1. The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury
Mars is a place where a fine dust settles on the great cities of a silent, destroyed civilization. The wonders begin as men from Earth attempt to colonize the red planet.

2. This World We Live In Susan Beth Pfeffer
Miranda Evans, her two brothers, and their mother struggle for survival a year after the moon's collision with a meteor altered the climate forever. While things become more difficult with the arrival of six more people, including her father and stepmother, a new disaster threatens to derail the new lives they have been trying to build.

3. The Good Earth Pearl Buck
The story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged accumulation of land during famine, drought, and revolution.

4. The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford
A historical fiction novel set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle and Japanese internment camps during WWII.
Amid the chaos of blackouts, curfews and FBI raids, Henry Lee – a Chinese American – and Keiko Okabe – a young Japanese American student – forge a bond of friendship and innocent love.

5. Tears of a Tiger Sharon Draper
The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in a car accident affects the lives of his best friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.
Written in the form of conversations, journals, letters, and homework assignments.

6. The Tragedy Paper Elizabeth Laban
Last year, Tim, a 17-year-old albino, transferred to a prestigious private school, where he fell for the “it” girl, Vanessa. A hidden relationship developed. Duncan is a current senior about to uncover the truth of Tim and Vanessa and the tragedy that followed. The Tragedy Paper jumps between these two characters’ perspectives to tell a compelling tale of forbidden love and the lengths people will go to keep their love.

7. Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yeh Mah
The author tells the story of her painful childhood in China where her father, stepmother, and siblings considered her bad luck because her mother died shortly after giving birth to her.

8. A Monster Calls Patrick Ness
A darkly funny and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected visitor. Every night, Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. This monster is different.

9. The Art of Secrets James Klise
A Pakistani family rebuilds their lives after their apartment is destroyed by an arsonist. Coming to their aid, students from Saba Khan's prestigious Chicago high school plan a community fundraiser, but when one of the expensive items in the auction is reported missing — rumors circulate about who might have stolen it.