The Marie Holland Library
2013 Winter/Spring suggested reading list
100+ Picks for middle school students Crittenden Middle School 6158 Jefferson Avenue Newport News, VA 23606 January 11, 2013
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. Abbott, Bud 2. Anderson, Laurie Halse 3. Andrews, Jesse 4. Appelt, Kathi 5. Applegate, Katherine 6. Armstrong, Kelly 7. Averett, Edward 8. Avi 9. Bauer, Joan
Who’s on first Chains Me, Earl and the Dying Girl Keeper The One and Only Ivan The Rising Cameron and the Girls Crispin: the Cross of Lead (Crispin #1) Close to Famous Almost Home Sword of Waters, The Dear Life, You Suck Revenge of the Not-So-Pretty Girl (Marie Holland Collection) Cosmic The Diviners (The Diviners #1) Mummy at Midnight, The All the Broken Pieces Perfect Scoundrels Al Capone Does My Homework Powerless Artemis Fowl: the graphic novel 2: The Artic Incident Reached (Matched #3) War games : a novel based on a true story Period 8 Blindsided The Mighty Miss Malone Curtains! A High School Musical Mystery (graphic) The Different Girl Kenny & the Dragon Bewitching Season Out of my Mind Panic (Marie Holland Collection) World Snoop, The City of Ember Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba The Wild Book Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13 The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of P. T. Barnum Warriors in the Crossfire Diamond Willow Graveyard Book, The Deadend in Norvelt Spy Camp (companion to spy School) In a Glass Grimmly Crossroads, The Light (Gone #4) The Fault in Our Stars Found
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10. Bell, Hilari 11. Blagden, Scott 12. Blythe, Caroline 13. Boyce, Frank Cottrell 14. Bray, Libba 15. Brezenoff, Steve 16. Burg, Ann E. 17. Carter, Ally 18. Choldenko, Gennifer 19. Cody, Matthew 20. Colfer, Eooin 21. Condie, Ally 22. Couloumbis, Audrey 23. Crutcher, Chris 22. Cummings, Priscilla 23. Curtis, Christopher Paul 24. Dahl, Michael 25. Dahliquist, Gordon 26. DiTerlizzi, Tony 27. Doyle, Marissa 28. Draper, Sharon 29. Dubosarsky, Ursula 30. DuPrau, Jeanne 31. Engle, Margarita 32. Farr, Richard 33. Fleming, Candace 34. Flood, Bo 35. Frost, Helen 36. Gaiman, Neil 37. Gantos, Jack 38. Gibbs, Stuart 39. Gidwitz, Adam 40. Grabenstein, Chris 41. Grant, Michael 42. Green, John 43. Haddix, Margaret Peterson
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44. Hale, Shannon
86. Paulsen, Gary
Calamity Jack (graphic novel) Palace of Stone (Princess Academy #2) The Line Uh-oh, Cleo: I Barfed on Mrs. Kenly Seraphina Scat Chomp How Strong Is It? A Mighty Book All About Strength Operation Yes How I Saved My Father’s Life (And Ruined Everything Else) Moonbird: a Year in the Wind w/a Great Survivor BULU: African Wonder Dog On Rough Seas Quest Begins, The A Certain October (Marie Holland Collection) Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, The Million Shades of Gray, A Pop Stella Stands Alone Hawksmaid: The Untold Story of Robin Hood and Maid Marian Hattie Ever After Agency, The: A Spy in the House Manicpixiedreamgirl The Lions of Little Rock (Marie Holland Collection) We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March Year of Goodbyes, The Son (The Giver #4) Big Field, The Human Machine, The Running Rivals Camo Girl Every Soul a Star At the Edge Never Fall Down Baseball Crazy: Ten Short Stories that Cover All the Bases Cinder Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #20 Thirteen Climate Crisis The False Prince Keeping Safe the Stars Requeim / delirium Trilogy Book 3 Lincoln’s Last Days Wonder I Funny Middle School: The Worst Years of my Life Lawn Boy Returns
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87. Priestley, Chris 88. Preus, Margi 89. Quick, Matthew 90. Raf, Mindy 91. Resau, Laura
The Dead of Winter Heart of a Samurai Boy 21 The Symptons of My Insanity Star in the Forest
2012 2010 2012 2013 April 2010
45. Hall, Teri 46. Harper, Jessica 47. Hartman, Rachel 48. Hiaasen, Carl 49. Hillmam, Ben 50. Holmes, Sara Lewis 51. Hood, Ann 52. Hoose, Phillip M. 53. Houston, Dick 54. Hull, Nancy L. 55. Hunter, Erin 56. Johnson, Angela 57. Kelly, Jacqueline 58. Kodahata, Cynthia 59. Korman, Gordon 60. LaFaye, A. 61. Lasky, Katheryn 62. Larson, Kirby 63. Lee, Y. S. 64. Leveen, Tom 65. Levine, Kristin 66. Levinson, Cynthia 67. Levy, Debbie 68. Lowry, Lois 69. Lupica, Mike 70. Macauley, David 71. Maddox, Jake 72. Magoon, Kekla 73. Mass, Wendy 74. Mcclintock, Norah 75. McCormick, Patricia 76. Mercado, Nancy, ed. 77. Meyer, Marissa 78. Myracle, Lauren 79. Nardo, Don 80. Nielsen, Jennifer 81. O’Connor, Sheila 82. Oliver, Lauren 83. O’Reilly, Bill 84. Palacio, R.J. 85. Patterson, James
92. Rinaldi, Anne
Redheaded Princess, The
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93. Rupp, Rebecca 94. Scattergood, Augusta 95. Schlitz, Laura Amy 96. Schmidt, Gary D. 97. Selznick, Brian 98. Sheinkin, Steve 99. Shusterman, Neal 100.Silverberg, Alan 101.Stiefvator, Maggie 102.Stone, Phobe 103.Smith, Sherri L. 104.Snicket, Lemony 105.Sonnenblick, Jordan 106.Spinelli, Jerry 107.Staples, Suzanne Risher 108.Stead, Rebecca 109.Stone, Tanya Lee 110.Swanson, James L. 111.Tubb, Kristin O’Donnell 112.Turnage, Sheila 113.Van Draanen, Wendelin 114.Walker, Brian F. 115.Whaley 116.Wiles, Deborah 117.Williams, Rita Garcia 118.Wood, Don 119. Woodson, Jacqueline
After Eli Glory Be Splendors and Glooms What Came from the Stars Wonderstruck: a novel in words & pictures Bomb Unwholly (Unwind #3) The Awesome Almost 100% True Adventures of Matt & Craz The Scopio Races The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle #1) The boy on Cinnamon Street Flygirl Who Could That be at this Hour After Ever After Jake and Lily Hokey Pokey House of Djinn, The When You Reach Me Liar & Spy Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared Chasing Lincoln’s Killer The 13th Sign Three Times Lucky Sammy Keyes and the Showdown in Sin City Black Boy White School Where Things Come Back Countdown One Crazy Summer P.S. be Eleven (sequel to “One Crazy Summer”) Into the Volcano: a Graphic Novel Beneath a Meth Sky
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012 2013 April 2011 2012 2012 2008 2012 2010 2012 2013 2008 2009 2012 2009 2009 2013 2012 2013 2012 2011 2010 2010 2013 May 2008 2012
Historical Fiction for Middle School Students Alphabetical by Author Author
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Chains (Revolutionary War) Keeper Rise of the Golden Cobra Crispin: the Cross of Lead (Crispin #1) Boy Who Dared, The Close to Famous Sword of Waters, The Penderwicks, The: a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy Cosmic Letters from the Corrugated Castle: A Novel of Gold Rush California, 1850-1052 The Lacemaker and the Princess, Mummy at Midnight, The All the Broken Pieces Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion Dragon’s Keep The Kissing Diary Powerless 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 Kenny & the Dragon Bewitching Season
2008 2010 2007 2008 2008 2011 2008 2007
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2. 3. Anderson, Laurie Halse 4. Appelt, Kathi 5. Aubin, Henry 6. Avi 7. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell 8. Bauer, Joan 9. Bell, Hilari 10. Birdsall, Jeanne 11. Boyce, Frank Cottrell 12. Blos, Joan W. 13. Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker 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
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