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List of universal book proposals from students

Classics

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
215 Pages
Reading level: 6.0
Interest level: 9-12
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Paperback: 208 pages
Reading level: 6.4
Interest level: UG
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Paperback: 311 pages
Reading Level: 5.4
Interest Level: 9-12
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Paperback: 240 pages
Interest Level: Gr 10-12
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
306 Pages
Reading level: 6.6
Interest level: UG
The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Paperback: 156 pages
Reading Level: 6.0
Interest Level: UG 9-12

Fiction

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Publication Date: 2015-06-02

352 Pages
Reading Level: 6.5
Interest Level: UG
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
344 pages
Reading level: 3.6
Interest level: MG+ (15 year old main character)
The Martian: Classroom Edition by Andy Weir
Publication Date: 2016-05-03

400 Pages
Reading Level: 5.4
Interest Level: UG
Lovely War by Julie Berry
Age Range: 12 - 17 years
Grade Level: 7 - 9
Hardcover: 480 pages
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
464 pages
Reading level: 3.9
Interest level: UG
Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger
304 Pages
Reading Level: 4.7
Interest Level: Gr 7-9
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Publication Date: 2018-02-20

470 Pages
Reading level: 5.7
Interest level: UG
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Publication Date: 2011-04-05

451 pages
Reading level: 4.4
Interest level: UG

Nonfiction

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover (Contribution by)
334 Pages
Reading Level: 6.4
Interest Level: UG
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai; Christina Lamb (As told to)
230 Pages
Reading level: 5.9
Interest level: MG
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson; Chris Bonington (Foreword by)
Publication Date: February 3, 2004

218 pages
Interest Level: Adult
Imperfect by Jim Abbott; Tim Brown
320 pages
Reading Level: 6.9
Interest Level: MG+ 6 and up
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
352 pages
Interest Level: YA
ALEX FERGUSON My Autobiography by Alex Ferguson
416 pages
Interest Level: Adult

Books that didn't make the cut ...

Star Wars: Darth Plagueis

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Horton Hears a Who

Dante’s Inferno

The Outsiders

Harry Potter

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century

Shakespearean Star Wars: Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge

Hunger Games

The Book Thief

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