Entering Grade 9

HUMOR

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Snoop
​by Gordon Korman
Carter's stuck at home with two broken legs (ask him about his screen time) and starts to watch the live feeds from police cameras around town. He quickly becomes obsessed and also, a bit of a sleuth. But what will happen when the people he's been watching find out? They know where he lives. And everyone knows he can't leave.
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
This is (supposedly) Goldman's shorter version of "just the good parts" of a much longer (fictional) epic. There are adventure, murder, pirates, swordplay, torture, and a little romance. You (or your older family members) may have seen the movie. Now read the book and get to know your favorite characters (Fizzik, Inigo, Buttercup, and Westley) even better!
Messy Roots
by Laura Gao
After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where her hometown is as foreign as Mars—at least until 2020, when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name. (graphic novel)
Yu Yu Hakusho series
by Yoshihiro Togashi 
Yusuke Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life...by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn't know what to do with him, so it gave him a second chance at life. Now, Yusuke is a ghost with a mission, performing good deeds at the behest of Botan, the spirit guide of the dead, and Koenma, her pacifier-sucking boss from the "other side." But what strange things await him on the borderline between life and death? (manga) 
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
​by Ben Phillipe
Plunked into a new high school in Texas, Norris finds himself cataloging everyone he meets: the Cheerleaders, the Jocks, and the Loners. Making friends has never been a priority for him, and this way he can at least amuse himself until it’s time to go back to Canada, where he belongs.
You're the One that I Want
by Simon James Green
​Freddie is unremarkable - too unremarkable. He doesn't stand out in any way, and in fact teachers and fellow students keep forgetting who he is. So he decides on a new life philosophy, he will say "yes" to every experience that comes his way. 
An Abundance of Katherines
 by John Green
Colin has dated (and been dumped by)19 girls named Katherine. In order to understand The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, he takes a road trip with his best friend.
Denton Little’s Deathdate
by Lance Rubin
A darkly humorous story about a world in which we are born knowing your own date of death, and how that changes the way one man chooses to live.
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