Books to Hook Readers: 9th Grade and Up

As excerpted from Teacher Magazine:

    Donalyn Miller, a 6th grade language arts and social studies teacher and self-described "book whisperer," says she has yet to meet a child she couldn’t turn into a reader. On average, her students at Trinity Meadow Intermediate School in Keller, Texas, read over 50 books a year. Last year, her students received a 100 percent passing rate on the reading portion of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, with 90 percent receiving a "recommended" score.

Following are just a few books she recommends to hook readers who are in the 9th grade or later.

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

by Chris Crutcher

304 page paperback |$7.99 |125 reviews

 
 

Seedfolks

by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Judy Pedersen

70 page paperback |$5.99 |88 reviews

 
 

The First Part Last

by Angela Johnson

144 pages |$5.99 |82 reviews

 
 

Nightjohn

by Gary Paulsen

112 page paperback |$5.99 |77 reviews

 
 
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