BOOKS FOR

WITH CCSS THEMES & COMPANION TITLES

SUMMER
READING
2016

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Books for Summer Reading 2016

Contents
Science Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Current Events/Social Justice. . . . .4
LGBTQ Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Immigrant Journeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Coming-of-Age Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Fiction for Young Readers . . . . . . . . .8

Horror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Graphic Novel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Additional Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Teacher Awards for Literacy . . . . . . 14
Order Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Legend
HC = Hardcover TR = Trade Paperback MM = Mass Market
Audio CD/DL = Audio Edition, CD and/or Download

N = Books on Tape Library CD and/or Download EB = e-Book

= Teachers Guide

CCSS

= Reading Level (Flesch-Kincaid)

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

All the featured books have been integrated with universal themes and
companion titles that support the following CCSS anchor standards:
KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and
analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS:
Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order
to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

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Examination Copies are available to high school instructors seeking titles

Books by Pat Conroy

for classroom adoption. Turn to page 15 for ordering information.

Beloved Books by Pat Conroy (1945 2016)

The Water is Wide: A Memoir

Dial Press TR 978-0-553-38157-3 320 pp.

$16.00/$19.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

The Lords of Discipline: A Novel

Dial Press TR 978-0-553-38156-6 592 pp.

$17.00/$22.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

My Losing Season: A Memoir

Winner of the ALA Alex Award

Dial Press TR 978-0-553-38190-0 432 pp.
$17.00/$22.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00
EB: 978-0-553-89818-7 N

The Great Santini: A Novel

Dial Press TR 978-0-553-38155-9 512 pp.

$16.00/$18.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

The Prince of Tides: A Novel

Dial Press TR 978-0-553-38154-2 704 pp.

$17.00/$22.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00
Dial Press MM 978-0-553-26888-1 688 pp.
$7.99/$10.99 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

Beach Music: A Novel

Dial Press TR 978-0-553-38153-5 800 pp.

$18.00/$24.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00
EB: 978-0-307-80473-0 N

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Science Fiction

A mission to Mars. A freak accident.

One mans struggle to survive.

The Martian: Classroom Edition

by ANDY WEIR

Winner of the ALA Alex Award

A School Library Journal Best Adult Book 4 Teens

his new edition has classroom-appropriate language and

includes discussion questions and activities, as well
Now a
as a Q&A with Andy Weir.
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After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his
starrin re
crew to evacuate while assuming him dead, astronaut Matt Damg
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Mark Watney finds himself stranded on Mars and
completely alone with no way to signal Earth that hes
aliveand even if he could get word out, his supplies would be
gone long before a rescue could arrive.
Chances are, though, he wont have time to starve to death.
The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plainold human error are much more likely to kill him first. But
he isnt ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his
A book I just couldnt put down!
engineering skillsand a relentless, dogged refusal to quit
It has the very rare combination
Mark steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable
of a good, original story, interestingly
obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to
real characters and fascinating
overcome the impossible odds against him?
technical accuracy.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield, Commander of
the International Space Station and author
of An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth

Broadway Books 0 TR 0 978-0-804-18935-4

400 pp. 0 $15.00/$18.00 Can.
Exam Copy: $3.00

ALSO AVAILABLE:

= 6th grade

The Martian: A Novel

CCSS

Teachers Guide Available

Broadway Books 0 TR 0 978-0-553-41802-6

400 pp. 0 $15.00/$18.00 Can.
Exam Copy: $3.00 0 EB: 978-0-8041-3903-8

Read the authors message to educators:

tiny.cc/weiressay

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Universal Themes: Survival; The Journey; Courage

Companion Titles: The Right Stuff; Life of Pi; Alas, Babylon

Willy Wonka meets The Matrix. USA Today

Ready Player One

A Novel

Major
Moti
Picture on
in
Develo
pment*

by ERNEST CLINE
Winner of the ALA Alex Award
A School Library Journal Best Adult Book 4 Teens

ts the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.

Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim
surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the
OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything
you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in
love on any of ten thousand planets.
And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one
to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed
within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant
networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has
hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive
fortuneand remarkable powerto whoever can unlock them.

Broadway 0 TR 0 978-0-307-88744-3 0 384 pp. 0 $14.00/$17.00 Can.

Exam Copy: $3.00 0 EB: 978-0-307-88745-0 0 N
* In Development: Major motion picture to be
directed by Steven Spielberg.

ALSO AVAILABLE:
Armada: A Novel
by ERNEST CLINE

CCSS

Broadway Books 0 TR 0 978-0-8041-3727-0

384 pp. 0 $16.00/$22.00 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00
EB: 978-0-8041-3726-3 0 N

Universal Themes: Overcoming Adversity; Standing Up to Corruption

Companion Titles: Fahrenheit 451; Enders Game

Clines imaginative and rollicking

coming-of-age geek saga has a smashhit vibe. Booklist (starred review)
Ridiculously fun and large-hearted,
and you dont have to remember the
Reagan administration to love it. . . .
Youll wish you could make it go on
and on just by inserting more
quarters. NPR.org
= 7th grade
Teachers Guide Available

m ErnestCline.com

Current Events/Social Justice

A bold and personal literary exploration

of Americas racial history.

Between the World and Me

by TA-NEHISI COATES
Winner of the National Book Award in Nonfiction
Winner of the ALA Alex Award

n a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions

about American history and ideals to the most intimate
concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a
powerful new framework for understanding our nations history
and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of
race, a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on
the bodies of black women and menbodies exploited through
slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up,
and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a
black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all
honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves
from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi
Coatess attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his
adolescent son.
Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined
history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the
World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts
our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
Spiegel & Grau 0 HC 0 978-0-8129-9354-7
176 pp. 0 $24.00/$31.00 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00
EB: 978-0-679-64598-6 0 N

CCSS

Powerful and passionate . . . profoundly

moving . . . a searing meditation on what
it means to be black in America today.
Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
= 7th grade
Teachers Guide Available

Universal Themes: African American Identity; Fathers and Sons; Injustice

Companion Titles: A Raisin in the Sun; Black Boy; Things Fall Apart;
The New Jim Crow; Song of Solomon

A powerful true story about the potential for

mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix
our broken system of justice.

Just Mercy

A Story of Justice and Redemption

by BRYAN STEVENSON
A Top Common Reading Selection at Colleges/
Universities
Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction

ryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded

the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to
defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the
wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in
the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of
his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man
who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted
he didnt commit. The case drew Stevenson into a tangle of
conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanshipand
transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.
Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an
idealistic, gifted young lawyers coming of age, a moving
window into the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring
argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.
Every bit as moving as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so . . . a
searing indictment of American criminal justice and a stirring testament
to the salvation that fighting for the vulnerable sometimes yields.
David Cole, The New York Review of Books

Spiegel & Grau 0 TR 0 978-0-8129-8496-5 0 368 pp.

$16.00/$21.00 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00
EB: 978-0-8129-9453-7 0 N

Searing, moving . . . Bryan Stevenson

may, indeed, be Americas Mandela.
Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
= 6th grade
Teachers Guide Available
Read the authors message to educators:
tiny.cc/stevensonessay
Watch a video of the author:
tiny.cc/stevensonvid

Universal Themes: Overcoming Adversity; Social Justice

Companion Titles: The Pact; Mountains Beyond Mountains;
My Own Country

CCSS

LGBTQ Stories

A profoundly moving true story about one

remarkable familys evolution. People

Becoming Nicole
The Transformation of
an American Family
by AMY ELLIS NUTT

he inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical

twin brother, and an ordinary American familys
extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate
the uniqueness in us all, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning
science reporter for The Washington Post.
Becoming Nicole is a miracle. Its the story of a family struggling
withand embracinga transgender child. But more than that,
its about accepting one another, and ourselves, in all our messy,
contradictory glory. The Maines family is as American as they come.
In the journey they take toward authenticity and justice, we see
a model for the future of our country, a future in which all of us
mothers and fathers, brothers and sisterssomehow find the
courage, and the love, to become our best selves.
Jennifer Finney Boylan, co-chair of GLAAD and author
of Shes Not There: A Life in Two Genders

Random House 0 TR 0 978-0-8129-9543-5 0 320 pp.

$16.00/$22.00 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00
EB: 978-0-8129-9542-8 0 N

Exceptional . . . Stories move the walls

that need to be moved, Nicole told her
father last year. In telling Nicoles story
and those of her brother and parents
luminously, and with great compassion
and intelligence, that is exactly what
Amy Ellis Nutt has done.
The Washington Post
= 10th grade

CCSS

Universal Themes: Gender; Identity; Sibling and Family Relationships; LGBTQ

Companion Titles: Twelfth Night; Orlando; Middlesex

Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous

near-future summer in the Bronx.

More Happy Than Not

A Novel

by ADAM SILVERA

A New York Times Editors Choice

A Booklist Top 10 Novel for LGBTQ Youth

n the months after his fathers suicide, its been tough for
sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto to find happiness againbut
hes still gunning for it. With the support of his girlfriend
Genevieve and his overworked mom, hes slowly remembering
what that might feel like. But grief and the smile-shaped scar
on his wrist prevent him from forgetting completely.
When Genevieve leaves for a couple of weeks, Aaron spends
all his time hanging out with this new guy, Thomas. Aarons
crew notices, and theyre not exactly thrilled. But Aaron
cant deny the happiness Thomas brings or how Thomas
makes him feel safe from himself, despite the tensions their
friendship is stirring with his girlfriend and friends. Since
Aaron cant stay away from Thomas or turn off his newfound
feelings for him, he considers turning to the Leteo Institutes
revolutionary memory-alteration procedure to straighten
himself out, even if it means forgetting who he truly is.
Why does happiness have to be so hard?

Soho 0 TR 0 978-1-61695-677-6 0 336 pp.

$10.00/$13.99 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00
EB: 978-1-61695-561-8

A beautiful debut novel [that]

manages a delicate knitting of class
politics through an ambitious narrative
about sexual identity and connection
that considers the heavy weight and
constructive value of traumatic memory.
. . . Aarons Bronx universe [is captured]
with a precision that feels at once
dreamy and casually reportorial. . . .
Mandatory reading.
The New York Times Book Review
= 6th grade

CCSS

Universal Themes: Coming-of-Age; Identity; LGBTQ

Companion Titles: Slaughterhouse-Five; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Flowers for Algernon

Immigrant Journeys

A remarkable novel that every American should read.

Minneapolis Star Tribune

The Book of Unknown

Americans
A Novel

by CRISTINA HENRQUEZ
Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction

hen fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera sustains a terrible

injury, her family leaves behind a comfortable life in
Mexico to go to the United States where Maribel can have
the care she needs. Once they arrive, its not long before
Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of the
Riveras new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this
beautiful, damaged outsider. Their love story sets in motion
events that will have profound repercussions for everyone
involved. Here, Henrquez seamlessly interweaves the story
of these star-crossed lovers, and of the Rivera and Toro
families, with the testimonials of men and women who have
come to the United States from all over Latin America.
Vintage 0 TR 0 978-0-345-80640-6 0 304 pp. 0 $14.95
Exam Copy: $3.00 0 EB: 978-0-385-35085-3 0 N

CCSS

Universal Themes: Multiculturalism; Immigration;

Community; Family Relationships
Companion Titles: The House on Mango Street; The Women
of Brewster Place; Romeo and Juliet

Gripping, memorable. . . . A novel that

can both make you think and break
your heart. San Francisco Chronicle
Vivid. . . . Striking. . . . A ringing paean
to love in general: to the love between
man and wife, parent and child,
outsider and newcomer, pilgrims and
promised land. The Washington Post
= 5th grade

m CristinaHenriquez.com

Should be required reading in our schools.

Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies

Undocumented

A Dominican Boys Odyssey from a

Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League
by DAN-EL PADILLA PERALTA
Winner of the ALA Alex Award

s a boy, Dan-el Padilla Peralta arrived in the United States

legally with his family. But when his familys visas lapsed,
his mother chose to stay without papers, and they faced
tremendous obstacles, eventually joining the ranks of the citys
homeless. With the help of a local library volunteer, Dan-el
was accepted on scholarship to Collegiate, the oldest private
school in the country. There, he thrived, rising to the top of
his class and eventually gaining admission to Princeton. Just
a few months before he gave the salutatorians traditional
address in Latin at his Princeton commencement, he made
the momentous decision to come out as an undocumented
student in a Wall Street Journal profile. Undocumented is
essential reading for the debate on immigration, but it is also
an unforgettable tale of a passionate young scholar coming of
age in two very different worlds.
Undocumented. . . . should be required reading in our schools,
not just to educate the new leaders of America on these issues, but to
inspire them to tell lively stories that captivate the imagination,
inform the mind, and move the heart to act.
Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies and A Wedding in Haiti

Penguin Press 0 HC 0 978-1-59420-652-8 0 320 pp.

$27.95/$32.95 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $14.00

Compulsively readable as a novel, an

all-American tall tale that just happens
to be true. . . . Through the grace not only
of his own hard work but his mothers
discipline and care, he documents the
America we should still aspire to be.
Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter, President of
the New America Foundation
= 9th grade (Mature Language)
Teachers Guide Available

Do not order paperback before 6/7/2016.

Penguin Books 0 TR 0 978-0-14-310933-4 0 320 pp.
$17.00/$23.00 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $14.00
EB: 978-0-698-19568-4
Universal Themes: Immigration; Coming-of-Age;

Multiculturalism
Companion Titles: Enriques Journey; Breath, Eyes, Memory;
The Namesake; The Kite Runner

CCSS

Dodgers
A Novel

by BILL BEVERLY

odgers is a dark, unforgettable coming-of-age journey that

recalls the very best of Richard Price, Denis Johnson, and
J. D. Salinger. It is the story of a young LA gang member named
East, who is sent by his uncle along with some other teenage
boysincluding Easts hothead younger brotherto kill a key
witness hiding out in Wisconsin. The journey takes East out of
a city hes never left and into an America that is entirely alien to
him, ultimately forcing him to grapple with his place in the world
and decide what kind of man he wants to become.
Written in stark and unforgettable prose and featuring an
array of surprising and memorable characters rendered with
empathy and wit, Dodgers heralds the arrival of a major new
voice in American fiction.
Crown 0 HC 0 978-1-101-90373-5 0 304 pp. 0 $26.00/$35.00 Can.
Exam Copy: $13.00 0 EB: 978-1-101-90374-2 0 N
A dazzling crime novel thats equal parts coming-of-age tale
la Salingers The Catcher in the Rye and travelogue la
Kerouac . . . Readers wont soon forget East and his bloody
journey of self-discovery and, ultimately, salvation.
Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Not only is the fast-paced and

masterfully plotted Dodgers one of
the greatest literary crime novels you
will read in your lifetime, Bill Beverly
has also created, in the teenage boy,
East, one of the most unforgettable
and heartbreaking characters ever
encountered in American fiction.
Donald Ray Pollock, author of
Knockemstiff and The Devil All the Time
= 7th grade

CCSS

Universal Themes: Race; The Heros Journey; Crime and Punishment; Family Relationships
Companion Titles: On the Road; In Cold Blood; Native Son; East of Eden

A powerful debut novel about a girls coming of

ageand how her sense of family, friendship,
love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war.

Girl at War
A Novel

by SARA NOVI
Winner of the ALA Alex Award

agreb, 1991. Ana Juri is a carefree ten-year-old, living with

her family in a small apartment in Croatias capital. But
that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering
Anas idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and
air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire.
Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Anas sense
of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep,
Ana must find her way in a dangerous world.
Moving back and forth through time, Girl at War is an
honest, generous, brilliantly written novel that illuminates
how history shapes the individual. Sara Novi fearlessly
shows the impact of war on one young girland its legacy on
all of us. Its a debut by a writer who has stared into recent
history to find a story that continues to resonate today.

Random House 0 TR 0 978-0-8129-8639-6 0 368 pp.

$16.00/$21.00 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00 0
EB:978-0-8129-9635-7 0 N

Outstanding . . . Girl at War performs

the miracle of making the stories of
broken lives in a distant country feel as
large and universal as myth.
The New York Times Book Review
(Editors Choice)
= 10th grade
Read the authors message to
educators: tiny.cc/novicessay

CCSS

m Sara-Novic.com
Universal Themes: Grief; Animals and Humans
Companion Titles: The Old Man and the Sea; White Fang; Life of Pi

Coming-of-Age Fiction

A thrilling cross-country journey that takes on the

poetry and resonance of myth. Adam Sternbergh,
author of Shovel Ready and Near Enemy

Fiction for Young Readers

Believe in the possible.

The Fourteenth Goldfish

by JENNIFER L. HOLM

alileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change

the world . . . but can it go too far?
Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses
fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses
her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy
shows up. Hes bossy. Hes cranky. And weirdly enough . . . he
looks a lot like Ellies grandfather, a scientist whos always
been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this gawky
teenager really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the
secret to eternal youth?
With a lighthearted touch and plenty of humor, Jennifer
L. Holm celebrates the wonder of science and explores
fascinating questions about life and death, family and
friendship, immortality . . . and possibility.

Random House Childrens Books 0 TR 0 978-0-375-87114-6

240 pp. 0 $7.99/ $10.50 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00
EB: 978-0-307-97436-5 0 N
Educators Guide Available: visit RHTeachersLibrarians.com for more information

Written in a clean, crisp style, with lively

dialogue and wit, this highly accessible
novel will find a ready audience.
Booklist (starred review)
= 3rd7th grade

m JenniferHolm.com

CCSS

Universal Themes: STEM; Family Relationships; Fate

Companion Titles: Seven Stories Up; A Tangle of Knots;
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Stylish, exciting, funny, and just slightly macabre.

Publishers Weekly

Warren the 13th and

the All-Seeing Eye
A Novel

by TANIA DEL RIO

Illustrated by WILL STAEHLE

eet Warren the 13th. Hes the lone bellhop, valet,

groundskeeper, and errand boy of his familys ancient
hotel. Its a strange, shadowy mansion full of crooked
corridors and mysterious riddlesand it just might be home
to a magical treasure known as the All-Seeing Eye. But
if Warren is going to find the hidden treasure, hell need
to solve several other mysteries first: What is the strange
creature lurking in the hotel boiler room? Who is the ghostly
girl creeping around the gardens hedge maze? And why is
the hotels only guest covered in bandages? Full of puzzles,
secret codes, outrageous inventions, and hundreds of
intricate illustrations, Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye
will delight and confound readers of all ages.
Quirk 0 HC 0 978-1-59474-803-5 0 224 pp. 0 $16.95/$17.95 Can.
Exam Copy: $8.50 0 EB: 978-1-59474-825-7

Beautifully and amusingly designed

and illustrated, featuring a plot filled
with twists and riddles, this clever tale
of mysterious goings-on at a run-down
hotel proves to be an unlikely winner.
Common Sense Media, 4 out of 5 stars
= 5th grade
Teachers Guide Available

Universal Themes: Mystery; Adventure; The Heros Journey

Companion Titles: Harry Potter; Holes; The Westing Game;
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

CCSS

Fiction for Young Readers

Deeply moving and powerful: unforgettable.

Kirkus Reviews

Adam and Thomas

by AHARON APPELFELD
Translated by JEFFREY GREEN
Illustrated by PHILIPPE DUMAS

Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award

dam and Thomas is the story of two nine-year-old Jewish

boys who survive World War II by banding together in the
forest. They are alone, visited only furtively, every few days by
Mina, a mercurial girl who herself has found refuge from the
war by living with a peasant family. She makes secret journeys
and brings the boys parcels of food at her own risk.
Adam and Thomas must learn to survive and do. They forage
and build a small tree house, although its more like a birds
nest. Adams family dog, Miro, manages to find his way to him,
to the joy of both boys. Echoes of the war are felt in the forest,
and the boys meet fugitives fleeing for their lives and try to
help them. They learn to disappear in moments of danger.
They barely survive winters harshest weather, but when things
seem to be at their worst, a miracle happens.

Seven Stories 0 HC 0 978-1-60980-634-7 0 160 pp. 0 $18.95/$18.95 Can.

0 Exam Copy: $9.50 0 EB: 978-1-60980-652-1

The story is one of quiet perseverance

and growing friendship between
two very different boys experiencing
the world together in a horrific
time and place.
Booklist
= 5th grade

CCSS

Universal Themes: Survival; Holocaust; Friendship

Companion Titles: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas; The Book Thief ;
The Diary of Anne Frank; Number the Stars

Horror

A boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly

monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom.

Library of Souls

The Third Novel of Miss Peregrines

Home for Peculiar Children
by RANSOM RIGGS

he adventure that began with Miss Peregrines Home for

Peculiar Children and continued in Hollow City comes to a
thrilling conclusion with Library of Souls. As the story opens,
sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability,
and soon hes diving through history to rescue his peculiar
companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying
Jacob on his journey are Emma Bloom, a girl with fire at her
fingertips, and Addison MacHenry, a dog with a nose for
sniffing out lost children.
Theyll travel from modern-day London to the labyrinthine
alleys of Devils Acre, the most wretched slum in all of
Victorian England. Its a place where the fate of peculiar
children everywhere will be decided once and for all. Like its
predecessors, Library of Souls blends thrilling fantasy with
never-before-published vintage photography to create a
one-of-a-kind reading experience.
Quirk 0 HC 0 978-1-59474-758-8 0 464 pp. 0 $18.99/$20.99 Can.
Exam Copy: $9.50 0 EB: 978-1-59474-778-6
For more books by Ransom Riggs, go to: tiny.cc/ransomriggs

The challenge Riggs faces in Library of

Souls is to match the remarkably high
standard set by the first two books in
the series, either the mind-bending
bafflements of the first book or the
edge-of-your-seat action of the second.
Riggs succeeds, delivering a thrilling
conclusion to Jacobs trilogy.
Paste Magazine

Read the authors message to educators: tiny.cc/riggsessay

Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children is coming to
theaters as a major motion picture directed by Tim Burton.
Watch the movie trailer: tiny.cc/riggsmovie

CCSS

= 8th grade

m RansomRiggs.com

Universal Themes: The Heros Journey; Identity; Courage; Community; Modern Epic
Companion Titles: The Hobbit; The Golden Compass; Great Expectations

Graphic Novel

Readers will stand up and cheer.

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Roller Girl

by VICTORIA JAMIESON
A Newbery Honor Book

or most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything

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that maybe she is strong enough to handle the bout, a lost
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to be a roller girl.
In her graphic novel debut, real-life derby girl Victoria
Jamieson has created an inspiring coming-of-age story
about friendship, perseverance, and girl power.
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The Wrong Wrights

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STEVE HOCKENSMITH
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choolmates Dominique, Eric,
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Archie, Volume 1

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his reboot captures the bite and
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ird Boy follows the story of Bali,

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The New Deal

Written and illustrated by
JONATHAN CASE

he Waldorf Astoria is the classiest

hotel along the Manhattan skyline
in 1930s New York City. When a
charming woman named Nina checks
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tacos are delivered by drone, and our
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otham Citys most prestigious
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iana yearns to break free from her
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