The Marie Holland Library’s suggested reading list
100 middle school Picks for fall 2012
Crittenden Middle School 6158 Jefferson Avenue Newport News, VA 23606
This is a suggested summer reading list for middle school students and is not intended for elementary students. Some titles, however, will also be of interest to high school students.
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The recommended titles reflect the quality and complexity of the types of material middle school students should be reading both at school and outside of class. This list contains contemporary titles to create a more comprehensive list for expanding options for classroom teachers, librarians, students, and parents. Crittenden Middle School teachers believe that students should develop a love of reading and a responsibility to read in order to become life-long learners. ALL students are encouraged to read at least two books over the summer months. The purpose of this list is to provide suggestions for literature with a wide appeal to middle school students. While this list is not intended to replace existing reading lists, classroom teachers, reading teachers, library information specialists, parents, and others should use this list to encourage their young people to read a wider variety of current literature.
Criteria used in the selection of books for this suggested reading list were: -
Copyright date must be within five years from the current calendar date;
Each title must have at least three favorable reviews from recognized review sources; Each title must be currently available in print; and The list must include the current year winners of the Virginia Readers’ Choice Award.
Since reading is the single most important factor attributed to school success, we hope that students will use the list as a starting point and choose other selections. This list will be updated annually to meet the selection criteria as outlined above. For more information about this middle school suggested reading list, please contact CMS librarian, Ms.Carnesi or CMS reading specialist Mr.Weisiger.
100 Suggested Titles for Middle School Students Alphabetical by Author Author
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1. Adoff, Arnold
Roots and Blues: a Celebration (poetry)
2011
2. Allen, Thomas B. 3.Almond, David 4. Anderson, M. T. 5. Aronson, Marc 6. Avi 7. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell 8. Bauer, Joan 9. Bell, Hilari 10. Bond, Vicoria 11. Boyce, Frank Cottrell 12. Blos, Joan W.
Mr. Lincoln’s High-Tech War My Name is Mina Jasper Dash and the Flame-pits of Delaware Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners City of Orphans Boy Who Dared, The Close to Famous Sword of Waters, The Zora and Me Cosmic (2012 VRC) Letters from the Corrugated Castle: A Novel of Gold Rush California, 1850-1052 Beauty Queens Mummy at Midnight, The All the Broken Pieces (2012 VRC) Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion Dragon’s Keep The Kissing Diary Powerless (2012 VRC) Artemis Fowl: the graphic novel 2: The Artic Incident War games : a novel based on a true story Blindsided Elijah of Buxton The Mighty Miss Malone Curtains! A High School Musical Mystery Henrietta Hurnbuckle’s Circus of Life The Search for WondLa, Book I & II Bewitching Season Out of my Mind World Snoop, The Hunger: A Resurrection of Magic, Book One City of Ember Beth Into the Wild Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba The Wild Book The Good Braider: a novel Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13 Amelia Lost: the Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
2009 2012 2009 2011 2012 2008 2011 2008 2010 2008 2007
13. Bray, Libba 14. Brezenoff, Steve 15. Burg, Ann E. 16. Burns, Lorie Griffin 17. Carey, Janet Lee 18. Caseley, Judith 19. Cody, Matthew 20. Colfer, Eooin 21. Couloumbis, Audrey 22. Cummings, Priscilla 23. Curtis, Christopher Paul 24. Dahl, Michael 25. deGusman, Michael 26. DiTerlizzi, Tony 27. Doyle, Marissa 28. Draper, Sharon 29. Dubosarsky, Ursula 30. Duey, Kathleen Skin 31. DuPrau, Jeanne 32. Durst, Sarah 33. Engle, Margarita 34. Farish, Terry 35. Farr, Richard 36. Fleming, Candace
2011 2009 2009 2007 2007 2007 2009 2009 2009 2010 2007 2012 2009 2010 2010 & 2012
2008 2010 2009 2007 2008 2007 2009 2012 2012 2008 2011
Author
Title
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37. Fleischman, Sid 38. Flood, Bo 40. Gaiman, Neil 41. Gantos, Jack 42. Grabenstein, Chris 43. Green, John 44. Haddix, Margaret Peterson 45. Hahn, Mary 46. Hale, Shannon 47. Hall, Teri 48. Harper, Jessica 49. Hartman, Brett 50. Hiaasen, Carl
Sir Charlie Chaplin Warriors in the Crossfire Graveyard Book, The Deadend in Norvelt Crossroads, The The Fault in Our Stars Found Downing Deep, Dark and Dangerous Calamity Jack (graphic novel) The Line Uh-oh, Cleo: I Barfed on Mrs. Kenly Cadillac Chronicles Scat Chomp How Strong Is It? A Mighty Book All About Strength Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf Operation Yes (2012 VRC) How I Saved My Father’s Life (And Ruined Everything Else) The Chaos BULU: African Wonder Dog (2012 VRC) Addie on the Inside Quest Begins, The Goatnappers, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, The Million Shades of Gray, A Pop Stella Stands Alone Skulduggery Pleasant Hawksmaid: The Untold Story of Robin Hood … Every day We’ve Got a Job: the 1963 Birmingham Children’s March Son Big Field, The Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom Running Rivals Camo Girl (2012 VRC) Fire in the Streets Night tourist, The Every Soul a Star Baseball Crazy: Ten Short Stories that Cover All the Bases Cinder Thirteen A Monster Calls: a novel
2010 2010 2008 2011 2008 2012 2008 2007 2010 2010 2010 Oct 2012 2009 2012 2008
51. Hillmam, Ben 52. Holm, Jennifer L. 52. Holmes, Sara Lewis 53. Hood, Ann 54. Hopkinson, Nalo 55. Houston, Dick 56. Howe, James 57. Hunter, Erin 58. Jordan, Rosa 59. Kelly, Jacqueline 60. Kodahata, Cynthia 61. Korman, Gordon 62. LaFaye, A. 63. Landy, Derek 64. Lasky, Katheryn 65. Levithan, David 66. Levinson, Cynthia 67. Lowry, Lois 68. Lupica, Mike 69. Macy, Sue 70. Maddox, Jake 71. Magoon, Kekla 72. Marsh, Katherine 73. Mass, Wendy 74. Mercado, Nancy, ed. 75. Meyer, Marissa 77. Myracle, Lauren 78. Ness, Patrick
2007 2009 2008 2012 2010 2011 2008 2007 2009 2010 2009 2008 2007 2010 2012 2012 Oct 2012 2008 2011 2009 2011 2012 2007 2009 2008 2012 2008 2011
Author
Title
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79. Paulsen, Gary 80. Peck, Dale 80. Preller, James 81. Preus, Margi 82. Quick, Matthew 83. Rhodes, Jewel Parker 84. Roth, Veronica 85. Ryan, Pam Munoz 86. Say, Allen 87. Saunders, Kate 88. Selznick, Brian
Lawn Boy Returns Lost Cities, The: A Drift House Voyage Bystander Heart of a Samurai (2012 VRC) Boy 21 Ninth Ward Divergent The Dreamer Drawing from Memory Bewitched Wonderstruck: a novel in words & pictures The Invention of Hugo Cabret The Scopio Races Peak (2012 VRC) Flygirl (2012 VRC) After Ever After When You Reach Me (2012 VRC) Liar & Spy Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared Chasing Lincoln’s Killer Moon Over Manifest The Final Four Countdown One Crazy Summer Feathers Beneath a Meth Sky
2010 2007 2009 2010 2012 2010 2011 2010 2011 Dec 2012 2011 2007 2011 2007 2008 2010 2009 2012 2009 2009 2010 2012 2010 2010 2007 2012
89. Stiefvator, Maggie 90. Smith, Roland 91. Smith, Sherri L. 92. Sonnenblick, Jordan 93. Stead, Rebecca 94. Stone, Tanya Lee 95. Swanson, James L. 96. Vanderpool, Clare 97. Volponi, Paul 98. Wiles, Deborah 99. Williams, Rita Garcia 100. Woodson, Jacqueline
Historical Fiction for Middle School Students (in no particular order)
1. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (Revolutionary War) 2. Sarah Plain and Tall (Westward Expansionism) by Patricia MacLachlan 3. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (Great Depression / Dust Bowl) 4. Worth by A. LaFaye Westward Expansionis / Orphan Train 5. The Land by Mildred Taylor (Reconstruction Period) 6. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor (Jim Crow Laws / Great depression) 7. One Crazy summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (Blank Panther Party / 1968) 8. Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Runaway Slaves) 9. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (1960s) 10. The River Between Us by Richard Peck (Civil War) 11. The Book Theif by Markus Zusak Nazi Germany 12. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Danish Resistance 13. The Witch of blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (Colonial Puritans) 14. Fever of 1793 by LAURIE Halse Anderson colonial epidemic 15. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (Holocaust) 16. Summer of my German Soldier by Carolyn Meyer wwii 17. Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi 18. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier 19. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 20. Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (WW I) 21. Bud Not Buddy by Christopher P. Curtis 1920s 22. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys WWII 23. Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli wwii 24. Black Duck by Janet aylor Lisle prohibition 25. Bread and Roses by Katherine Paterson 1912 unionizing 26. Sing Down the Moon by Scott O’Dell southwest Spanish slavers 27. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt racism in Maine 28. The Devil’s Paintbox by Victoria McKernan westward expansionism 29. The Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble Salem Witch trials 30. Panama by Shelby Hiatt Panama Canal 31. The Goldsmith’s Daughter by Tanya Landman Aztecs 32. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan 33. Come Juneteenth by Ann Rinaldi slavery in texas 34. Countdown by Deborah Wiles Cuban immigrants 35. The Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus 1st Japanese to come to USA 36. The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck Turn of the Century 37. Bone by Bone by Bone by Tony Johnston pre civil rights tennessee