Suggested Reads for 9th Grade
HungryGhost
VictoriaYing
TGNYING,V
ValerieChuisquiet,studious,andabove all,thin.Nooneknowsthatshehasbeen bingingandpurgingforyears Butwhen tragedystrikes,Valfindsherselftakinga good,hardlookatherpriorities,her choices,andherownbody.
OneofUsisLying
KarenMcManus
TMCMA,K
Whenthecreatorofahighschool gossipappmysteriouslydiesinfrontof fourhigh-profilestudents,allfour becomesuspects.It'suptothemto solvethecase
Throwback
MaureneGoo
TGOO,M
BacktotheFuturemeetsTheJoyLuck
ClubinthisYAcontemporaryromance aboutaKoreanAmericangirlsentback tothe’90sto(reluctantly)helpher teenagemomwinHomecoming Queen.
Slip
MarikaMcCoola
TGNMCCO,M
Ayoungpotterystudentfindsherartistic voiceandfirstloveatanartcamp,while alsocopingwithfeelingsofguiltand worryaboutherbestfriend,whorecently attemptedsuicide.
Gilded
MarissaMeyer
TMEYE,M
Longagocursedbythegodoflies,apoor miller'sdaughterhasdevelopedatalent forspinningstories WhenoneofSerilda's talesdrawstheattentionofthesinister Erlking,heordersSerildatocompletethe impossibletaskofspinningstrawinto gold,orbekilledfortellingfalsehoods.
InvisibleSon
KimJohnson
TJOHN,K
Afterspendingtwomonthsinajuvenile detentioncenterforacrimehedidnot commit seventeen-year-oldAndre Jacksonreturnshomeandtriestoadapt toaCovid-19worldandfindhismissing bestfriend.
LastSunriseinEterna
AmparoOrtiz
TORTI,A
Scavengingandsellingelfcorpsesto supportherfamily,seventeen-year-old gothSevimfindsachanceencounter withanelfprincesettingherrevengein motionandmustenterthemagical elvenrealmwhereherfateislinkedto someonesheleastexpected
BloodDebts
TerryJ.Benton-Walker
TBENT,T
Sixteen-year-oldtwinsClementand Cristinafeellostaftertheirfather's death,butfindanewsenseofpurpose astheyworktoquelltherisingtensions betweenNewOrleans'smagicandnonmagiccommunitiesandfindoutwho cursedtheirmother
AsYouWalkonBy
JulianWinters
TWINT,J
Afteradisastrouspromposalataparty, seventeen-year-oldTheohasan existentialcrisisinanemptybedroom, butasthenightprogresses,various classmatesalsoseekrefugefromthe party,andTheofindsheisnotasalone ashethinksheis.