Freedom to Read

1984 : a novel /

Orwell, George, 1903-1950,


Wilson's Senior High School, November 1997. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). Depicts life in a totalitarian regime of the future.
Date Published:1949

All American boys

Reynolds, Jason,


"A Caitlyn Dlouhy book." School Library Journal starred, September 2015. Booklist starred, September 2015. Kirkus Review, August 2015. Publishers Weekly Annex, August 2015. "When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend"--OCLC.
Date Published:2015

Brave new world

Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963,


Wilson's Junior High School, September 2001. Wilson's Fiction, April 2001. Wilson's Public Library. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). New York Times. A satirical novel about the utopia of the future, a world in which babies are decanted from bottles and the great Ford is worshipped.
Date Published:2006

A court of frost and starlight

Maas, Sarah J.,


Kirkus Review, June 2018. "As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, she finds that those dearest to her have more wounds than she anticipated--scars that will have far-reaching impact on the future of their Court"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2018

A court of mist and fury

Maas, Sarah J.,


Sequel to A court of thorns and roses. School Library Journal, May 2016. Publisher's Weekly, March 2016. Booklist, May 2016. Kirkus Review, April 2016. Though Feyre now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, but as she navigates the feared Night Court's dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms--and she might be key to stopping it.
Date Published:2016

A court of thorns and roses

Maas, Sarah J.,


"Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a firey passion, the threats against the faerie lands grow. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose Tamlin forever"--
Date Published:2015

A court of wings and ruin

Maas, Sarah J.,


Feyre must decide whom to trust among the high Lords, and where to turn for allies as she returns to the Spring Court.
Date Published:2017

Crank

Hopkins, Ellen,


School Library Journal, November 2004. Publisher's Weekly, November 2004. Booklist, November 2004. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2005. Kirkus Review, October 2004. Kliatt, September 2004. Kristina Georgia Snow's life is turned upside-down when she visits her absentee father, gets turned on to the drug "crank", becomes addicted, and is led down a desperate path that threatens her mind, soul, and her life.
Date Published:2013

School Library Journal, November 2004. Publisher's Weekly, November 2004. Booklist, November 2004. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2005. Kirkus Review, October 2004. Kliatt, September 2004. Kristina Georgia Snow's life is turned upside-down when she visits her absentee father, gets turned on to the drug "crank", becomes addicted, and is led down a desperate path that threatens her mind, soul, and her life.

Date Published:2013

Drama

Telgemeier, Raina,


School Library Journal starred, November 2012. Booklist starred, September 2012. Pub Weekly, June 2012. Kirkus Starred, August 2012. Horn Book, September 2012. Choice, April 2013. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2012. Library Media Connection, March 2013. Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.
Date Published:2021

School Library Journal starred, November 2012. Booklist starred, September 2012. Pub Weekly, June 2012. Kirkus Starred, August 2012. Horn Book, September 2012. Choice, April 2013. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2012. Library Media Connection, March 2013. Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.

Date Published:2021

Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012,


"Fahrenheit 451-- the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns ..." "60th anniversary edition"---on cover. Wilson's Senior High School, November 1997. Booklist, August 1997. A book burning official in a future fascist state finds out that books are a vital part of a culture he never knew, and he decides to pursue reading, until he is betrayed.
Date Published:2013

The handmaid's tale

Atwood, Margaret, 1939-,


Table of contents erroneously lists a reader's guide that is not included. Wilson's Senior High School, November 2002. Wilson's Fiction, January 1996. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). Library Journal. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.). Set in the near future, America has become a puritanical theocracy and Offred tells her story as a Handmaid under the new social order.
Date Published:1998

I know why the caged bird sings

Angelou, Maya,


Originally published: 1969. Poet Maya Angelou chronicles her early life, focusing on her childhood in 1930s rural Arkansas, including her rape at the age of five, her subsequent years of muteness, and the strength she gained from her grandmother and Mrs. Bertha Flowers, a respected African-American woman in her town.
Date Published:2002

Lord of the flies : a novel /

Golding, William, 1911-1993,


"A Perigee book." Wilson's Senior High School, October 2007. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. Wilson's Fiction, October 2010. Library Journal Starred, November 2003. After a plane crash strands them on a tropical island while the rest of the world is ravaged by war, a group of British schoolboys attempts to form a civilized society but descends into brutal anarchy.
Date Published:2011

Sold

McCormick, Patricia, 1956-,


Originally published: New York : Hyperion, c2006. Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.
Date Published:2008

Thirteen reasons why : a novel /

Asher, Jay, 1975-,


Wilson's Senior High School, January 2009. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008. School Library Journal, November 2007. Publisher's Weekly, October 2007. Kirkus Starred, September 2007. Booklist, September 2007. Horn Book, April 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2008. High school student Clay Jensen receives a box in the mail containing seven cassette tapes recorded by his crush, Hannah Baker, who committed suicide, and spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.
Date Published:2007

Wilson's Senior High School, January 2009. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008. School Library Journal, November 2007. Publisher's Weekly, October 2007. Kirkus Starred, September 2007. Booklist, September 2007. Horn Book, April 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2008. High school student Clay Jensen receives a box in the mail containing seven cassette tapes recorded by his crush, Hannah Baker, who committed suicide, and spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.

Date Published:2007

Tilt

Hopkins, Ellen,


Three teens, connected by their parents' bad choices, tell in their own voices of their lives and loves as Shane finds his first boyfriend, Mikayla discovers that love can be pushed too far, and Harley loses herself in her quest for new experiences.
Date Published:2012

To kill a mockingbird

Lee, Harper,


The unconditioned and unconditional wisdom of children is shown to be superior in this story of conflict between Black and White.
Date Published:1960

Tricks

Hopkins, Ellen,


Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. School Library Journal, October 2009. Publisher's Weekly, July 2009. Booklist, August 2009. Horn Book, April 2010. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2009. Kirkus Review, July 2009. Collects five stories about three girls and two boys who question how they feel about themselves while learning about love and sexuality.
Date Published:2017