Here are some titles from my last spring's recommended reading list. (I'm now
working on this year's.)
Grade 6
Alexander, Lloyd. The Gawgon and the Boy.
“ “ The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio.
Ferris, Jean. Once Upon a Marigold and Twice Upon a Marigold.
Freedman, Russell. Children of the Wild West.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Double Identity.
” ” ” The Shadow Children series.
Hale, Shannon. Goose Girl; Enna Burning; and River Secrets (sequels).
Whelan, Gloria. Angel on the Square and sequels.
Grade 7
Alexander, Lloyd. The Chronicles of Prydain series.
Blos, Joan W. A Gathering of Days; Brothers of the Heart; and Letters from the
Corrugated Castle.
Creech, Sharon. Bloomability.
Davis, Kenneth C. Don’t Know Much About Planet Earth.
Downer, John. Weird Nature.
Fleischman, Paul. Saturnalia.
Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart; Inkspell; and Inkdeath (sequels).
Furlong, Monica. Juniper; Wise Child; and Colman (sequels).
George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves and sequels.
Lisle, Janet Taylor. The Crying Rocks.
McKinley, Robin. Beauty.
” ” The Hero and the Crown.
Meyer, Carolyn. The Young Royals series.
Miklowitz, Gloria D. Secrets in the House of Delgado.
Myers, Walter Dean. At Her Majesty’s Request.
Shreve, Susan. The Gift of the Girl Who Couldn’t Hear.
Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
Sturtevant, Katherine. At the Sign of the Star and A True and Faithful Narrative
(sequel).
Weaver, Bill. Memory Boy.
Yep, Laurence. Child of the Owl and Thief of Hearts (sequel).
” ” The Dragon Chronicles.
Grade 8
Balgassi, Haemi. Tae’s Sonata.
Crew, Linda. Children of the River.
Ernst, Kathleen. The Bravest Girl in Sharpsburg.
Jiang, Ji-Li. Red Scarf Girl.
Jordan, Sherryl. The Hunting of the Last Dragon.
Jurmain, Suzanne. Forbidden Schoolhouse: the Dramatic and True Story of Prudence
Crandall.
Kent, Deborah. Why Me? series.
Namioka, Lensey. Ties That Bind, Ties That Break and An Ocean Apart, a World Away
(sequel).
Osa, Nancy. Cuba 15.
Paolini, Christopher. Eragon and Eldest; and Brisingr (sequels).
Pope, Elizabeth. The Perilous Gard.
Shields, Charles J. I Am Scout: the Biography of Harper Lee.
Silverstein, Shel. A Light in the Attic.
” ” Where the Sidewalk Ends.
Wood, June Rae. The Man Who Loved Clowns.
Zeinert, Karen. Those Remarkable Women of the American Revolution.
Recently finished Secret Keeper by Mitali Perkins; now reading Red Moon at
Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells.
Basya Karp, Librarian
Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls
Brooklyn, NY
basyak10@hotmail.com
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 06:10:35 -0700
> From: caughey195@YAHOO.COM
> Subject: MS authors fic and non-fic
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
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> Good morning. I have a reading specialist who is finally including librarians in
>the summer reading list creation. So of course, I need your help - I need
>recommendations for authors - fiction, non fiction and series. That's as much
>information as I have to go on, so I would appreciate it if you could send me
>ideas.
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> Meg Hawkins MLS
> Librarian
> Darby Township School 1-8
> Glenolden PA
>
>
> caughey195@yahoo.com
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