NNPS 2013 Summer Reading for Middle School English We encourage our students to take some summer leisure time to read for fun. Students entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade should read at least one book that they will discuss in September. Because students will write in the fall about what they have read, we encourage them to keep a log of their reading. The back page of this list includes some questions students will consider in their assignments. This list includes books from the Virginia Readers’ Choice program, sponsored by the Virginia Reading Association, and books recognized by our faculty and other teachers as meaningful reading choices for students of middle school age. See descriptions of the Virginia Readers’ Choice books at http://www.vsra.org/VRCindex.html. Middle school students may read books of their choice, including titles not listed here, magazines, or newspapers. Copies of these books are available in the schools, at public libraries, and at local bookstores.
Nonfiction Dreams from My Father Chew on This: Everything you Don’t Want to Know about Fast Food When the Wall Came Down: The Berlin Wall and the Fall of Communism Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow Before Hollywood: From Shadow Play to the Silver Screen Invisible Allies: Microbes That Shape Our Lives Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
Barack Obama Eric Schlosser Charles Wilson Serge Schmemann Susan Campbell Bartoletti Paul Clee Jeanette Farrell America Deborah Hopkinson Davis, Jenkins & Hunt
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. 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 lifelong 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: -
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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 Dear Life, You Suck Revenge of the Not-So-Pretty Girl (Marie Holland Collection) Quarterbacl Season Cosmic The Diviners (The Diviners #1) Mummy at Midnight, The Awaken(Abandon Book #3) Perfect Scoundrels Al Capone Does My Homework Powerless A Really Awesome Mess Reached (Matched #3) The Weight of Water 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) The Twisted Window The Universe versus Alex Woods 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 Hidden Graveyard Book, The Fortunately the Milk If I Ever Get Out of Here Deadend in Norvelt Spy Camp (companion to spy School) In a Glass Grimmly Since You Asked… Light (Gone #4) The Fault in Our Stars
2013 2008 2012 2010 2012 2013 2013 2008 2011 2012 2013 2013 2011 VRC ‘13 2008 2012 2009 2013 Jul 2013 2013 Aug 2009 2013 Jul 2012 2013 Jul 2013 2010 2012 2009 2013 2008 2008 2010 2013 2012 2013 Jun 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 VRC ‘13 2008 2013 Sept 2013 Aug 2011 2013 2012 2013 Jul 2013 2012
10. Blagden, Scott 11. Blythe, Caroline 12. Bowen, Fred 13. Boyce, Frank Cottrell 14. Bray, Libba 15. Brezenoff, Steve 16. Cabot, Meg 17. Carter, Ally 18. Choldenko, Gennifer 19. Cody, Matthew 20. Cook, Trish & Halpin, Brendan 21. Condie, Ally 22. Crossan, Sarah 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. Duncan, Lois 30. Extence, Gavin 31. Engle, Margarita 32. Farr, Richard 33. Fleming, Candace 34. Flood, Bo 35. Frost, Helen 36. Gaiman, Neil 37. Gansworth, Eric 37. Gantos, Jack 38. Gibbs, Stuart 39. Gidwitz, Adam 40. Goo, Maureen 41. Grant, Michael 42. Green, John
43. Haddix, Margaret Peterson
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44. Hale, Shannon 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. Konigsberg, Bill 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. Magoon, Kekla 72. Mass, Wendy 73. Mcclintock, Norah 74. McCormick, Patricia 75. Mercado, Nancy, ed. 76. Meyer, Marissa 77. Myers, Walter Dean 78. Myracle, Lauren 79. Napoli, Donna Jo 80. Nielsen, Jennifer 81. O’Connor, Sheila 82. Oliver, Lauren 83. O’Reilly, Bill 84. Palacio, R.J. 85. Park, Linda Sue 86. Patterson, James
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 Openly Straight Pop Hypnotize Me (The Hypnotics Book #1) 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 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 Oh, Snap! (Cruisers Book #4) Thirteen The Infinite Moment of Us Skin The False Prince Keeping Safe the Stars Requeim / delirium Trilogy Book 3 Lincoln’s Last Days Wonder A Long Walk to Water: a novel I Funny Middle School: The Worst Years of my Life
2010 2010 2012 2009 2012 2008 2009 2008 2012 2010 2008 2008 2012 2009 2013 Jun 2009 2013 Aug 2008 2010 2013 2010 2013 2012 2012 2010 2012 2008 2012 2011 2009 2013 2012 2008 2012 2013 2013 Aug 2008 2013 Aug 2013 Aug 2012 VRC ‘13 2012 2013 2012 2012 VRC ‘13 2010 VRC ‘13 2012 2012
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88. Priestley, Chris 89. Preus, Margi 90. Quick, Matthew 91. Raf, Mindy 92. Reinhardt, Dana 93. Rupp, Rebecca 94. Scattergood, Augusta 95. Schlitz, Laura Amy 96. Schmidt, Gary D.
The Dead of Winter Heart of a Samurai Boy 21 The Symptons of My Insanity The Summer I Learned to Fly After Eli Glory Be Splendors and Glooms What Came from the Stars Okay for Now 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 Storm Runners Flygirl Who Could That be at this Hour After Ever After Jake and Lily Hokey Pokey When You Reach Me Liar & Spy Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared Chasing Lincoln’s Killer Nicking Time The 13th Sign Three Times Lucky Sammy Keyes and the Showdown in Sin City Black Boy White School Where Things Come Back You’ll Like it Here Countdown One Crazy Summer P.S. be Eleven (sequel to “One Crazy Summer”) Into the Volcano: a Graphic Novel Beneath a Meth Sky
2012 2010 2012 2013 2011 VRC ‘13 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 VRC ‘13 2011 VRC ‘13 2012 2012 2013 2011 2012 2012 2011 VRC ‘13 2008 2012 2010 2012 2013 2009 2012 2009 2009 2013 Jul 2013 2012 2013 2012 2011 20 11 VRC’13 2010 2010 2013 2008 2012
97. Selznick, Brian 98. Sheinkin, Steve 99. Shusterman, Neal 100.Silverberg, Alan 101.Stiefvator, Maggie 102.Stone, Phobe 103. Smith, Roland 104.Smith, Sherri L. 105.Snicket, Lemony 106.Sonnenblick, Jordan 107.Spinelli, Jerry 108.Stead, Rebecca 109.Stone, Tanya Lee 110..Swanson, James L. 111. Traynor, T. 112.Tubb, Kristin O’Donnell 113.Turnage, Sheila 114.Van Draanen, Wendelin 115.Walker, Brian F. 116.Whaley 117. White, Ruth 116.Wiles, Deborah 117.Williams, Rita Garcia 118.Wood, Don 119. Woodson, Jacqueline