1. Finding Time for a Good Book

2. The Excuses... “I don’t read...” “I can never find a good book...” “There are no good authors...” “I don’t have time to read...” “What’s the big deal about reading?” “The books I have to read in class are BORING...”

3. Types of Teen Fiction Action/Adventure Crime/Mystery Historical Fiction Realistic Fiction Romance Science Fiction

4. Action/Adventure People of the Book: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks Stormbreaker: An Alex Rider Adventure by Anthony Horowitz* Maximum Ride : The Angel Experiment by James Patterson* Eragon by Chris Paolini* The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Richard Yancey*

5. Crime/Mystery Upstate: A Novel by Kalisha Buckhanon Inexcusable by Chris Lynch* Monster by Walter Dean Myers* Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum- ucci* Tenderness by Robert Cormier*

6. Historical Fiction Copper Sun by Sharon Draper* Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson* Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers* Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli* A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly*

7. Realistic Fiction Runner by Carl Deuker* Invisible by Pete Hautman* The First Part Last by Angela Johnson* Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar* Sold by Patricia McCormick*

8. Romance Sloppy Firsts: A Novel by Megan McCafferty* 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson* If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince? by Melissa Kantor Just Listen by Sarah Dessen* Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper

9. Science Fiction Feed by M.T. Anderson* The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer* The Kindling by Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher Jumper: Griffin’s Story by Steven Gould Uglies by Scott Westerfield*