Freshmen Name Favorite Books

At the close of the 2013-2014 school year, members of the class of 2017 (the freshman class) selected their favorite books.  These are some of their top selections for pleasure reading:

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Amber House by Kelly Moore

Ashfall by Mike Mullin

Ball Don’t Lie by Matt de la Pena

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Boy 21 by Matthew Quick

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles

A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer

The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Deadline by Chris Crutcher

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Everlost by Neal Shusterman

Every Day by David Levithan

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey

Firelight by Sophie Jordan

The First Part Last by Angela Johnson

Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John

Football Genius by Tim Green

Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper

From Baghdad with Love by Jay Kopelman

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Gym Candy by Carl Deuker

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

The Immortals by Alyson Noel

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Lockdown: Escape from Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Matched by Ally Condie

Maximum Ride by James Patterson

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Mexican White Boy by Matt de la Pena

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Paper Towns by John Green

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Slave by Mende Nazer

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach

Summer Ball by Mike Lupica

Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers

Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper

The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessen

Tyrell by Coe Booth

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson