2012 Collaborative Summer Reading List - Grades 6-8

Year:

2012

Grade Level:

Sixth through Eighth Grade

PDF Downloads of List:

Summer_2012_Reading_List_6_8.pdf

Adventure / Survivial

The Name of This Book is Secret

Author:

Pseudonymous Bosch

Call Number:

J FIC BOSC

Dormia

Author:

Jake Halpern

Call Number:

J FIC HALP

Flutter: the story of four sisters and an incredible journey

Author:

Erin Moulton

Call Number:

J FIC MOUL

A World Without Heroes

Author:

Brandon Mull

Call Number:

J FIC MULL

Storm Runners

Author:

Roland Smith

Call Number:

J FIC SMIT

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos

Author:

R.L. La Fevers

Call Number:

J MYS LAF

The Lost Island of Tamarind

Author:

Nadia Aguiar

Call Number:

Y FIC AGUI

Touching Spirit Bear

Author:

Ben Mikaelsen

Call Number:

Y FIC MIK

Brian’s Winter

Author:

Gary Paulsen

Call Number:

Y FIC PAU

The Secret of ROVER

Author:

Rachel Wildavsky

Call Number:

Y FIC WILD

Classics

The Wizard of Oz

Author:

L. Frank Baum

Call Number:

J FIC BAU

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Author:

Lewis Carroll

Call Number:

J FIC CARR

The Grey King

Author:

Susan Cooper

Call Number:

J FIC COOP

The Phantom Tollbooth

Author:

Norton Juster

The Borrowers

Author:

Mary Norton

Call Number:

J FIC NORT

A Wrinkle in Time

Author:

Madeleine L’Engle

Call Number:

Y FIC LEN

Anne of Green Gables

Author:

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Call Number:

Y FIC MON

Treasure Island

Author:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Call Number:

Y FIC STE

The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again

Author:

J.R.R. Tolkien

Call Number:

FIC TOLK

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Author:

Jules Verne

Call Number:

FIC VERN

Fantasy / Science Fiction

Peter and the Star Catchers

Author:

Dave Barry

Call Number:

J Fic Barr

Revenge of the Witch

Author:

Joseph Delaney

Call Number:

J CD BOOK FIC DEL

The Call

Author:

Michael Grant

Call Number:

J FIC GRAN

Scumble

Author:

Ingrid Law

Call Number:

J FIC LAW

The Emerald Atlas

Author:

John Stephens

Call Number:

J FIC STEP

Breadcrumbs

Author:

Anne Ursu

Call Number:

J FIC URSU

No Passengers Beyond This Point

Author:

Gennifer Choldenko

Call Number:

Y FIC CHOL

The Silver Bowl

Author:

Diane Stanley

Call Number:

Y FIC STAN

Leviathan

Author:

Scott Westerfeld

Call Number:

Y FIC WEST

Graphic Novels

Wonderstruck

Author:

Brian Selznick

Call Number:

J FIC SELZ

Amulet. Book One, The Stonekeeper

Author:

Kazu Kibuishi

Call Number:

J FIC AMUL – GRAPHIC FORMAT

Redwall: The Graphic Novel

Author:

Brian Jacques

Call Number:

J FIC JACQ – GRAPHIC FORMAT

Zeus: King of the Gods

Author:

George O’Connor

Call Number:

J FIC OLYM – GRAPHIC FORMAT

Smile

Author:

Raina Telgemeier

Call Number:

J FIC TELG- GRAPHIC FORMAT

Quest for the Spark

Author:

Tom Sniegoski

Call Number:

Y FIC SNIE

Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity

Author:

Dave Roman

Call Number:

Y FIC ASTR – GRAPHIC FORMAT

The Shadow Door

Author:

Nykko

Call Number:

Y FIC ELSE – GRAPHIC FORMAT

Bad Island

Author:

Doug TenNapel

Call Number:

Y FIC TEN – GRAPHIC FORMAT

Around the World

Author:

Matt Phelan

Call Number:

J 910 PHEL

Historical Fiction

Saving Zasha

Author:

Randi G. Barrow

Call Number:

J FIC BARR

Jefferson’s Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children

Author:

Kimberly Brubaker

Call Number:

J FIC BRAD

Dead End in Norvelt

Author:

Jack Gantos

Call Number:

J FIC GANT

Turtle in Paradise

Author:

Jennifer Holm

Call Number:

J FIC HOLM

Inside Out and Back Again

Author:

Thanhha Lai

Call Number:

J FIC LAI

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

Author:

W.R. Philbrick

Call Number:

J FIC PHIL

Breaking Stalin’s Nose

Author:

Eugene Yelchin

Call Number:

J FIC YELC

Half Brother

Author:

Kenneth Oppel

Call Number:

Y FIC OPPE

Okay for Now

Author:

Gary D. Schmidt

Call Number:

Y FIC SCHM

The Georges and the Jewels

Author:

Jane Smiley

Mystery / Thriller

The Mostly True Story of Jack

Author:

Kelly Barnhill

Call Number:

J FIC BARN

The Dead Boys

Author:

Royce Buckingham

Call Number:

J FIC BUCK

The Lunatic’s Curse

Author:

F.E. Higgins

Call Number:

J FIC HIGG

The Sixty-eight Rooms

Author:

Marianne Malone

Call Number:

J FIC MALO

Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator

Author:

Jennifer Allison

Call Number:

J MYS ALLI

Patrick Carman’s Skeleton Creek

Author:

Patrick Carman

Call Number:

J MYS CARM

Walls Within Walls

Author:

Maureen Sherry

Call Number:

J MYS SHER

A Tale Dark and Grimm

Author:

Adam Gidwitz

Call Number:

Y FIC GIDW

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

Author:

John Grisham

Call Number:

Y FIC GRIS

Cold Case

Author:

Julia Platt Leonard

Call Number:

Y FIC LEON

Non-fiction & Biography

Witches! : The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem

Author:

Rosalyn Schanzer

Call Number:

J 133.43 SCHA

Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World

Author:

Jane Yolen

Call Number:

J 910.45 YOLE

Iceberg, Right Ahead! : The Tragedy of the Titanic

Author:

Stephanie McPherson

Call Number:

J 910.916 MCPH

How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

Author:

Georgia Bragg

Call Number:

J 920 BRAG

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

Author:

Kadir Nelson

Call Number:

J 973.049 NELS

Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Author:

Candace Fleming

Call Number:

J B EARHART

Chew On This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food

Author:

Eric Schlosser

Call Number:

Y 394.1 SCH

Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

Author:

Bethany Hamilton

Call Number:

Y B HAMILTON

Pillars of Frederick

Author:

Yemi

Call Number:

920.009 PILL

Quick Reads

Zombiekins

Author:

Kevin Bolger

Call Number:

J FIC BOLG

Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading

Author:

Tom Greenwald

Call Number:

J FIC GREE

Planet Middle School

Author:

Nikki Grimes

Call Number:

J FIC GRIMES

Sparrow Road

Author:

Sheila O’Connor

Call Number:

J FIC OCON

Liar, Liar: The Theory, Practice, and Destructive Properties of Deception

Author:

Gary Paulsen

Call Number:

J FIC PAUL

Aliens on Vacation

Author:

Clete Barrett Smith

Call Number:

J FIC SMIT

Pie

Author:

Sarah Weeks

Call Number:

J FIC WEEK

The Absolute Value of Mike

Author:

Kathryn Erskine

Call Number:

Y FIC ERSK

Benjamin Franklinstein Lives!

Author:

Matthew McElligot

Call Number:

J FIC MCEL

The Cruisers

Author:

Walter Dean Myers

Call Number:

Y FIC MYER

Realistic Fiction

Small As An Elephant

Author:

Jennifer Jacobson

Call Number:

J FIC JACO

May B: A Novel

Author:

Caroline Starr Rose

Call Number:

J FIC ROSE

101 Ways to Bug Your Friends and Enemies

Author:

Lee Wardlaw

Call Number:

J FIC WARD

The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman

Author:

Meg Wolitzer

Call Number:

J FIC WOLI

Close to Famous

Author:

Joan Bauer

Call Number:

Y FIC BAUE

Addie on the Inside

Author:

James Howe

Call Number:

Y FIC HOWE

Silhouetted by the Blue

Author:

Traci L. Jones

Call Number:

Y FIC JONE

Camo Girl

Author:

Kekla Magoon

Call Number:

Y FIC MAGO

Bluefish

Author:

Pat Schmatz

Call Number:

Y FIC SCHM

Nerd Girls : the rise of the dorkasaurus

Author:

Alan Lawrence Sitomer

Call Number:

Y FIC SITO

Sports

Tall Story

Author:

Candy Gourlay

Call Number:

J FIC GOUR

The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in 9 Innings

Author:

Alan Gratz

Call Number:

J FIC GRAT

Deep Zone: A Football Genius Novel

Author:

Tim Green

Call Number:

J FIC GREE

Ted & Me

Author:

Dan Gutman

Call Number:

J FIC GUTM

The Underdogs

Author:

Mike Lupica

Call Number:

J FIC LUPI

After All, You’re Callie Boone

Author:

Winnie Mack

Call Number:

J FIC MACK

Sugar and Ice

Author:

Kate Messner

Call Number:

J FIC MESS

Hothead: a Novel

Author:

Cal Ripken, Jr.

Call Number:

J FIC RIPK

The Girl Who Threw Butterflies

Author:

Mick Cochrane

Call Number:

Y FIC COCH

Kick

Author:

Walter Dean Myers

Call Number:

Y FIC MYER

List created by:

Liz Bowen (FCPL)
Loi Dubbs (FCPS)
Laura Hicks (FCPS)
Mary Ann Foltz (FCPL)
Janet Morris (FCPL)

2012 Collaborative Summer Reading List - Grades 6-8

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