CORDOVA MIDDLE SCHOOL
Stephanie Beach
Principal
beachsh@scsk12.org
Yuri Yancy
Assistant Princpal
yancyyg@scsk12.org
Alicia Saulsberry
Assistant Principal
saulsberryap@scsk12.org
Michele Kenner
PLC Coach
kennermr@scsk12.org
Cordova Middle School Library Suggested Reading List
Ways to Encourage Teens to Read
1. Help fit reading into their schedules. Teens say they would read more if they had time.
2. Set an example. Let your kids see you reading for pleasure as often as you can.
3. Have a variety of reading materials – books, magazines, and newspapers. Check to see what
disappears for a clue to what interests your teenager.
4. Let teens choose their own materials. When you’re out together, browse in a bookstore or library.
Give a gift certificate or subscription as a nice way of saying, “You choose.”
5. Build on teen interests. Look for books and articles that feature favorite sports, hobbies, or music.
6. Value pleasure reading. Almost anything your teens read helps build reading skills.
7. Read books written for teens yourself. “Young adult” novels provide valuable insights into the
concerns and pressures teenagers feel. You may find these books offer neutral territory where you can
talk about sensitive subjects successfully.
8. Make reading aloud a natural part of family life. Share something from the newspaper or a book
you’re reading – without turning it into a lesson.
9. Go “surfing for books.” Use the internet to find suggestions for books to read. (A list of reading
websites is included in this packet.)
10. Keep the big picture in mind. For all sorts of reasons, some kids go through periods without
showing much interest in reading. Don’t panic! Time and a few tips from this list may help to rekindle
their interest.
These suggestions were taken from a brochure published by Reading is Fundamental.
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Sixth Grade Middle School Suggested Reading List
English/Language Arts
Office of Standards, Curriculum & Assessment
Department of Curriculum, Instruction & School Effectiveness
Title Author
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Because of Winn-Dixie, DiCamillo
Bud, Not Buddy, Curtis
Dragonwings, Yep
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler , Konigsburg
Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs, Gilson
Island of the Blue Dolphins, O’Dell
Maniac Magee, Spinelli
M. C. Higgins the Great, Hamilton
Missing May, Rylant
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, O’Brien
Number the Stars, Lowry
Old yeller, Gipson
Poppy, Avi
Rascal, North
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Taylor
The Cay, Taylor
The Clay Marble Mingfong, Ho
The Giver, Lowry
The Gold Cadillac, Taylor
The House of Dies Drear, Hamilton
The Secret Garden, Burnett
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi
Tuck Everlasting, Babbitt
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Seventh Grade Middle School Suggested Reading List
English/Language Arts
Office of Standards, Curriculum & Assessment
Department of Curriculum, Instruction & School Effectiveness
Title Author
Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery
Black Beauty, Sewell
Call It Courage, Sperry
Face on the Milk Carton, Cooney
Hatchet, Paulsen
Holes, Sachar
Journey, MacLachlan
Little Women, Alcott
Miracle’s Boys, Woodson
My Louisiana, Sky Holt
My Side of the Mountain, George
Out of the Dust, Hesse
Sounder, Armstrong
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain
The Call of the Wild, London
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The Mystery of Drear House, Hamilton
The Red Badge of Courage, Crane
The Red Pony, Steinbeck
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, Curtis
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Verne
Where the Lilies Bloom, Clever
Where the Red Fern Grows, Rawls
White Fang, London
Wringer, Spinelli
Wrinkle in Time, L’Engle
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Eighth Grade Middle School Suggested Reading List
English/Language Arts
Office of Standards, Curriculum & Assessment
Department of Curriculum, Instruction & School Effectiveness
Title Author
Across Five Aprils, Hunt
A Day No Pigs Would Die, Peck
Anne Frank: A Hidden Life, Pressler
Anne Frank: A Diary of a Young Girl, Frank
Catherine, Called Birdie, Cushman
Death Be Not Proud , Gunther
Farewell to Manzanar , Houston
Freak the Mighty, Philbrick
Jacob Have I Loved, Paterson
Johnny Tremain, Forbes
Julie of the Wolves , George
Night, Wiesel
Nightjohn, Paulsen
Nothing but the Truth, Avi
The Black Pearl, O’Dell
The Contender , Lipsyte
The Martian Chronicles, Bradbury
The Moves Make the Man, Brooks
The Outsiders, Hinton
The Pearl, Steinbeck
The Summer of My German Soldier, Greene
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Speare
The Yearling, Rawlings
To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee
Toning the Sweep, Johnson
Walk Two Moons,
Creech
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900 N Sanga Road Cordova, TN 38018
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