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When a death god accidentally drops a notebook, teenager Light finds it and discovers that simply writing someone’s name in the book will cause their death. Deciding to rid the world of evil, Light goes on a killing spree. The violent and horrific premise makes this most suitable for older teens who will find that it reads just like a horror film.

Death Note, Vol. 1

Tsugumi Ohba

Age Level:

YA

Genre:

Fantasy, Fiction, Thriller / Horror

Published:

2005

Drawing from Memory

Allen Say

Age Level:

Middle Grade

Genre:

Autobiography and Memoir, Nonfiction

Published:

2011

Pulitzer Prize winner John Hersey interviewed survivors of Hiroshima’s bomb while the ashes were still warm. Hersey describes the lives of six people — a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a surgeon, and a German Catholic priest — shortly before and for about a year after the bombing. While describing the ordeals of these individuals, Hersey manages to convey the devastation and the suffering experienced by the people of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. A final chapter was added in 1985 that continues with the lives of these six people.

Hiroshima

John Hersey

Age Level:

Middle Grade

Genre:

Biography, Nonfiction

Published:

1989

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