Briscoe Summer Reading 2010

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If you liked your summer reading book and you're looking for suggestions on what to read next, this is the place to check!

6th Grade Summer Reading Books

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Airball, try:

  • On the Devil's Court by Carl Deuker

All of the Above, try:

  • Other books by Shelley Pearsall: All Shook Up, Trouble Don't Last, Crooked River

The Boy Who Spoke Dog, try:

  • The sequel: The Boy Who Returned from the Sea
  • Runt by Marion Dane Bauer

Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini, try:

  • The Abracadabra Kid by Sid Fleischman - an autobiography by the author of Escape!, about his early years as a magician.

H.I.V.E.: The Higher Institute of Villainous Education, try:

  • The sequel: The Overlord Protocol (#2)
  • Evil Genius and Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks

Into the Wild, try:

  • The other books in the Warriors series: Fire and Ice (#2), Forest of Secrets (#3), Rising Storm (#4), A Dangerous Storm (#5), The Darkest Hour (#6).
  • Other series by Erin Hunter: The New Prophesy, The Power of Three
  • The Redwall series by Brian Jacques
  • The Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky

Peak, try:

  • Other books by Roland Smith, including: Sasquatch, Elephant Run, Tentacles.
  • Gordon Korman's Everest trilogy: The Contest, The Climb, The Summit

Schooled, try:

  • Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick
  • Ida B. by Katherine Hannigan

The Secret Language of Girls, try:

  • The sequel: The Kind of Friends We Used to Be - by Frances O'Roark Dowell

  • Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters

The Seer of Shadows, try:
  • Wait 'Till Helen Gets Home by Mary Downing Hahn
  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

7th & 8th Grade Summer Reading Books

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The Alchemyst, try:

  • Other books in the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series - The Magician (#2), The Sorceress (#3), The Necromancer (#4 - due out in May 2010), The Warlock (due in 2011), The Enchantress (due in 2012).

Ask Me No Questions, try:

  • Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
  • Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers by Marina Budhos
  • Tell Us We're Home by Marina Budhos (out May 2010)


The Big Field, try:

  • Heat, also by Mike Lupica

  • The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter
  • The Brooklyn Nine by Alan M. Gratz

Eleven Seconds, try:

  • The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team by Wayne Coffey

The Fire Within, try:

  • Other books in The Last Dragon Chronicles series - Icefire, Fire Star, Fire Eternal, Dark Fire

  • The Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky

Found, try:

  • Other books in The Missing series - Sent (#2), Sabotaged (#3 - due out in August 2010)

  • The Shadow Children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn, try:

  • Other books in the Samurai Detective Series - The Demon in the TeahouseIn Darkness (#2), Death (#3), The Sword that Cut the Burning Grass (#4), A Samurai Never Fears Death (#5), Seven Paths to Death (#6)

  • Samurai Shortstop by Alan M. Gratz

Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City, try:

  • The sequel: Kiki Strike: The Empress's Tomb

  • The Enola Holmes mysteries by Nancy Springer
  • The Gilda Joyce books by Jennifer Allison

London Calling, try:

  • Other books by Edward Bloor, including Tangerine and Taken


The London Eye Mystery, try:


A Mango-Shaped Space, try:


My Life in Dog Years, try:


Night of the Howling Dogs, try:


The Other Side of the Island, try:


PrettyTough, try:

  • The next PrettyTough book, Playing by the Rules

  • Soccer Chick Rules by Dawn FitzGerald

Raven's Gate, try:

  • Other books in the Gatekeepers series: Evil Star (#2), Night Rise (#3), Necropolis (#4)

Sea of Monsters, try:

  • Other books in the Percy Jackson series: The Lightning Thief (#1), The Titan's Curse (#3), The Battle of the Labyrinth (#4), The Last Olympian (#5)

  • Rick Riordan's new series, The Kane Chronicles. The Red Pyramid is the first book and just came out in May 2010.

Scepter of the Ancients/Skulduggery Pleasant, try:

  • Other books in the Skulduggery Pleasant series: Playing With Fire (#2), The Faceless Ones (#3)

Shark Girl, try:


Three Cups of Tea: The Young Reader's Edition, try:

  • Extra Credit by Andrew Clements

Witch Child, try:

  • The sequel: Sorceress by Celia Rees

  • A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials by Ann Rinaldi