Duxbury Free Library’s 2013 Summer Reading Suggestions for Alden School
Dear Students:
The following is a list of books that you might enjoy reading over the summer. Please keep in mind that these are
only suggestions, and that there are many other excellent books that you and your family might like.
Mary McCauley – Alden Librarian Barbara Grenadir and Marie Piepiora – Alden Reading Specialists
Nancy Denman and Jessica Lamarre – Children’s Librarians, Duxbury Free Library
MYSTERIES
ADLER
Cam Jansen and the Summer Camp Mysteries (series)
BALLIETT
Chasing Vermeer (and others)
BARRETT
The Case that Time Forgot (and others)
BERLIN
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
BEIL
The Ring of Rocamadour (and others)
BROACH
Masterpiece
DOWD
The London Eye Mystery
GIBBS
Belly Up
GRISHAM
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (series)
JONES
The Night Flyers (American Girl Mystery Series)
KEHRET
Stolen Children (and others)
KORMAN
Framed (and others)
NEWSOME
The Billionaire’s Curse
RIORDAN (and others) The Thirty-nine Clues (series)
SOBOL
Encyclopedia Brown (series)
VAN DRAANEN Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy (series)
Other mystery authors to try: John Bellairs, Paul Fleischman, Bruce Hale, David Patneaude, Ron Roy,
Gloria Skurzynski, Brad Strickland, Betty Ren Wright
REALISTIC FICTION
AUCH
BIRDSALL
BUYEA
CLEMENTS
CREECH
DOWELL
GANTOS
GIFFORD
HIAASEN
KELLEY
KIMMEL
LORD
MCDONALD
O’CONNOR
SACHAR
One-Handed Catch
Penderwicks (and others)
Because of Mr. Terupt
No Talking (and many others)
Love That Dog; Granny Torrelli Makes Soup (and others)
Phineas L. MacGuire—blasts off (and others)
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (and others)
Moxie Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little (and others)
Scat (and others)
Nature Girl
Lily B. on the Brink of Cool (and others)
Rules
Judy Moody (series)
The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester (and others)
Holes; Wayside School is Falling Down (series)
SPINELLI
Maniac Magee (and others)
VAN DRAANEN Shredderman: Secret Identity (series)
Other realistic fiction authors to try: Ellen Conford, Paula Danziger, Jean Craighead George, Lensey Namioka,
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
ADVENTURE
ALLISON
AVI
BELL
COLFER
CRAIG
FLANAGAN
FLETCHER
GUTMAN
HADDIX
HOROWITZ
HUNTER
KORMAN
NIX
PEARSON
RIORDAN
SMITH
WALDEN
YOUNG
Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator
Murder at Midnight
Nick of Time
Half Moon Investigations
Jimmy Coates, Assassin (series)
The Ruins of Gorlan (series)
Stoneheart (and others)
Mission Unstoppable
Missing (series)
Alex Rider (series)
Warrior (series)
Island (series); On the Run (series)
Mister Monday (series)
Steel Trappe: The Challenge (and others)
The Red Pyramid
I.Q (Book one, Independence Hall)
H.I.V.E. (series)
Storm: The Infinity Code (and others)
HISTORICAL FICTION
AVI
CURTIS
FORD
GRAHAM
HEMPHILL
HESSE
KADOHATA
NIXON
PARK
PRYOR
SALISBURY
SELZNICK
Seer of Shadows (and others)
Bud, Not Buddy; Elijah Buxton (and others)
The Fire of Ares
You Wouldn’t Want to Climb Mt. Everest (and others, various authors)
Stonewall Hinkleman and the Battle of Bull Run
Out of the Dust (and others)
Weedflower
My name is America (series; different authors)
Maria’s Story: 1773 (and others)
When My Name Was Keoko
Luke on the High Seas (series)
Royal Diaries (series; different authors)
Under the Blood-Red Sun
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
HUMOR
BIRDSEYE
COWLEY
GLEITZMAN
HALE
KELLY
Attack of the Mutant Underwear
Chicken Feathers
Toad Rage
Prince of Underwhere (and others)
Melonhead
KINNEY
KORMAN
PALATINI
PAULSEN
PEIRCE
RUSSELL
SCIESZKA
WINKLER
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)
Maxx Comedy
Geek Chic: the Zoey Zone
Lawn Boy
Big Nate Strikes Again (series)
Dork Diaries (series)
Time Warp Trio (series)
The Zippity Zinger (series)
Other humor authors to try: Roald Dahl, Betsy Duffey, Johanna Hurwitz, Dav Pilkey
FANTASY
BARRY
BYNG
COLFER
DICAMILLO
DITERLIZZI
DOWNER
FUNKE
MOORE
NEFF
NIMMO
PAOLINI
RIORDAN
SAGE
SPRINGER
STROUD
YOLEN
Peter and the Starcatchers (series)
Molly Moon (series)
Artemis Fowl (series)
The Magician’s Elephant (and others)
The Search for WondLa
Hatching Magic
Dragon Rider; Inkspell (and others)
Door to Time (series)
The Hound of Rowan (and others)
Midnight for Charlie Bone (series)
Eragon; Eldest
The Lightning Thief (series)
Magyk (series)
Rowan Hood (series)
Amulet of Samarkand (series)
Wizard’s Hall; Tartan Magic
Other fantasy authors to try: Avi, Lynne Reid Banks, Bruce Coville, Roald Dahl, Eva Ibbotson, Brian Jacques, Gail
Carson Levine, Carol Sonenklar, Elizabeth Winthrop, Patricia C. Wrede
INFORMATION
ARMSTRONG
BISHOP
BURNS
CANEY
CARSON
CERULLO
COOK
HAKIM
HALLS
PRINGLE
SPILSBURY
Spirit of Endurance: the true story of the Shackleton Expedition
Lizards
The Hive Detectives
Steve Caney’s Ultimate Building Book
Emi and the Rhino Scientist
Shipwrecks: exploring sunken cities beneath the sea
Hey Batta, Batta Swing! The Wild Old Days of Baseball
The Story of Science, Aristotle Leads the Way
Saving the Baghdad Zoo: a true story of hope and heroes
Strange Animals, New to Science
Comics & Graphic Novels