December
59. Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray
58.Sanctuary by Edith Wharton
57.Life of Pi by Yann Martel
56.Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
November
55.The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
October
54.Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
July
53.Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
52.This Side of Paradise by Steven L. Layne
51.The River Between Us by Richard Peck
50.Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
49.As We Are Now by May Sarton
48.Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge
47.Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
46.God is a Verb! by Marilee Zdenek
45.Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
44.The Gods of Little Pleasures by Bill Brown
43.Summer by Edith Wharton
42.Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
41.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
40.Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers
39.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
June
38.
Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog by Kitty Burns Florey
37.
Evolution, Me and other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande
36.How to Read Novels Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
35.Never Give Up by Joyce Meyer
34.
The Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani
33.
Riot by Walter Dean Myers
32.Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
31.
The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell
May
30. Improving Literacy Instruction in Middle and High Schools by Joseph Torgesen, Debra Houston & Lila Rissman
29.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
28.Summer Ball by Mike Lupica
April
27.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
26.
The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee
25.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
24.
Shelf Life:Stories by the Book edited by Gary Paulsen
23.The Art of Dying by Bill Brown
22.
Peeled by Joan Bauer
21.
A Good Yarn Debbie Macomber
20.
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
19.
Book of a Thousand Days Shannon Hale
18.
Drive Daniel H. Pink
17.
The Willoughbys Lois Lowry
16.Out of My Mind Sharon M. Draper
March
15.
The Brimstone Journals Ron Koertge
14.
The Trouble with Poetry Billy Collins
13.
Pieces of Georgia Jen Bryant
12.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney
11.
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt
10.
We Are All Welcome Here Elizabeth Berg
9.
The Help Kathryn Stockett
8.
Ship Breaker Paolo Bacigalupi
February
7.
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Jacqueline Kelly
6.
Gamer Girl Mari Mancusi
5.
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’ Engle
4.
How We Think John Dewey
3.The Ponder Heart Eudora Welty
January
2.
Snake of God Bard Young
1.
The Mastery of Love Don Miguel Ruiz
