Joan Bauer (Peeled)*

Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries)*

Ally Carter (Cammie Morgan)*

Cassandra Clare (City of Bones)

Joseph Delaney (Last Apprentice)

John Flanagan (Ranger’s Apprentice)

Michael Grant (Gone)

Tim Green (sports)*

John Grisham (Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer)

Margaret Haddix (Shadow Children; Found)*

Jack Heath (Remote Control)

Charles Higson (Young James Bond)

Anthony Horowitz (Alex Rider)

Jim Kjelgaard (outdoors)

Gordon Korman (humor)*

Derek Landy (Skulduggery Pleasant)

Mike Lupica (sports)*

Carolyn Meyer (historical fiction)

Garth Nix (Keys to the Kingdom)

James Patterson (Maximum Ride)

Gary Paulsen (Hatchet)

Roland Smith (adventure)*

Jordan Sonnenblick (realistic fiction)

Neal Shusterman (realistic fiction—sort of)

Jerry Spinelli (Stargirl, Loser)

Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver, Linger, Forever,)

Paul Zindel (The Pigman)*

*great for reluctant readers

  

Middle School—The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson *

Divergent—Veronica Roth

The Scorpio Races—Maggie Stiefvater

The Clockwork Three—Matthew Kirby

The Familiars—Adam Epstein

Hex Hall—Rachel Hawkins *

Wildwood—Colin Meloy

Steel--CarrieVaughn