5 or 3 Short Book Summaries

Learning Goal: I’m working on a literature question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.

2 paragraph summary/analysis for 5 books listed below. NOTE: books that are 300 pages+ count as 2 books. so you can choose to do 2 summaries or 5.

1. All the Bright Places, by Jennifer Niven
2. All-American Boys, by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
3. American Born Chinese, by Gene Yuan Lang
4. An Island Like Me by Judith Ortiz Cofer
5. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
6. Ash, by Malinda Lo
7. Born Confused, by Tanuja Desai Hidier
8. Boy Meets Boy, by David Levithan
9. Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis
10. Call Me Maria, by Judith Ortiz Cofer
11. Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend, by Erika Wurth
12. Deliver Us from Evie, by M.E. Kerr
13. Everyday, by David Levithan
14. Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
15. Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowel
16. Fat Angie, by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
17. Feed, by M.T. Anderson
18. Forever, by Judy Blume
19. Give a Boy a Gun, by Todd Strasser
20. Give Me Some Truth, by Eric Gansworth
21. Hard Love & Love and Lies, by Ellen Wittlinger
22. Hearts Unbroken, by Cynthia Leitich Smith
23. Holes, by Louis Sachar
24. How It Went Down, Kekla Magoon
25. If I Ever Get Out of Here, by Eric Gansworth
26. Internment, by Samira Ahmed
27. Juliet Takes a Breath, by Gabi Rivera
28. Keeping You a Secret, by Julie Ann Peters
29. Letting Go of Bobby James, or How I Found Myself of Steam, by Valerie Hobbs
30. Marcello in the Real World, by Francisco X. Stork
31. Maus, by Art Spiegelman
32. Merci Suárez Changes Gears, by Meg Medina
33. Mercy Rule, by Tom Leveen
34. Mexican White Boy, by Matt De La Peña
35. Muckers, by Sandra Neil Wallace
36. Ninth Ward, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
37. On the Come Up, by Angie Thomas
38. Openly Straight, by Bill Konigsberg
39. Opposite of Always, by Justin A. Reynolds
40. Our Chemical Hearts, by Krystal Sutherland
41. Paper Towns, by John Green
42. Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
43. Perfect Chemistry, by Simone Elkeles
44. Piecing Me Together, by Renee Watson
45. Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo
46. Punching the Air, by Ibi Zobi and Yusef Salam
47. Rain Is Not My Indian Name, by Cynthia Leitich Smith
48. Shout, by Laurie Halse Anderson
49. Somebody’s Daughter, by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
50. Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
51. Sunrise Over Fallujah, by Walter Dean Myers
52. The Education of Margot Sanchez, by Lilliam Rivera
53. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
54. The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
55. The House You Pass Along the Way, by Jaqueline Woodson
56. The Miseducation of Cameron Post, by Emily m. Danforth
57. The Moon Within, by Aida Salazar
58. The Music of What Happens, by Bill Konigsberg
59. The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
60. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
61. The Porcupine of Truth, by Bill Konigsberg
62. The Season of Styx Malone, by Kekla Magoon
63. The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis
64. They Call Me Gúero: A Border Kid’s Poems, by David Bowles
65. Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green
66. Wake, by Lisa McMann
67. We Were Here, by Matt De La Peña
68. Weetzie Bat, by Francesca Lia Block
69. Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson
70. With the Fire on High, by Elizabeth Acevedo
71. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, Meg Medina
72. Zero, by Tom Leveen