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=Welcome to the Swatara Middle School Reading List= BOOKS TO READ WHEN YOU HATE TO READ Title, Author Anne Frank – The Diary of a Young Girl, Frank The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger A Day No Pigs Would Die, Peck Farewell to Manzanar, Houston Go Ask Alice, Anonymous The Hobbit, Tolkien Homecoming, Voigt I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Craven I Know What You Did Last Summer, Duncan The Incredible Journey, Burnford Island of the Blue Dolphins, O’Dell The Last Mission, Mazer Lord of the Flies, Golding My Side of the Mountain, George Old Yeller, Gipson The Outsiders, Hinton MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT’S FAVORITE BOOKS After the Dancing Days, Rostkowski Anastasia Krupnik, Lowry The Barn, Avi Canyons, Paulsen A Family Apart, Nixon Freak the Mighty, Philbrick Ghost Canoe, Hobbs Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Rowling Holes, Sachar The Music of Dolphins, Hesse On the Far Side of the Mountain, George Scorpions, Myers Shabanu:Daughter of the Wind, Staples Shades of Gray, Reeder The Shakespeare Stealer, Blackwood Walk Two Moons, Creech The Wanderer, Creech NEWBERY TITLES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL Because of Winn-Dixie, DiCamillo Bridge to Terabithia, Paterson Bud, Not Buddy, Curtis Catherine, Called Birdy, Cushman Dicey’s Song, Voigt Ella Enchanted, Levine Getting Near to Baby, Couloumbis The Giver, Lowry Hatchet, Paulsen Holes, Sachar Island of the Blue Dolphins, O’Dell Julie of the Wolves, George My Brother Sam is Dead, Collier & Collier Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Taylor Shiloh, Naylor A Single Shard, Park The Westing Game, Raskin Wringer, Spinelli STUDENT CHOICES Crash, Spinelli Dangerous Skies, Staples Dovey Coe, Dowell Drive-By, Ewing Freak the Mighty, Philbrick Frenchtown Summer, Cormier Hidden Talents, Lubar Hoops, Myers Letters From a Slave Girl, Lyons Loch, Zindel Matilda Bone, Cushman Mick Harte Was Here, Park Mr. Was, Hautman Phoenix Rising, Hesse Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights, Paulsen Red Cap, Wisler Running Out of Time, Haddix Weasel, DeFelice TOP CHOICES Artemis Fowl, Colfer The Barn, Avi Finding My Voice, Lee Freak the Mighty, Philbrick Holes, Sachar Mr. Was, Hautman The Music of Dolphins, Hesse Nothing But the Truth, Avi Tangerine, Bloor Walk Two Moons, Creech When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, Holt Whirligig, Fleischman Witness, Hesse THE BEST OF THE BEST FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL The Baboon King, Quintana Belle Prater’s Boy, White Bless the Beasts and Children, Swarthout Children of the River, Crew The Contender, Lipsyte Deathwatch, White Downriver, Hobbs Freak the Mighty, Philbrick The Goats, Cole Hatchet, Paulsen Hate You, McNamee If You Come Softly, Woodson Jacob Have I Loved, Paterson Killing Mr. Griffin, Duncan The Moves Make the Man, Brooks Nothing But the Truth, Avi Out of the Dust, Hesse The Outsiders, Hinton The Pigman, Zindel Scorpions, Myers The Shakespeare Stealer, Blackwood Slake’s Limbo, Holman Tangerine, Bloor Z for Zachariah, O’Brien ADVENTURE STORIES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL The Black Pearl, O’Dell Boston Jane, An Adventure, Holm Call It Courage, Sperry Climb or Die, Myers Cold River, Judson The Gadget, Zindel I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade, Wilson Incident at Hawk’s Hill, Eckert Loch, Zindel Lord of the Deep, Salisbury Memory Boy, Weaver The Wanderer, Creech Williwaw, Bodett Woodsong, Paulsen CLASSIC ADVENTURE STORIES Call of the Wild, London A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Twain Dracula, Stoker The Hound of Baskervilles, Doyle Shane, Schaeffer Treasure Island, Stevenson Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Verne War of the Worlds, Wells ADVENTURE STORIES BY GARY PAULSEN Brian’s Return Brian’s Winter The Crossing Dogsong Guts Hatchet The River Woodsong ADVENTURE STORIES BY WILL HOBBS Bearstone Down the Yukon Downriver Ghost Canoe Jason’s Gold River Thunder MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE Joan Lowery Nixon A Dark and Deadly Pool A Deadly Game of Magic Don’t Scream The Haunting The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore Murdered, My Sweet The Name of the Game Was Murder Séance Shadowmaker The Stalker Lois Duncan Down a Dark Hall Locked in Time Stranger with My Face Summer of Fear They Never Came Home The Twisted Window Caroline Cooney The Face on the Milk Carton The Voice on the Radio What Janie Found Whatever Happened to Janie? EXPLORING VALUES All of these books offer opportunities for discussion about values and their importance at home and in the world. The Friendship, Taylor about standing up for what’s right The Goats, Cole about friendship, facing fears, trust Maniac Magee, Spinelli about fighting prejudices, discovering oneself On My Honor, Bauer about trust, honesty The Pinballs, Byars about making choices The Rifle, Paulsen about gun issues Sees Behind Trees, Dorris about respecting individual differences Shiloh, Naylor about risking everything to help someone Stepping on the Cracks, Hahn about accepting responsibility Sweet Victory, Lance Armstrong’s Incredible Journey, Stewart about courage The Wanderer, Creech about self-discovery Weasel, DeFelice about moral choices Wringer, Spinelli about standing up for beliefs THE RIGHT STUFF Books that help students develop a moral code by which to live. Freak the Mighty, Philbrick about loyalty, friendship Hero, Rottman about courage, self-esteem Jacob Have I Loved, Paterson about self-respect, family relationships The Midwife’s Apprentice, Cushman about self-reliance, responsibility Nothing But the Truth, Avi about truthfulness The Summer of My German Soldier, Greene about loyalty, tolerance, faithfulness The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi about courage, loyalty, justice The Watsons Go to Birmingham -1963, Curtis about family, interracial relationships Where the Lilies Bloom, Cleaver about responsibility, self-reliance, love Whirligig, Fleischman about responsibility, forgiveness WHEN DANGER THREATENS Survival literature for Middle School Reders The Cay, Taylor The Devil’s Arithmetic, Yolen Farewell to Manzanar, Houston The Girl Who Owned a City, Nelson Hatchet, Paulsen Island of the Blue Dolphins, O’Dell Jason’s Gold, Hobbs Monkey Island, Fox My Side of the Mountain, George Number the Stars, Lowry The Other Side of the Truth, Naidoo Phoenix Rising, Hesse Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Taylor The Sign of the Beaver, Speare Slake’s Limbo, Holman Snowbound, Mazer The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi The Upstairs Room, Reiss Walkabout, Marshall COPING WITH VIOLENCE Dreamland, Dessen Ellen Foster, Gibbons Give a Boy a Gun, Strasser Ironman, Crutcher Out of control, Mazer The Outsiders, Hinton The Rifle, Paulsen Rumble Fish, Hinton Scorpions, Myers Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, Crutcher Swallowing Stones, McDonald What Jamie Saw, Coman When She Was Good, Mazer Wringer, Spinelli