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Sorry about the attachment - I forgot that I couldn't send one. Here's the list. Redwall (Brain Jacques) Magicians Nephew (CS Lewis) Holes (Louis Sachar) The Single Shard (Linda Sue Park) The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boon) The Hobbit (JR Tolien) Girl Named Disaster (Nancy Farmer) The Tequila Worm (Viola Canales) Invisible (Pete Hautman) - older students Private Peaceful (Michael Morpugo) - WWI Remberance (Teresa Breslin) -WWI Kipling's Choice (Geert Spillbean) - WWI Lord of the Nutcracker Men (Ian Lawrence) - WWI SO B. It Chu Ju's House Al Capone Does by Shirts Peter and the Starcatchers (Dave Barry) The Giver by Lois Lowry House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Lizzie Bright and the Buckminister Boy by Gary D. Schmidt The Miraculous journey of Edward Tulane The Silver Donkey The Watsons go to Birmingham The Witch of Blackbird Pond. The Outsiders To Kill a Mockingbird Tears of a Tiger Forged by Fire Darkness Before Dawn The boy in the Stripped Pajamas Diary of a Young Girl Whale Talk. Novels Taught in MS Language Arts and Social Studies 2003-2004 American School in Japan Middle School * indicates novel read by all at grade level Grade 6 Novels -- LA/SS Author Genre *Chain of Fire Beverley Naidoo Historical Fiction Journey to Jo'burg Beverley Naidoo Historical Fiction *The Master Puppeteer Katherine Paterson Historical Fiction *Countdown Ben Mikaelsen Adventure *The Clay Marble Minfong Ho Historical Fiction Habibi Naomi Nye Realistic *Green Thumb Rob Thomas Adventure *The White Mountain John Christopher Science Fiction The City of Gold and Lead John Christopher Science Fiction The Pool Fire John Christopher Science Fiction Sign of the Chrysanthemum Katherine Paterson Historical Fiction No Turning Back Beverley Naidoo Realistic Yanomami David Schgwartz Non-fiction Hatchet Gary Paulsen Adventure Amazon Diary Hudson Talbott Diary, fiction Grade 7 Novels and texts -- Language Arts Author Genre *The Outsiders S.E. Hinton Realistic *Summer of My German Soldier Bette Greene Historical Fiction *Hiroshima Laurence Yep Non-fiction *Greek Mythology various Mythology *The Red Pony John Steinbeck Realistic * Impact: Fifty Short Short Stories HBJ Publisher various short stories Novels -- Social Studies *The Trojan War OR Adventures of Ulysses Bernard Evslin *The Samurai's Tale OR Erik Haugaard Adventure *The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn Dorothy Hoobler Mystery/Adventure Novels read for 7th grade literature circles or independent reading Among the Hidden Margaret Haddix Future Chasing Redbird Sharon Creech Realistic Death Be Not Proud John Gunther Non-fiction The Duplicate William Sleator Science fiction The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm Nancy Farmer Future Enchantress from the Stars Sylvia Engdahl Science fiction Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow Orson S. Card Science fiction Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye Lois Lowry Realistic The Hobbit JRR Tolkien Fantasy Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer Non-fiction Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli Adventure My Family and Other Animals Gerald Durrell Non-fiction The Pigman Paul Zindel Realistic Shabanu Suzanne Staples Realistic Stargirl Jerry Spinelli Realistic Touching Spirit Bear Ben Mikaelsen Realistic True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi Adventure Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech Realistic Weasel Cynthia DeFelice Adventure Wringer Jerry Spinelli Future Z for Zachariah Robert O'Brein Future Novels read for 7th grade independent reading for war unit Behind the Bedroom Wall Laura Williams Historical Fiction The Bomb Theodore Taylor Historical Fiction The Cage Sender Non-fiction Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank Non-fiction Hiroshima John Hersey Non-fiction I Have Lived a Thousand Years L. Bitton-Jackson Non-fiction Journey to Topaz Yoshiko Uchida Historical Fiction Kinderstransport Olga Drucker Historical Fiction The Last Mission Harry Mazer Historical Fiction Night Elie Wiesel Non-fiction Stepping on the Cracks Mary Hahn Historical Fiction Under the Blood Red Sun Graham Salisbury Historical Fiction Wish Me Luck James Heneghan Historical Fiction Grade 8 Novels and Texts -- Language Arts Author Genre *Heaven Angela Johnson Realistic *When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Kimberly Willis Holt Realistic *Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor Historical *The Pearl John Steinbeck Realistic *Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes Science Fiction *Short Stories: Characters in Conflict John E. Warriner Short Stories Poetry USA Paul Molloy Poetry Poetry for Young People: Walt Whitman Jonathan Levin Poetry The Usborne World of Shakespeare A Claybourne Poetry Novels -- Social Studies *Animal Farm (forms of government) George Orwell Fable/Historical *My Brother Sam Is Dead (revolution, begin nation) James Lincoln, Chris Collier Historical *Warriors Don't Cry (civil rights, Brown vs. Bd of Ed) Melba Beals Historical *Fast Food Nation (industry, technology, assembly lines) Eric Schlosser Non-fiction Independent Reading/Literature Circles I Am the Cheese Robert Cormier Suspense Stargirl Jerry Spinelli Realistic Monster Walter Dean Myers Screen Play Hope Was Here Joan Bauer Realistic Bless Me, Ultima Rudolfo Anaya Historical The Chocolate War Robert Cormier Suspense The Call of the Wild Jack London Nature Shizuko's Daughter Kyoko Mori Realistic Speak L.H. Anderson Realistic Joy Thomas Media Center Specialist Penn View Christian School 420 Godshall Road Souderton, PA 18964 jthomas@pennview.org 215-723-1196 #1101 FAX 215-723-1048 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------