Secondary SBCUSD Reads - September
Theme of the Month
Middle School Recommendations
Castle Crenshaw, aka "Ghost", is bullied and dealing with having a father who went to prison for attacking Ghost and his mom. His life changes when he races the fastest runner on the track team and the coach convinces him to join the team.
When a deadly plague reaches the small fish camp where he lives, an orphan named Leif is forced to take to the water in a cedar canoe. He flees northward, following a wild, fjord-riven shore, navigating from one danger to the next, unsure of his destination.
High School Recommendations
A candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of Elie Wiesel's survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps.
An achingly beautiful novel about grief, the enduring power of friendship, and the healing effects of kindness.
Marin hasn’t spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks—not even her best friend, Mabel. Now, Mabel is coming to visit, and Marin will be forced to face everything that’s been left unsaid and finally confront the loneliness that has made a home in her heart.