Books+that+make+you+cry

Hands down for sobbing - many said anything by Lurlene McDaniel, Jodi Picoult, or Nicholas Sparks.

A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck (I literally sobbed until I couldn't breathe) A Patch of Blue by Elizabeth Kata A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens A Time for Dancing by Davida Willis Hurwin A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie At Risk by Alice Hoffman (had me bawling so much my husband thought something happened to one of my relatives!!!) Baby by Patricia MacLaughlin Before I Die by Jenny Downham Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Breathless by Lurlene McDaniel Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson Copper Sun by Sharon Draper Cruise Control by Terry Trueman Dancing Naked (Orca Publishing) Deadline by Chris Crutcher Dear John by Nicholas Sparks Drums,Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis Fire Girl by Tony Abbott Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Go Ask Alice - Anonymous Goodnight, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian (old, but oh so good!) If I Stay by Gayle Forman (new one - really, really good) If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson It happened to Nancy by Anonymous Teenager and Beatrice Sparks Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Just Listen by Sarah Dessen Kira Kira by Cynthia Kadohata Little Women (the death of Beth) Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt Love Story by Erich Segal Love You Forever by Robert Munsch Marley and Me by John Grogan Merle's Door by Ted Kerasote My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult No language but a Cry by Richard Anthony D'Ambrosio Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper Out of the Dust by Hesse Remembering Raquel by Vivian Vande Velde Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor Safe by Susan Shaw Sounder bt William H. Armstrong Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Farther You Run by Davida Willis Hurwin The Friends by Rosa Guy The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Last Invisible Boy by Evan Kuhlman The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer The Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Under the persimmon tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls We Were Here by Matt de la Peña When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë


 * Short Stories*

- *The Scarlet Ibis* by James Hurst


 * General Authors*

- Lowis Lowry - Karen Kingbury - Lurlene McDaniel (someone is always dying) - Mary MacCracken - Torey L. Hayden - Dave Pelzer


 * Sad Stories for Grade 5* -From another hit by Ronda Y. Foust

A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanon Smith Chains Chicken Boy Diary of a Young Girl Diary of Anne Frank Fig Pudding by Ralph Fletcher Firegirl Getting Near to Baby Graduation of Jake Moon by Park Here Today (?) - definately has "Here" in the title - by Ann M. Martin Hope was Here by Joan Bauer How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor Ida B. Itch by Michelle Kwasney Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo (sp?) Kira-Kira (very dark) Love That Dog by Sharon Creech Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood Mick Harte was Here by Barbara Park Missing May by RylantMy Brother Sam is Dead Nobody's Boy Old Yeller Olive's Ocean Out of the Dust Pictures of Hollis Woods Red Kayak Ruby Holler by Creech Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Series of Unfortunate Events Shiloh So B. It by Sarah Weeks So Far from the Bamboo Grove is a sad WWII story. Summer of My German Soldier Summer of the Swans Tadpole by White The Barn by Avi The Devil's Arithmetic The Mysterious Benedict Society The Naming of Tishkin Silk The Underneath (not as cute and fluffy as it appears) The Yearling Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor Walk Two Moons Wenny Has Wings by Janet Lee Carey When My Name was Keoko - by Linda Sue Park (?) Where I'd Like to Be Where the Red Fern Grows*
 * A Dog's Life