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Ms. Chu's Favorite Books for Middle School Students
Note: Some of the following books may need parental approval or guidance.
1. Ender’s Game (& Ender’s Shadow) by Orson Scott Card
#bestendingever (#superbabysurvivesintoilettank)
2. The Book Thief by Mark Zusak
#criedmyeyesout #Deathsoundslikeaniceguy
3. The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
#iwaitedinlineforallsevenbooks #callmeharrypottersbff
*4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
#whokilledthedogwithapitchfork? #smileyfaces
*5. The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
#isthisourworld? #nevereatnightlock
*6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
#funnypictures #bornwithwaterinthebrain
7. Monster by Walter Dean Myers
#screenplay #didhedoit?
8. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
#whatsinyourwardrobe? #iplayedthewitchinmyschoolplay
*9. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
#artheals #dontruintheending
*10. Looking for Alaska by John Green
#lifechangingmomment #whatistruelove?
Ms. Chu's Students Recommend:
Top Series
Harry Potter by JK Rowling (AKA the most amazing books ever written)
Percy Jackson By Rick Riordan
Ms.Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Giver series by Lois Lowry
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Middle Grade Series
Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
Goblin Wars Trilogy: When The Stars Struck Down Their Spears
Dork Diaries by Rachel Reneé Russell
The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
Star Wars Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
Canterwood Crest Series by Jessica Burkhart
Mr. Terupt Series by Rob Buyea
The Big Nate Series by Lincoln Pierce
Spirit Animal Series by Brandon Mull
Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
Popular Fiction
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Jack Thorne based on an original new story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling and John Tiffany.
Flipped by Wendallen Van Draanen
I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President by Josh Lieb
The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Out Of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Stargirl bye Jerry Spinelli
Replay by Sharon Creech
Middle School The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson
PG-13 Fiction
Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Paper Towns by John Green
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
The Fault in our Stars by John Green
Award-Winning
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Because of Winne-Dixie by Kate DiCamillio
Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Breathe Sarah Crossan
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee
The Enemy by Charlie Higson
Miss Mayhem by Rachel Hawkins
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Nonfiction
I Will Always Write Back by Martin Ganda and Catherine Alifirenka
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb
Sports
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
The Flea: The Amazing Story of Leo Messi by Michael Part
Neymar the Wizard by Micahel Part
Mythology
Argos: The story of Odysseus as told by his Loyal Dog by Ralph Hardy
Historical Fiction
Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Classics
Old Yeller By Fred Gipson
The Adventures And The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lord of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
My Brother Sam is Dead by Christopher Collier