Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah

Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian

The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsburg

Eden West by Pete Hautman

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

 

Casey LaPlante

Library Media Specialist

Granby Memorial High School

Granby, CT

 

From: CASL-L [mailto:casl-l-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Williams, Linda
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 3:21 PM
To: casl-l@mylist.net; speak-owner@mylist.net
Subject: [CASL-L] Reading list help needed from YA and high school librarians!

 

Almost finished with my annual summer reading lists but AS ALWAYS, the high school lists stump me. I have lots of “Build a Better World” nonfiction. But fiction? Not so much.

 

Here’s the very female-protagonist-heavy list that I have so far. Please help/comment if you can!. And THANKS!

 

Audacity by Melanie Crowder

A historical fiction novel in verse detailing the life of Clara Lemlich and her struggle for women's labor rights in the early 20th century in New York. | ALA, ILA, NCSS | Lexile: 1120

Starbird Murphy and the World Outside by Karen Finneyfrock

Starbird has spent the first sixteen years of her life on a commune in the woods of Washington State. When she gets her Calling to become a waitress at the farm's satellite restaurant in Seattle, it means leaving behind the only place she's ever known and entering the World Outside. | x | Lexile: 820

Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde

A young boy who believes in the goodness of human nature sets out to change the world with his seemingly simple plan, but he soon learns that some people are not willing to help him. | ALA | Lexile: 630

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

Tired of living on a failing farm and suffering oppressive poverty, bored housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a potential lover, is detoured by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mountainside that ignites a media and religious firestorm that changes her life forever.

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The sudden death of a Hollywood actor during a production of "King Lear" marks the beginning of the world's dissolution in a story told at various past and future. | x | x

A Step Toward Falling by Cammie McGovern

After failing to come to Belinda's aid while she was being attacked, Emily and another classmate are punished by being forced to work at a community center for people with disabilities, but they are put the ultimate test when Belinda finally returns to school and they must find a way to make amends to her. | x | Lexile: 730

Eight Girls Taking Pictures by Whitney Otto

A tale inspired by the lives of famous twentieth-century female photographers traces the progression of feminism and photography in various world regions as each woman explores private and public goals while balancing the demands of family and creativity. | ALA |

The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr

With her chance at a career as a concert pianist passed, Lucy Beck-Moreau decides to help her ten-year-old piano prodigy brother, Gus, map out his own future, even as she explores why she enjoyed piano in the first place. | ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound | Lexile: 610

I am the Messenger by Marcus Zusak

After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness. | ALA | Lexile:

 

Linda

 

 

Linda Williams | Children's Services Consultant, Division of Library Development | Linda.Williams@ct.gov | Office: (860) 704-2207

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