The Virginia Readers' Choice program is one in which ten exceptional books for different age levels are selected annually. The FHS Library has participated for years by providing students access to the high school selections.
Virginia Readers’ Choice Titles 2016 - 2017: --Click the title of the book to read a book review.
VRC selections for 2016-2017--Click the title of the book to read a book review.
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Like Water on Stone by Dana Walrath
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda with Liz Welch
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
Half Bad by Sally Green
Diamond Boy by Michael Williams
Girls Like Us by Gail Giles
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
​Sway by Kat Spears
100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith
VRC selections for 2015-2016--Click the title of the book to read a book review.
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell ​Trailer
Fake ID by Lamar Giles Trailer
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Trailer
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
March: Book One by John Lewis
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys Trailer
Reality Boy by A.S. King
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau Trailer
Unbreakable by Kami Garcia Trailer
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Trailer
VRC selections for 2014-2015-- Click the title of the book to read a review.
Archived by Victoria Schwab
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Boy21 by Matthew Quick Trailer
Discovering Wes Moore by Wes Moore
Every Day by David Levithan
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick Trailer
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Beckderf
The Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost Trailer
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina Trailer
VRC Selections for 2013-2014
Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Choker by Elizabeth Woods
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love by Larry Levin
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Something Like Hope by Shawn Goodman
This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
VRC Selections for 2012 - 2013
Annexed by Sharon Dogar
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Bonechiller by Graham McNamee
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19 Year Old GI by Ryan Smithsom
Matched by Allie Condie
Shipbreaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Shortie Like Mine by NiNi Simone
Swim the Fly by Don Calame
Trapped by Michael Northrup
This year's Virginia Readers' Choice books are located at the circulation desk in the library. Previous years are displayed by the reference room. All VRC books, past and present, are identifiable by a colored shape on the lower spine of the book, such as a green star or blue dot.