Sugar & Spikes…

Frequently Challenged BooksThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by

Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark

Twain Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by

Judy Blume Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Blubber by Judy Blume The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Crazy Lady by Jane Conly A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert

Newton Peck The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline

Cooney Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Final Exit by Derek Humphry The Giver by Lois LowryThe Goats by Brock Cole Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine

Paterson Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. RowlingThe Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley

Snyder How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas

Rockwell I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya

Angelou Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead

George Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein Lord of the Flies by William Golding Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln

Collier and Christopher Collier On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton The Pigman by Paul Zindel Running Loose by Chris Crutcher

The Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene

The Terrorist by Caroline CooneyTiger Eyes by Judy Blume To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Celebrate Your Freedom to Read

Chick LitThe Girls by Amy Goldman KossOvernight by Adele Griffin “Gossip Girl” series by Cecily Von Ziegesar “Georgia Nicolson” series by Louise Rennison Here Today by Ann M. Martin“The Clique” series by Lisi Harrison Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya

Sones Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier Love and Other Four-Letter Words by Carolyn Mackler Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann

Brashares Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Cross My Heart and Hope To Spy by Ally

Carter Jinx by Meg Cabot My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult Just Listen by Sarah DessenGreat And Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray“The A-List Series” by Zoey DeanFreaky Green Eyes by Joyce Carol OatesTTYL by Lauren MyraclePretty Little Liars by Sara ShepardUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe Secrets of Peaches by Jodi Lynn AndersonGirl, Nearly 16: Absolute Torture by Sue LimbFame, Glory, and Other Things On My To-Do List by Janette Rallison

Sugar & Spikes…

FICTIONThe Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy

& Goth Girl by Barry LygaBad Girls, Bad Girls, Watcha Gonna

Do? by Cynthia VoigtBlister by Susan ShreveBlue Is For Nightmares by Laurie

Faria StolarzBoy Proof by Cecil CastellucciChangeling by Yasmine GalenornCut by Patricia McCormickDark Secrets: Legacy of Lies by

Elizabeth ChandlerDefine “Normal” by Julie Anne PetersGingerbread by Rachel CohnGlass Houses by Rachel CaineGo Ask Alice by AnonymousGoat Girls by Francesca Lia BlockGreen Angel by Alice HoffmanHard Love by Ellen WittlingerHaters by Alisa Valdes-RodriguezI’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d

Have To Kill You by Ally CarterLucy the Giant by Sherri L. SmithMidnight Predator by Amelia Atwater-

RhodesStop Pretending by Sonya SonesSunshine by Robin McKinleyTithe: a Modern Faerie Tale by Holly

BlackNON-FICTION

33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women’s History… (305.4 THI)

Gutsy Girls: Young Women Who Dare (920 SCH)

Recommended Readings for Romantics:

Author Title Baker, Jennifer At MidnightBauer, Joan ThwonkCanfield, Jack Chicken Soup on Love

and RelationshipsCabot, Meg Princess in LoveCleary, Beverly Jean and JohnnyConford, Ellen CrushCooney, Caroline Forbidden

Prisoner of Time

Crew, Linda Children of the RiverCrutcher, Chris Running LooseDaly, Maureen Seventeenth SummerGaiman, Neil StardustGeras, Adele The Tower RoomJukes, Mavis Cinderella 2000Klause, Annette Curtis The Silver Kiss

Blood and ChocolateMcDaniel, Lurlene I’ll be Seeing YouMiner, Jane Claypool VeronicaNapoli, Donna Jo SirenaPlummer, Louise The Unlikely Romance of

Katie BjorkmanRennison, Louise Angus, Thongs, and

Full Frontal SnoggingSparks, Nicholas A Walk to RememberVan Draanen, Wendelin FlippedWittlinger, Ellen Hard LoveZindel, Paul My Darling, my

HamburgerClassicsAusten, Jane Pride and PrejudiceBronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre

Bronte, Emily Wuthering HeightsMitchell, Margaret Gone with the WindPoetryFletcher, Ralph J. Buried AliveGalewitz, Herb Love, a Book of

QuotationsGrimes, Nikki Hopscotch LoveSones, Sonia What my Mother

Doesn’t KnowTurner, Ann Warren A Lion’s Hunger

Vampire Romance

Black Dawn, The Chosen, Dark Angel, Daughters of Darkness, Huntress, Secret Vampire, Soulmate, Spellbinder, and Witchlight by Lisa J. Smith

Boys That Bite by Marianne Mancusi

Companions of the Night by Vivian Van Velde

The Darkangel by Merideth Pierce Got Fangs?: Confessions of a

Vampire’s Girlfriend by Katie Maxwell

High School Bites: The Lucy Chronicles by Liza Conrad

Kiss of a Killer and Tall, Dark, and Deadly by Kate William

Kiss of the Vampire by Laurie JohnThe Silver Kiss by Anette Curtis

KlauseSweetblood by Pete HautmanTwilight, New Moon and Eclipse by

Stephenie Meyer

Vampire Kisses, Kissing Coffins, and Vampireville by Ellen Shreiber

The Vampire’s Beautiful Daughter by S.P. Somtow

Fairy Tales RetoldBefore Midnight: A Retelling of “Cinderella” by

Cameron DokeyBeast by Donna Jo Napoli, (Beauty and the Beast set

in Persia)Beauty by Robin McKinley (Beauty and the Beast)Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (sleeping beauty/ holocaust)Cinderella 2000 by Mavis JukesCinderellis and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson Levine

(Cinderella)Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory

McGuire (Cinderella)Crazy Jack by Donna Jo Napoli (Jack and the

Beanstalk)Down the Rabbit Hole: an Echo Falls Mystery by Peter

Abrahams (Alice in Wonderland)Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineEnchantment by Orson Scott Card (Sleeping Beauty)The Godmother by Elizabeth Scarborough Just Ella by Margarte Peterson Haddix (Cinderella

continued)Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of “The Little Mermaid

by Debbie ViguieThe Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn (12 Dancing

Princesses)Nightmares & Fairytales by Serena Valentino

(graphic novel fairy tale)Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca

Lia BlockRose Bride: A Retelling of “The White Bride and the

Black Bride” by Nancy Holder Snow by Tracy Lynn (Snow White)Snow White, Rose Red by Patricia WredeSpinners by Donna Jo Napoli (Rumpelstiltskin)Stardust by Neil GaimanTales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird

by Vivian Van VeldeThe Tower Room by Adele Geras (Rapunzel)“Twice Upon a Time: Rapunzel the One With All the

Hair” by Wendy Mass Wolf at the Door and other Retold Fairy Tales

(anthology by well known YA authors)Zel by Donna Jo Napoli (Rapunzel)

Escape Reality with Fantasy Books:Author TitleAlexander, Lloyd The Book of ThreeApplegate, K. A. The Search for SennaBarron, T. A. The Lost Years of

MerlinBird, Isobel So Mote it BeColfer, Eoin Artemis Fowl

Collins, Suzanne Gregor the OverlanderD’Lacey, Chris The Fire WithinDiTerlizzi, Tom The Field GuideDuane, Diane So You Want to be a

WizardDuPrau, Jeanne The City of EmberEddings, David Pawn of ProphesyJacques, Brian RedwallJordan, Robert From the Two RiversL'Engle, Madeline A Wrinkle in TimeLee, Tanith Wolf TowerLewis, C. S. The Lion, the Witch

and the WardrobeMcCaffrey, Anne DragonsingerNimmo, Jenny Midnight for Charlie

BoneNik, Garth The Fall Paolini, Christopher EragonPullman, Phillip The Golden CompassRowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the

Sorcerer's StoneSage, Angie MagykStroud, Jonathan The Amulet of

SamarkandTolkien, J. R. R. The HobbitWrede, Patricia Dealing With Dragons

LOL (laugh out loud) …Author TitleAvi Romeo and Juliet: Together

(and alive!) at LastCabot, Meg The Princess DiariesCole, Brock CelineCurtis, Christopher Paul The Watsons go to BirminghamDahl, Roald MatildaDanziger, Paula Remember me to Harold SquareFine, Anne Flour BabiesGardiner, John Reynolds Top SecretGliori, Debi Pure Dead MagicHardman, Ric Lynden Sunshine Rider: The First

Vegetarian WesternHowe, Norma Adventures of Blue AvengerKiesel, Stanley The War Between the Pitiful

Teachers and the Splendid KidsKoertge, Ron Arizona KidKorman, Gordon A Semester in the life of a

Garbage Bag No More Dead Dogs

Lally, Soinbhe A Hive for the HoneybeeLynch, Chris Slot MachineManes, Stephen Be a Perfect Person in

Just three Days!Comedy High

Murphy, Barbara Ace Hits the Big TimePark, Barbara The Kid in the Red JacketPaulsen, Gary The Schernoff DiscoveriesPeck, Richard A Long Way From ChicagoPlummer, Louise The Unlikely Romance of

Kate BjorkmanRennison, Louise Angus, Thongs & Full-frontal

Snogging Rockwell, Thomas How to Eat Fried WormsSachar, Louis Wayside School is Falling DownSieruta, Peter Heartbeats and other StoriesSheldon, Dylan Confessions of a Drama QueenSnicket, Lemony A Series of Unfortunate EventsStone, Bruce Half Nelson, Full NelsonThomas, Rob Green Thumb

Rats Saw GodThompson, Julian Simon PureTownsend, Sue The Adrian Mole DiariesYoung, Karen Romano The Beetle and Me: A love StoryWilliams-Garcia Rita Like Sisters on the HomefrontWynn-Jones, Tim Lord of the Fries and Other Stories

A PAN-OPLY OF PIRATES*

*Panoply: a magnificent or impressive array

Solve a Mystery…

Author TitleAvi Wolf RiderBellairs, John The Drum, the Doll, and the ZombieBennett, Jay Sing me a Death Song

Say Hello to the Hit ManBunting, Eve A Sudden SilenceColes, William Compass in the BloodCooney, Caroline The Face on the Milk Carton

The TerroristDixon, Franklin W. Hardy Boys MysteriesDuncan, Lois Don’t look Behind You

Killing Mr. GriffinHobbs, Will Ghost CanoeHoobler, Dorothy Ghost in the Tokaido InnKeene, Carolyn Nancy Drew MysteriesKehret, Peg Don’t Tell AnyoneKerr, M. E. The Books of FellLawrence, Iain The WreckersLowery, Lois Taking Care of TerrificMazer, Norma Fox Downtown

Taking Terri MuellerNixon, Joan Lowery A Candidate for Murder

Don’t ScreamThe Ghosts of NowThe Internet Escapade

Pullman, Phillip The Ruby in the SmokeQualey, Marsha Close to a KillerRaskin, Ellen The Westing GameRyan, Mary Elizabeth AliasSnyder, Zilpha Keatly The TrespassersTate, Eleanora Secret of Gumbo GraveTaylor, Theodore Sniper

The WierdoVande Velde, Vivian Never Trust a Dead ManVan Draanen, Wendelin Sammy Keyes MysteriesWaddell, Martin The Kidnapping of Suzie QWerlin, Nancy The Killer’s CousinWhitney, Phyllis The Mystery of the Gulls

A Twist in TimeAn Acceptable Time by Madeline L’EngleAnne Frank and Me by Cherie Bennett and Jeff

GottesfeldBearing an Hourglass by Piers AnthonyBlood Secret by Kathryn LaskeyBlossom Culp (series) by Richard PeckBoth Sides of Time by Caroline CooneyThe Boy who Reversed Himself by William SleatorCharlie Bone and the Time Twister by Jenny NimmoThe Cure by Sonia LevitinDanger Boy (series) by Mark London WilliamsThe Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan CooperDaughters of the Moon (series) by Lynne EwingThe Deadly Past by Christopher Pike (spooksville

series)The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane YolenHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K.

RowlingHere There Be Dragons by James OwenIf I Should Die before I wake by Han NolanThe Indian in the Cupboard (series) by Lynne Reid

BanksThe Keys to the Kingdom by Garth NixKing of Shadows by Susan CooperThe Magic Tree House (series) by Mary Pope OsborneMr. Was by Pete HautmanOnce Upon a Curse by E. D. BakerOut of Time by John MarsdenPaint by Magic by Kathryn ReissPendragon (series) by D. J. MacHaleRewind by Jan PageShoeless Joe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure

(series) by Dan GutmanSingularity by William SleatorSons of the Dark (series) by Lynne EwingStrange Attractors by William SleatorStravaganza (Series) by Mary HoffmanThe Theif Lord by Cornelia FunkeThe Time Warp Trio (series) by Jon SciezkaTime Cat by Lloyd AlexanderTimeline by Michael CrichtonThe Transall Saga by Gary PaulsenA Well-Timed Enchantment by Vivian Van VeldeYork Trilogy by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorA PAN-OPLY OF PIRATES*

RED RIBBON READS: DRUGS & ALCOHOL

NOVELS FOR MANGA LOVERS

RED RIBBON READS (SUBSTANCE ABUSE FICTION)

The After Life by Daniel EhrenhaftThe Beast by Walter Dean MyersBeauty Queen by Linda GlovachBorn Blue by Han NolanBottled Up by Jaye MurrayCandy by Kevin BrooksCrank by Ellen HopkinsCrosses by Shelley StoehrDinky Hocker Shoots Smack! by M.E. KerrFalling: What Can You Hold On To? by Doug Wilhelm Game by Teresa TotenGo Ask Alice by AnonymousImani: in Never Say Goodbye by Jack HardrickJunk by Melvin BurgessLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisMy Brother’s Keeper by Patricia McCormickNo Problem by Dayle Campbell GaetzOrfe by Cynthia VoigtRaiders Night by Robert LipsyteThe Rules of the Road by Joan BauerRX by Tracy LynnSaint Iggy by K.L. GoingSix-Pack and a Fake ID by Daniel CohenSmack by Melvin BurgessStoner & Spaz by Ron KoertgeThe Torn Skirt by Rebecca GodfreyTrue Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet by Lola DouglasThe White Horse by Cynthia D. Grant

DEFINE “NORMAL” Absolutely Positively Not by David LaRochelle Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence

(anthology)Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and

Goth Girl by Barry Lyga Baby Be-Bop by Francesca Lia Block The Blue Lawn by William Taylor Caucasia by Danzy Senna Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonDeliver Us From Evie by M.E. Kerr Diary of an Anorexic Girl by Morgan Menzie Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa

Abdel-FattahA Face In Every Window by Han Nolan Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going The Four Dorothys by Paul Ruditis Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Hesser The Misfits by James HoweMy Father’s Scar by Michael Cart My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr Rainbow High by Alex Sanchez Saint Iggy by K.L. Going So Hard To Say by Alex Sanchez Totally Joe by James HoweWhistle Me Home by Barbara Wersba

NOVELS FOR MANGA LOVERS

“5 Ancestors” series by Jeff Stone “Vampire Hunter D” prose novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi “Samurai Girl” series by Carrie Asai Blue Fingers: a Ninja’s Tale by Cheryl Whitesel Tokyo Suckerpunch by Isaac Adamson Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman

Kung Fu Princess: Veil of Secrets by Pamela WalkerThe Kouga Ninja Scrolls by Futaro Yamada Missing In Tokyo by Graham Marks Avalon: Circles in the Stream by Rachel Roberts The “Akiko” prose novels by Mark CrilleyWandering Warrior by Da Chen“The Edge Chronicles” by Paul StewartZen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan SonnenblickSamurai Shortstop by Alan GratzPacific Crossing by Gary SotoKiki Strike by Kirsten MillerProse Novels from publisher TOKYOPOP:Chibi Vampire: The Novel Full Metal Panic (novel) Vol.1Calling You Vol.1Chain Mail Vol.1Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (Novel) Vol.1CLAMP School Paranormal Investigators (Novel) Vol.1The One I Love: Vol 1.HACK// Another Birth (Novel) Vol.1