Books read beginning April 2008
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
Flesh and Spirit by Carol Berg
Breath and Bone by Carol Berg
The Great Mortality by John Kelly
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Maximum Ride: School's Out...Forever! by James Patterson
The Children of Men by P.D. James
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (re-reads)
The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire by David Cowen and John Kuenster
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (re-read)
Losing My Faculties by Brendan Halpin
The Great Expectations School by Dan Brown
Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power by John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib
Hero by Perry Moore
Beginning of Fall 2008 Semester
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Another Planet: A Year in the Life of a Suburban High School by Elinor Burkett
The Goats by Brock Cole
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Drowning of Stephan Jones by Bette Greene
Tested: One American School Struggles to Make the Grade by Linda Perlstein
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Golden by Cameron Dokey
Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine
Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
Escape: The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleishchman
Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney
On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop
Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone
I Sailed with Columbus by Miriam Schlein
Freedom Beyond the Seas by Waldtraut Lewin
Worlds Apart by Kathleen Karr
Too Far From Home by Chris Jones
High School Confidential by Jeremy Iversen
Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling (re-read)
A Geography of Time by Robert Levine
End of Fall 2008 Semester
Ranger's Apprentice: The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling (re-read)
Traitor's Moon by Lynn Flewelling (re-read)
Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling
Harry, A History by Melissa Anelli
Owl in Love by Patrice Kindl
The Order of the Poison Oak by Brent Hartinger
Firebird: A Trilogy by Kathy Tyers (re-read)
Beginning of Spring 2009 semester
Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley (re-read)
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives by Jim Sheeler
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches with Teach for America by Donna Foote
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
The Dead & the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Ranger's Apprentice: The Icebound Land by John Flanagan
An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan
Ranger's Apprentice: The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan
Beginning May 2009
End of Spring 2009 semester
These Three Remain by Pamela Aidan
Columbine by Dave Cullen
War for the Oaks by Emma Bull (re-read)
Deaf Child Crossing by Marlee Matlin
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the tip - Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by Steve Dublanica
The Dragon Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
Start of Fall 2009 semester
Jacob's Rescue: A Holocaust Story by Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin
Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Ranger's Apprentice: The Sorceror of the North by John Flanagan
Ranger's Apprentice: The Siege of Macindaw by John Flanagan
Traffic: Why we drive the way we do (and what that says about us) by Tom Vanderbilt
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
A Star is Found: Our adventures casting some of Hollywood's biggest movies by Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins
End of Fall 2009 Semester
Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon by Craig Nelson
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan