Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
1 Self-Respect: Issues Books 1
A Health 1
1 Wintergirls Laurie Halse Anderson 1
2 Going Bovine Libba Bray 4
3 The Giant-Slayer Iain Lawrence 6
4 After Ever After Jordan Sonnenblick 8
5 The Spectacular Now Tim Tharp 11
B Friendship 13
1 Lock and Key Sarah Dessen 13
2 Headlong Kathe Koja 15
3 Cricket Man Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 18
4 A Map of the Known World Lisa Ann Sandell 20
5 A Little Friendly Advice Siobhan Vivian 22
C Authority 24
1 Kendra Coe Booth 24
2 War Is: Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk about War edited Marc Aronson Patty Campbell 27
3 Messed Up Janet Nichols Lynch 29
4 Baby Joseph Monninger 31
2 Balance: Contemporary Books 35
A Humor 35
1 Don't Call Me Ishmael Michael Gerard Bauer 35
2 The Possibilities of Sainthood Donna Freitas 37
3 Suite Scarlett Maureen Johnson 40
4 Zen and the Art of Faking It Jordan Sonnenblick 42
5 Smiles to Go Jerry Spinelli 44
B Hard Work 47
1 Airhead Meg Cabot 47
2 The Last Exit to Normal Michael Harmon 49
3 The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks E. Lockhart 51
4 Same Difference Siobban Vivian 53
5 This Full House Virginia Euwer Wolff 56
C Fair Play 58
1 Box Out John Coy 58
2 Gym Candy Carl Deuker 61
3 Dairy Queen Trilogy Catherine Gilbeit Murdock 63
4 Saturday Night Dirt Will Weaver 69
3 Courage: Action, Adventure, and Survival Novels 73
A Perseverance 73
1 Year of the Horse Justin Allen 73
2 Peril on the Sea Michael Cadnum 76
3 Hunger Games Trilogy Suzanne Collins 78
4 The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones Helen Hemphill 84
5 Lockdown: Escape from Furnace Alexander Gordon Smith 86
6 Test William Sleator 88
B Generosity 91
1 Once Morris Gleitzman 91
2 Sunrise over Fallujah Walter Dean Myers 93
3 Nation Terry Pratchett 95
4 Revolver Marcus Sedgwick 97
5 Peak Roland Smith 100
6 Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Nahoko Uehashi 102
7 Into the Volcano Don Wood 104
4 Problem Solving: Mystery and Suspense Novels 109
A Conscience 109
1 What I Saw and How I Lied Judy Blundell 109
2 Black Rabbit Summer Kevin Brooks 112
3 Bog Child Siobhan Dowd 114
4 Gentlemen Michael Northrop 116
5 Chasing Lincoln's Killer James Swanson 118
B Dependability 121
1 Peeled Joan Bauer 121
2 Cold Skin Steven Herrick 123
3 Jellicoe Road Melina Marchetta 125
4 The Boxer and the Spy Robert B. Parker 128
5 Eye of the Crow Shane Peacock 130
C Loyalty 132
1 Shift Jennifer Bradbury 132
2 Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times L. Brittney 135
3 A Curse Dark as Gold Elizabeth C. Bunce 137
4 Paper Towns John Green 139
5 Getting the Girl: A Guide to Private Investigation, Surveillance, and Cookery Susan Juby 141
5 Imagination: Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Paranormal Novels 145
A Natural Talents 145
1 The Unnameables Ellen Booraem 145
2 Inkdeath Cornelia Funke 148
3 Snakehead Ann Halam 150
4 Princess Ben Catherine Gilbert Murdock 152
5 Storyteller Edward Myers 155
6 Birthmarked Caragh M. O'Brian 157
7 Here Lies Arthur Philip Reeve 159
B Nature's Power 161
1 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 161
2 Timelock: Book III David Klass 163
3 The Carbon Diaries, 2015 Saci Lloyd 166
4 Melting Stones Tamora Pierce 168
5 The Skinjaeker Trilogy Neal Shusterman 170
6 Tales from Outer Suburbia Shaun Tan 174
7 Generation Dead Daniel Waters 176
6 Heritage: Historical Books 179
A Freedom 179
1 Chains Laurie Halse Anderson 179
2 The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation; Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves M.T. Anderson 181
3 The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom Margarita Engle 184
4 Under Siege! Three Children at the Civil War Battle for Vicksburg Andrea Warren 186
B Equality 188
1 March toward the Thunder Joseph Bruchac 188
2 Mare's War Tanita S. Davis 191
3 Crossing Stones Helen Frost 193
4 The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings Alan Gratz 195
5 Brooklyn Bridge Karen Hesse 198
C Leadership 200
1 Jim Thorpe: Original All-American Joseph Bruchac 200
2 Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith Deborah Heiligman 203
3 Claudette Colvin: Twice toward Justice Phillip Hoose 205
4 Lincoln through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extraordinary Life Martin W. Sandler 207
5 Becoming Billie Holiday Carole Boston Weatherford 210
7 Openness and Tolerance: Multiple Cultures Books 213
A Respect 213
1 The Way Joseph Bruchac 213
2 Leaving Glorytown: One Boy's Struggle under Castro Eduardo F. Calcines 216
3 Ethan, Suspended Pamela Ehrenberg 218
4 The Brothers Torres Coert Voorhees 220
B Empathy 223
1 Return to Sender Julia Alvarez 223
2 Riot Walter Dean Myers 225
3 Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China during the Cultural Revolution Moying Li 227
4 Santa Claus in Baghdad and Other Stories about Teens in the Arab World Elsa Marston 230
5 Funny How Things Change Melissa Wyatt 232
C Faith 234
1 The Truth about My Bat Mitzvah Nora Raleigh Baskin 234
2 Blessing's Bead Debby Dahl Edwardson 236
3 Diamond Willow Helen Frost 239
4 I Heard God Talking to Me: William Edmondson and His Stone Carvings Elizabeth Spires 241
5 Marcelo in the Real World Francisco X. Stork 243
Index 247
