Trachtenberg Reading List (Less Challenging) Chasing Vermeer October Sky The House of the Scorpion The Outsiders Walk Two Moons Summer of My German Soldier Where the Red Fern Grows The Westing Game A Wrinkle in Time Anne of Green Gables Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf Wicked Criss-Cross Hope was Here Rules of the Road Schooled Click to Find out How I Survived Seventh Grade Lyddie The Book Thief Time Cat High King Toran Wanderer The Book of Three Heir Apparent Life as we Knew It Down the Rabbit Hole The Beekeeper’s Apprentice Peak Crispin: The Cross of Lead Nothing But the Truth Eragon Boy Meets Boy The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾ Into Thin Air Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived Revenge of the Whale, or In the Heart of the Sea Seabiscuit The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds The Pigman A Star for the Latecomer Pardon Me, You’re Stepping on My Eyeball My Darling, My Hamburger I Never Loved Your Mind Do Bananas Chew Gum? How to Eat Fried Worms Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice? The Cat Ate My Gymsuit Blue Balliatt Homer Hickam Nancy Farmer S.E. Hinton Sharon Creech Bette Green Wilson Rawls Ellen Rankin Madeleine L’Engle Lucy Montgomery Jennifer Holm Gregory Maguire Lynn Rae Perkins Joan Bauer Joan Bauer Gordon Korman Denise Vega Katherine Paterson Markus Zusak Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Alexander Vivian Van de Velde Susan Beth Pfeffer Peter Abrahams Laurie R. King Roland Smith Avi Avi Christopher Paolini David Levithan Sue Townsend josh Krakaur Ralph Helfer Nathaniel Philbrick Laura Hillenbrand Paul Zindel Paul Zindel Paul Zindel Paul Zindel Paul Zindel Paul Zindel James Gilson Thomas Rockwell Paula Danziger Paula Danziger 1 Trachtenberg Reading List (Less Challenging) The Divorce Express The Pistachio Prescription The Bat in Bunk Five Quiver Zel The Midwife’s Apprentice Catherine, Called Birdy Shiloh Dragonwings Sounder The Egypt Game Up a Road Slowly Across Five Aprils My Side of the Mountain The Witch of Blackbird Pond Ghandi, Fighter Without a Sword The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Because of Winn-Dixie The Chocolate War I am the Cheese The Killing of Mr. Griffin Briar Rose The Devil’s Arithmetic The Golden Compass (also known as Northern Lights Inkheart Savvy Under the Baseball Moon The Boy Who Saved Baseball The Wizard fo Earthsea series The Merlin Effect series Beauty Shiver Alanna: The First Adventure series The Maze Runner Dread Locks Goddess of Yesterday Lost in the Labyrinth The Shadow Thieves Leonardo’s Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci’s Servant The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 Bud, Not Buddy Knots in my Yo-Yo String The Mysterious Benedict Society series The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series Lost Shot: A Final Four Mystery Cover-up: Mystery at the Super Bowl Paula Danziger Paula Danziger Paula Danziger Stephanie Spinner Donna Jo Napoli Karen Cushman Karen Cushman Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Laurence Yep William H. Armstrong Zilpha Keatley Snyder Scott O’Dell Irene Hunt Jean Craighead George Elizabeth George Speare Jeanette Eaton Padriac Colum Kate DiCamillo Robert Cormier Robert Cormier Lois Duncan Jane Yolen Jane Yolen Philip Pullman Cornelia Funke Ingrid Law John H. Ritter John H. Ritter Ursula K. LeGuin T.A. Barron Robin McKinley Maggie Stiefvater Tamora Pierce James Dashner Neal Shusterman Caroline B. Cooney Patrice Kindl Anne Ursu Christopher Grey Christopher Paul Curtis Christopher Paul Curtis Jerry Spinelli Trenton Lee Stewart Alexander McCall Smith John Feinstein John Feinstein 2 Trachtenberg Reading List (Less Challenging) An Abundance of Katherines Looking for Alaska Bronx Masquerade I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President A Mango-Shaped Space When You Reach Me Among the Hidden series Elsewhere Feed The Last Book in the Universe Tanglewreck Uglies Dairy Queen Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series The Last Shot Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Slam Toby Wheeler, Eighth Grade Bench Warmer Bat 6 Downriver Football Genius Crackback The Big Field Travel Team Heat Game Changers Full Court Press Miracle on 49th Street Whale Talk Within Reach Rules Caleb’s Choice Small Steps Holes The Second Mrs. Giocanda The View from Saturday A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver The Samurai’s Tale The Shakespeare Stealer Lyddie Hatchet The River Brian’s Winter Brian’s Return Tracker Woods Runner John Green John Green Nikki Grimes Josh Lieb Wendy Mass Rebecca Stead Margaret Haddix Peterson Gabrielle Zevin M.T. Anderson Rodman Philbrick Jeanette Winterson Scott Westerfeld Catherine Gilbert Murdock Eliot Asinof Darcy Frey Michael Lewis Walter Dean Myers Thatcher Heldring Virginia Euwer Wolff Will Hobbs Tim Green John Coy Mike Lupica Mike Lupica Mike Lupica Mike Lupica Mike Lupica Mike Lupica Chris Crutcher Mark Pftzer & Jack Galvin Cynthia Lord G. Clifton Wisler Louis Sachar Louis Sacher E.L. Koningsburg E.L. Koningsburg E.L. Koningsburg Erik C. Haugaard Gary Blackwood Katherine Paterson Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen 3 Trachtenberg Reading List (Less Challenging) Soldier’s Heart The Car Winterdance:The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod Iditarodd:Toughest Race on Earth Dogsong My Life in Dog Years Liar, Liar: The Theory, Practice, and Destructive Properties of Deception Gimme a Call May I Cross Your Golden River? My Brother Sam is Dead Half Magic (Series) Winning Summer of the Swans Black Stallion (Series) Man O’ War Eric A Summer to Die Find a Stranger, Say Goodby One Fat Summer The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars The Best Little Girl in the World Father Figure The Story of Kin Arthur and His Knights(398) The Once and Future King The Sword and the Stone Mom, the Wolfman, and Me Confessions of an Only Child If You Could See What I Hear(921) Adventures in Darkness (921) Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen Sarah Mlynowski Paige Dixon James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier Edward Eager Brian Brancato Betsy Byers Walter Farley Walter Farley Doris Lund Lois Lowry Lois Lowry Robert Lipsyte Robert Newman Steven Levenkron Richard Peck Howard Pyle T.H. White T.H. White Norma Klein Norma Klein Tom Sullivan Tom Sullivan 4