2018 Raising Readers Reading List

Selected in January 2018, these 12 books formed the foundation of reading and discussion activities. Staff and parent participants each received individual copies.

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• American Street by Ibi Zoboi
• Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
• The Leavers by Lisa Ko
• Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
• Ready Player One by Ernest Kline
• This Was Not the Plan by Cristina Alger
• The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
• We The Animals by Justin Torres

The 2019 Reading List can be found here.