Rez Recommends 2008-2009

Check out our first annual Rez Recommends list, as chosen by you! For full descriptions of each book, as well as people's comments about the book, click here for the Rez Recommends pdf file. These books will all be on display when you come back to school in September. In the meantime, check out your local library...and keep watching for new posts as I read through some of the new "Read Beyond Reality" books!

Vampire/Supernatural:

• Blue Girl ~ Charles deLint
• A Certain Slant of Light ~ Laura Whitcomb
• City of Ember ~ Jeanne duPrau
• Elsewhere ~ Gabrielle Zevin
• Harry Potter series ~ J.K. Rowling
• House of Night series ~ P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
• Mortal Instruments series ~ Cassandra Clare
• Twilight series ~ Stephanie Meyer
• Vampire Academy series ~ Richelle Mead
• Vampire Knight (manga) ~ Matsuri Hino

Adventure/Survival:

• Alex Rider series ~ Anthony Horowitz
• House of the Scorpion ~ Nancy Farmer
• The Hunger Games ~ Suzanne Collins
• Life as We Knew It ~ Susan Beth Pfeffer

Mystery/Suspense:

• The Compound ~ S.A. Bodeen
• Paper Towns ~ John Green

Realistic Fiction — Funny:

• Abundance of Katharines ~ John Green
• Good Enough ~ Paula Yoo
• How to be Bad ~ e. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski & Lauren Myracle
• jPod ~ Douglas Coupland
• Notes from the Midnight Driver ~ Jordan Sonnenblick

Realistic Fiction — Serious:

• Born Blue ~ Han Nolan
• Looking for Alaska ~ John Green
• My Sister’s Keeper ~ Jodi Picoult
• Secret Life of Bees ~ Sue Monk Kidd
• Slam ~ Walter Dean Myers
• Striking Out ~ Will Weaver
• Suckerpunch ~ David Hernandez
• Ten Mile River ~ Paul Griffin
• Theories of Relativity ~ Barbara Haworth-Attard
• A Thousand Splendid Suns ~ Khaled Hosseini
• Wake ~ Lisa McMann

Non-Fiction (True Stories):

• A Home on the Field: how one championship team inspires hope for the revival of small
  town America ~ Paul Cuadros
• One Red Paperclip: or how an ordinary man achieved his dreams with the help of a
  simple office supply ~ Kyle MacDonald
• Tuesdays with Morrie ~ Mitch Albom