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TTT: Top 10 Series In My Classroom So Far This Year

October 8, 2013

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish
This week’s topic is Top Ten Best/Worst Series Enders, but I took a little different take on this one seeing as so many of my students are reading series books in my classroom right now. (Some are extra popular because we were lucky enough to get ARCs of sequels, so students could go right to the next book, which is always a good thing for holding their interest.)

Top Ten Series In My Classroom So Far This Year

The Visions series by Lisa McMann
CRASH & BANG
Bang came out today!
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
THE UNWANTEDS, ISLAND OF SILENCE, & ISLAND OF FIRE
THE FOURTH STALL by Chris Rylander
Parts I, II, & III
PERFECT CHEMISTRY by Simone Elkeles
plus RULES OF ATTRACTION, & CHAIN REACTION
ALTERED & ERASED by Jennifer Rush
Erased will be out in January
PIVOT POINT & SPLIT SECOND by Kasie West
Split Second releases in February
MIND GAMES & PERFECT LIES by Kiersten White
Perfect Lies will be out in February
LEGEND & PRODIGY (& very anxiously awaiting CHAMPION‘s Nov release!) by Marie Lu
The Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore
I AM NUMBER FOUR, POWER OF SIX, RISE OF NINE, FALL OF FIVE
THE TESTING & INDEPENDENT STUDY by Joelle Charbonneau
(& anxiously awaiting the series finale, GRADUATION DAY, which will be coming in June!)
Independent Study will be out in January
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  1. Holly Mueller says

    October 9, 2013 at 12:27 pm

    Great post! I teach 6th graders this year, and since I've been teaching 4th and 5th for so long, I didn't realize how sophisticated their tastes would be, so I'm always looking for books that would be appropriate for that age level, but still with the edginess that they like. On a personal note, I'm VERY excited for Champion!

  2. Unknown says

    October 9, 2013 at 2:45 am

    I love KWhite! I have both books you have here but I have yet to read them. I'm sure I'll love it though.

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