Charles County Public Schools Middle School
Summer Reading List
Theodore Davis
Pick any one book
appropriate for a
middle school
reader
John Hanson
Pick any one book
appropriate for a
middle school
reader
Piccowaxen
Pick Two books
appropriate for a
middle school
reader (one fiction
and one
nonfiction)
6-8
All Courses
Suggestions:
 Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan
 Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James Swanson
 My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
 Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
 Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
 The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
All Courses
All Courses
All Courses
Sample of Student Suggestions:
Sample of Student Suggestions:
Sample of Student Suggestions:
 Origami Yoda Series by Tom
 Divergent by Veronica Roth
 Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Angleberger
 Maze Runner by James
 Starters by Lissa Price
 The Hunger Games by
Dashner
 City of Bones Series by
Suzanne Collins
 The Uglies Series by Scott
Cassandra Clare
 Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
Westerfield
 Graceling by Kristen Cashore
 Bluford Series by Paul Langan
 Mockingbird by Kathryne
 The Book Thief by Markus
& Others
Erskin
Zusak
6-8
6-8
Grade Level & Enrichment
Gifted
Pick any fiction book
Pick one fiction novel from grade level list
Pick any nonfiction book
Pick one nonfiction book from the suggested list
Fiction List Suggestions:
6th
 Katherine Applegate. The One and Only Ivan.
 Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee
 Jean Craighead George. My Side of the
Mountain.
 Petey by Ben Mikaelsen
 Gary Paulsen. Harris and Me: A Summer
 Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Remembered.
 The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the
 Sharon Draper. Out of My Mind.
Knights of the Round Table by Rosemary Sutcliff
 Christopher Paul Curtis. The Watsons Go to
 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Birmingham.
7th
 Tim Green. Football Champ, Football Genius, or
Big Time.
 Shabanu by Suzanne Fisher Staples
 R. J. Palacio. Wonder.
 The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
 Cynthia Kadohata. Kira-Kira.
 The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
 The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
 Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Nonfiction List Suggestions
 Middle School: The Real Deal: From Cafeteria
8th
Food to Combination Locks by Juliana Farrell
 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
 Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and
 Hiroshima by J. Hersey
Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Sheryl Berk  Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
 Chew on This by Charles Wilson
 Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
 Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma  Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
Edmonds, Civil War Spy by Seymour Reit
 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
 Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James Swanson
 The Cay by Theodore Taylor
 The Bone Detectives: How Forensic
Anthropologists Solve Crimes and Uncover
Mysteries of the Dead by Donna Jackson
 Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of
1916 by Michael Capuzzo
Charles County Public Schools Middle School
Summer Reading List
Benjamin Stoddert
Pick any one book
appropriate for a
middle school
reader
Mattawoman
Pick any one book
from this
appropriate list
General
Smallwood
Pick any one book
appropriate for a
middle school
reader
6-8
All Courses
Any book appropriate for a middle school reader.
Suggestions:
 Newbery Award winners
 Coretta Scott King Award winners
 Black-eyed Susan award winners
6th Grade
Grade Level, Enrichment
 Dicey’s Song by Cynthia
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Voight
 Freak the Mighty by Rodman
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Philbrick
 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of
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NIMH by Robert O’Brien
Gifted
Treasure Island by Robert
Louis Stevenson
 The Sword and the Circle by
Rosemary Sutcliff
 Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
6th Grade
Grade Level & Enrichment
Suggestion
 Black-eyed Susan award
winners
 ALA 2014 Best fiction for
young adults
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Gifted (pick from list)
Millicent Min, Girl Genius by
Lisa Yee
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen
Treasure Island by Robert
Louis Stevenson
The Sword and the Circle: King
Arthur and the Knights of the
Round Table by Rosemary
Sutcliff
A Wrinkle in Time by
Madeleine L’Engle
Wonder Struck by Brian
Selznick
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Sweetness at the Bottom of
the Pie by Alan Bradley
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7th Grade
Grade Level, Enrichment
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher
Paul Curtis
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine
L’Engle
Money Hungry by Sharon Flake
Gifted
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by
James L. Swanson
The Wanderer by Sharon
Creech
7th Grade
Grade Level & Enrichment
Suggestion
 Black-eyed Susan award
winners
 ALA 2014 Best fiction for young
adults
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Gifted (pick from list)
Shabanu by Suzanne Fisher
Staples
The Prince and the Pauper by
Mark Twain
The Wanderer by Sharon
Creech
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by
C.S. Lewis
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
The Red Pyramid by Rick
Riordan
Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
The Warrior Heir by Cinda
Williams Chima
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by
Rae Carson
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8th Grade
Grade Level, Enrichment
Hiroshima, by J. Hersey
Pigman’s Legacy by Paul
Zindel
The Skin I’m In by Sharon
Flake
Gifted
Hiroshima by J. Hersey
Whirligig by Paul
Fleishchman
The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer by Mark Twain
8th Grade
Grade Level & Enrichment
Suggestion
 Black-eyed Susan award
winners
 ALA 2014 Best fiction for
young adults
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Gifted (pick from list)
April Morning by H. Fast
Flowers for Algernon by
Daniel Keyes
Hiroshima by J. Hersey
Whirligig by Paul
Fleischman
Journey to the Center of the
Earth by Jules Verne
Across Five Aprils by Irene
Hunt
Lyddie by Katherine
Paterson
Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst
Shadow and Bone by Leigh
Bardugo
Between Shades of Gray by
Ruta Sepetys
Charles County Public Schools Middle School
Summer Reading List
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Milton Somers
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Pick any one book
from this
appropriate list
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6th Grade
Grade Level
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate
DiCamillo
Mick Harte Was Here by
Barbara Park
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of
NIMH by Robert O’Brien
Sounder by William H.
Armstrong
Enrichment
Bridge to Terabithia by
Katherine Paterson
Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley
Snyder
Harriet the Spy by Louise
Fitzhugh
Pictures of Hollis Woods by
Patricia Reilly Giff
Gifted
A Wrinkle in Time by
Madeline L’Engle
 Millicent Minn, Girl Genius by
Lisa Yee
 Petey by Ben Mikaelsen
 Treasure Island by Robert
Louis Stevenson
6th Grade
All Courses
Any book appropriate for a middle
school reader
Suggested Authors / Series
 Walter Dean Myers
 Jerry Spinelli
 Mildred Taylor
 Lightening Thief Series
 39 Clues Series
 Beacon Street Girls Series
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6th Grade
Grade Level
Ghost of Tokaido Inn by
Dorothy Hoobler
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Island of the Blue Dolphin by
Scott O’Dell
Enrichment
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher
Paul Curtis
The Wanderer by Sharon
Creech
When Zachary Beaver Came to
Town by Willis Holt
Gifted
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Wednesday Wars by Gary
Schmidt
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6th Grade
Grade Level
Out of the Dust by Karen
Hesse
That Was Then, This is Now
by S.E. Hinton
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Enrichment
The Wednesday Wars by
Gary Schmidt
Whirligig by Paul
Fleishchman
Gifted
Journey to the Center of the
Earth by Jules Verne
Whirligig by Paul
Fleishchman

Matthew Henson
Pick one book
7th Grade
All Courses
Any realistic fiction novel written in
1st person or a memoir about
someone’s life.
Examples
 Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline
Woodson
 Through My Eyes by Ruby
Bridges
 Leon’s Story by Leon Tillage
 Heat by Mike Lupica
 Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers
 The Boy by Roald Dahl
6th Grade
All Courses
Any award winning or
nominated book appropriate for
a middle school reader
Examples of Awards
 Newbery Award
 Printz Award
 Black-eyed Susan Award
 Coretta Scott King Award