Friday, August 21, 2009

[yalsa-bk] Compilation:MiddleSchoolSummerReadingRecommendations

Compiled by Sandra Moltz [moltz@noblenet.org]

Tangerine by Bloor

A thousand Never Evers by Burg

Gracie's Girl by Wittlinger

Indie Girl by Daswani

Does my head look big in this? by Abdel-Fattah

Ten things I hate about me by Abdel-Fattah

Boy in the Striped Pajamas by Boyne

Book Thief by Zusak

My most excellent year: a novel of love, Mary Poppins, & Fenway Park by Steve Kluger

Olives Ocean by Kevin Henke
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Ties that bind, ties that break by Namioka

After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson

Pieces of Georgia by Jen Bryant

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko

Jakarta Missing Jane Kurtz

Kira-Kira - Cynthia Kadahota

Mississippi Trial, 1955 - Chris Crowe

Ask Me No Questions - Marina Budhos

Of Beetles and Angels – Mawi Asgadom

Samaurai Shortstop - Alan Gratz

Zazoo - Richard Mosher

The Keeping Corner - Richard Mosher

Children of the River - Linda Crew

Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer

Millions - Frank Cottrell Boyce

Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

The Pendragon series by DJ MacHale
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz

The Gallagher Girls series by Allyson Carter

Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
Anahita's Woven Riddle by Megan Nutall Sayers
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Elephant Run by Roland Smith

Twilight series
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Cirque du Freak by Shan
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
Click Here to Find Out How I Survived 7th Grade
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yin Mah (also multicultural)
Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
Bindi Babes (part of a series) by Narinder Dhami
Rickshaw Girl & Monsoon Summer both by Mitali Perkins
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
Camel Rider by Prue Mason
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Chanda's wars by Allan Stratton

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Lois Lowry titles

Sherlock Holmes

View from Sunday

Roald Dahl titles

Jane Yolen titles

Tough Times by Milton Meltzer

Entering 8th Grade List:

Don’t Look Behind You, Lois Duncan

Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zevin

Inkheart, Cornelia Funke

The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau

Ashes of Roses, Mary Jane Auch

Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis

Fever, 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson

Last Shot, John Feinstein

Big Mouth & Ugly Girl, Joyce Carol Oates

Black-Eyed Suzie, Susan Shaw

Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson

Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli

Stuck in Neutral, Terry Trueman

Entering 7th Grade List:

Heaven Looks a Lot Like a Mall, Wendy Mass

Heir Apparent, Vivian Vande Velde

Jade Green, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Rewind, William Sleator

The Thief Lord, Cornelia Funke

The Third Eye, Lois Duncan

Things Not Seen, Andrew Clements

Secret of Platform 13, Eva Ibbotson

Al Capone Does My Shirts, Gennifer Choldenko

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi

Football Genius, Tim Green

Travel Team, Mike Lupica

The Boy Who Saved Baseball, John Ritter

The Wanderer, Sharon Creech

It’s Not About the Bike, Lance Armstrong

Bloomability, Sharon Creech

Hope Was Here, Joan Bauer

No More Dead Dogs, Gordon Korman

Waiting for Normal, Leslie Connor

Entering 6th Grade

Starcatchers Series, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Shadow Children Series, Margaret Peterson Haddix

Warriors Series, Erin Hunter

Rules, Cynthia Lord

Percy Jackson Series, Rick Riordan

Septimus Heap Series, Angie Sage

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