'Ship Breaker'- A Post-Apocalyptic Adventure
'Ship Breaker' by Paolo Bacigalupi - A Science Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Adventure
New Orleans has been totally destroyed by storms and rising water. New Orleans II has also been decimated. And MissMet (not named New Orleans 3 out of superstition) is now half covered with water. That is when the book Ship Breaker begins. Taking place in a future where the earth has changed wildly due to pollution and climate change, Nailer and his crew live and work on a dirty oil covered beach taking apart giant old oil tankers piece by piece for salvage. There seems little chance to chang...

9th Grade Books | Great Books to Read
Book for 9th Graders - Freshman Year in High School
My daughter will be a freshman this year in high school, and over the summer she began reading some of the required reading books. She is going into honors English this fall and will be required to read and annotate different books. I will track her progress throughout 9th grade on this page. I hope you enjoy the books she reads and get ideas for your own ninth grader. If you are looking for other birthday or christmas ideas, visit my other article on gifts for 9th graders. If you find thes...

The Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner
The Maze Runner Trilogy
The Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner starts with the great book The Maze Runner, released October 6, 2009. On October 11, 2010, the 2nd book in the trilogy, The Scorch Trials, was released. The final book in the trilogy, The Death Cure, will kept with the October release date and was released on October 11, 2011.

10th Grade Books | Great Books to Read
Good books for tenth grade boys and girls
Tenth grade, sophmore year of high school, the year many teenagers learn to drive. It's getting harder to find books that teenagers want to read as there is so much more competing for their time: Drivers Ed, the Internet, Facebook, texting are all time suckers and that's not even including sports, dating, and of course, school. Hopefully, at this point your 10th grader loves books and is choosing them on their own. If not, I hope you can find some or help suggest some on this page. If you f...

Non Fiction for Teens
Teenage non fiction books
What are the best non fiction books for teens? As a teenager and adult I loved to read non fiction. However, schools and colleges often tend to push fiction choices onto teens and forget there are many teenagers who love to read true stories and factual books. Therefore, I have created a list of the of several non fiction books for teenagers. Reading non fiction is so beneficial. Teens can learn through the real life experiences of the authors, increase knowledge, learn about personal develop...