The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

Danny North knew from early childhood that his family was different, and that he was different from them. While his cousins were learning how to create the things that commoners called fairies, ghosts, golems, trolls, werewolves, and other such miracles that were the heritage of the North family, Danny worried that he would never show a talent, never form an outself.

He grew up in the rambling old house, filled with dozens of cousins, and aunts and uncles, all ruled by his father. Their home was isolated in the mountains of western Virginia, far from town, far from schools, far from other people.

There are many secrets in the House, and many rules that Danny must follow. There is a secret library with only a few dozen books, and none of them in English — but Danny and his cousins are expected to become fluent in the language of the books. While Danny’s cousins are free to create magic whenever they like, they must never do it where outsiders might see.

Unfortunately, there are some secrets kept from Danny as well. And that will lead to disaster for the North family.

Life of Pi

When sixteen-year-old Pi Patel finds himself stranded in a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with only a menacing 450-pound Bengal tiger for company, he quickly realizes that the only way he will survive is if he makes sure the tiger is more afraid of him than he is of it. Finding strength within himself, he draws upon all of his knowledge and cunning, battles for food and shelter, overcomes storms and disasters, and, in the end, makes a peace of sorts with both tiger and ocean.

The shadow world

In the magical world of Eidolon, the evil Dodman has begun his reign of terror. Amassing an army of trolls and giants, ghost-dogs and goblins, he is determined to lay waste to the Secret Country- and destroy its Queen forever. Now Isadora must return to her own world, leaving her family behind, and lead her people against the evil Dodman.

Horrified at being left behind, Ellie follows her mother into Eidolon- and walks straight into danger.
Captured and held hostage by the Dodman, only Ben and Iggy can save her- and protect the Secret Country from becoming enslaved once more...

The exiting sequel to The Secret Country.

The house of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

Matteo Alacrán was not born he was harvested. His DNA came from El patrón, lord of the country called Opium--a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt's first cell split and divided in a petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where he continued the miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him a monster--except for El Patrón. El Patrón loves matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself.

As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patrón's power hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards. Escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. but escape from the Alácran Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't even suspect.

The zombie survival guide

Top 10 lessons for surviving a zombie attack: 1. organize before they rise 2.They feel no fear, why should you? 3. Use you're head: cut off theirs 4. Blades don't need reloading 5. Ideal protections = tight clothes, short hair 6. Get up the stair case, then destroy it 7. get out of you're car and onto a bike 8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert! 9. no place is safe, only safer 10. the zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on. This book was written by Max Brooks.

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it. It takes readers to the roots of human behavior to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before -- and survival.