​"The theme you choose may change or simply elude you, but being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means that you can invent the language to say who you are and what you mean."

​​-Toni Morrison
1931-2019

Reading Recommendations

Mrs. McCreadie's Personal Favorites:
 ​*A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
​*Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
​Delirium by Lauren Oliver
*​Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
​Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
​The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie T. Anderson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord
Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart

Other Great Titles!
The Gender Game by Bella Forrest
Children of Eden by Joey Graceffa
The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Matched by Ally Condie
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Slider by Pete Hautman
*Turtles All the Way Down ​by John Green
​*Playing for the Devil's Fire by Phillippe Diederich
*Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
*Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Selection by Kiera Cass
​*Paper Towns by John Green
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
​The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
​*Feed by M.T. Anderson
Poison Study​ by Maria V. Snyder
Life in a Fishbowl by Len Vlahos
Sticky Notes​ by Dianne Touchell
*Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
*Aftermath by Kelley Armstrong
From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon

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*For mature readers only. This title is on my bookshelf, but it requires teacher and parent permission before reading.

Note: ​I can attest to the literary quality and content of all the above books. Please contact me with any questions.

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