Here is our first list of suggestions.
All the Answers by Kate Messner
Ice Dogs - an adventure book
Lifeboat Twelve - this is a suspenseful WWII book. Recommended for people who like intense things.
Nimona - A graphic novel of shapeshifters. Finalist for the National Book Award.
Treasure Hunters - a series of adventures which take place on a ship. The characters are trying to find their parents.
The Whida - A book about a ship off the coast of Cape Cod
A Storm too Soon - An adventure where a group of people are sailing from North Carolina to Europe. They encounter a huge storm
Copper - a good book of short stories
Beware of the Ninja Weenies - another good book of short stories
Out of Left Field - This is about a girl who gets cut from Little League because she is a girl.
Willawa
Amal Unbound - About a girl who is sent away to be a servant
The Castle in the Attic - about a boy who travels to a magical kingdom through the magic of a lead knight.
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz- A girl hides banned books in her locker. She has the kids at school read them.
Choose Your Own Adventures - Try these, and see if you SURVIVE.
Page by Page - a realistic fiction book about a girl who moves to NYC and has troubles finding friends. She gets a sketchbook and develops friendships with kids who do crazy things.
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Maze Runner by James Dashner
A Kid's guide to Keeping Chickens
Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
Skink no Surrender by Carl Hiaasen
Hardy Boys
I Funny by Chris Grabenstein and James Patterson
Restart by Gordan Korman
A Tale of Magic by Chris Colfer
Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
Tin Tin
Old Yeller
School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
March by Andrew Aydin and John Lewis
