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Informational Books
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World…...……...……..
……………………………..…….by Jennifer Armstrong
Trapped…………………………...…..by Marc Aronson
Outbreak………………………...……..by Bryn Barnard
The Nazi Hunters……………...…….by Neal Bascomb
Bootleg………………………...….by Karen Blumenthal
How They Croaked…………...……..by Georgia Bragg
Breaker Boys: How a Photograph Helped End Child
Labor………………………...………by Michael Burgan
Tracking Trash……………...…..by Loree Griffin Burns
Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the
Emmett Till Case…………..…………..by Chris Crowe
Mosque………………..……………by David Macaulay
Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and its
Legacy………………………………….by Albert Marrin
The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What
You Eat……………………………….by Michael Pollan
Beyond Courage………….……by Doreen Rappaport
Chew On This: The Unhappy Truth About Fast
Food…………………………...……..by Eric Schlosser
Bomb………………………...……….by Steve Sheinkin
Almost Astronauts…………..……by Tanya Lee Stone
Chasing Lincoln's Killer…….....by James L. Swanson
Boundaries: How the Mason-Dixon Line Settled a
Family Feud and Divided a Nation..by Sally M. Walker
Poetry
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes……..by Roald Dahl
My Letter to the World and other Poems…………….
……………………………………..by Emily Dickinson
William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New
Hope………………………………….by Ian Doescher
Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate
Shipwreck…………………………by Margarita Engle
Seeing the Blue Between……..by Paul B. Janeczko
The Other Side…………………..by Angela Johnson
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup………...by Ron Koertge
Black Stars in a White Night Sky……………………..
…………………………………….by JonArno Lawson
The Owl and the Pussycat………….by Edward Lear
Self-Portrait With Seven Fingers.by J. Patrick Lewis
Rules of the Game……………...by Marjorie Maddox
Poetry Speaks--Who I Am….…….by Elise Paschen
Partly Cloudy…………………………….by Gary Soto
The Pain Tree and Other Teenage Angst-Ridden
Poetry…………….by Esther Watson and Mark Todd
Paint Me Like I am:Teen Poems…..by WritersCorps
JG 4/14
Aliso Viejo, 1 Journey, 92656
1-949-360-1730
La Palma, 7842 Walker St, 90623
1-714-523-8585
Brea,1 Civic Center Circle, 92821
1-714-671-1722
Ladera Ranch, 29551 Sienna Pkwy,
92694 1-949-234-5940
Costa Mesa
COSTA MESA / DONALD DUNGAN
1855 Park Ave, 92627
1-949-646-8845
MESA VERDE
2969 Mesa Verde Dr, 92626
1-714-546-5274
TECHNOLOGY
2263 Fairview Rd. Ste. A
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
1-949-515-3970
Laguna Beach, 363 Glenneyre St,
92651 1-949-497-1733
Cypress, 5331 Orange Ave, 90630
1-714-826-0350
Lake Forest EL TORO
24672 Raymond Way, 92630
1-949-855-8173
Laguna Hills Technology
25555 Alicia Pkwy, 92653
1-949-707-2699
Laguna Niguel, 30341 Crown
Valley Pkwy, 92677 1-949-249-5252
Laguna Woods, 24264 El Toro Rd,
92637 1-949-639-0500
Dana Point, 33841 Niguel Rd, 92629
Los Alamitos
1-949-496-5517
LOS ALAMITOS/ROSSMOOR
Foothill Ranch, 27002 Cabriole,
12700 Montecito Rd, 90740
92610 1-949-855-8072
1-562-430-1048
Fountain Valley
17635 Los Alamos St, 92708
1-714-962-1324
Rancho Santa Margarita
30902 La Promesa, 92688
1-949-459-6094
Garden Grove
CHAPMAN, 9182 Chapman Ave,
92841 1-714-539-2115
REGIONAL, 11200 Stanford Ave,
92840 1-714-530-0711
WEST GARDEN GROVE
11962 Bailey St, 92845
1-714-897-2594
San Clemente, 242 Avenida Del
Mar, 92672 1-949-492-3493
Irvine
HERITAGE PARK REGIONAL
14361 Yale Ave, 92604
949-936-4040
UNIVERSITY PARK
4512 Sandburg Way, 92612
1-949-786-4001
KATIE WHEELER
13109 Old Myford Road, 92602
1-714-669-8753
La Habra, 221 E. La Habra Blvd,
90631 1-714-526-7728 or
1-562-694-0078
San Juan Capistrano,
31495 El Camino Real, 92675
1-949-493-1752
Seal Beach, MARY WILSON,
707 Electric Ave, 90740
1-562-431-3584
Silverado, 28192 Silverado Cyn Rd,
92676 1-714-649-2216
Stanton, 7850 Katella Ave, 90680
1-714-898-3302
Tustin, 345 E. Main Street, 92780
1-714-544-7725
Villa Park, 17865 Santiago Blvd,
928611-714-998-0861
Westminster, 8180 13th St, 92683
1-714-893-5057
2014 Summer
Book List
Grades 6
6--8
Dear Parents/Guardians,
The summer months are a wonderful time for you to help your
child develop a love of reading! The Summer Book List will
help you and your child select high quality reading materials.
Estimados Padres/Tutores,
Los meses de verano son un tiempo maravillosos para que
usted pueda ayudar a su hijo a desarrollar un amor par la
lectura! Esta lista de libros de verano le ayudará a usted ya
su hijo a seleccionar materiales de lectura de alta calidad.
Enjoy your summer - Tengan un buen verano,
OC Public Libraries in collaboration with
The Orange County Department of Education
Contemporary Fiction
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin...by Josh Berk
Skinny…………………………..by Donna D. Cooner
If the Witness Lied…………..by Caroline B. Cooney
Goodbye, Rebel Blue……………..by Shelley Coriell
Out of My Mind………………..by Sharon M. Draper
Foul Trouble……………………….by John Feinstein
The Summer I Turned Pretty…………by Jenny Han
Peanut………………………………by Ayun Halliday
Chomp……………………………….by Carl Hiaasen
The Thing about Luck………...by Cynthia Kadohata
Schooled…………………………by Gordon Korman
Black, White, Other…………by Joan Steinau Lester
Rules………………………………….by Cynthia Lord
True Legend………………………….by Mike Lupica
Under the Mesquite….by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Touching Spirit Bear……………...by Ben Mikaelsen
Colin Fischer……………….by Ashley Edward Miller
Picture Me Gone……………………...by Meg Rosoff
Who Done It? : An Investigation of Murder Most
Foul…………………………………..by Jon Scieszka
Ship Out Of Luck………………by Neal Shusterman
Counting by 7s…………….by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Storm Runners……………………..by Roland Smith
Zen and the Art of Faking It..by Jordan Sonnenblick
Stuck in Neutral…………………...by Terry Trueman
Three Times Lucky………………by Sheila Turnage
Freaks Like Us……………………..by Susan Vaught
How to Save a Life……………………...by Sara Zarr
Historical Fiction
A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To
Return…………………………….by Zeina Abirached
Fever, 1793………………by Laurie Halse Anderson
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle……by Avi
Boy in the Striped Pajamas………….by John Boyne
Code Talker………………………by Joseph Bruchac
Al Capone Does My Shirts…by Gennifer Choldenko
Catherine, Called Birdy………….y Karen Cushman
The Wicked and the Just..by Jillian Anderson Coats
Dead End in Norvelt…………………by Jack Gantos
Once……………………………..by Morris Gleitzman
Witness……………………………….by Karen Hesse
A Million Shades of Gray……..by Cynthia Kadohata
Rifles for Watie……………………….by Harold Keith
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano…………………...
……………………………………..by Sonia Manzano
Mary, Bloody Mary………………...by Carolyn Meyer
The Half Brother……………………..by Kenneth Oppel
A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch
Trials………………………………………by Ann Rinaldi
Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the
South……………………………………...by Ann Rinaldi
Esperanza Rising………………...by Pam Muñoz Ryan
The Caged Graves……………….by Dianne K. Salerni
Under The Blood-Red Sun……...by Graham Salisbury
Okay for Now…………………………..by Gary Schmidt
Between Shades of Gray……………..by Ruta Sepetys
One Came Home…………………..by Amy Timberlake
Fantasy/ Science Fiction
Ship Breaker……………………….by Paolo Bacigalupi
Fox & Phoenix……………………….by Beth Bernobich
The Testing…………………….by Joelle Charbonneau
Bad Unicorn…………………………...by Platte F. Clark
The Reluctant Assassin…………………by Eoin Colfer
The Search for WondLa…………….by Tony DiTerlizzi
Michael Vey: the Prisoner of Cell 25……………………
…………………………………...by Richard Paul Evans
Sidekicks…………………………...by Jack D. Ferraiolo
Back to Blackbrick…………by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
Ruby Red………………………………...by Kerstin Gier
Gone…………………………………...by Michael Grant
The Eleventh Plague……………………..by Jeff Hirsch
Skyship Academy : the Pearl Wars……by Nick James
Origin…………………………………by Jessica Khoury
The Vindico……………………………..by Wesley King
The Giver………………………………….by Lois Lowry
Legend……………………………………….by Marie Lu
Cinder…………………………………by Marissa Meyer
Don't Even Think About It………..by Sarah Mlynowski
For Darkness Shows the Stars…by Diana Peterfreund
The Shadow Society………………...by Marie Rutkoski
TimeRiders……………………………..by Alex Scarrow
Unwind……………………………..by Neal Shusterman
Lockdown : Escape From Furnace……………………..
……………………………..by Alexander Gordon Smith
Biography
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different…………
……………………………………..by Karen Blumenthal
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini………………..
………………………………………...by Sid Fleischman
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia
Earhart……………………………..by Candace Fleming
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous,
Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum…………
…………………………………...by Candace Fleming
One Dead Spy: the Life, Times, and Last Words of
Nathan Hale, America's Most Famous Spy………….
………………………………………….by Nathan Hale
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice……………..
……………………………………..by Phillip M. Hoose
Breaking Through……………..by Francisco Jiménez
Che Guevara: You Win or You Die…………………...
……………………………………..by Stuart A. Kallen
Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African
Savanna…………………………...by Joseph Lekuton
The Year of Goodbyes: A True Story of Friendship,
Family and Farewells………………..by Debbie Levy
Mao's Last Dancer……………………….by Cunxin Li
Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China
During the Cultural Revolution…………by Moying Li
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted
Daughter…………………………by Adeline Yen Mah
Carver, A Life In Poems…………..by Marilyn Nelson
Primates: the fearless science of Jane Goodall,
Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas…by Jim Ottaviani
How the Beatles Changed the World………………..
…………………………………...by Martin W. Sandler
Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma
Edmonds, Civil War Spy……………by Reit Seymour
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of
Adventure, Heroism, and Treachery………………….
………………………………………by Steve Sheinkin
Folktales, Fairy Tales, & Legends
Sita's Ramayana……………………….by Samhita Arni
Max Hamm, Fairy Tale Detective..by Frank Cammuso
Reckless……………………………...by Cornelia Funke
Goose Girl……………………………..by Shannon Hale
Rapunzel's Revenge…………………by Shannon Hale
The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel……………...by Homer
The Game………………………by Diana Wynne Jones
Enchanted…………………………….by Alethea Kontis
The Adventures of Achilles…………...by Hugh Lupton
Hades: Lord of the Dead………...by George O'Connor
Poseidon: Earth Shaker…………by George O'Connor
Zeus: King of the Gods………….by George O'Connor
The Perilous Gard…………...by Elizabeth Marie Pope
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood.by Howard Pyle
The Sword and the Circle……….by Rosemary Sutcliff
Spirits Light and Dark…………………….by Tim Tingle