Teen Book Recommendations

Middle School Book Recommendations: 

• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
• The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• Defending Jacob by William Landay
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• The Store-House of Wonder and Astonishment by Sherry Rind
• Sweat: A History of Exercise by Bill Hayes
• Medusa by Jessie Burton

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High School Book Recommendations: 

• Isaac Asimov Novels
• Educated By Tara Westover
• If I Tell You The Truth by Jasmin Kaur
• Travels with Charley in Search of America
• Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
• A Step From Heaven by An Na
• Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
• Open by Andre Agassi
• Unbroken By Laura Hillenbrand
• Gangster Warlords by Ioan Grillo
• Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
• Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby Warrick
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• The Road to Freedom by Timothy Snyder
• Our Inner Ape by Frans de Waal
• The Culture series by Iain M. Banks
• The Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov
• The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
• Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos
• Congo: The Epic History of a People by David Van Reybrouck
• Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
• Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil
• The Death of Reginald Perrin by David Nobbs
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• Paradise Lost by John Milton
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• The Hate U Give By Angie Thomas
• The Call of the Wild by Jack London
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
• My Ántonia by Willa Cather
• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
• As A Man Thinketh By James Allen
• Brave New World By Aldous Huxley
• Our Inner Ape By Frans De Waal
• Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck
• Thinking Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman
• Age Of Ambition By Evan Osnos
• Weapons Of Math Destruction By Cathy O’Neil
• Guns, Germs, And Steel By Jared Diamond
• The Sixth Extinction By Elizabeth Kolbert
• Congo By David Van Reybrouck
• Gangster Warlords By Joan Grillo
• Enlightenment Now By Steven Pinker
• Black Flags – The Rise of ISIS By Ioby Warrick
• Life Of Pi By Yann Martel
• Ender’s Game By Orson Scott Card
• Enrique’s Journey By Sonia Nazario
• Neverwhere By Neil Gaiman
• We Were Here By Matt De La Pena

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Book Reviews by Teens: 

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Watch with Family: Middle School: 

• Jojo Rabbit
• Jerry Maguire
• Apollo 13
• Rocky
• Rocky 2
• Forest Gump
• Hoosiers
• Remember the Titans
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Any of the Pixar Movies
• Good Will Hunting
• Saving Private Ryan
• Biggest Little Farm
• Green Book
• The Martian
• Bourne Identity
• Stand by Me
• Mr. Rogers
• Blind Side
• Akeelah and the Bee
• Queen of Katwe

Coming of Age and High School: 

Please take your parents permission before you watch, thank you.

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• 23 Movies Everyone Needs To See In Their Teens:
  https://www.buzzfeed.com/eleanorbate/a-tribute-to-john-hughes
• Moneyball
• Searching for Bobby Fischer
• The Hurt Locker
• Dead Poets Society
• Shawshank Redemption
• Walter Mitty
• The Truman Show
• Friday Night Lights
• Legally Blonde
• Men in Black
• 13 Going on 30
• Can’t Buy Me Love
• North Face
• The Impossible
• Mr. Holland’ Opus
• Cinema Paradiso
• Food Chef
• Pay it Forward
• Woodlawn
• The Sandlot
• Stand By Me
• Little Boy
• McFarland, USA
• If you could see what I hear
• Love Rosie
• The Good Lie
• Begin Again
• St Vincent
• Miracle on Ice
• Million Dollar Arm
• Forever Strong
• The Power of One
• October Sky
• Invictus
• Drum Line
• Eddie the Eagle
• Perks of Being a Wallflower
• God’s Not Dead
• Glory Road
• When the Game Stands Tall
• 5 People you meet in Heaven
• The Emperors Club
  Boyhood
• The Way, Way Back
• Marvelous
• Victory
• Hoosiers
• Draft Day
• Perfect Game
• Bridge of Spies
• The Finest Hour
• About Time
• Me and Earl and The Dying Girl
• The Ultimate Gift
• The Ultimate Life
• The Rookie
• Life of Pi
• 16 Candles
• Ferris Bueller
• When the Game Stands Tall
• The Intouchables
• Memphis Blues

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