5 Books that break the rules of how a story gets told

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness

The monster isn't here to scare you. He's here to make you tell the truth.

The House on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros

A neighborhood, a name, and a girl who knows she is more than where she comes from.

Scythe

by Neal Shusterman

Death has been solved. Someone still has to do the killing.

I Am the Messenger

by Markus Zusak

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

Junior draws his way through the hardest year of his life — one cartoon at a time.