• Artemis Fowl - Colfer
• Bad Boy by Walter Myers
• Chicken Soup books(especially the sports ones)
• Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman (heroic fantasy series)
• Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson
• Forever Gordy
• Gary Pauklsen's fiction (survival in the wilderness themes)
• Honus and Me by Dan Gutman
• Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
• Nothing But Truth by Avi
• Oddballs by William Sleaton
• Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett
• Silent to the Bone E.L Koningsburg
• Steal Away Home by Ruby
• Tangerine by Edward Bloor
• The Chocolate War- Cormier
• The Man Who Loved Clowns by Wood
• Tiger Rising by Kate Di Cammillo
• Time Warp Trio books
• Watchmen by Alan Moore
• Watsons Go To Birmingham by Chris Curtis