- Blood of Olympus - It's wonderful. Dramatics ahead. Final book in this series. Norse Gods are next.
- Cinder - Marissa Meyer Dystopian Sci-Fi - Plague, cyborgs, violent Cinderella
- Lord of the Flies - a Classic. Boys stranded on an island after a plane crash. A study in human nature when order dissolves and chaos arises.
- Alex Rider Series - ACTION, not afraid to be gritty
- Sisters (a TAB book) - graphic novel - quick read about a family road trip
- Drama and Smile also by Sister's author
- The Fourteenth Goldfish - imagine your grandfather became your age and come to live with you and went to school with you
- Treaties, Trenches, Mud and Blood - a graphic novel
- Oracles of Delphi Keep - magical. Girl discovers she has powers. Evil guy wants her powers for himself.
- Heidi - a classic - about an orphan girl who is going to go live w/ her anti-social uncle
- Beautiful Creatures - a really good book, but not a strong ending - maybe because it is a series
8th Grade
- Slated - girl had her memory wiped after terrorist activity so she can have a second chance at life
- Big Hero 6 comes out November 6 or 7
- The Giver - read all the books. Really deep. Different from the typical dystopian sci-fi novel (ala Hunger Games, Divergent, etc.) Interesting because of the singular focus on Jonas' character
- Lois Lowry is a quality writer
- An Abundance of Katherines
- Fangirl - by Rainbow Rowell who was at Central Library. Eleanor & Park also by her and awesome
- A Snicker of Magic - Girl moved to a magical city. She'd like to stay, but her mother likes to move the family around. Easy, quick read.
- Gallagher Girl Series - girl goes to a school for spies
- 1984 - extreme communism. One person tries to resist the machine.
- Starship Troopers - futuristic war, aliens
- Blood of Olympus - feeling a little tired of the series - books are really long. Conversation isn't who is better Jason or Percy, but who is worse. Quality of storytelling/writing declining. He's become to big
- City of Bones series - end of the series not living up to the quality of the beginning, not as interesting. (strong feelings about uninteresting characters)
- Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue and Emerald Green - time travel
- Half Bad - well written. Good witches and bad witches live in this world and the main character is both
7th Grade
- The Agency - Mystery set in Victorian England. Pickpocket becomes spy after learning how to move through society's circles
- The Book Thief - sad. historical fiction. WWII setting. Narrated by Death.
- She is Not Invisible - set in England. Blind girl w/ a younger brother leaves home to find her missing father in NY
- The Fourteenth Goldfish - science-y cover was appealing. Grandfather finds a cure to aging but is "unaging" and is now a teenager.
- The Tiger's Curse - intriguing mystical cover. Girls gets a job at the circus caring for a tiger only to learn that the tiger is really a prince. The beginning of a quest and a series.
- Torn Away - what happened after a tornado. sad realistic fiction
- The Revenge of Seven - from Pittacus Lore
- Reached - third Matched book - not as good as the beginning of the series
- Blood of Olympus - no narrative w/ Percy or Annabeth, secondary characters had too much of the stage. Felt like original characters abandoned
- Between Shades of Gray - historical fiction. Sad representation re WWII
- Curtsies and Conspiracies - finishing school to learn how to be graceful and how to spy/kill
- Caminar
