*Summer Reading*
Please find suggestions for summer reading below. I hope you use your "Summer Reading & Writing Folder" too! Click over to the "Summer Blog" to update me on what you're reading!
Some Reading Ideas for Incoming 7th & 8th graders:A NOTE TO PARENTS: Maturity and reading ability of middle school children vary tremendously. We recognize that parents are the best judge of their child's emotional development. The titles listed below have been chosen for their appeal to a range of seventh and eighth grade interests and abilities. We hope that you will help your child select several titles for his or her reading enjoyment.
Great Beach and Pool Reads
Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
The Compound by S.E. Bodeen
Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
Crackback by John Coy
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockheart
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham
Edward's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan
The Enemy by Charlie Higson
Esperanza Rising by Pam Ruiz-Munoz
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Hero by S.L. Rottman
Holes by Louis Sachar
How Tia Lola Came to Visit by Julia Alvarez
Imitate the Tiger by Ian Cheripko
Matched by Ally Condie
Notes From a Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
Perfect by Natasha Friend
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
This is What I Did by Ann Dee Ellis
Touching Spirit Bear by Joseph Bruchac
Collections
13: Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen edited by James Howe
Baseball in April by Gary Soto
Guys Write for Guys Read edited by Jon Scieszka
Travel Back in Time - Historical Fiction Picks
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Code Talker by Josepsh Bruchac
Fever 1796 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Kira Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Reality TV Books
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
Guts by Gary Paulsen
Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis by Pete Nelson and Hunter Scott
Please Stop Laughing at Me by Jodee Blanco
Start a Series
39 Clues by various authors
Candy Apple by various authors
Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan
Dear America by various authors
The Ender Series by Orson Scott Card
Fellowship of the Ring (Trilogy) by J.R.R. Tolkien
His Dark Materials (Trilogy) by Philip Pullman
Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson
Pendragon Series by D.J. MacHale
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
Shadow Children Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Great Authors to Follow
Sharon Creech
Kate DiCamillo
Karen Hesse
Mike Lupica
Patricia MacLaughlin
Ann Martin
Walter Dean Myers
James Patterson
Gary Paulsen
S.L. Rottman
Cynthia Rylant
Neal Shusterman
Jordan Sonnenblick
Jerry Spinelli
Jacqueline Woodson
Challenging Reads
18 Best Stories by Edgar Allen Poe
Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Marc Haddon
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Jurassic Park by Michael Crighton
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
NIght by Elie Wiesel
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kid
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Great Beach and Pool Reads
Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
The Compound by S.E. Bodeen
Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
Crackback by John Coy
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockheart
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham
Edward's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan
The Enemy by Charlie Higson
Esperanza Rising by Pam Ruiz-Munoz
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Hero by S.L. Rottman
Holes by Louis Sachar
How Tia Lola Came to Visit by Julia Alvarez
Imitate the Tiger by Ian Cheripko
Matched by Ally Condie
Notes From a Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
Perfect by Natasha Friend
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
This is What I Did by Ann Dee Ellis
Touching Spirit Bear by Joseph Bruchac
Collections
13: Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen edited by James Howe
Baseball in April by Gary Soto
Guys Write for Guys Read edited by Jon Scieszka
Travel Back in Time - Historical Fiction Picks
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Code Talker by Josepsh Bruchac
Fever 1796 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Kira Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Reality TV Books
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
Guts by Gary Paulsen
Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis by Pete Nelson and Hunter Scott
Please Stop Laughing at Me by Jodee Blanco
Start a Series
39 Clues by various authors
Candy Apple by various authors
Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan
Dear America by various authors
The Ender Series by Orson Scott Card
Fellowship of the Ring (Trilogy) by J.R.R. Tolkien
His Dark Materials (Trilogy) by Philip Pullman
Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson
Pendragon Series by D.J. MacHale
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
Shadow Children Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Great Authors to Follow
Sharon Creech
Kate DiCamillo
Karen Hesse
Mike Lupica
Patricia MacLaughlin
Ann Martin
Walter Dean Myers
James Patterson
Gary Paulsen
S.L. Rottman
Cynthia Rylant
Neal Shusterman
Jordan Sonnenblick
Jerry Spinelli
Jacqueline Woodson
Challenging Reads
18 Best Stories by Edgar Allen Poe
Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Marc Haddon
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Jurassic Park by Michael Crighton
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
NIght by Elie Wiesel
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kid
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson