Some books to consider…

The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd

Some authors to consider…

Horror: Christopher Pike, Chris Crutcher, R. L. Stine
Male: Robert Cormier, Gary Paulsen, John Sandford, Robert Lipsyte, Walter Dean Meyers.
Female: Laurie Halse Anderson, Deborah Tannen, Sharon Creech, Gail Levine Carson, Cecily von Ziegesar.
Mystery: James Patterson, Mary Higgins Clark, John Grisham.
Advice: Melissa Bank, Lauren Henderson, Rachel Simmons.
Sci-Fi: Ray Bradbury, Frank Herbert, Ursula Le Guin

If you liked…

The House on Mango Street then you might like: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, by Julia Alvarez

Flowers for Algernon, then you might like: Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck

Fahrenheit 451, then you might like: Animal Farm, by George Orwell

A Separate Peace, then you might like: A Stolen Past, by John Knowles

The Human Comedy, then you might like: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith

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