Suggested Reading for Kids & Young Adults
 Susan, our children's book buyer, really knows
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for kids and young adults. Here, she shares some of her selections. |
| Recommended Reading for Kids & Young Adults |
| Kindergarten: One Too Many, Gianna Marino ($16.99) Arnold of the Ducks, Mordicai Gerstein ($16.99) Bedtime for Mommy, Amy Krouse Rosenthal ($16.99) Circus Ship, Chris Van Dusen ($16.99) A Day with No Crayons, Elizabeth Rusch ($15.95) I’m the Best, Lucy Cousins ($14.99) Ladybug Girl at the Beach, David Soman ($16.99) Panda Kindergarten, Joanne Ryder ($17.99) Princess Hyacinth, Florence Heide ($17.99) The Sandwich Swap, Queen Rania Al-Abdullah ($16.99) |
| 1st grade: Bedtime for Mommy, Amy Krouse Rosenthal ($16.99) Benny & Penny in the Toy Breaker, Geoffrey Hayes ($12.95) Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow, Andy Griffiths ($14.99) Circus Ship, Chris Van Dusen ($16.99) Elephant & Piggie series, Mo Willems ($8.99 each) Princess Hyacinth, Florence Heide ($17.99) Sandwich Swap, Queen Rania Al-Abdullah ($16.99) Tadpole Rex, Kurt Cyrus ($16.00) Tumtum & Nutmeg, Emily Bearn ($16.99) Zig & Wikki, Nadja Spiegelman ($12.95) |
| 2nd grade: Calvin Coconut: Dog Heaven, Graham Salisbury ($12.99) The Deadlies: Felix Takes the Stage, Kathryn Lasky ($15.99) Emily’s Fortune, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ($14.99) Happy Birthday Bad Kitty, Nick Bruel ($6.99) Ivy & Bean 6: Doomed to Dance, Annie Barrows ($14.99) The Magical Ms. Plum, Bonny Becker ($12.99) Melonhead, Katy Kelly ($6.99) Roland Wright, Future Knight, Tony Davis ($12.99) Stand Straight, Ella Kate, Kate Klise ($16.99) The Sandwich Swap, Queen Rania Al-Abdullah ($16.99) |
| 3rd grade: Big Nate, Lincoln Peirce ($12.99) Calamity Jack, Shannon Hale ($14.99) Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs, Ursula Vernon ($12.99) Herbert’s Wormhole, Peter Nelson ($5.99) I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, Lauren Tarshis ($4.99) Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown, Jarrett Krosoczka ($6.99) The Magical Ms. Plum, Bonny Becker ($12.99) Masterpiece, Elise Broach ($7.99) Roland Wright, Future Knight, Tony Davis ($12.99) Zig & Wikki, Nadja Spiegelman ($12.95) |
| 4th grade: Sixty-Eight Rooms, Marianne Malone ($16.99) Big Nate, Lincoln Peirce ($12.99) The Calder Game, Blue Balliett ($7.99) Dark’s Tale, Deborah Grabien ($15.99) Goop Soup, David Lubar ($5.99) Masterpiece, Elise Broach ($7.99) The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan ($17.99) Silverfin: the Graphic Novel, Charlie Higson ($9.99) Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer, John Grisham ($16.99) |
| 5th grade: Big Nate, Lincoln Peirce ($12.99) Frozen in Time, Ali Sparkes ($15.99) Ghost Hunter: Book 6, Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Michelle Paver ($16.99) Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Maryrose Wood ($15.99) London Eye Mystery, Siobhan Dowd ($7.50) Love, Aubrey, Suzanne LaFleur ($15.99) Nick of Time, Ted Bell ($7.99) The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan ($17.99) Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer, John Grisham ($16.99) When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead ($15.99) |
| 6th grade: Big Nate, Lincoln Peirce ($12.99) The Clock Without a Face, Gus Twintig ($19.95) The Fast and the Furriest, Andy Behrens ($15.99) Finally (12), Wendy Mass ($16.99) How I, Nicky Flynn, Finally Get a Life (and a Dog), Art Corriveau ($16.95) Out of My Mind, Sharon Draper ($16.99) The Popularity Papers, Amy Ignatow ($15.95) The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan ($17.99) The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, Tom Angleberger ($12.95) When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead ($15.99) |
| 7th grade: Bystander, James Preller ($16.99) The Clock Without a Face, Gus Twintig ($19.95) Hex Hall, Rachel Hawkins ($16.99) Hunger Games & Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Mockingjay, the final book in the trilogy, arrives Aug.24!) ($17.99 each) Incarceron, Catherine Fisher ($17.99) Lockdown, Alexander Gordon Smith ($14.99) Maze Runner, James Dashner ($16.99) Out of My Mind, Sharon Draper ($16.99) Sorta Like a Rock Star, Matthew Quick ($16.99) Stuck on Earth, David Klass ($16.99) Z. Rex, Steve Cole ($7.99) |
| 8th grade: Along for the Ride, Sarah Dessen ($19.99) The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart ($8.99) For the Win, Cory Doctorow ($17.99) The Gardener, S.A. Bodeen ($16.99) Incarceron, Catherine Fisher ($17.99) Last Summer of the Death Warriors, Francis X. Stork ($17.99) Little Brother, Cory Doctorow ($9.99) The Lonely Hearts Club, Elizabeth Eulberg (17.99) Revolver, Marcus Sedgwick ($16.99) Sorta Like a Rock Star, Matthew Quick ($16.99) Super Human, Michael Carroll ($16.99) |
| 9th grade: Before I Fall, Lauren Oliver ($17.99) Birthmarked, Caragh O’Brien ($16.99) Bruiser, Neal Shusterman ($16.99) For the Win, Cory Doctorow ($17.99) Fat Vampire, Adam Rex ($16.99) Gimme a Call, Sarah Mlynowski ($17.99) Happyface, Stephen Emond ($16.99) Incarceron, Catherine Fisher ($17.99) Last Summer of the Death Warriors, Francis X. Stork ($17.99) Will Grayson, Will Grayson, John Green & David Levithan ($17.99) |
| Books for older teens: The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein ($14.99) Crazy for the Storm, Norman Ollestad ($14.99) Girl in Translation, Jean Kwok ($25.95) The Help, Kathryn Stockett ($24.95) Imperfect Birds, Ann Lamott ($25.95) Island Beneath the Sea, Isabel Allende ($26.99) The Rope Walk, Carrie Brown ($13.95) Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, Reif Larsen ($16.00) What is the What, Dave Eggers ($15.95) |
| Graphic novels for older teens: Into the Volcano, Don Wood ($18.99) Skim, Mariko Tamaki ($12.95) Stitches, David Small ($24.95) |
