"I read not for happy endings but for new beginnings."

-Richard Peck

Currently, I am reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

Other novels I have read throughout my time at West Middle are:

4:50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie

The A. B. C. Murders by Agatha Christie

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

A Child Called "It"  by Dave Pelzer

Adventures of Blue Avenger by Norma Howe

Al Capone Does my Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg

Allegiant by Veronica Roth

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

The Appeal by John Grisham

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer

The Associate by John Grisham

The Body by Stephen King

The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Bossypants by Tina Fey

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich

The Broker by John Grisham

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

The Client by John Grisham

The Collector by John Fowles

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Confession by John Grisham

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Cruise Control by Terry Trueman

Cut by Patricia McCormick

Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan

Damage by A. M. Jenkins

The da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Deadline by Chris Crutcher

Deception Point by Dan Brown

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Ford County by John Grisham

Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling

Heat by Mike Lupica

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

House Rules by Jodi Picoult

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

The Innocent Man by John Grisham

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Jubilee by Margaret Walker

Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan

The King of Torts by John Grisham

Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser

The Kite Runner  by Khaled Hosseini

Knots in my Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli

The Last Juror by John Grisham

Lawn Boy by Gary Paulson

Level Up by Gene Luen Yang

The Last Child by John Hart

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Life, The Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams

Looking for Alaska by John Green

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Love by Toni Morrison

The Lovely Bones  by Alice Sebold

Maus by Art Spiegelman

Maus II by Art Spiegelman

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Gabrielle Zevin

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

Messenger by Lois Lowry

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson

Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli

Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Missing by Catherine MacPhail

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Monster by Walter Dean Meyers

Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Night by Elie Wiesel

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

No Promises in the Wind by Irene Hunt

Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Peeled by Joan Bauer

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Playing for Pizza by John Grisham

The Racketeer by John Grisham

The Rainmaker by John Grisham

The Restaurant at the end of the Universe by Douglas Adams

Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King

Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham

Rules by Cynthia Lord

The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin

Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton

Runaways Volume 1-7 by Brian K. Vaughn

Runner by Carl Deuker

The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge

Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs by Ron Koertge

She Said Yes by Mitsy Bernall

Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

The Sledding Hill by Chris Crutcher

Smack by Melvin Burgess

Small Steps by Lois Sachar

So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish by Douglas Adams 

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Stargirl by