If you are a middle or high school teacher who is planning to have an entire class read the same book, you may want to reserve a Teen Classroom Set. Each set consists of 35 copies of a popular title packaged in sturdy bags and checked out as a unit for 1-6 weeks.

Here are the current titles that we have in book sets:

Available Titles

Fiction

TitleAuthorLexile
1984 George Orwell 1090
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Sherman Alexie 600
After Tupac and D Foster Jacqueline Woodson 750
All but My Life Gerda Weissmann Klein 780
Among the Hidden Margaret Peterson Haddix 800
Animal Farm George Orwell 1170
Beloved Toni Morrison 870
Bluest Eye, The Toni Morrison 920
Book Thief, The Markus Zusak 730
Brave New World Alduous Huxley 870
Catcher in the Rye, The J. D. Salinger 790
Copper Sun Sharon M. Draper 820
Crucible, The Arthur Miller 1320
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Mark Haddon 1090
Darkness Before Dawn Sharon M. Draper 670
Dear Martin Nic Stone HL720
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie Jordan Sonnenblick 940
Eleanor and Park Rainbow Rowell HL580
Face on the Milk Carton, The Caroline C. Cooney 660
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 890
Forged by Fire Sharon M. Draper 780
Found: The Missing (Book One) Margaret Peterson Haddix 750
Frankenstein Mary Shelley 950
Grapes of Wrath, The John Steinbeck 680
Great Gatsby, The F. Scott Fitzgerald 1010
Hate U Give, The Angie Thomas HL590
Hey, Kiddo Jarrett J. Krosoczka HL510
Hunger Games, The Suzanne Collins 810
Iliad, The Homer 1040
I’m Not Dying with You Tonight Kimberly Jones HL740
Invisible Man Ralph Ellison 870
Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro NA
Land of Stories, The: The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer 720
Long Way Down Jason Reynolds HL720
Lord of the Flies William Golding 770
Macbeth (Folgers Edition) William Shakespeare NA
Milkweed Jerry Spinelli 510
Night Elie Wiesel 590
Northwind Gary Paulsen NA
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck 630
Old Man and the Sea, The Ernest Hemingway 940
On the Come Up Angie Thomas HL550
Outsiders, The S. E. Hinton 750
Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Stephen Chbosky 720
Projekt 1065 Allan Gratz 780
Raisin in the Sun, A Lorraine Hansberry NA
Running Dream, The Wendelin Van Draanen HL650
Saving Red Sonya Sones NA
Scarlet Letter, The Nathaniel Hawthorne 1340
Scythe Neal Shusterman 830
Sold Patricia McCormick 820
Speak Laurie Halse Anderson 690
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Jason Reynolds 1000
Tears of a Tiger Sharon M. Draper 700
Their Eyes were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston 890
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe 890
Things They Carried, The Tim O’Brien 880
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee 790
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 790
Wild Bird Wendelin Van Draanen HL680

Nonfiction

TitleAuthorLexile
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank 1020

Reservation Procedures

  • Sets are reserved through the Main Library Teen Department and can be picked up at any of our 18 locations.
  • There is a 2 set limit per teacher, and we are unable to take reservations on Sundays.
  • To reserve a Teen Classroom Set or ask a question, please contact the Teen Department at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 330.643.9067.

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