You Can Donate Books to the Chief Sealth Library!!

Librarian: Katie Hubert.
Email: kahubert@seattleschools.org
Phone: 206.252.8617
2600 SW Thistle Street :: Seattle, Washington :: 98126

Jump right to the list of suggested titles - updated 3/14/2008

Printable list - updated 3/14/2008

WHO can donate books?
Anyone! Parents, community members, students, family members, staff, faculty…
WHEN & WHERE can books be donated?
September - June in the Chief Sealth Library or Main Office!

WHY donate books?

  • To honor someone's: birthday, adoption day, big achievement, general excellence.
  • Because there are 900 students at Chief Sealth HS hungry to read and learn from the latest, most current non-fiction and fiction books.
  • Because the average cost of a hardcover book is $20, and the budget never stretches far enough.
  • Because the Classics wear out over time and need replacement copies.
  • Because students lose books and often can't afford to replace them.
  • Because good books ought to be shared.

    HOW to donate books?
  • Bring them in for a personal thank you.
  • Order them from an online bookseller and ship them to the Chief Sealth Library.
  • Mail them to the attention of the Sealth Library.
  • Send them with your student to deliver to the Library or Main Office.
  • Any way you can!

    WHICH books?
    New books & gently used books of almost any kind!
    This list contains suggestions - we will happily consider ANY book in good condition you'd like to donate. (Those titles that don't fit within our current needs will be donated to another library or needy recipient.)\

Suggested Titles for Donation

Please note:
These are not the only books we'd welcome -- if you have a specific idea or title,
please call to confirm we do not already own it. Thank you!

Book titles that have lines through them have already been donated!

General Categories of Books We'd Especially Welcome:

    + Current non-fiction and fiction titles that present countries, cultures, ethnicities & languages represented     by Chief Sealth students
    + Anime and manga
    + Biographies (recently published) of:

    • Sports figures (players & coaches of any team or league)
    • Prominent political figures (from any country)
    • People of cultures and ethnicities represented by Chief Sealth students

ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2008
[Fiction]

Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian.
Alexie, Sherman. Flight.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Twisted.
Asher, Jay. Thirteen Reasons Why.
Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.
Brande, Robin. Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature.
Brooks, Martha. Mistik Lake.
Burgess, Melvin. Bloodsong.
Carey, Janet Lee. Dragon's Keep.
Carey, Mike. The Re-Gifters.
Cassidy, Anne. Looking for JJ.
Clarke, Judith. One Whole and Perfect Day.
Compestine, Ying Chang. Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party.
Cross, Shauna. Derby Girl.
Cullen, Lynn. I Am Rembrandt's Daughter.
Dowd, Siobhan. A Swift Pure Cry. .
Downham, Jenny. Before I Die.
Doyle, Larry. I Love You, Beth Cooper.
Ellis, Ann Dee. This Is What I Did.
Felin, M. Sindy. Touching Snow.
Friesen, Gayle. For Now.
Gipi. Notes for a War Story. Spectrum. Translated by Spectrum.
Grey, Christopher. Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci's Servant.
Hale, Shannon. Book of a Thousand Days.
Hemphill, Stephanie. Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath.
Hinds, Gareth. Beowulf.
Hornby, Nick. Slam.
Hosseini, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns.
Jenkins, A.M. Repossessed.
Jocelyn, Marthe. How It Happened in Peach Hill.
Johnston, Tony. Bone by Bone by Bone.
Jones, Lloyd. Mister Pip.
Key, Watt. Alabama Moon.
Klass, David. Firestorm.
Knox, Elizabeth. Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet.
Koertge, Ron. Strays.
Lanagan, Margo. Red Spikes.
Landy, Derek. Skulduggery Pleasant.
Lat. Town Boy.
Lockhart, E. Dramarama.
Lyga, Barry. The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl.
MacCready, Robin Merrow. Buried.
Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood Dancing.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The White Darkness.
Mieville, China. Un Lun Dun.
Miller, Sarah. Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller.
Moore, Perry. Hero.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. The Off Season.
Myers, Walter Dean. What They Found: Love on 145th Street.
Olmstead, Robert. Coal Black Horse.
Peet, Mal. Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal.
Resau, Laura. Red Glass.
Resau, Laura. What the Moon Saw.
The Restless Dead: Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural. Edited by Deborah Noyes.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday Wars.
Sedgwick, Marcus. My Swordhand is Singing.
Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel.
Sharenow, Robert. My Mother the Cheerleader.
Shusterman, Neal. Unwind.
Smith, Roland. Peak.
Sonnenblick, Jordan. Notes from the Midnight Driver.
St. James, James. Freak Show.
Tan, Shaun. The Arrival.
Thompson, Kate. The New Policeman.
Wallace, Rich. One Good Punch.
Weinheimer, Beckie. Converting Kate.
Wiess, Laura. Such a Pretty Girl.
Wizner, Jake. Spanking Shakespeare.
Zarr, Sara. Story of a Girl.

ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2008
[Nonfiction]

Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.
Crisler, Curtis L. Tough Boy Sonatas.
The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss.
Fradin, Judith Bloom and Dennis Brindell Fradin. Jane Addams: Champion of Democracy.
Helfer, Andrew. Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography.
Marrin, Albert. The Great Adventure: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America.
Polly, Matthew. American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China.
Raddatz, Martha. The Long Road Home A Story of War and Family.
Reef, Catherine. e.e. cummings: a poet's life.
Sis, Peter. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain.
Tammet, Daniel. Born on a Blue Day: A Memoir: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant.

Best Books for Young Adults(2007 as chosen by the American Library Association)
Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1
Gratz, Alan. Samurai Shortstop.
Hartnett, Sonya. Surrender.
McCormick, Patricia. Sold.
Sayres, Meghan Nuttall. Anahita’s Woven Riddle.
Smelcer, John. The Trap.
Turner, Megan Whalen. The King of Attolia.
Werlin, Nancy. The Rules of Survival.
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief.
Akbar, Said Hyder and Burton, Susan. Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow.
Buckhanon, Kalisha. Upstate.  
Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable.
Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways series
Westerfeld, Scott. Peeps.
Wooding, Chris. Poison.
Zusak, Markus. I Am the Messenger.

2007-08 Great Graphic Novels for Teens (from ALA)
Ellis, Warren, Stuart Immonen. Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.(V. 1).
Hernandez, Gilbert, Jared K. Fletcher. Sloth.
Medley, Linda. Castle Waiting.
Meltzer, Brad, Rags Morales. Identity Crisis.
Ohba, Tsugumi, Takeshi Obata. Death Note series.
Vaughan, Brian K, Adrian Alphona. True Believers
Vaughan, Brian K, Niko Henrichon. Pride of Baghdad.
Whitta, Gary, Ted Naifeh. Death, Jr.
Wood, Brian, Becky Cloonan. Demo: The Collection.
Coulton, Larry.Counting Coup:A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn.  
Sandler, Martin W.Photography: An Illustrated History.

Other Titles
Alegria, Malin Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico
                      Estrella's Quinceañera
Alvarez, Julia. Once Upon a Quinceañera
Cormier, Robert. The Rag and Bone Shop.
E-Fierce. The Sistahood.
Ferrer, Caridad. It’s Not About the Accent
Greene, Michele Dominguez. Chasing the Jaguar
Frank, E.R. Life is Funny.
        America.
Going, K.L. Saint Iggy
Hautman, Pete. Stone Cold
Hornby, Nick. Slam!
Johnson, Angela. The First Part Last
Katz, Jon. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho.
Key, Watt. Alabama Moon.
Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild.
Laird, Elizabeth. A Little Piece of Ground.
Mortenson, Greg. Three Cups of Tea.
Nelson, Blake. Paranoid Park.
Parra, Kelly. Graffiti Girl
Rapp, Adam. The Buffalo Tree  
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter Books (especially 5-7)
Runyon, Brent. The Burn Journals
Sacco, Joe. Palestine.
                    Gorazde.
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis.
           Persepolis 2.
Smith, Zadie. White Teeth
Soto, Gary. The Afterlife.
       Living Up the Street.
Udall, Brady. The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint.
Wittlinger, Ellen. Parrotfish.

Manga SeriesWe’d Love to Own
Kishimoto, Masashi Naruto series.
Konomi, Takeshi. Prince of Tennis series.
Kubo, Tite. Bleach series.
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