7th Summer Reading

	Bodeen, S.A. *The Compound*. Eli’s multi-billionaire father has prepared a compound for their family in case of a nuclear attack. When Dad gets word that the attack is eminent, the whole family goes underground. As each year passes their supplies and tolerance for each other dwindle until Eli must decide just how far he will go to survive.
	Brande, Robin. *Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature*. Mena, ostracized at church, home, and school for writing a letter of apology to a gay teen who was harassed into trying to kill himself by her fundamentalist friends, struggles to find her way when new friends and school experiences force her to think about what she really believes.
	Colfer, Eoin. *Airman*. When Conor Broekhart is wrongly imprisoned for a murder he did not commit, he plots his escape and creates a plan for a flying machine which he hopes will help him in his attempt to clear his name.
	Collins, Suzanne. *The Hunger Games.* When 16 year old Katniss’s beloved younger sister is chosen by lottery to represent her district at the Hunger Games, Katniss steps up to go in her place. There, she and her district partner are pitted against teens from all the districts in Panem in a brutal kill or be killed fight for survival.
	Connor, Leslie. *Waiting for Normal.* Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.
	Deuker, Carl. *Gym Candy.* Mick Johnson will do anything to be the best football player, even take steroids. He knows the risk but nothing is more important than the game.
	Dowd, Siobhan. *The London Eye Mystery.* When Ted and Kat take their cousin Salim to ride the popular ferris wheel, the London Eye, he gets on but never gets off. How could he have simply vanished? Ted, whose brain is “wired differently,” and Kat must put together the clues to figure out what happened Salim.
	Freitas, Donna. *The Possibilities of Sainthood.* While regularly petitioning the Vatican to make her the first living saint, fifteen-year-old Antonia Labella prays to assorted patron saints for everything from help with preparing the family's fig trees for a Rhode Island winter to getting her first kiss from the right boy.
	Frost, Helen. *Diamond Willow.* In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when she is not at school, wishing she were more popular, all the while unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who care for her.
	Gardner, Sally. *The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution.* After performing in a magic show at a private party hosted by a count, considered by some to be the devil, Yann Margoza, a young gypsy, finds himself in a sweeping adventure in which he befriends a lonely heiress, dodges a bullet and gets caught up in the French Revolution.
	Haddix, Margaret Peterson. *Found (The Missing, Book One).* Jonah and his friend Chip, both adopted 13 years ago, egin receiving mysterious letters claiming they are among the “missing” and in great danger. The boys must figure out who they are and where they came frombefore it's too late.
	Herlong, M.H. *The Great Wide Sea.* Ben’s life is turned upside down when his mother is killed unexpectedly. Much to his surprise and dismay his father sells all their belongings, purchases a boat, and takes Ben and his younger brothers on a yearlong sailing trip. Things go from bad to worse when the boys wake up one morning to find their father missing from the boat while at sea.
	Higgins, F.E. *The Black Book of Secrets.* After narrowly escaping a horrible fate at the hands of his cruel parents, Ludlow Fitch finds himself in the company of a mysterious pawnbroker who trades people’s deepest, darkest secrets for cash. As Ludlow works as the pawnbroker’s apprentice, he begins to trust him. But he must decide if he can trust the pawnbroker enough to share his own dark secrets.
	Meehl, Brian. *Suck It Up.* Morning McCobb, recent graduate of the IV League and a vegan vampire, is on a mission to change the public perception of vampires from bloodthirsty killers to something more heroic.
	Pearson, Mary E. *The Adoration of Jenna Fox.* After an accident and year-long coma, seventeen-year-old Jenna awakens to a life she does not remember. Her parents describe the past, but the memories are slow to come. What does come are more questions: Who is Jenna Fox? And, what really happened after the accident?
	Pfeffer, Susan Beth. *the dead and the gone.* After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New York City.
	Shusterman, Neal. *Antsy Does Time.* When Antsy discovers that classmate Gunnar is suffering from a terminal illness, he offers to give Gunnar a month of his life. Others want to donate months, and Antsy starts trading time like stocks on Wall Street! All of this plus the attention of Gunnar’s gorgeous older sister, stressful hours at his parents’ restaurant, and a visit from an overbearing aunt create one wild ride for Antsy Bonano!
	Shusterman, Neal. *Unwind*. In a futuristic world where parents can have their children unwound between the ages of 13 and 18, three teenagers on their way to a harvest camp escape this fate and are swept into an underground network that helps Unwinds fight for their very survival.
	Smith, Roland. *I,Q.: Independence Hall.* Q and his new stepsister Angela are following their rock star parents on tour. But someone is following them.
	Ziegler, Jennifer. *How Not to be Popular.* When Maggie moves with her parents yet again, she vows to avoid making friends this time so she won’t experience heartbreak when she must leave them behind. She launches Operation Avoid Friends at her new high school in Austin, but the results are not at all what she expects.