November, December, January, February
Well… you can read this like Johnny Cash sings “I’ve been everywhere.”
Flight - Sherman Alexie [this author rocks!]
Absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian – Sherman Alexie [ditto]
Twisted - Laurie Halse Anderson
Rat Life - Tedd Arnold
The Opposite of love - Helen Benedict
Someday this pain will be useful to you – Peter Cameron
Deadline – Chris Crutcher [wow]
I am Rembrandt’s daughter - Lynn Cullen [one of my faves]
Run far, run fast – Timothy Decker [a graphic novel!]
Gym Candy – Carl Deuker
In search of Mockingbird – Loretta Ellsworth
Beastly – Alex Flinn
The Noah Confessions – Barbara Hall
Get Well Soon – Julie Halpern
How ya like me now – Brendan Halpin
Elvis Presley - Wilborn Hampton [a fantastic bio!]
Split screen – Brent Hartinger [continuing Geography Club]
All-In – Pete Hautman [if you like poker...]
Your own, Sylvia - Stephanie Hemphill
Anything but ordinary – Valerie Hobbs
Impulse - Ellen Hopkins
Glass – Ellen Hopkins [anticipated sequel to Crank doesn't disappoint!]
Lemonade Mouth – Mark Peter Huges [if you liked Notes from the midnight driver you'll probably like this too]
Repossessed - A.M. Jenkins
What happened – Peter Johnson
Chasing Tail Lights – Patrick Jones
Strays – Ron Koertge
Miracle Wimp – Erik P. Kraft [LOVED this one!]
The Miner’s Daughter – Gretchen Moran Laskas
The Night Birds – Thomas Maltman [loved this one, too!]
The Snows – Sharelle Byars Moranville
Echo – Kate Morgenroth [in the same vein as Invisible]
Johnny Cash - Anne E. Neimark [fantastic bio that reads like a novel!]
Coal Black Horse – Robert Olmstead
Chloe Doe – Suzanne Phillips
The ghost of Mary Prairie – Lisa Polisar
Cures for Heartbreak – Margo Rabb
How to Take the Ex out of Ex-Boyfriend – Janette Rallison [fun story!]
Red Glass - Laura Resau
Come Juneteenth – Ann Rinaldi
Safe – Susan Shaw
Tantalize - Cynthia Leitich Smith
First shot – Walter Sorrells [couldn't put this one down!]
Freak show - James St. James [probably not Gateway material, but a great book anyway!]
Boot Camp - Todd Strasser [stressful reading]
Seven days at the hot corner – Terry Trueman
Remembering Raquel - Vivian Vande Velde
Rucker Park Setup - Paul Volponi [if you like basketball...]
Quad – C.G. Watson
Red Moon at Sharpsburg - Rosemary Wells
Resurrection Men – T.K. Welsh
Booth’s daughter – Raymond Wemmlinger
Such a pretty girl – Laura Wiess
Falling - Doug Wilhelm
Parrotfish - Ellen Wittlinger
Zane’s Trace - Allan Wolf
Rubber houses – Ellen Yeomans
Story of a girl – Sara Zarr
Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac – Gabrielle Zevin
