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title: DSST Holiday Gift Guide - Young Adult Books
description: Check out our holiday gift guide designed just for your middle schooler - our top young adult literature picks.
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# [DSST Holiday Gift Guide - Young Adult Books](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/dsst-holiday-gift-guide-young-adult-books)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/author/dsst-public-schools) | 12/14/17

We sat down with two DSST: Byers 6th grade teachers - Ms. Murphy and Mr. Morin (pictured below) to give us their list of popular young adult books and timeless classics to help you in this holiday giving season.

**Ms. Murphy's Most Popular Young Adult Books**

1.     “March” by John Lewis
2.     “Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson
3.     “A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel” by Hope Larson
4.     The “Amulet” Series Kazu Kibuishi
5.     “Chasing Redbird” by Sharon Creech

**Mr. Morin's Timeless Books for Middle Schoolers**

1.     Orson Scott Card’s “Ender’s Game”
2.     Kate DiCamillo’s “Because of Winn Dixie”
3.     Mildred D. Taylor’s “Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry”
4.     Norton Juster’s “The Phantom Tollbooth”
5.     J R Tolkien “The Hobbit”
6.     Roald Dahl’s “The BFG”

<https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/how-dsst-teachers-are-inspiring-lifelong-readers>

Learn how Ms. Murphy and Mr. Morin [inspire their 6th graders to become life-long readers](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/how-dsst-teachers-are-inspiring-lifelong-readers) through the use of classroom libraries.

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