Recommended Children's Literature
During young adolescence, so many changes are taking place both inside and outside of a student's body. Not only are changes taking place, but students are also trying to figure out who they truly are at the same time. Reading literature can be a great outlet for students and can also help them find characters or people that they want to be like one day. Reading young adult literature is so important for this development, and it also helps students further develop their reading and literacy skills. Below are a few of my favorite young adult novels that I would recommend to my students.
Uprising - Margaret P. Haddix
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
The Penderwicks - Jeanne Birdsall
Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
The Killing Sea - Richard D. Lewis
The Giver - Lois Lowry
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
Fever 1793 - Laurie Halse Anderson