Realistic Fiction
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
The Wednesday Wars. Schmidt, Gary.
Prom by Laurie Halse Andersen
Dreamleand by Sarah Dessen
Tears of a tiger
Forged by fire
Darkness before Dawn
Plain Truth by Picoult
Hanging on to Max by Bechard
Fantasy
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan
Stroud
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
Harrowing the Dragon by Patricia McKillip
Magyk by Angie Sage
Shadowslayers by Charlie Martin
Cross my heart and hope to spy
Stormbreaker
Among the hidden by Haddix
Full Tilt by Shusterman
Downsiders by Shusterman
Historical Fiction
Breaker by N. A. Perez
Land of Promise by Joan Lowery Nixon
A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in
Stories by Richard Peck
Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen (language)
I Had Seen Castles by Cynthia Rylant
When the heart Cries by Woodsmall
Catherine called Birdy by Cushman
Charley Skedaddle by Beatty
Romance
Don’t die, my love, by McDaniel
This Lullaby Dessen, Sarah
Romiette and Julio Draper, Sharon
The Wind Blows Backward Hahn, Mary
Downing
Sharing Sam by Applegate
Saving Jessica by McDaniel
Science Fiction
Feed M.T. Anderson
Skellig David Almond
Jennifer Government Max Barry
Pucker Melanie Gideon
Jumper Steven Gould
Merchant of Death
Double Helix by Werlin
Humor
Rats saw God / Rob Thomas.
Three Clams and an Oyster by Randy
Powell
Friend or foe? By Steve Barlow and Steve
Skidmore
Behaving Bradley by Perry Nodelman
Burger Wuss by M. T. Andersen
The teacher’s funeral by Peck
Here lies the librarian by Peck
Sports
Tangerine Bloor, Edward
Bull Catcher Carter, Alden
High Heat Deuker, Carl
Painting the Black Deuker, Carl
Safe at Second Johnson, Scott
Slam by Myers
Heart of a Champion
On the devil’s court by Deuker
Summer ball by Lupica
Nonfiction
A child called it
*****Reminder: These are just
a few options/suggestions
for your Summer Reading
Assignment. You do not
have to pick a book from this
list.