OUSD and OPL Pre-Teen and Teen Summer Reading List 2015 (copy)

Oakland USD and Oakland Public Library are partnering to bring exciting books to Secondary readers in Summer 2015! Check these books out at your public library branch this summer.

1,063 Resources including
128 Videos
83 Book Readings
111 Lesson Plans
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100 Sideways Miles

by Andrew Smith

15 Resources4 Awards

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"Leavened with humor...this...story of love and friendship is close to perfect".

ACID

by Emma Pass

5 Resources

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Jenna...in a brutal prison for a crime she can't remember committing.

Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis

by Alexis Coe and Sally Klann

7 Resources

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In 1892 two young women plot to marry and then comes murder.

Anatomy of a Girl Gang

by Ashley Little

4 Resources1 Awards

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"The powerful story of a gang of teenage girls in Vancouver".

Armada: A Novel

by Ernest Cline

2 Resources

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"The UFO [Zach's] staring at is straight out of the video game he plays every night".

The Boy in the Black Suit

by Jason Reynolds

37 Resources5 Awards

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"Attending other people's funerals helps Matt...with his own grief".

The Cemetery Boys

by Z. Brewer

5 Resources

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"A darkly funny...story about the...power of belief and...cost of blind loyalty".

Charlie, Presumed Dead

by Anne Heltzel

4 Resources1 Awards

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"Unlikely friendship between two very different young women".

Cinder

by Marissa Meyer

Book 1 in series

49 Resources4 Awards

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"Cyborg mechanic Cinder finds herself in the middle of an intergalactic power struggle."

City of Savages

by Lee Kelly

4 Resources1 Awards

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Two seriously strong women deal with post apocalyptic New York City.

Confessions of the Very First Zombie Slayer (That I Know Of)

by F.J.R. Titchenell

3 Resources

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"Skillfully blending effective horror with unexpected humor".

Creed

by Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie

5 Resources

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"Presenting protagonists who make smart choices...but to no avail. Now that's scary".

The Crossover

by Kwame Alexander

59 Resources14 Awards

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"Twins, Josh and Jordan, are junior high basketball stars".

Daisy to the Rescue: True Stories of Daring Dogs, Paramedic Parrots, and Other Animal Heroes

by Jeff Campbell and Ramsey Beyer

7 Resources

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"Fifty accounts of animals risking their lives for humans".

Damage Done

by Amanda Panitch

3 Resources

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"Unique multiple perspectives that leave clues like breadcrumbs".

The Dirt Diary

by Anna Staniszewski

6 Resources

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"Rachel comes to realize that none of her friends have a perfect life".

A Dog Called Homeless

by Sarah Lean

6 Resources1 Awards

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"...the power of love and loss...learning how to listen is more important than what's being said".

Dogtag Summer

by Elizabeth Partridge

8 Resources1 Awards

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" Where is home when you're a child of war?".

Doll Bones

by Holly Black and Eliza Wheeler

33 Resources8 Awards

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"A chilling ghost story, a gripping adventure".

Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices

by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale, and Inti Ameratsu

25 Resources7 Awards

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"Sure to engage youth in discussions about 21st century Native American culture".

For the Good of Mankind?: The Shameful History of Human Medical Experimentation

by Vicki O. Wittenstein

11 Resources

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"Often shocking examination of human experimentation".

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces

by Isabel Quintero

34 Resources12 Awards

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Gabi gets through her senior year in high school with the help of friends, food and poetry.

Ghost Hawk

by Susan Cooper

12 Resources3 Awards

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Native American and a colonial New England settler friendship.

The Girl from the Well

by Rin Chupeco

3 Resources

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"A Japanese ghost spends her afterlife punishing people who harm children".

Glory O'Brien's History of the Future

by A.S. King

31 Resources9 Awards

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"You won't be able to put down this futuristic story about a girl who starts having visions".

The Graham Cracker Plot

by Shelley Tougas

6 Resources1 Awards

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Daisy and Graham try to spring her father from jail.

How It Went Down

by Kekla Magoon

29 Resources8 Awards

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Different perceptions of the shooting of a black teen by a white man.

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

by Malala Yousafzai

17 Resources1 Awards

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Personal story of life under the Taliban in Pakistan.

I'll Give You the Sun

by Jandy Nelson

24 Resources9 Awards

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"Evocative exploration of sexuality, grief, and sibling relationships".

In Real Life

by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang

25 Resources3 Awards

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Young gamer girl connects with Chinese gold farmers.

The Iron Trial

by Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, and Scott M. Fischer

22 Resources2 Awards

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Friends make their way through sinister challenges.

Kiss Kill Vanish

by Jessica Martinez

3 Resources1 Awards

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"A whirlwind of intrigue and romance".

Liars, Inc.

by Paula Stokes

5 Resources

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"Even the keenest mystery buffs will be hard-pressed to predict the book's finale".

Lies We Tell Ourselves

by Robin Talley

10 Resources3 Awards

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Against a backdrop of violence and racism a black/white attraction.

Like No Other

by Una LaMarche

8 Resources2 Awards

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Jaxon and Devorah, from different words, get stuck in an elevator.

Little Peach

by Peggy Kern

5 Resources3 Awards

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A young runaway ends up being forced into prostitution.

The Long Haul

by Jeff Kinney

Book 9 in series

32 Resources

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A family roadtrip ends in disaster or does it?

Love Is the Drug

by Alaya Dawn Johnson

12 Resources4 Awards

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"Lost memories and bio-terror plot fuel this thriller set among D.C.'s elite youth".

Lovers & Haters

by Calvin Slater

2 Resources

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Classmates take online revenge on a student who ends up dying.

The Merciless

by Danielle Valentine

Book 1 in series

5 Resources

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"A wickedly creepy atmosphere where mean girls quickly turn homicidal".

Neurocomic

by Hana Ros and Matteo Farinella

13 Resources

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"altogether engrossing and entertaining way to learn about the brain".

On a Clear Day

by Walter Dean Myers

12 Resources

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"It is 2035. Teens, armed only with their ideals, must wage war on the power elite."

Pointe

by Brandy Colbert

12 Resources1 Awards

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"Teen dancer deals with the return of her...friend who'd been abducted".

Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty

by Christine Heppermann

11 Resources3 Awards

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"Promises, seductions, and deathly morass of popular culture's imagery of girls".

Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek

by Maya Van Wagenen

10 Resources2 Awards

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A teen uses a popularity guide from the 50's to deal with school.

Port Chicago 50, The: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

by Steve Sheinkin

33 Resources13 Awards

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"A story that clearly had a huge impact on race relations in the military".

Rad American Women

by Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl

15 Resources1 Awards

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"Colorful and hip portraitures create a visual sensation".

The Red Pencil

by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Shane W. Evans

32 Resources9 Awards

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Life of a 12-year-old in a Sudanese Refugee camp; a novel in verse.

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