Recommended Reading for Twelfth Graders

Title

Author

Description

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

Nancy Farmer

In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine.

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

A fireman is in charge of burning books in a future where reading is a crime.

Forged by Fire

Sharon M. Draper

Teenage Gerald must protect his fragile half-sister from their abusive father.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Follows the space adventures of Arthur Dent after Earth is demolished to make way for a new hyperspatial expressway.

Homeless Bird

Gloria Whelan

Thirteen-year-old Koly must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's tradition or find the courage to oppose it.

Hope was Here

Joan Bauer

Sixteen-year-old Hope becomes involved with a diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.

Kissing Doorknobs

Terry Spencer Hesser

Fourteen-year-old Tara describes how her increasingly strange compulsion begin to take over her life.

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

Friends Lennie and George take a job at the Tyler Ranch in Depression era California and soon face an accidental death.

When She was Good

Norma Fox Mazer

The death of her abusive, manipulative older sister prompts seventeen-year-old Em to recall their unpleasant memories.

Tenderness

Robert Cormier

A psychological thriller told from the view of a teenage serial killer and the runaway girl who falls in love with him.

Tomorrow, When the War Began

John Marsden

Seven Australian teens return from a camping trip to discover that their country has been invaded and they must hide to stay alive.

The Princess Diaries

Meg Cabot

Fourteen-year-old Mia, a normal New York City teen, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia.


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