Livingston Lord Library
Curriculum Materials Center

Crossover Fiction

Located at Livingston Lord Library,

Minnesota State University Moorhead


The borderline between adult fiction and fiction for young people is beginning to disappear. The following bibliography lists fiction for the juvenile market that is also of interest to adult readers.


Almond, David. Kit’s Wilderness. New York: Delacorte, 1999. Curriculum Fiction A452k


Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: The Pox Party. Cambridge: Candlewick, 2006. Curriculum Fiction A5484p


Anderson, M.T. Feed. Cambridge: Candlewick, 2002. Curriculum Fiction A5484f


Block, Francesca Lia. The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold. New York: HarperCollins, 2000. Curriculum Fiction B6513r


Block, Francesca Lia. Weetzie Bat. New York: Harper, 1989. Curriculum Fiction B6513w


Brooks, Martha. True Confessions of a Heartless Girl. New York: Farrar, 2003. Curriculum Fiction B8734tru


Chambers, Aidan. Postcards from No Man’s Land. New York: Dutton, 2002. Curriculum Fiction C444po


Chambers, Aidan. This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn. New York: Amulet Books, 2006. Curriculum Fiction C444t


Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. New York: Pocket, 1999. Curriculum Fiction C513p


Coman, Carolyn. Many Stones. Asheville: Front Street, 2000. Curriculum Fiction C728m


Donnelly, Jennifer. A Northern Light. San Diego: Harcourt, 2003. Curriculum Fiction D6857n


Frank, E.R. America: A Novel. New York: Atheneum, 2002. Curriculum Fiction F8282a


Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 2003. Curriculum Fiction H127c2


Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight. New York: Little, 2006. Curriculum M6134t


Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. New York: HarperCollins, 1999 Curriculum Fiction M996mon


Na, An. A Step from Heaven. Asheville: Front Street, 2001. Curriculum Fiction N1115s


Peck, Richard. A Year Down Yonder. New York: Dial , 2000. Curriculum Fiction P367y


Pullman, Philip. The Amber Spyglass. New York: Random House, 2000. Curriculum Fiction P982a


Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. New York: Levine Books, 2000. Curriculum Fiction R883hg (Note: The entire “Harry Potter” series is a good example of crossover fiction).


Steinhöfel, Andreas. The Center of the World. New York: Delacorte, 2005. Curriculum Fiction S8228c


Trueman, Terry. Stuck in Neutral. New York: HarperCollins, 2000. Curriculum Fiction T8667s


Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere. New York: Farrar, 2005. Curriculum Fiction Z631e


Zusak, Markus. I am the Messenger. New York: Random House, 2005. Curriculum Fiction Z967i


Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. New York: Knopf, 2006. Curriculum Fiction Z967b


Compiled by Carol H. Sibley, Curriculum Librarian, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, Minnesota, 7/09.