This is my daughter’s 10th Grade summer reading list. There are a bunch of depressing ones.
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Chima
Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
The Maze Runner by James Dasher
Uglies by Scott Westerfield
I think the Sarah Byrnes book is about a pregnant teen.
Have you read any of these? How bad are they?
Pathfinder is a great, challenging read. It’s quite the cerebral sci fi book. The Maze Runner and Uglies are typical teenage dystopian fiction. Lots of issues of the abuse of governmental power. The Good Earth is, obviously, a classic. The others I’m not sure about.