This Young Adult Literature class assignment is great! My eyes were opened to a whole new world of reading treats!  The books I hope to read over the next few weeks are listed below.  I bet I'm going to read more than these, though. ( I read both of my non-fiction choices.)  Click here to read reviews.

My Young Adult Literature Reading List

#	GENRE	TITLE	AUTHOR	YEAR 2007 -present
1	Nonfiction	A. The Other Side: Teen’s guide to ghost hunting and the paranormal B. A Long Walk to Water	Gibson, Burns, Shrader Linda Sue Park	2010 2010
2	Realistic Fiction	13 Reasons Why	Jay Asher	2007
3	Graphic novel	Yummy, The Last Days Of a Southside Shorty B. A Study in Scarlett: Sherlock Holmes	G. Neri, Randy Duburke Arthur Conan Doyle,  Ian Edington	2010 2010
4	Non-Western setting	Time and Again Orchards	JiUn Yun Holly thompson	2009 2011
5	e- book (Playaway, audio, Kindle, …)	The Lightening Thief The Last Olympian	Rick Riordan Rick Riordan
6	Fantasy	A.  Ship Breaker B.  The Hunger Games	Paolo Bacigalupi Suzanne Collins	2010 2008
7	Short Story Collection	Firebirds Rising This Family is Driving me Crazy	Allison Goodman Dian Curtis Regen	2007 2009
8	2011 or 2012 Award-Winner: Printz, Sibert, Morris, Alex, Edwards, Schneider, Batchelder, or Belpre	Five Flavors of Dumb Nothing	Anthony John James Teller	2010 2010
9	Film adapted from a work of young adult literature	The Hunger Games Twilight	Suzanne Collins Stephanie Meyer