HIT: help with book titles for MS gifted students

[Tracy Ansley <tracy_ansley@CARYACADEMY.PVT.K12.NC.US>]

Thanks to all who responded!

Here is a list of author suggestions, and titles.  I was also reminded of
the Alex awards that can be found on the ALA page.  That site made the
teacher VERY happy.  The following books are for advanced 8th grade readers
who like fantasy:

Author suggestions:
J.R.R. Tolkien
Patricia Wrede
Sherwood Smith's (Wren series)
Terry Brooks
Connie Willis
Robin McKinley
Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time series)
Tanya Huff
David Weber
Andre Norton
Anne McCaffrey (Pern series)
Elizabeth Moon
Craig Shaw Gardner
Geraldine Harris
Daniel Hood
Philip Pullman
Susan Cooper
Robert Silberburg
Terry Goodkind
Orsen Scott Card
Patricia McKillip
Jules Verne
H.G. Wells
Some of William Sleator

Books:
Watership Down
Pullman's His Dark Materials series
Willis' Doomsday Book
Tolkien Silmarillion

Happy Reading!

Tracy T. Ansley
Library/ Media Coordinator
Cary Academy
1500 N. Harrison Ave.
Cary, NC  27513
(919) 677-3873 ext. 4501
tracy_ansley@caryacademy.pvt.k12.nc.us
<mailto:tracy_ansley@caryacademy.pvt.k12.nc.us>

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