Some books to consider…

Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith

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…

To Kill a Mockingbird, then you might like: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, or The Member of the Wedding, both by Carson McCullers.

Night, then you might like: Mila 18, by Leon Uris or Dawn, by Elie Wiesel or The Diary of Anne Frank.

The Contender, then you might like: The Brave, by Robert Litsyte or The Natural, by Bernard Malamud.

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