2013 ACS Middle School Summer Reading Recommendations
On the attached link are suggested titles for summer reading for the ACS Middle
School students. Since our students tend to read above grade level, I have listed
the titles all together in one document. The indicated grade levels are intended
to be used as a guide only. As a reader matures, the content of the books
becomes more intense. Many of the 7-8 Group recommendations are on a high school reading level.
Thus the situations and conflicts the main character must face are appropriate for that age. These
books will also deal with the feelings and repercussions of teenage angst, death, and romance.
A very useful site to check on the maturity level of a book, movie, or television show is
www.commonsensemedia.org. This site includes a short summary; indicated age of a reader, as well as
information a parent may want to know about the levels of violence, sex, language, consumerism,
drinking, as well as the educational level and positive messages in each review. When using the “what
parents need to know” section, either click on or scroll over the indicators to see a more detailed
explanation of the rating.
I hope your students enjoy they books on this list. Students may also like to choose a book from the
Rebecca Caudill Reading Award nominees for 2014. If he/she reads six or more books from the list, they
may participate in the voting party I will have in mid-February, 2014.
Middle School by group and genre
Group Genre
5-6 Adventure
5-6
Adventure
5-6
Adventure
5-6
Adventure
5-6
Adventure
5-6
Adventure
5-6
Classics
5-6
Classics
5-6
Classics
5-6
Classics
5-6
Fantasy
5-6
Fantasy
5-6
Fantasy
5-6
Fantasy
5-6
Fantasy
5-6
Fantasy
5-6
Fantasy
5-6
Fantasy
5-6
Fantasy
Title
Heart of a Samurai
I.Q.
Alex Rider series
Mysterious Benedict Society
Kane Chronicles
Peak
Tales From the Odyssey
Little Women
Treasure Island
Anne of Green Gables
Ranger's Apprentice
Good Dog
Sea of Trolls
Underneath
Fablehaven
Savvy
The Incorrigible Children of Aston Place
The Hobbit
Heroes of Olympus
Author
Preus
Smith
Horowitz
Stewart
Riordan
Smith
Osborne
Alcott
Stevenson
Montgomery
Flanagan
Avi
Farmer
Applet
Mull
Law
Klassen
Tolkien
Riordin
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
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5-6
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5-6
5-6
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5-6
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5-6
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5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Humor
Humor
Mystery
Mystery
Mystery
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Magyk (Septimas Heap)
Wildwood
Thief Lord
Gregor the Overlander
Princess Academy
Powerless
Unwanted
Dark Life series
Kingdom Keepers
Bread and Roses
Green Glass Sea
Phoenix Rising
Shakespeare Stealer
Young Samurai series
Elephant Run
Crispin: Cross of Lead
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
True Meaning of Smek Day
The Name of This Book is Secret
The Eye, the ear, and the arm
Westing Game
Rush For the Gold
How They Croaked
Bomb: the race to build and steal the world's most dan
A Black Hole is Not A Hole
Trapped: How the World rescued 33 miners
American Plague
Chew on This
Truce
Walk Two Moons
Ungifted
Out of My Mind
I Funny
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Navigating Early
A Mango Shaped Space
Rules
Wednesday Wars
Shiloh
Almost Home
MVP
Liar and Spy
Guys Write for Guys Read series
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
A Whole Nother Story
Touching Spirit Bear
Laught With the Moon
Sage
Melroy
Funke
Collins
Hale
Cody
McMann
Falls
Pearson
Patterson
Klass
Hesse
Blackwood
Bradford
Smith
Avi
Avi
Rex
Bosch
Farmer
Raskin
Feinstein
Bragg
Sheinkin
DeChristofano
Aronson
Murphy
Schlosser
Murphy
Creech
Korman
Draper
Patterson
Kelly
VanderPoole
Mass
Lord
Schmidt
Naylor
Bauer
Evans
Stead
Scieszka
Giff
Mass
Soup
Michaelson
Burg
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
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6-8
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6-8
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6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Scary
Scary
Sci Fi
Sci Fi
Sci Fi
Sci Fi
Sci Fi
Sci Fi
Sports
Sports
Animal
Animal
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Humor
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Sci Fi
Sci Fi
Sci Fi
Sports
Boys Without Names
Sheth
Stranded
Mikaelson
View From Saturday
Koenigsburg
Mockingbird
Erkskine
Maniac McGee
Spinelli
Deep, Dark, and Dangerous
Hahn
On the Day I Died
Fleming
City of Ember series
DuPrau
Future of Us
Asher
A Wrinkle in Time
L'Engle
Shadow Children series
Haddix
Missing Series
Haddix
When I Reach You
Stead
Football Hero
Green
Heat
Lupica
White Fang
London
Call of the Wild
London
Breadcrumbs
Ursa
Divergent series
Roth
Everlost
Schusterman
I Am Four
Lore
Chains
Anderson
Watch That Ends the Night
Wolff
Number the Stars
Lowry
Treasures in the Dust
Porter
Elephant Run
Smith
I Am A Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Lieb
Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle fire
Marren
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Kidd and French
Soul Surfer
Hamilton
The Great Escape
Mesarole
Notorious Benedict Arnold
Sheinkin
Lincoln's Last Days
O'Reilly
Titanic: Voices from the disaster
Hopkinson
Rules of the Road
Bauer
Stargirl
Spinelli
Breadwinner
Ellis
A Monster Calls
Ness
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Sonneblick
Out of My Mind
Draper
Tangerine
Bloor
Peak
Smith
Surviving the Applewhites
Tolan
Almost Famous
Bauer
Life As We Knew It series
Pfeiffer
Last Book in the Universe
Philbrick
Ender's game series
Card
Last Shot
Feinstein
6-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
7-8
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7-8
7-8
7-8
Steampunk Fantasy Boneshaker
Biography
Diary of a Young Girl
Biography
Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Classic
Jane Eyre
Fantasy
Pendragon Series
Fantasy
Hobbit
Fantasy
Matched series
Fantasy
Lord of the Rings
Fantasy
Life of Pi
Fantasy
Golden Compass
Historical Fiction Book Thief
Historical Fiction Soldier's Secret: Incredible Story of Sarah Edmond
Historical Fiction Out of the Dust
Historical Fiction Between the Shades of Gray
Historical Fiction Chains
Historical Fiction A Soldier's Secret
Historical Fiction Fever 1793
Historical Fiction Bud Not Buddy
Historical Fiction Code Talkers
Historical Fiction Boy In The Striped Pajamas
Mystery
London Eye Mystery
Mystery
Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
Mystery
Down the Rabbit Hole Trilogy
Mystery
And Then There Were None
Non Fiction
Left For Dead
Non Fiction
World Without Fish
Non Fiction
Invincible Microbes
Realistic Fiction
Jefferson's Sons
Realistic Fiction
Corner of the Universe
Realistic Fiction
I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Realistic Fiction
The Schwa Was Here
Realistic Fiction
Things Not Seen
Realistic Fiction
Hope Was Here
Realistic Fiction
The Outsiders
Realistic Fiction
Nothing But the Truth
Sci Fi
Divergent series
Sci FI
Ender's Game
Sci Fi
Lorien Series
Sci Fi
Hunger Games series
Sci Fi
Maze Runner series
Sci Fi
Ender's Game
Sci Fi
Uglies
Sci Fi
House of the Scorpion
Sci Fi
Matched series
SciFi
Adoration of Jenna Fox
Milford
Frank
Kamkwamba
Bronte
MacHale
Tolkien
Conte
Tolkien
Martel
Pullman
Zusak
Moss
Hesse
Sepetys
Anderson
Moss
Anderson
Curtis
Brushac
Boyne
Dowd
Hoobler
Abrahams
Christie
Nelson
Kurlansky
Murphy
Bradley
Martin
carter
Schusterman
Clements
Bauer
Hinton
Avi
Roth
Card
Lore
Collins
Dashner
Card
Westerfield
Farmer
Conde
Pearson