Michigan City Public Library

Michigan City, Indiana
Reader's Advisory
Teens

• Caroline Cooney

• Lurlene McDaniel

• Gary Paulsen

• Harry Potter

• R.L. Stine - Goosebumps

• J.R.R. Tolkien

Caroline Cooney
(Mystery/Thriller)

Try:
Avi ~ Wolf Rider
Jenny Carroll
Richie Tankersley Cusick
Kate Daniel
Lois Duncan
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Virginia Hamilton
Diane Hoh
Frances A. Miller
Joan Lowery Nixon
Daniel Parker ~ Wessex Papers
Christopher Pike ~ The Last Act
Willo Davis Roberts ~ Hostage / Nightmare / Scared Stiff
Patricia H. Rushford ~ The Jennie McGrady Series
Sandra Scopperttone ~ Playing Murder
Gloria Skurzynski ~ Mysteries in National Parks Series
Theodore Taylor ~ The Wierdo
Betty Ren Wright

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Lurlene McDaniel
(Teenage Trials & Tribulations)

Try:
Joan Abelove
Kate Banks ~ Walk Softly Rachel
Edward Bloor ~ Tangerine / Crusader
Judy Blume ~ Tiger Eyes
Eve Bunting ~ A Sudden Silence
Robert Cormier
Sharon Creech
Chris Crutcher
Kelly Easton ~ The Life History of a Star
Lynne Ewing ~ Drive-By / Party Girl
Jean Ferris ~ Invincible Summer / Of Sound Mind
Paul Fleischman
Barbara Snow Gilbert
Judith Guest ~ Ordinary People
Daniel Hayes ~ Flyers / The Trouble with Lemons / Eye of the Beholder
Kimberly Willis Holt ~ Keeper of the Night
Davida Wills Hurwin ~ The Farther You Run / A Time for Dancing
Angela Johnson ~ Heaven / Toning the Sweep
Madeline L'Engle
Lois Lowry ~ A Summer to Die / Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye
Carolyn MacCullough ~ Falling Through Darkness
Tracy Mack ~ Birdland / Drawing Lessons
Harry Mazer ~ When the Phone Rang
Norma Fox Mazer
Han Nolan
Wendy Orr ~ Peeling the Onion
Richard Peck ~ Remembering the Good Times
Susan Beth Pfeffer ~ The Year without Michael
Rodman Philbrick ~ Freak the Mighty
Cynthia Rylant
Dyan Sheldon ~ My Perfect Life / Save the Last Dance for Me
Judy Waite ~ Shopaholic
Sally Warner ~ A Long Time Ago Today / Sort of Forever
Lee Weatherly ~ Child X
Gloria Whelan ~ A Time to Keep Silent
Paul Zindel

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Gary Paulsen
(Adventure/Survival)

Try:
Gary L. Blackwood ~ Wild Timothy
Eve Bunting ~ Jumping the Nail
Caroline Cooney ~ Flight #116 is Down
Joe Cottonwood ~ Quake!
Thomas J. Dygard ~ Wilderness Peril
Jean Craighead George
Will Hobbs
Terry Hokenson ~ The Winter Road
Victor Kelleher ~ Rescue!
Gordon Korman ~ Dive Trilogy / Everest Trilogy / Island Trilogy
Jack London
John Marsden
Ardath Mayhar ~ Medicine Walk
Farley Mowat ~ Lost in the Barrens
Scott O'Dell ~ Black Star, Bright Dawn
Joan Phipson ~ The Cats / Hit and Run / The Way Home
Arthur Roth ~ Avalanche / The Castaway / Iceberg Hermit / Trapped
Ivy Ruckman ~ Night of the Twisters / No Way Out
Elizabeth George Speare ~ Sign of the Beaver
Todd Strasser
Theodore Taylor ~ Sniper
Pieter Van Raven ~ Pickle and Price
Eric Walters ~ Stranded
Gloria Whelan ~ The Secret Keeper
Robb White ~ Deathwatch / Fire Storm
Rudy Wiebe ~ The Mad Trapper

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Harry Potter

Try:
Joan Aiken
Lloyd Alexander ~ Prydain Chronicles
Lynne Reid Banks
Susan Cooper ~ Dark is Rising Series
Zizou Corder ~ Lionboy
Diane Duane ~ Young Wizards Series
Catherine Fisher
Brian Jacques
Diana Wynne Jones
Sherryl Jordan
Mercedes Lackey ~ Heralds of Valdemar Trilogy
Kathryn Lasky ~ The Guardians of Ga'Hoole Series
Madeline L'Engle
Ursula Le Guin
C.S. Lewis - Chronicles of Narnia
Jenny Nimmo ~ Charlie Bone Series
Garth Nix ~ Keys to the Kingdom Series
Meredith Pierce ~ Darkangel Trilogy
Tamora Pierce
Philip Pullman
Lemony Snicket
Kate Thompson
Elizabeth Winthrop
Patricia Wrede ~ Enchanted Forest Chronicles
Laurence Yep ~ The Dragons of the Sea
Jane Yolen ~ Pit Dragon Trilogy

Links:
Harry Potter Scholastic Page

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R.L. Stine
(Horror)

Try:
Lynn Beach
John Bellairs
Bruce Coville
Carol Ellis
Mary Downing Hahn
Ann Hodgman
Diana Wynne Jones
Peg Kehret
Willo Davis Roberts
William Sleator
Tom B. Stone ~ Graveyard School series
Betty Ren Wright

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J.R.R. Tolkien

Try:
T.A. Barron ~ The Lost Years of Merlin
Terry Brooks ~ The Shanarra Series
David Eddings
Terry Goodkind ~ The Sword of Truth series
Brian Jacques
Robert Jordan ~ The Wheel of Time
Guy Gavriel Kay ~ The Fionavar Tapestry
Katherine Kerr ~ The Deverry
Mercedes Lackey ~ Valdemar Series
Dennis McKiernan ~ The Iron Tower Trilogy
C.S. Lewis - Chronicles of Narnia
Elizabeth Moon ~ The Deeds of the Paksenarrion
Tad Williams
Patricia Wrede ~ Enchanted Forest Chronicles

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