Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena- Simple and beautiful…a message of finding joy and beauty no matter your circumstances in life.  Last Stop on Market Street gives children opportunities to have rich conversations and to see their world with new eyes. 

The 5^th Wave by Rick Yancy – This sci-fi thriller kept me up at night, chilling in how real it felt. Yancy begins the story of world domination by aliens after it has already begun, smack in the middle of the devastation and despair. We follow our heroine Cassie through the nightmare of human lives lost, and hope lost as well. Will humanity survive the 5^th wave?  Get this book for your sci-fi lovers!!!  A must have for your class library.