Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility
Library Wish List

Guidelines

All reading levels.
Interest levels: Ages 9 to 17.
Avoid graphic sex, violence, and profanity.

Humor

• Jokes & riddles for kids
• Comic strip collections, e.g., Garfield, Jump Start, Boondocks, Simpsons, Zits

Reference AND NONFICTION

• Guinness Book of World Records (2007 hardcover & 2006 paperback)
• Books about other countries, especially countries in Africa (5th – 8 th grade)
• Easy card tricks
• How to draw, especially faces
• Books about cars, basketball, or rap
• Animals, especially "creepy-crawlies" such as snakes, reptiles, and spiders.
• "Real life" experiences of reformed former convicts/substance abusers
• Human sexuality, pregnancy, and childbirth (including videos) - teen oriented
• Criminal justice, corrections, and legal rights materials suitable for teens.
• Current Pre-GED skills study books (or Windows 95 compatible software)
• Career planning and preparation books (and videos) geared to teens and preteens
• Foreign language study for kids (Spanish, etc.)
• “Chicken Soup” books

Fiction - newer publications (2000+)

• Stories featuring contemporary Black, urban teens
• Classic picture books, e.g., Dr. Seuss, I Spy, Where’s Waldo?

Literature

• Poetry, especially "love" poetry, and by African-American poets such as Nikki Giovanni and Langston Hughes

Some Suggested Titles/Series

• Alex Rider Adventure Series (6 titles in the series), Anthony Horowitz
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X
• Autobiography of My Dead Brother, Walter Dean Myers
• Ball Don’t Lie, Matt de la Pena
• Bang! Sharon Flake
• Begging for Change, Sharon G. Flake
• Behind You, Jacqueline Woodson
• Bluford Series (Townsend Press, www.townsendpress.com) especially:
  • The Fallen, Paul Langan
  • Shattered, Paul Langan
  • Search for Safety, John Langan
• The Color Purple, Alice Walker
• Cruise Control, Terry Trueman
• The Day Martin Luther King, Jr., Was Shot: A Photo History of the Civil Rights Movement, James S. Haskins, Jim Haskins
• The Dream Bearer, Walter Dean Myers
• Eldest, Christopher Paolini
• The First Part Last, Angela Johnson
• Flush, Carl Hiaasen
• Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case, Chris Crowe
• Handbook for Boys, Walter Dean Myers
• The House that Crack Built, Clark Taylor
• Hush, Jacqueline Woodson
• Inexcusable, Chris Lynch
• A Journey to Wholeness: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places, Crystal Davis
• Keesha’s House, Helen Frost
• Love Poems, Nikki Giovanni
• Malcolm X : A Fire Burning Brightly, Walter Dean Myers
• Monster, Walter Dean Myers
• Native Son, Richard Wright
• Orca Soundings Series (Orca Book Publishers, www.orcabook.com) any titles, including:
  • Charmed, Carrie Mac
  • Exit Point, Laura Langston
  • Home Invasion, Monique Polak
  • Snitch, Norah McClintock
  • Something Girl , Beth Goobie
• A Piece of Cake: A Memoir, Cupcake Brown
• Shooter, Walter Dean Myers
• Teen Ink: Love and Relationships, Stephanie H. Meyer & John Meyer, Eds.
• 33 Snowfish, Adam Rapp
• Usborne Complete Book of Drawing, A. Smith & Nigel Reece
• Voices from the Street: Young Former Gang Members Tell Their Stories, S. Beth Atkin
• When Dad Killed Mom, Julius Lester
• Where I Want to Be, Adele Griffin
• You Don’t Know Me, David Klaas

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