Bildungsroman+Book+List

__**BILDUNGSROMAN BOOK LIST **__

 In a dystopian society after the Seven Stages War that left the Earth near destroyed, the remaining authorities and citizens are attempting to find the elite in the next generation that will be able to rebuild the world. To enter as a part of this elite group – the United Commonwealth – one must first go through the testing. Cia has been accepted to the testing, and is eager to go, until her father warns her right before she leaves about the darker side of the testing – you can’t trust anyone. Cia must make resist relationships, friendships, and even love in order to prove successful in the grueling world she is about to enter.
 * Charbonneau, Joelle. The Testing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. Print. **

 Charlie is intrigued by the idea of living his life to the fullest, but he also wants to hide from life altogether. Charlie is a teenager – more specifically, a freshman. How does a boy with no best friend entering high school expect to make it through? Who will he turn to to show him all the things he should be doing and trying – and all the things he shouldn't be, but will anyway – and to get him off the sidelines and open up his world?
 * Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. New York: Pocket, 1999. Print. **

 16-year-old Gemma was stolen – from her home, from her family, from her friends, from everything she knew. 24-year-old Ty loves Gemma. He would do anything to have her. Which is why he stole her. Set in the Australian Outback, follow the story through Gemma’s letter to Ty, reliving those few months and how they affected her. He just wanted her to love him, and for a while, she did. Does she still? Did she really ever? Will it last, or will the disorder wear off? Will Gemma make it through with all her senses in tact?
 * Christopher, Lucy. Stolen. New York: Chicken House/Scholastic, 2010. Print. **

 In a dystopian nation built from the ruins of North America, 12 vastly different districts surround their flamboyant yet formidable Capitol. The leaders residing in the nation’s Capitol keep their rule by holding a yearly competition known as the Hunger Games, where they randomly select one boy and one girl from each of the 12 districts to enter a full on bloodbath, where only one child is allowed to come out alive, while their families and friends watch it all on live TV. 16-year-old Katniss has been surviving and keeping her family alive since her father’s death, and knows she has the survival skills to make it to the end, but she realizes quickly that she will have to make a lot of decisions that will greatly affect the ones she loves – both in and out of the Games.
 * Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. New York: Scholastic, 2008. Print. **

 Sebastian, aka Baz, aka Bastian, aka Seba, is a problem solver. He is 18 and leads a life revolved around other people. He can help you get a date, talk you off a ledge, help you hide things from your parents – you name it, Sebastian can help. So, when his best friend Jeremy comes to him looking for help tracking down his real father, Sebastian is more than willing to help. Will this adventure bring out the vulnerable side of Sebastian, who actually still is a teenaged boy with confidence issues and trouble with girls? Will it complicate things in his life even further?
 * Dorfman, Joaquín. Playing It Cool. New York: Random House, 2006. Print. **

 In a dystopian society where its occupants have no choices, no control, and no color, yet think they are in a utopian society, one man sees and knows everything. None of the inhabitants know any better, and neither did Jonas, until he is given the job of the Receiver of Memories. He begins his work with the community’s Giver, and his whole world is shaken. What will Jonas do with his newfound secrets?
 * Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Print. **

 As her sweet Millerton summer begins, 12-year-old Hattie is looking forward to a peaceful few months off. Her summer is shaken when she finds out that her uncle Adam, whom she has never really heard of, is coming home. Adam and Hattie form a remarkable bond as Hattie learns about Adam’s savant-like talents and obsession with I Love Lucy. The bond between Adam, Hattie, and the rest of the family will all be tested when the Carnival comes to town and begins to stir things up.
 * Martin, Ann M. A Corner of the Universe. New York: Scholastic, 2002. Print. **

 NYC has some of the most vicious – and talented – street criminals. But where do they all come from? The most secretive school in the Big Apple has been training these talented young criminals for ages. Flick, a young pickpocket, is extremely talented in his art, and is at the top of his class. Will we watch him rise to success? Or will he disappear, like all the other of these students who don’t have what it takes to graduate?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Miller, Kirsten. How to Lead a Life of Crime. NY, NY: Razorbill, 2013. Print. **

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Peter Houghton hasn’t had it easy. After his brother died and his parents paid seemingly no attention to him anymore, he had no one to turn to talk about how he is the recipient of the majority and the harshest of the school’s bullying acts. Even his childhood best friend doesn’t talk to him anymore. What will it take to push him over the edge? How many people’s lives will be drastically and tragically altered? Who will remain in their hometown of Sterling, New Hampshire by the end, and who will be gone?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Picoult, Jodi. Nineteen Minutes. New York: Atria, 2007. Print. **

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> In a dystopian Chicago society, the world surrounding Beatrice Prior is divided up into five different divisions based on virtues. Beatrice is 16 and has no idea what group she will fit best into. All 16 year olds are tested to see where they best fit and then must decide where they will spend the rest of their lives. Will Beatrice end up in the faction where she was raised and remain with her family, or will she choose another faction to devote herself to? How will her well-kept secret that she finds out on testing day play a role in her decision – and her life?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Roth, Veronica. Divergent. New York: Katherine Tegen, 2011. Print. **

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">References: <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Scholastic.com <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Goodreads.com <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Nytimes.com