Immaculate Heart of Mary School, junior high (grades 6-8) summer reading list

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1 Immaculate Heart of Mary School, junior high (grades 6-8) summer reading list Below is a list of novels for junior high students to use when selecting their summer reading assignments this year. (Note: The first list is alphabetical by book title, and the second list is alphabetical by author) This list has been compiled from other lists of recommended books for middle school and teen-aged students to read. We want the students to use this list as a guide, but they should also keep in mind their own reading level and interests when selecting choices for themselves. Parents, please make sure you also research the novels prior to allowing your child to read them to make sure you are comfortable with the reading level and content for your child. Junior high reading levels vary greatly, and so do the authors' writing styles and topics included in young adult fiction. Summer reading requirements: Each junior high student needs to read at least TWO (2) novels from this list, and take the corresponding Accelerated Reader web site quizzes for each. Each grade level Literature/Reading teacher will take the two HIGHEST scores the student completes during the summer session, and average as their summer reading grade for a first trimester school year Literature/Reading grade. Students who do not complete summer reading will serve lunch detentions until they are finished with both books and have completed their AR tests. List 1: by Title (alphabetical order) Author 1. A Dog's Life Ann M. Martin 2. A Wrinkle in Time and the entire Time trilogy Madeline L Engle 3. A Series of Unfortunate Events (all books) Lemony Snicket 4. A Ring of Endless Light Madeleine L Engle 5. A Separate Peace John Knowles 6. Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt 7. Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko 8. Alex Rider (series) Anthony Horowitz 1 of 13

2 9. Around the World in 80 Days Jules Verne 10. Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 11. Blood Red Horse K. M. Grant 12. Bloodlines Richelle Mead 13. Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 14. Catherine, Called Birdy Karen Cushman 15. Chaos Walking: A Trilogy Patrick Ness 16. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl 17. Chasing Redbird Sharon Creech 18. Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliet 19. City of Ember Jeanne DuPrau 20. Crispin: Cross of Lead Avi 21. Dancing in Muddy Pants Louise Rennison 22. Coraline Coraline Neil Gaiman 23. Delirium Lauren Oliver 24. Dream of Night Heather Henson 25. Dune Frank Herbert 26. Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine 27. Ender s Game Orson Scott Card 28. Eragon, Eldest and Brisingr (Inheritance #1-3) Christopher Paolini 29. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 30. Feed M.T. Anderson 31. Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson 32. Flip David Lubar Walter Mosley 34. Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick 35. Gallagher Girls (series) Ally Carter 36. Gathering Blue Lois Lowry 2 of 13

3 37. Guts Gary Paulsen 38. Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling 39. Heat Mike Lupica 40. Here There Be Dragons Jane Yolen 41. Holes Louis Sachar 42. How Angel Peterson Got His Name Gary Paulsen 43. Howl s Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones 44. I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith 45. Ink Heart Cornelia Funke 46. Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson 47. Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne 48. Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George 49. Life As We Knew It Susan Beth Pfeffer 50. Love That Dog Sharon Creech 51. Little Women Louisa May Alcott 52. Lord of the Flies William Golding 53. Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 54. Matched Ally Condie 55. Matilda Roald Dahl 56. Maximum Ride (series) James Patterson 57. Messenger Lois Lowry 58. Mrs. Fris and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O Brien 59. My Brother Sam is Dead James Lincoln Collier 60. My Friend, the Enemy Dan Smith 61. My Life in Dog Years Gary Paulsen 62. My Sister s Keeper Jodi Picoult 63. Peak Roland Smith 64. Peter and the Starcatchers (series) Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson 3 of 13

4 65. Princess Academy Shannon Hale 66. Rifles for Waite Harold Keith 67. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor 68. Rules of the Road Joan Bauer 69. Schooled Gordon Korman 70. Scorpions Walter Dean Myers 71. Secrets of the Realm Bev Stout 72. Seedfolks Paul Fleischman 73. Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 74. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (series) Ann Brashares 75. Small Steps Louis Sachar 76. Small Steps: the Year I Got Polio Peg Kehret 77. Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury 78. Sounder William H. Armstrong 79. Swindle (series) Gordon Korman 80. Switch! The Lost Kingdoms of Karibu Karen Prince 81. Tangerine Edward Bloor 82. Tentacles Roland Smith 83. The Abhorsen Trilogy Box Set Garth Nix 84. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 85. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 86. The Anne of Green Gables (series) L.M. Montgomery 87. The Battle for Princess Kirstin Pulioff 88. The BFG Roald Dahl 89. The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 90. The Book Thief Markus Zusak 91. The Boy Who Saved Baseball John Ritter 92. The Call of the Wild Jack London 4 of 13

5 93. The Cay Theodore Taylor 94. The Chronicles of Chrestomanci (series) Diana Wynne Jones 95. The Chronicles of Narnia (series) C.S. Lewis 96. The Clay Lion Amalie Jahn 97. The Color of Magic Terry Pratchett 98. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon 99. The Dark is Rising (series) Susan Cooper 100. The Devil s Arithmetic Jane Yolen 101. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) Jeff Kinney 102. The Diary of a Young Girl (non-fiction) Anne Frank 103. The Divergent (series) Veronica Roth 104. The Eighth Day Dianne K. Salerni 105. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (series) Patricia C. Wrede 106. The Escape of Princess Madeline Kirstin Pulioff 107. The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred A. Kropp Rick Yancey 108. The Giver Lois Lowry 109. The Goose Girl Shannon Hale 110. The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 111. The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley 112. The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts Douglas Adams 113. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien 114. Hope was Here Joan Bauer 115. The House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer 116. The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros 117. The Hunger Games (series) Suzanne Collins 118. The Hypnotist Gordon Korman 119. The Last Mission Harry Mazer 120. The Island Gary Paulsen 5 of 13

6 121. The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle 122. The Leviathan trilogy Scott Westerfeld 123. The Lightning Thief and all Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series) Rick Riordan 124. The Limit Kristin Landon 125. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis 126. The Lord of the Rings (series) J.R.R. Tolkien 127. The Lost Hero and all Heroes of Olympus (series) Rick Riordan 128. The Magic of Finkleton K.C. Hilton 129. The Maze Runner James Dashner 130. The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart 131. The Outsiders S.E. Hinton The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, Jeanne Birdsall 132. and a Very Interesting Boy 133. The Princess Bride William Goldman 134. The Princess Diaries (series) Meg Cabot 135. The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 136. The Schwa was Here Neal Schusterman 137. The Sixth Grade Nickname Game Gordon Korman 138. The Snow Pony Alison Ester 139. The Song of the Lioness Quartet Tamora Pierce 140. The Tarantula in my Purse. Jean Craighead George 141. The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke 142. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi 143. The Trumpet of the Swan E.B. White 144. The Truth About Forever Sarah Dessen 145. The Twilight collection Stephenie Meyer 146. The Uglies Trilogy Scott Westerfeld 147. The View from Saturday E.L. Koinsburg 6 of 13

7 148. The Wednesday Wars Gary D. Schmidt Little Blue Envelopes Maureen Johnson 150. Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 151. Trickster s Queen Tamora Pierce 152. Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt ,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne 154. Under the Blood Red Sun Graham Salisbury 155. Visions Lauren Klever 156. Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech 157. Water Buffalo Days: Growing up in Vietnam Huynh, quang nhuong and tseng 158. Watership Down Richard Adams 159. Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls 160. White Fang Jack London 161. Year of the Hangman Gary Blackburn 7 of 13