Please click any of the following titles to read about each book:
6th grade:
Please read one of the following titles:
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli – Fiction
When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead – Science Fiction
Pick something from the following list to read beyond the requirements:
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry – Nonfiction
Blizzard by Jim Murphy – Nonfiction
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai – Poetry
Heat by Mike Lupica – Fiction
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke – Fantasy
The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry – Historical Fiction
The Fifth of March by Ann Rinaldi – Historical Fiction
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott – Historical Fiction
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Suggested Extra Titles:
The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen (Fiction) The Great Fire by Jim Murphy (Nonfiction)
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick (Fiction) Pyramid by David Macaulay (Nonfiction)
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (Fiction) Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus (Historical Fiction)
The Rifle by Gary Paulsen (Historical Fiction) "Acquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost (Poetry)
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (Historical Fiction) "The Drought" by Gary Soto (Poetry)
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep (Historical Fiction) "At a Window" by Carl Sandburg (Poetry)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor (Historical Fiction) "Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats (Poetry)
7th grade:
Please read one of these required titles:
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes – Fiction
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie – Fiction
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements – Fiction
The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood – Historical Fiction
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi – Historical Fiction
Lord of the Rings Series: The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkein – Fantasy (Choose any one of the series)
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Reading Beyond the Requirements – Suggested Extra Titles:
Absolutely True by Heather Vogel Frederick (Fiction) Miracle on 49th Street by Mike Lupica (Fiction)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Historical Fiction) Parsifal’s Page by Gerald Morris (Historical Fiction)
House Arrest by K.A. Holt (Fiction) Plunked by Michael Northrop (Fiction)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Historical Fiction) The Storm Before Atlanta by Karen Schwabach (Historical Fiction)
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (Historical Fiction) Lincoln’s Spymaster by Samantha Seiple (Biography)
8th grade:
Please read one of these required titles:
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel - Fantasy
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen – Historical Fiction
The Choice by Kathy Clark – Historical Fiction
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz – Historical Fiction
MARTians by Blythe Woolston – Science Fiction
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos – Memoir
Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker – Sports Fiction
The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes – Realistic Fiction
The Running Dream by Wendelyn van Draanen – Fiction
Trouble Is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly – Fiction
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Reading Beyond the Requirements – Suggested Extra Titles:
This Star Won't Go Out by Esther Earl (Memoir) Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown (Nonfiction)
The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brokenbrough (Historical Fiction) The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin (Nonfiction)
Once by Morris Gleitzman (Historical Fiction) A Song for Ella Grey by David Almond (Poetry/Lyrical)