. A northern light or Revolution.

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Efaw, Amy. After.

Elkeles, Simone. Leaving Paradise.

Ellis, Deborah. True Blue.

Erskine, Kathryn. Mockingbird.

Fitch, Sheree. The gravesavers or Pluto’s Ghost.

Flinn, Alex. Breathing underwater.

Francis, Brian. Fruit.

Ghent, Natalie. Gravity brings me down.




Haddon, Mark. Curious incident of the dog in the night time.

Handler, Daniel. Why we broke up.

Harvey, Sarah. The lit report or Death benefits.

Haworth-Attard, Barbara. Theories of relativity.

Holubitsky, Katherine. Tweaked or Alone at 90 foot.

Horvath, Polly. The corps of the bare-boned plane


Hubbard, Jenny. And we stay.


Irani, Anosh. The song of Kahunsha.

Juby, Susan. Getting the girl.

Juby, Susan. Another kind of cowboy.

King. A.S. Please Ignore Vera Dietz.

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Kingsolver, Barbara. Pigs in heaven

Kwok, Jean. Girl in Translation. Laurence, Margaret. A bird in the house or The stone angel.

Lekich, John. The loser’s club.

Levithan, David. Will Grayson Will Grayson

Lewis, Wendy A. Freefall.

Lockhart, E. The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks.

Kuipers, Alice. The worst thing she ever did.

Mac, Carrie. The beckoners.

Mac, Carrie. The opposite of tidy.


McDonald, Abby. Getting over Garrett Delaney.

McGarry, Katie. Dare to You.

Myracle, Lauren. Shine

Nelson, Jandy. I’ll Give You the Sun.

Pearson, Kit. The daring game.

Phillips, Wendy. Fishtailing.


Oppel, Kenneth. Half Brother.

Palacio, R. J. Wonder.

Quick, Matthew. Forgive me, Leonard Peacock.

Rapp, Adam. Punkzilla.

Reid, Donalda. The way it is.

Ryan, Tom. Way to go.

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Saenz, Benjamin. Last night I sang to the monster.

Sebold, Alice. The lovely bones or Almost moon.

Sobat, Gail Sidonie. Gravity journal or Chance to Dance for You.

Skrypuch, Marsha. Hope’s War or The Hunger.

Smith, Hilary, T. A Sense of the Infinite Standiford, Natalie. How to say goodbye in robot.

Stevenson, Robin. A thousand shades of blue.

Stinson, Kathy. Becoming Ruby.

Summers, Courtney. Cracked up to be or Some girls are or All the Rage.

Taylor, Drew Hayden. Motorcycles and sweet grass.


Vlahos, Len. The Scar Boys

Walters, Eric and Teresa Toten. The taming.

Whaley, John. Where things come back.

Werlin, Nancy. Impossible.

Werlin, Nancy. The rules of survival.


Ye, Ting-Xing. Throwaway daughter or mountain girl, river girl.

Zarr, Sara. How to save a life or Once was lost or Story of a girl.

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Humour

Alexie, Sherman. The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian or Flight.


Bray, Libba. Going bovine

Calame, Don. Swim the fly or Beat the Band or Call the Shots





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Multi-Cultural/ Travel Elements/ Foreign Setting


Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship breaker or The Wind Up Girl


Buck, Pearl S. The good earth.

Chupeco, RIn. The Girl from the Well. (based on a Japanese horror legend)

Doctorow, Cory. For the Win.

Donnelly, Jennifer. Revolution.

Ellis, Deborah. No safe place.

Goodman, Alison. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn.



Hrdlitschka, Shelley. Sister wife.


Kingsolver, Barbara. Pigs in heaven

Kwok, Jean. Girl in Translation.

Lake, Nick. In darkness.


Marchetta, Melina. On the Jellicoe road.




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Ostlere, Cathy. Karma.


Setterfield, Diane. The thirteenth tale.

Skrypuch, Marsha. Daughter of War.

Simsion, Graeme. The Rosie Project.

Stiefvater, Maggie. The Scorpio Races






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Edgy/Urban /Modern Teen Life Issues


Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak or Wintergirls

Asher, Jay. The Future of Us. Austen, Catherine. All good children. Black, Holly. Valiant.

Boll, Rosemarie. The second trial.


Brown, Jennifer. Hate List or Thousand words.

Burtinshaw, Julie. The perfect cut.


Chalifour, Francis. After.

Chbosky, Stephen. The perks of being a wallflower.

Cowan, Jennifer. Earthgirl.


deLint, Charles. The blue girl.

DeVries, Maggie. Rabbit Ears.

Doctorow, Cory. Little brother or For the Win.

Efaw, Amy. After.

Ellis, Deborah. True Blue.

Francis, Brian. Fruit.

Garland, Alex. The beach.

Green, John. Looking for Alaska (or any other book by him).

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Haworth-Attard, Barbara. Theories of relativity.

Harvey, Sarah. The lit report.

Holubitsky, Katherine. Tweaked or Alone at 90 foot.



Juby, Susan. Another kind of cowboy.

Kuipers, Alice. The worst thing she ever did.

Lanagan, Margo. Tender Morsels.

Levithan, David. Every day or Will Grayson, Will Grayson


Marchetta, Melina. Saving Francesca.


McGarry, Katie. Dare to You.

Myers, Walter Dean. All the Right Stuff or Lockdown

Nelson, Jandy. I’ll Give You the Sun.

Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall.

Plum-Ucci, Carol. What happened to Lani Garver.

Quick, Matthew. Forgive me, Leonard Peacock.



Saenz, Benjamin. Last night I sang to the monster.

Skrypuch, Marsha. The Hunger.

Sobat, Gail Sidonie. Gravity journal or Chance to Dance for You.

Summers, Courtney. Cracked up to be or Some girls are or All the Rage.

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Vizzini, Ned. It’s Kind of a Funny Story.

Vlahos, Len. The Scar Boys

Werlin, Nancy. Impossible or Rules of Survivial.

Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Make lemonade.


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Girl Power: Strong Female Protagonists Anderson-Dargatz, Gail. The cure for death by lightning


Cashore, Kristin. Graceling or Fire.

Cowan, Jennifer. Earthgirl.

Black, Holly. Valiant.


Brenne, Beverly. Wild orchid.

Brooks, Martha. Two moons in august.




Dessen, Sarah. The truth about forever (and other books by her).

Donnelly, Jennifer. A northern light or Revolution.

Dyer, Hadley. Johnny Kellock died today.

Ellis, Deborah. No safe place or True Blue.

Friesen, Gayle. The Isabel Factor

Ghent, Natalie. Gravity brings me down.

Goodman, Alison. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn.

Hartman, Rachel. Seraphina.

Harvey, Sarah. The lit report.

Hosseini, Khaled. A thousand splendid suns

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Jocelyn, Marthe. How it happened in Peach Hill.

Lewis, Wendy A. Freefall.

Lockhart, E. The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks.


Marchetta, Melina. On the Jellicoe road.

Marchetta, Melina. Saving Francesca.


Mckay, Sharon E. Esther.

McClintock, Norah. Taken.

Mosher, Richard. Zazoo.

Morrissey, Donna. Kit’s law.


Namioka, Lensey. Ties that bind, ties that break.


Pearson, Kit. The daring game.




Sheppard, Mary C. One for Sorrow.

Skrypuch, Marsha. Hope’s War.

Smith, Hilary, T. A Sense of the Infinite

Stiefvater, Maggie. The Scorpio Races, The Raven Boys, or Shiver

Summers, Courtney. Cracked up to be or Some girls are.

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Taylor, Laini. Daughter of Smoke and Bone.



Weiner, Jennifer. Best friends forever.

Werlin, Nancy. Impossible, Rules of Survival.

Westerfeld, Scott. Afterworlds.

Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Make lemonade.


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Boy Power: Strong Male Protagonists




Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship breaker

Bell, William. The blue helmet or Only in the movies or Forbidden City.

Bray, Libba. Going bovine.

Boll, Rosemarie. The second trial.

Calame, Don. Swim the fly or Beat the Band or Call the Shots

Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game or Pathfinder.

Cline, Ernest. Ready player one.

Choyce, Lesley. The end of the world as we know it or Shoulder the sky

Courtenay, Bryce. The power of one.

Doctorow, Cory. Little brother.

Flinn, Alex. Breathing underwater.

Friesen, Gayle. Men of stone.


Harvey, Sarah. Death benefits.



Levithan, David. Will Grayson


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Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise at Fallujah or We Were Heroes or All the Right Stuff or Lockdown

Oppel, Kenneth. Half Brother.

Quick, Matthew. Forgive me, Leonard Peacock

Palacio, R. J. Wonder.


Reinhardt, Dana. The things a brother knows.



Zusak, Mark. The Messanger.

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