Inspired to Read: Among the Hidden

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Among the Hidden

Among the Hidden
by Margaret Peterson Haddix (2000)
The beginning of a series (7? 8 books?) dealing with a government limiting families to 2 children and controlling the food supply... what happens when the extra/illegal children revolt? Adventure plus discussions of personal freedom...
connections: The Giver, Anne Frank

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on the shelf so far...

101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher, L. Wardlaw
A Friend Called Anne, J. van Maarsen
A Single Shard, L. Park
A Year Down Yonder, R. Peck
Adolf: A Tale of the Twentieth Century, O. Tezuka
After Tupac & D Foster, J. Woodson
Airman, E. Colfer
Among the Hidden, M. Haddix
An Innocent Soldier, J. Holub
Autobiography of My Dead Brother, W.D. Meyers
Babe and Me, D. Gutman
Bat 6, V. Wolff
Because of Winn-Dixie, K. DiCamillo
Blubber, J. Blume
Brian's Winter, G. Paulsen
Bud, Not Buddy, C. Curtis
By The Great Horn Spoon, S. Fleischman
Call it Courage, A. Sperry
Catherine, Called Birdy, K. Cushman
Charley Skedaddle, P. Beatty
Chasing Vermeer, B. Balliett
Coraline, N. Gaiman
Crash, J. Spinelli
Deathnote vols. 1-12, T. Ohba
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, J. Kinney
Dobry, M. Shannon
Doppleganger Chronicles #1, G.P. Taylor
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, J. Sonnenblick
Eggs, J. Spinelli
Farmer Boy, L. Ingalls Wilder
Follow My Leader, J. Garfield
Freak the Mighty, R. Philbrick
Frindle, A. Clements
From the Mixed Up Files... Frankenweiler, EL Konigsberg
FullMetal Alchemist, H. Arakawa
Gathering Blue, L. Lowry
George's Secret Key to the Universe, L. & S. Hawking
Gossamer, L. Lowry
Guts, G. Paulsen
Hatchet, G. Paulsen
Henry and Ribsy, B. Cleary
Here Lies the Librarian, R. Peck
Hiroshima, L. Yep
Holes, L. Sachar
Honus and Me, D. Gutman
Horns & Wrinkles, J. Helgerson
How To Eat Fried Worms, T. Rockwell
HP and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling
I am the Messenger, M. Zusak
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly, J. Hansen
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, B.B. Lord
Jack and the Giant, J. Harris
Jackie and Me, D. Gutman
Jim the Boy, T. Earley
Jimi & Me, J. Adolf
Johnny and the Dead, T. Pratchett
Johnny Tremain, E. Forbes
Junie B., First Grader, B. Park
Kenny and the Dragon, T. DiTerlizzi
King of the Wind, M. Henry
kira-kira, C. Kadohata
Little House on the Prairie, L. Ingalls Wilder
Lizzy Bright and the Buckminster Boy, G. Schmidt
Losing Joe's Place, G. Korman
Love, Stargirl, J. Spinelli
Lydie, K. Paterson
Manic Magee, J. Spinelli
Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers
Max the Mighty, R. Philbrick
Me Oh Maya, J. Scieszka
Messenger, L. Lowry
Miss Hickory, C.S. Bailey
Missing May, C. Rylant
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, R. O'Brien
My Brother Sam is Dead, JL & C Collier
My Father's Dragon, R. Stiles Gannet
My Last Skirt, L. Durrant
My Mom the Pirate, S. French
My Side of the Mountain, J.C. George
Number the Stars, L. Lowry
Onion John, J. Krumgold
Only You Can Save Mankind, T. Pratchett
Pictures of Hollis Woods, P. Giff
R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIHM, J. Conly
Ramona and Her Father, B. Cleary
Red Ridin' in the Hood, P. Marcantonio
Ribsy, B. Cleary
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, M. Taylor
Runaway Ralph, B. Cleary
S. Crane's Red Badge of Courage, W. Vansant
Sarah Bishop, S. O'Dell
Sarah, Plain and Tall, P. MacLachlan
Skulduggery Pleasant, D. Landy
Sky Horizon, D. Brin
Small Steps, L. Sachar
Sounder, W. Armstrong
Specials, S. Westerfield
Stargirl, J. Spinelli
Super Fudge, J. Blume
Tales of Beedle the Bard, JK Rowling
Tangerine, E. Bloor
The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian, S. Alexie
The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey, ?
The Alchemyst, M. Scott
The Anybodies, N.E. Bode
The Black Pearl, S. O'Dell
The Book Thief, M. Zusak
The Bubble, B. McClure
The Cay, T. Taylor
The Crossroads, C. Grabenstein
The End, L. Snicket
The Friendship, M. Taylor
The Giant Rat of Sumatra, S. Fleischman
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow, A. Turner
The Girl Who Could Fly, V. Forester
The Giver, L. Lowry
The Golden Compass, P. Pullman
The Good, The Bad, and the Goofy, J. Scieszka
The Graveyard Book, N. Gaiman
The Grey King, S. Cooper
The Higher Power of Lucky, S. Patron
The Incredible Journey, S. Burnford
The Journal of Biddy Owens, W.D. Meyers
The Journal of James Edmund Pease, J. Murphy
The Journal of Joshua Loper, W.D. Meyers
The Looking Glass Wars, F. Beddor
The Magician's Elephant, K. DiCamillo
The Matchlock Gun, W.D. Edmonds
The Merchant of Death (Pendragon Series, Book 1), D.J. MacHale
The Middle of Somewhere, J.B. Cheaney
The Midwife's Apprentice, K. Cushman
The Mouse and the Motorcycle, B. Cleary
The Nobodies, N.E. Bode
The Number Devil, H. Enzenberger
The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs, B. Birney
The Sisters Grimm, M. Buckley
The Slave Dancer, P. Fox
The Tale of Despereaux, K. DiCamillo
The Wall, P. Sis
The Wednesday Wars, G. Schmidt
The Well, M. Taylor
The Westing Game, E. Raskin
The Whipping Boy, S. Fleischman
The Wind in the Willows, K. Grahame
Thimble Summer, E. Enright
Things Hoped For, A. Clements
Things Not Seen, A. Clements
Timothy of the Cay, T. Taylor
Trollbridge, Yolen & Stemple
Tuck Everlasting, N. Babbitt
Uglies, S. Westerfield
When You Reach Me, R. Stead
Whirligig, P. Fleischman
Winter Danger, W. Steele
Yellow Star, J. Roy
Yolanda's Genius, C. Fenner
You Wouldn't Want to Be a..., D. Antram
Zen Shorts, J. Muth
Zia, S. O'Dell

All-Time Favorites, up on the Grown-up Shelf

Angel of Darkness, Caleb Carr
Beloved, Toni Morrison
Bluebeard, Kurt Vonnegut
Cannery Row, John Steinbeck
Catch-22, Joseph Heller
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Hitchhiker's Guide..., Douglas Adams
Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry
Love in the Time..., G.G. Marquez
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
One Hundred Years..., G.G. Marquez
Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
Princess Bride, William Goldman
Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut
Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner
Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Among the Hidden

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