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Adams, Douglas

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

action-filled fantasies

Adams, Richard

Watership Down

rabbit fantasy of life and death

Aiken, Joan

Wolves of Willoughby Chase

great mystery/melodrama

Alcott, Louisa May

Little Women

classic

Alexander, Lloyd

The Book of Three (series)

fantasies — for those who have enjoyed the Redwall series

Almond, David

Kit’s Wilderness

ghost story

Skellig

mysterious strangers

Alvarez, Julia

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Anderson, Mary

Step on a Crack

contemporary fiction

Anthony, Piers

The Source of Magic

Xanth fantasies

Armstrong, William

Sounder

racial hatred in the South

Asimov, Issac

Foundation (series)

classic science fiction

Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice

classic

Emma

better than the movie

Avi

Midnight Magic

Nothing but the Truth

Newbery winner — A ninth grader’s suspension for singing the anthem during homeroom becomes national news story

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

exciting adventure

Babbitt, Natalie

Tuck Everlasting

try all of Babbitt’s books

Banks, Lynn Reid

Indian in the Cupboard (series)

great series

Barrie, James

Peter Pan

classic

Barron, T. A.

Lost Years of Merlin

good fantasy series

Baum, L. Frank

The Wizard of Oz (series)

all should read

Bell, Clare

Ratha’s Creature (series)

cat fantasies

Bellairs, John

The Mansion in the Mist (series)

mysteries

Block, Francesca

Weetzie Bat

Girl Goddess #9

Blume, Judy

Just as Long as We’re Together

middle school friendship

Bradbury, Ray

The Martian Chronicles

classic science fiction

Bradley, M.

Mists of Avalon

Arthurian fantasy

Brittain, Bill

The Wish Giver

creepy

Bronte, Charlotte

Jane Eyre

English classic

Bronte, Emily

Wuthering Heights

English classic

Brooks, Bruce

The Moves Make the Man

friendship/sports

Brooks, Terry

Star Wars — The Phantom Menace

good fantasy writer the story on paper

Burnett, Frances H.

The Secret Garden

children’s classic

Byars, Betsy

Burning Questions of Bingo Brown

funny (middle school friends)

Summer of the Swans

Newbery winner

Card, Orson Scott

Ender’s Game

great science fiction

Ender’s Shadow

Carroll, Lewis

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

classic — all should read

Cassedy, Sylvia

Behind the Attic Wall

ghostly mystery

Christopher, John

The White Mountains (series)

science fiction

Christopher, Matt

No Arm in Left Field

easier sports books

Clapp, Patricia

Witch’s Children

Salem witch trials

Collier, James

My Brother Sam is Dead

Revolutionary War

Conly, Jane Leslie

Crazy Lady

Newbery winner — friendship among neighborhood outcasts

Racso and the Rats of NIMH

sequels to Mrs. Frisby…

R. T. Margaret and the Rats of NIMH

Cooney, Caroline

Driver’s Ed

very popular mystery writer

Burning Up

powerful

Cooper, Susan

Over Sea, Under Stone (series)

award winning fantasies

Coville, Bruce

Song of the Wanderer

sequel to Into the Land of the Unicorn

Creech, Sharon

Walk Two Moons

Newbery winner 1995

Absolutely Normal Chaos

summer diary

Chasing Redbird

Bloomability

each one of these is wonderful

The Wanderer

new

Crane, S.

The Red Badge of Courage

Crew, Linda

Children of the River

Cambodian immigration — U.S.

Curtis, Christopher

Bud, not Buddy

2000 Newbery Award

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

1963 Newbery winner

Cushman, Karen

Catherine, Called Birdy

diary of a young girl living during the Middle Ages

The Midwife’s Apprentice

1996 Newbery winner

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

California gold rush diary

Dahl, Roald

The Witches

read everything !!

Danziger, Paula

Everyone Else’s Parents Said Yes

funny series

P.S. Longer Letter Later

Snail Mail No More

very popular

Draanen, Wendelin Van

Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man

good mystery series

How I Survived Being a Girl

very popular

Draper, Sharon M.

Forged by Fire

child abuse — fiction

Duane, Diane

So you Want to Be a Wizard

for Harry Potter fans

DuBois, William Pene

The Twenty-one Balloons

great adventure/fantasy

Dumas, Alexander

The Three Musketeers

classic

Duncan, Lois

Summer of Fear

popular mystery writer

Fleischman, Paul

Bull Run

Civil War

Whirligig

responsibility — fiction

Frank, Lucy

Oy, Joy!

romance gone wild

Fritz, Jean

Early Thunder

Revolutionary war

Gantos, Jack

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

coping with ADHD

George, Jean Craighead

My Side of the Mountain

Newbery winner — survival

Julie of the Wolves

Newbery winner

Julie

good sequel

Julie’s Wolf Pack

maybe the best of the 3

Giff, Patricia Reilly

Lily’s Crossing

1998 Newbery winner

Grahame, Kenneth

The Wind in the Willows

classic

Greene, Bette

Summer of My German Soldier

World War II

Griffin, Adele

The Other Shepards

find this one

Haddix, Margaret

Among the Hidden

family control in the future

Just Ella

a twist on the Cinderella story

Hahn, Mary Downing

Wait Till Helen Comes

creepy mystery

Daphne’s Book

middle school friendships

Hamilton, Virginia

M.C. Higgins, the Great

Newbery winner

House of Dies Drear

mystery/underground railroad

Hautzig, Deborah

Second Star to the Right

anorexia

Hesse, Karen

Out of the Dust

Newbery winner

Highwater, Jamake

Anpao

Native American fantasy

Hill, Douglas

Blade of the Poisoner

popular science fiction

Hinton, S.E.

The Outsiders

gangs — one of my favorites

Rumblefish

Hobbs, Will

Bearstone

adventure/survival novels

Ghost Canoe

Holt, Kimberly

My Louisiana Sky

family loyalty

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Hunt, Irene

Across Five Aprils

Civil war in the U.S.

Jacques, Brian

Redwall

very popular fantasy series

The Legend of Luke

latest episode

Johnson, Angela

Toning the Sweep

families and death

Jones, Diana Wynne

Charmed Life

wonderful fantasies

Jordan, Robert

Eye of the World (series)

for the serious fantasy lover

Jukes, Mavis

Cinderella 2000

very popular

Kerr, M.E.

Fell

good young adult author

Knowles, John

A Separate Peace

coming of age

Konigsburg, E.L.

Throwing Shadows

award-winning author

A Proud Taste for Scarlet…

fantasy — Eleanor of Aquitaine

The View from Saturday

1997 Newbery Medal — Sixth-grade pentathalon team takes on the world

Lasky, Kathryn

The Bone Wars

1800’s western adventure

Lawrence, Iain

The Wreckers

Treasure Island-like thriller

Lee, Harper

To Kill a Mockingbird

American classic

LeGuin, Ursula

A Wizard of Earthsea

fantasy series

L’Engle, Madeline

A Wrinkle in Time

first of a great series

A Ring of Endless Light

Newbery honor book

Lester, Julius

Othello

great re-telling of Shakespeare

Levine, Gail

Ella Enchanted

Newbery-winning fantasy

Dave at Night

1930’s depression

Levitin, Sonia

Silver Days

World War II home front

Lipsyte, Robert

The Contender

boxing + sequel

London, Jack

White Fang

animal classic

Call of the Wild

classic adventure

Lowry, Lois

Number the Stars

World War II award winner

The Giver

Newbery award — 1994

Magorian, Michelle

Goodnight Mr. Tom

child abuse — World War II

Mazer, Harry

Snowbound

survival

The Last Mission

World War II

Mazer, Norma Fox

Silver

friendship

McCaughrean, Geraldine

The Pirate’s Son

exciting adventure story

McKinley, Robin

Beauty

“Beauty and the Beast”

Hero and the Crown

award-winning fantasy

Meyer, Carolyn

Mary, Bloody Mary

good historical fiction

Mitchell, Margaret

Gone With the Wind

Civil war in the U.S.

Montgomery, L.M.

Anne of Green Gables

well-loved series

Myers, Walter Dean

Fallen Angels

Vietnam war

Scorpions

contemporary/gangs

Monster

new from a great writer

Namioka, Lensey

Ties that Bind, Ties that Break

novel about foot binding

Napoli, Donna Jo

Sirena

ancient Greek mythology

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

Achingly Alice

very popular series

Nixon, Joan Lowery

A Deadly Game of Magic

popular mysteries

O’Brien, Robert

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

The Silver Crown

fantasy/adventure

O’Dell, Scott

Sing Down the Moon

Native-American tragedy

O’Hara, Mary

My Friend Flicka

great horse stories

Oppel

Sunwing

good for Redwall fans

Orgel, Doris

Devil in Vienna

World War II

Osborne, Mary Pope

Run, Run as Fast as You Can

growing up (death)

Adaline Falling Star

novel of the old west

Park, Barbara

Skinnybones

short, funny books

Paterson, Katherine

Bridge to Terabithia

Newbery winner

Jip: His Story

new

Great Gilly Hopkins

6th-grade core literature

Paulsen, Gary

Hatchet

survival

Dogsong

Newbery winner

Soldier’s Heart

moving Civil War story

Brian’s Return

latest in the series which begins with Hatchet

Peck, Richard

A Long Way From Chicago

Newbery winner 1998

Pierce, Meredith Anne

The Darkangel

fantasy series

Pierce, Tamora

Alanna: The First Adventure

very popular fantasy series

Magic Steps

latest

First Test

new series

Pullman, Phillip

The Golden Compass

popular fantasy

The Subtle Knife

sequel — we’re still waiting for # 3

Raskin, Ellen

The Westing Game

“puzzle” mysteries

Rawlings, Marjorie

The Yearling

classic American story

Rawls, Wilson

Where the Red Fern Grows

7th-grade core literature

Summer of the Monkeys

another good story

Rinaldi, Ann

Wolf By the Ears

Rinaldi writes some of the best historical fiction for this age

Sally Hemings

Roberts, Willo Davis

View From the Cherry Tree

good mystery

Sugar Isn’t Everything

diabetes

Don’t Hurt Laurie

child abuse

Rowling, J. K.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

What can I say? This is a “must read” all students. Parents enjoy it as well!

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

# two and just as good

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azbakan

# three

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

July 8th everywhere!! rumored to be over 700 pages and very good!!

Sachar, Louis

Holes

Newbery winner 1998 — very popular!

Salisbury, Graham

Under the Blood-Red Sun

World War II — Hawaii

Sleator, William

Others See Us

good science fiction

The Beasties

latest

Slote, Alfred

Finding Buck McHenry

good baseball stories

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley

Gib Rides Home

new last year — best “Snyder” in a number of years

Gib and the Grey Ghost

perfect for horse lovers

Soto, Gary

Taking Sides

Hispanic experience in California

Pacific Crossing

wonderful local writer

Speare, Elizabeth

Witch of Blackbird Pond

early American history

Spinelli, Jerry

Wringer

Newbery winner

Steinbeck, John

The Red Pony

first taste of Steinbeck

Travels with Charley

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Kidnapped

classic adventure

Sutcliffe, Rosemary

The Sword and the Circle

King Arthur legend (trilogy)

Eagle of the Ninth

Romans in Britain

Swift, Jonathan

Gulliver’s Travels

classic

Tan, Amy

The Joy Luck Club

sophisticated reading

Taylor, Mildred

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry

American south — 1930s

Let the Circle be Unbroken

sequel to Newbery winner

Taylor, Theodore

The Cay

all sixth graders will read this story of prejudice and survival

Timothy of the Cay

prequel/sequel to The Cay

Temple, Frances

The Ramsay Scallop

Middle Ages

Tolkien, J.R.R.

The Hobbitt

classic fantasy !!

Twain, Mark

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

classic American novel

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

classic American novel

Uchida, Yoshiko

Journey to Topaz

Japanese-American internment

Verne, Jules

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

great adventure stories

Voight, Cynthia

Homecoming

first in a great series

Dicey’s Song

Newbery winner

Wartski, Maureen

My Name is Nobody

suicide — fiction

West, Jessamyn

The Friendly Persuasion

Quaker family 1800s

White, T. H.

The Once and Future King

King Arthur legend

Wrede, Patricia C.

Dealing With Dragons (series)

popular fantasies

Yep, Laurence

Dragonwings

Chinese immigration — 1906

Dragon’s Gate

Newbery winner 1994

Yolen, Jane

Dragon’s Blood

fantasy series

Zahn, Timothy

Heir to the Empire

Star Wars adventures

Zindel, Paul

Loch

mystery/adventure