Read-Alouds for 9th grade ------------------------- compiled by Cathy Belben (CBelben@be.wednet.edu), Burlington-Edison High School, Washington posted to YALSA-BK, April 2000 I've used the following books successfully with ninth graders in my other life as an English teacher.... Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Avi. Wolf Rider. Bennett, Jay. The Pigeon. Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War. Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham. Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy. Goldman, William. The Princess Bride. Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust. Marsden, John. So Much to Tell You. Marsden, John. Tomorrow, When the War Began. Paulson, Gary. Harris and Me. Paulson, Gary. Hatchet. Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Sachar, Louis. Holes. Thomas, Rob. Slave Day. White, Robb. Deathwatch.