Thematic Collection

THEME

GENRE

Links to each theme

thats useful as teachers

Love:
Orbiting Jupiter by: Gary
D. Schmidt

Fiction

Love Theme Link

Tombquest: Book of The

Dead by: Michael
Northrop
Romiette and Julio by:
Sharon M. Draper
Delirium by: Lauren
Oliver
Hope:
A Wrinkle in Time by:
Madeleine L'Engle

Interactive Lit,
Action
Adventure
Realistic Fiction

Endgame by: James Frey

The Revolt of Mother
by: Mary E. Wilkins
Pretty Monsters by: Kelly
Link
Buried Onions: Gary Soto
Unwind by: Neal
Shusterman
The President Has Been
Shot! by: James L.
Swanson
Choices/Decisions:

Interactive, Fiction
Fictional Short Story

Most Dangerous: Daniel

Ellsberg and the Secret
History of the Vietnam
War by: Steve Sheinkin
Surrounded by Sharks by:
Michael Northrop
When I was the Greatest
by: Jason Reynolds
Trust/Honesty:

Non-Fiction

Pearls Fateful Wish by:

Jeanne DuPrau

Fiction

Famous Last Words by:

Katie Alender

Adventure, Murder/
Mystery

Other
Resources

Science Fiction
Hope Theme Link
Realistic Fiction

Short Story, Fiction

General Fiction
Science Fiction
Memoir
Choices/Decisions
Theme Link
Choices/Decisi
ons Theme
Link

Action
YA Fiction
Trust/Honesty
Theme Link

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The Curiosities by:
Maggie Stiefvater
Stranger things Happen
by: Kelly Link
Miss Peregrines Home for
Peculiar Children by:
Ransom Riggs
Ringside, 1925 by: Jen
Bryant
Death/Loss
Symphony for the city of
the Dead: Dimitri
Shostakovich and the
Siege of Leningrad by:
M.T. Anderson
A Monster Calls by:
Patrick Ness
The Honest Truth by: Dan
Gemeinhart
Bridge to Terabithia by:
Katherine Paterson
Mockingbird by: Kathryn
Erskine
Athletic shorts: Six Short
Stories, Goin Fishin by:
Chris Crutcher
Walk Two Moons by:
Sharon Creech
Thirteen Reasons Why by:
Jay Asher
Fear:
Skeleton Creek by:
Patrick Carman
Tangerine by: Edward
Bloor
Journey:
The Curious Incident of
the Dog in the Night-Time
by: Mark Haddon
Titanic Voices From The
Disaster by: Deborah
Hopkinson
Trackers by: Patrick
Carman

Fiction
Fiction
Supernatural
Historical Fiction
Death Theme Link
Non-fiction

Fantasy
Adventure
Realistic Fiction
Fiction
Fiction, Short Story
Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Fear Theme Link
Mystery

Fear Theme Link

YA Fiction
Journey Theme Link
Mystery
Non-Fiction
Fiction

Journey Theme
Link

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Bootleg, Murder,
Moonshine, and the
Lawless Years of
Prohibition by: Karen
Blumenthal
Ill Give you the Sun by:
Jandy Nelson
The Detectives Assistant
by: Kate Hannigan

Non-Fiction

Paper Hearts by: Meg

Wiviott
Identity:
The Face on the Milk
Carton: Caroline B.
Cooney
Friends with Boys by:
Faith Erin Hicks
13 Little Blue Envelopes
by: Maureen Johnson
I Hunt Killers by: Barry
Lyga
Class Dismissed by: Mel
Glenn
The Secrets of Lily
Graves by: Sarah
Strohmeyer
Tomboy by: Liz Prince
Emotions:
Another Reason Why I
Dont Keep a Gun in the
House by: Billy Collins
The Night the Ghost Got
In by: James Thurber
A father and His Son by:
Mel Glenn
Bamboo People by: Mitali
Perkins
Strength:
Making a First by: Naomi
Shihab Nye
a girl named jack by:
Jacqueline Woodson

Historical NonFiction

I Hear America Singing

Poetry

Realistic Fiction
Fiction

Identity Theme Link

YA Realistic Fiction
Fiction, Graphic
Novel
Adventure
Thriller
Fiction, Poetry
Romance/Mystery
Memoir
Emotions Theme Link
Poetry/Fiction

Emotions Theme
Link

Humor, Short Story

Poetry, Fiction
Fiction
Strength Theme Link
Poetry/Fiction
Poetry, Fiction

Thematic Collection
by: Walt Whitman
Shadowshaper by: Daniel
Jose Older
Immortality:
Midwinterblood by:
Marcus Segwick
The Crossover by:
Kwame Alexander
Words Have Meaning:
All The Broken Pieces by:
Ann E. Burg

Science Fiction
Immortality Theme Link
Fantasy
Fiction
Words Theme Link
Fiction

Imprisoned by: Martin W. Non-Fiction

Sandler
Positive by: Paige Rawl & Memoir
Ali Benjamin
Revelations by: Kathi
Appelt
Society:
The Rithmatist by:
Brandon Sanderson
The Nazi Hunters by:
Neal Bascomb
The Family Romanov by:
Candace Fleming
Awkward by: Svetlana
Chmakova
Pastoralia by: George
Saunders
The Giver by: Lois Lowry
Anyas Ghost by: Vera
Brosgol
Imagination:
The Phantom Tollbooth
by: Norton Juster
The Game of Boys and
Monsters by: Rachel M.
Wilson
Anne of Green Gables by:
L.M. Montgomery
The Wish by: Roald Dahl
Crack of the Boat by: Mel
Glenn
Equality:

Poetry
Society Theme Link
Adventure/Fantasy
Juvenile Non-Fiction
Non-fiction, Memoir
Teen Comedy Comics
Non-Fiction
Classic, Utopian Fiction
Supernatural Fiction
Imagination Theme Link
Fantasy
Short Story, Fiction
Juvenile Literature
Short Story, Fiction
Poetry
Equality Theme Link

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Earth Girl by: Janet

Edwards
Song of the Sparrow by:
Lisa Ann Sandell
Black and White by: Paul
Volponi
Power:
Battling Boy by: Paul
Pope
The House of the
Scorpion by: Nancy
Farmer
Number the Stars by: Lois
Lowry
Making Assumptions:

Science Fiction

Speak up by: Janet S.

Wong
Code Talker by: Joseph
Bruchac
Through The Woods by:
Emily Carroll
Family:
Paperboy by: Vince
Vawter
The Caged Graves by:
Dianne K. Salerni
Brown Girl Dreaming by:
Jacqueline Woodson
The Lost Boy by: Greg
Ruth
Roller Girl by: Victoria
Jamieson
El Deafo by: Cece Bell
Inside Out and Back
Again by: Thanhha Lai
Cardboard by: Doug
TenNapel
Three Times Lucky by:
Sheila Turnage
The Missed Trip by: S.E.
Hinton
We Were Liars by: E.
Lockhart

Poetry

YA Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Power Theme Link
Action
Science Fiction
Classic Novel
Making Assumptions
Theme Link
Historical Fiction
Horror
Family Theme Link
Memoir
Action/Adventure/
Romance/Historical
Memoir/Biography/Poetr
y
Mystery, Suspense
Fantasy
Fiction
Memoir
Fiction
Fiction, Fantasy
Fiction
Memoir
Action/Adventure

Thematic Collection

Nothing Can Possibly Go

Wrong by: Prudence Shen
& Faith Erin Hicks

Fiction

Since Youve Been Gone

by: Morgan Matson
Prejudice:
The Westing Game by:
Ellen Raskin
American Born Chinese
by: Gene Luen Yang
Race: A History Beyond
Black and White by: Marc
Aronson
The Skin Im In by:
Sharon G. Flake
Getting Away with
Murder: The True Story of
Emmett Till Case by:
Chris Crowe
The Outsiders by: S.E.
Hinton
Audacity by: Melanie
Crowder
Handful of Stars by:
Cynthia Lord
Judgment:
Not For Humans by:
Cassandra Clare
George by: Alex Gino
Courage Has No Color
by: Tanya Lee Stone
Change:
Burning The Old Year by:
Naomi Shihab Nye
Taking Things Apart by:
Ralph Fletcher
Eleven by: Sandra
Cisneros
First Grade by: Ron
Koertge
Historical:
Day of Tears by: Julius
Lester

Adventure/Romance
Prejudice Theme Link
Mystery
Fiction, Graphic Novel
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Non-Fiction Memoir

YA Fiction
Historical Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Judgment Theme Link
Fantasy
Realistic Fiction
Non-Fiction
Change Theme Link
Poetry
Poetry
Fiction
Poem
Historical Theme Link
Historical Fiction

Thematic Collection

Bomb: The Race to Build- Non-Fiction

And Steal-The Worlds
Most Dangerous Weapon
by: Steve Sheinkin
Surviving Hitler: A Boy in Non-Fiction
the Nazi Death Camps by:
Andrea Warren
Coming of Age:
The House on Mango
Street by: Sandra Cisneros
Fever 1793 by: Laurie
Halse
Firegirl by: Tony Abbott
Doll Bones by: Holly
Black
Unfriended by: Rachel
Vail
Uglies by: Scott
Westerfeld
Another Day by: J.W.
Murphy
Childhood Games by: Mel
Glenn
What My Mother Doesnt
Know by: Sonya Sones
Overcoming Adversity:

Realistic Fiction

Endangered by: Eliot

Schrefer

YA Novel

The Star by: H.G. Wells

Scrawl by: Mark Shulman

Short Story, Fiction

Non-fiction, Journals

A Night Divided by:

Jennifer A. Neilson

Historical Fiction

Coming of Age Theme

Link
Coming of Age
Theme Link

Historical Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Science Fiction
Poetry
Poetry
Fiction
Overcoming Adversity
Theme Link
Overcoming
Adversity Theme
Link

Memoir
The Boy on the Wooden
Box by: Leon Leyson
Friendship:
Swagger by: Carl Deuker
Popular: Vintage Wisdom
For a Modern Geek by:
Maya Van Wagenen
In Real Life by: Cory

Friendship Theme Link

Fiction
Memoir
Fiction

Thematic Collection
Doctorow& jen Wang
Far Far Away by: Tom
McNeal
The Chocolate War by:
Robert Cormier
Lost in the Sun by: Lisa
Graff
V is for Villain by: Peter
Moore
The Eye of Minds by:
James Dashner
This One Summer by:
Mariko Tamaki
Bone: Eyes of the Storm
by: Jeff Smith
Dont Look Back by:
Noelle Stevenson
Nimona by: Noelle
Stevenson
Tears of a Tiger by:
Sharon M. Draper
Im Just Me by: M.G.
Higgins
The Silver Six by: A.J.
Lieberman
Straight Punch by:
Monique Polak

YA Fiction
Historical Fiction
Realistic fiction
YA, Action
YA, Science Fiction
Fiction
Graphic Novel, Fiction
Action/Adventure
Fictional Graphic Novel
Fiction
Fiction
Fantasy
Action/Fiction