Belleville West Students Make Summer Reading Recommendations

Throughout the 2016-2017 school year, Belleville West students recommended some of their favorite books.  Below is a list of all the student suggestions.  If you’re looking for some summer reading, there’s something for everyone on this list!

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

All in Pieces by Suzanne Young

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Nivens

American Sniper by Chris Kyle

The Appeal by John Grisham

Asylum by Medeleine Roux

Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama

Autumn Falls by Bella Thorne

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Big Game by Dan Smith

Black Butler by Yana Toboso

Black Girl Lost by Donald Goines

Blood is Thicker by Paul Langan and D.M. Blackwell

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Can I Say by Travis Barker

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

The Cellar by Natasha Preston

Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles

A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer

The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

City of Thieves by David Benioff

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Daniel X Armageddon by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Dragon Ball Z by Akira Toriyama

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Evermore by Alyson Noel

Fake ID by Lamar Giles

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

The Fire Within by Chris D’Lacey

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick

Foul Trouble by John Feinstein

Four by Veronica Roth

Game by John Flanagan

The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry

Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

Goosebumps by R.L. Stine

Halo: Last Light by Troy Denning

The Hand You’re Dealt by Paul Volponi

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne

Hatchet by Gary Paulson

The Heir by Kiera Cass

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shatterly

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

House of Night by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

Hunter Seat Equitation by George H. Morris

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

In Case You Missed It by Sarah Darer Littman

Instinct by T.D. Jakes

Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen

Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman

The Kind of Friends We Used to Be by Frances O’Roark

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquival

Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robinson

Looking for Alaska by John Green

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Martian by Andy Weir

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

Maximum Ride by James Patterson

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Merciless by Danielle Vega

Moneyball by Michael Lewis

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Nailed by Patrick Jones

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Open by Andre Agassi

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez

Pretty Girl 13 by Liz Coley

Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink

The Physick Book of Delivery Dane by Katherine Howe

Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

The Revenant by Michael Punke

Room by Emma Donoghue

The Rule of Thought by James Dashner

Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Search for Safety by John Langen

Silence by Natasha Preston

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Slade House by David Mitchell

Scorpion Mountain by John Flanagan

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain

Spellbound by Janet McDonald

Spelled by Betsy Schow

The Stand by Stephen King

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

The Story by Max Lucado and Randy Frazee

Stupid Fast by Geoff Harbach

The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker

This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Too Late to Say Goodbye by Ann Rule

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser

You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour