OK, so I'm listing the book titles below with a brief description. If you know anything about a book, have heard good or bad things about the books, or have read them and have some comments to make, go ahead and do it! If you help me choose the books, you're more likely to find a book you want to read.
Each book has it's own comment thread. Hit the REPLY link under the individual comment thread so I we know what book you're commenting on. It wouldn't hurt to name the book in your comment as well.
If you know of another book which deals with "fitting in" that you or your classmates might like to read, go ahead and tell me about them in the "Other Suggestions" comment thread.
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ReplyDeleteTHE CHOCOLATE WAR
ReplyDeleteSet at a fictional Catholic high school, the story depicts a secret student organization's manipulation of the student body, which descends into cruel and ugly mob mentality against a lone, non-conforming student. Because of the novel's language, the concept of a high school secret society using intimidation to enforce the cultural norms of the school and various characters' sexual ponderings, it has been the frequent target of censors and appears as third on the American Library Association's list of the "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books in 2000–2009."
ummmmm,sounds like a fun book
DeleteThis book seems cool, i would like to read it.
Deletesounds like a legit book, willing to read it, but may not be a first choice
DeleteI like chocolate, but I don't think I would read this.
DeleteWONDER - R.J. Palacio
ReplyDeleteAugust (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school―until now. He’s about to enter fifth grade at Beecher Prep, and if you’ve ever been the new kid, then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie’s just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he’s just like them, despite appearances?
OK, I know some of you have already read this, but many students haven't.
DeleteWe should read this book I've read it and it inspires me that I can do anything. -Carly
Deletei love this book and would love to read it again
DeleteI think we should read the second book because I loved the first one.
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DeleteI've already read this book, and I recommend it!
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DeleteI loved this book two or three years ago and would love to read it again
DeleteTHE LIST - Vivian Siobhan
ReplyDeleteAn intense look at the rules of high school attraction -- and the price that's paid for them.
It happens every year before homecoming -- the list is posted all over school. Two girls are picked from each grade. One is named the prettiest, one the ugliest. The girls who aren't picked are quickly forgotten. The girls who are become the center of attention, and each reacts differently to the experience.
With THE LIST, Siobhan Vivian deftly takes you into the lives of eight very different girls struggling with issues of identity, self-esteem, and the judgments of their peers. Prettiest or ugliest, once you're on the list, you'll never be the same.
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DeleteI also wouldn't mind reading this one to the class.
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DeleteI want to read this one because it look interesting and intense, and it sounds like a book you wouldn't want to put down
Deletemy friend read this one and said it was ok, i personally would like to read it
DeleteI would like to read this book, it sounds interesting
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DeleteThis book sound like a lot of fun and a great insight on the lives of people who have been abused by their school and their peers.
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DeleteBYSTANDER - James Preller
ReplyDeleteEric is the new kid in seventh grade. Griffin wants to be his friend. When you're new in town, it's hard to know who to hang out with―and who to avoid. Griffin seems cool, confident, and popular.
But something isn't right about Griffin. He always seems to be in the middle of bad things. And if Griffin doesn't like you, you'd better watch your back. There might be a target on it.
As Eric gets drawn deeper into Griffin's dark world, he begins to see the truth about Griffin: He's a liar, a bully, a thief. Eric wants to break away, do the right thing. But in one shocking moment, he goes from being a bystander . . . to the bully's next victim.
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DeleteBLUEFISH - Pat Schmatz
ReplyDeleteThirteen-year-old Travis has a secret: he can't read. But a shrewd teacher and a sassy girl are about to change everything in this witty and deeply moving novel.
Travis is missing his old home in the country, and he's missing his old hound, Rosco. Now there's just the cramped place he shares with his well-meaning but alcoholic grandpa, a new school, and the dreaded routine of passing when he's called on to read out loud. But that's before Travis meets Mr. McQueen, who doesn't take "pass" for an answer--a rare teacher whose savvy persistence has Travis slowly unlocking a book on the natural world. And it's before Travis is noticed by Velveeta, a girl whose wry banter and colorful scarves belie some hard secrets of her own. With sympathy, humor, and disarming honesty, Pat Schmatz brings to life a cast of utterly believable characters--and captures the moments of trust and connection that make all the difference.
FREAK - Marcella Pixley
ReplyDeleteFor Miriam Fisher, a budding poet who reads the Oxford English Dictionary for fun, seventh grade is a year etched in her memory "clear as pain." That's the year her older sister, Deborah, once her best buddy and fellow "alien," bloomed like a beautiful flower and joined the high school in-crowd. That's the year high school senior Artie Rosenberg, the "hottest guy in the drama club" and, Miriam thinks, her soul mate, comes to live with Miriam's family. And that's the year the popular "watermelon girls" turn up the heat in their cruel harassment of Miriam―ripping her life wide open in shocking, unexpected ways. Teased and taunted in school, Miriam is pushed toward breaking, until, in a gripping climax, she finds the inner strength to prove she's a force to be reckoned with.
This riveting first novel introduces readers to an unforgettable heroine, an outsider who dares to confront the rigid conformity of junior high, and in the process manages not only to save herself but to inspire and transform others.
LETS READ IT!!!!
DeleteIF I EVER GET OUT OF HERE - Eric Gansworth
ReplyDeleteNow in paperback: The debut novel Laurie Halse Anderson praised for "fearlessly laying down the truth" about friendship, poverty, and the joys of rock 'n' roll.
Lewis "Shoe" Blake is used to the joys and difficulties of life on the Tuscarora Indian reservation in 1975: the joking, the Fireball games, the snow blowing through his roof. What he's not used to is white people being nice to him -- people like George Haddonfield, whose family recently moved to town with the Air Force. As the boys connect through their mutual passion for music, especially the Beatles, Lewis has to lie more and more to hide the reality of his family's poverty from George. He also has to deal with the vicious Evan Reininger, who makes Lewis the special target of his wrath. But when everyone else is on Evan's side, how can he be defeated? And if George finds out the truth about Lewis's home -- will he still be his friend?
Yay i would love to read it
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DeleteANATOMY OF A MISFIT - Andrea Portes
ReplyDeleteIn this Mean Girls meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower tale, narrator Anika Dragomir is the third-most-popular girl at Pound High School. But inside, she knows she’s a freak; she can’t stop thinking about former loner Logan McDonough, who showed up on the first day of tenth grade hotter, bolder, and more mysterious than ever.
Logan is fascinating, troubled, and off limits. The Pound High queen bee will make Anika’s life hell if she’s seen with him.
So Anika must choose—ignore her feelings and keep her social status? Or follow her heart and risk becoming a pariah. Which will she pick? And what will she think of her choice when an unimaginable tragedy strikes, changing her forever? An absolutely original new voice in YA in a story that will start important conversations—and tear at your heart.
GUY IN REAL LIFE - Steve Brezenoff
ReplyDeleteIt is Labor Day weekend in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and boy and girl collide on a dark street at two thirty in the morning: Lesh, who wears black, listens to metal, and plays MMOs; Svetlana, who embroiders her skirts, listens to Björk and Berlioz, and dungeon masters her own RPG. They should pick themselves up, continue on their way, and never talk to each other again.
But they don't.
This is a story of the roles we all play—at school, at home, online, and with our friends—and the one person who might be able to show us who we are underneath it all.
This one sounds kind of weird.
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DeleteTHE HATE LIST - Jennifer Brown
ReplyDeleteFive months ago, Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Shot trying to stop him, Valerie inadvertently saved the life of a classmate, but was implicated in the shootings because of the list she helped create. A list of people and things she and Nick hated. The list he used to pick his targets.
Now, after a summer of seclusion, Val is forced to confront her guilt as she returns to school to complete her senior year. Haunted by the memory of the boyfriend she still loves and navigating rocky relationships with her family, former friends and the girl whose life she saved, Val must come to grips with the tragedy that took place and her role in it, in order to make amends and move on with her life.
This one is my favorite and i want this one to be read to the class.
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DeleteI think our class will like this book.
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DeleteI want to read this- Sam S
DeleteI like it, I like it a lot because it looks like it has suspense teaches us life lessons and to not shoot at school.
Deletei think we should read this book
DeleteThis book sounds really good and I think we should read it.
DeleteThis book sounds good I think we should read it as a class.
Deletelets read it
DeleteThis book sounds good I think we should read it as a class.
DeleteSounds good
DeleteI agree, read as a class
DeleteThis book sounds good, i would like to read it
DeleteI think this book sounds really interesting to me and I would read it. It seems like it is suspenseful and intense.
DeleteLEVERAGE - Joshua Cohen
ReplyDeleteThis intense sports novel will strike a chord with those who followed the tragic football stories that broke in 2011. In this heart-pounding debut, Joshua C. Cohen conveys the pressures and politics of being a high school athlete in a way that is both insightful and compelling. At Oregrove High, there's an extraordinary price for victory, paid both on and off the football field, and it claims its victims without mercy. When the unthinkable happens, an unlikely friendship is at the heart of an increasingly violent, steroid-infused power struggle. This is a book that will stay with readers long after they turn the last page.
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DeleteThis one may be cool.
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DeleteME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL - Jesse Andrews
ReplyDeleteIt is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the first day of his senior year, Greg Gaines thinks he’s figured it out. The answer to the basic existential question: How is it possible to exist in a place that sucks so bad? His strategy: remain at the periphery at all times. Keep an insanely low profile. Make mediocre films with the one person who is even sort of his friend, Earl.
This plan works for exactly eight hours. Then Greg’s mom forces him to become friends with a girl who has cancer. This brings about the destruction of Greg’s entire life.
Fiercely funny, honest, heart-breaking—this is an unforgettable novel from a bright talent, now also a film that critics are calling "a touchstone for its generation" and "an instant classic."
looks good
DeleteI've wanted to read this for a while because I've heard that it is a sad and moving book.
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