Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos

Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan

Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg

Eggs by Jerry Spinelli

Dark Life by Kat Falls

The Spiderwick Chronicles series by T.Diterlizzi and H. Black

The Maze Runner series by James Dashner

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Al Capone Does My Shirts (series) by Gennifer Choldenko

Wonder/Auggie & Me by RJ Palacio 

Peak by Roland Smith

Lincoln's Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin

Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan

The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier

Jake & Lily by Jerry Spinelli 

El Deafo by Cece Bell 

I Survived series

Who Was series 

Suggested authors who have too many great books to list:

Jerry Spinelli

Gary Paulsen

Louis Sachar

Jack London

Andrew Clements

Gordon Korman

Carl Hiassen

Jordan Sonnenblick

SPORTS:

Dan Gutman

John Feinstein

Mike Lupica

Matt Christopher

**I will do my best to update this list with new book ideas throughout the year!**