Top 10 Young Adults/Kids Books (Alphabetical order)
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- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie: This semi-autobiographical tale of a student’s search for identity and culture is infused with wit and emotion.
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo: The Newbery Award-winning novel of a young girl learning life lessons alongside her loyal dog.
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak: A courageous young girl makes it her mission to steal books --- saving them from book burnings --- during Hitler’s rise to power in Germany.
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- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne: This cautionary tale is about two boys, one the son of a commandant in Hitler’s army and the other a Jew, who come face-to-face at a barbed wire fence that separates and eventually intertwines their lives.
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- The Giver by Lois Lowry: In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas discovers the truth about his utopian society.
- The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman: A genre-spanning novel that follows an orphan’s quest to save her friend --- and other children --- from a secret society with sinister motives.
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: An orphan is raised by ghosts in this fantastic tale about family, friendship and what it means to be alive.
- Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling: The saga of the boy wizard and his compatriots that changed the reading world.
- The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins: The dystopian series of teen gladiators pitted against each other in competition under an oppressive regime, and the uprising they wage against it.
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- Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer: The ever-popular series about a teenage girl who’s in love with a vampire.
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