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Suggested Summer Reading Lists The authors and titles included here are not required reading but are meant to provide a wealth of choices for you and your child to enjoy this summer. Reading aloud to children is the single best thing a parent can do to support literacy. Please commit to spending time this summer reading aloud to your child and carving out some quiet time for your child to enjoy books that interest him/her. Research has shown that children, who read more, read better. Just remember to keep the reading environment one of enjoyment and never punishment. KINDERGARTEN
Favorite Authors Jan Brett, Eric Carle, Donald Crews, Lois Ehlert, Laura Numeroff, Dr. Seuss, David Shannon, Mo Willems, Tomie dePaola, David McPhail, Ezra Jack Keats, Angela Johnson, Gail Gibbons, Vera B. Williams, Cynthia Rylant, Tana Hoban, Bruce McMillan, Mem Fox Favorite Titles The Napping House (Audrey and Don Wood) Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears (Verna Aardema) The Paperboy (Dav Pilkey) Move Over Rover (Karen Beaumont) Biscuit (Alyssa Satin Capucilli) Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin) Bear Snores On (Karma Wilson) Each Peach Pear Plum (Janet & Allen Ahlberg) Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Bill Martin) Good Night Gorilla (Peggy Rathman) The Hello, Goodbye Window (Norton Juster) Liberty’s Journey (Kelly DiPucchio) Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse (Lindsay Barrett George) There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Simms Taback) Caps for Sale (Esphry Slobod King) Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak) Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (William Steig) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Judith Viorst) Hey, Al (Arthur Yorinks) Where’s Spot? (Eric Hill) The Other Way to Listen (Byrd Baylor) The Wise Woman and Her Secret (Eve Merriam) GTPS 6.09 GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department of Instruction
Owl Moon (Jane Yolen) Make Way for Ducklings (Robert McCloskey) The Kissing Hand (Audrey Penn) Night Shift Daddy (Eileen Spinelli) The Two of Them (Aliki) Just Us Women (Jeannette Franklin Caines) Chicken Sunday (Patricia Polacco) Honey, I Love (Eloise Greenfield) Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel (Virginia Lee Burton) Koala Lou (Mem Fox) Corduroy (Don Freeman) Anno’s Counting Book (Mitsumasa Anno) Deena’s Lucky Penny (Barbara deRubertis) Twenty is Too Many (Kate Duke) Picture Pie (Ed Emberly) Welcome to the Green House (Jane Yolen) Bat Jamboree (Kathi Appelt) Flower Garden (Eve Bunting) The Grouchy Ladybug (Eric Carle) Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (Eileen Christelow) A Bargain for Frances (Russell Hoban) Rosie’s Walk (Pat Hutchins) The Quilt (Ann Jonas) Inch by Inch (Leo Lionni) Favorite Series Clifford (Norman Bridwell) Curious George (H.A. Rey) How do Dinosaurs. . . . (Jane Yolen) Little Critter (Mercer Mayer) I Spy (Jean Marzollo) Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans)
GTPS 6.09 GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department of Instruction
Suggested Summer Reading Lists The authors and titles included here are not required reading but are meant to provide a wealth of choices for you and your child to enjoy this summer. Reading aloud to children is the single best thing a parent can do to support literacy. Please commit to spending time this summer reading aloud to your child and carving out some quiet time for your child to enjoy books that interest him/her. Research has shown that children who read more, read better. Just remember to keep the reading environment one of enjoyment and never punishment. FIRST GRADE
Favorite Authors Tomie dePaola, Kevin Henkes, David McPhail, Steven Kellogg, Mem Fox, Saxton Freymann, Gail Gibbons, Audrey Wood, Jane Yolen, David Wiesner, Arnold Lobel, Doreen Cronin, James Marshall, Angela Johnson, Ezra Jack Keats, Donald Crews, Vera B. Williams, Cynthia Rylant, Tana Hoban, Bruce McMillan, Leo Lionni Favorite Titles Zen Shorts (Jon J. Muth) Wings (Christopher Myers) LaRue for Mayor (Mark Teague) Leonardo, the Terrible Monster (Mo Willems) Owen & Mzee (Isabella & Craig Hatkoff, Dr. Paula Kahumu & Peter Greste) Purplicious (Victoria & Elizabeth Kann) John, Paul, George & Ben (Lane Smith) The Magic Rabbit (Annette Cate) Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa (Erica Silverman) Insectlopedia (Douglas Florian) Library Lion (Michelle Knudsen) Upstairs Cat (Karla Kuskin) The Great Fuzz Frenzy (Janet Stevens) Flotsam (David Wiesner) Song & Dance Man (Karen Ackerman) Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters (John Steptoe) The Gardener (Sarah Stewart) Jumanji (Chris Van Allsburg) Miss Nelson is Missing (Harry Allard) The Other Way to Listen (Byrd Baylor) The Wise Woman and her Secret (Eve Merriam) Owl Moon (Jane Yolen) GTPS 6.09 GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department of Instruction
Make Way for Ducklings (Robert McCloskey) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Judith Viorst) The Kissing Hand (Audrey Penn) Night Shift Daddy (Eileen Spinelli) The Two of Them (Aliki) Just Us Women (Jeannette Franklin Caines) Chicken Sunday (Patricia Polacco) Honey, I Love (Eloise Greenfield) Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel (Virginia Lee Burton) Koala Lou (Mem Fox) Corduroy (Don Freeman) One Grain of Rice (Demi) Anno’s Magic Seeds (Mitsumasa Anno) 12 Ways to Get to 11 (Eve Merriam) One Hundred Hungry Ants (Eleanor Pinczes) A Remainder of One (Eleanor Pinczes) One Hungry Cat (Joanne Rocklin) The Grapes of Math (Gregory Tang) Math for All Seasons (Gregory Tang) Favorite Series Frog and Toad (Arnold Lobel) Mercy Watson (Kate DiCamillo) Nate the Great (Marjorie Weinman Sharmat) Magic School Bus (Joanna Cole) Fancy Nancy (Jane O'Connor) Amelia Bedelia (Herman Parish & Lynn Sweat) Henry and Mudge (Cynthia Rylant) Arthur (Marc Brown) Little Bill (Bill Cosby) Young Cam Jansen (David A. Adler) Olivia (Ian Falconer) Suggested Summer Reading Lists The authors and titles included here are not required reading but are meant to provide a wealth of choices for you and your child to enjoy this summer. Reading aloud to children is the single best thing a parent can do to support literacy. Please commit to spending time this summer reading aloud to your child and carving out some quiet time for your child to enjoy
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books that interest him/her. Research has shown that children who read more, read better. Just remember to keep the reading environment one of enjoyment and never punishment. SECOND GRADE
Favorite Authors Cynthia Rylant, Janell Cannon, Jon Scieszka, Jane Yolen, Arnold Lobel, Doreen Cronin, Vera B. Williams, William Stieg, Eve Bunting, Kate DiCamillo, Angela Johnson, Gail Gibbons, Matt Christopher, David Schwartz, Janell Cannon, Patricia Polacco Favorite Titles Tom (Tomie dePaola) Coming on Home Soon (Jacqueline Woodson) Rachel's Journal (Marissa Moss) A Chair for My Mother (Vera B. Williams) A Picture Book of George Washington (David Adler) Digging Up Dinosaurs (Aliki) Flower Garden (Eve Bunting) The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (Mordecai, Gerstein) Oh No, Noah (Johanna Hurwitz) Gone Wild (David McLimans) The Scarlet Stocking Spy (Trinka Hakes Noble) Thank You, Mr. Falker (Patricia Polacco) The New Kid on the Block (Jack Prelutsky) The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein) So You Want To Be President? (Judith St. George) Tops and Bottoms (Janet Stevens) The Gardener (Sarah Stewart) Frannie K. Stein (Jim Benton) Owl Moon (Jane Yolen) Freckle Juice (Judy Blume) Molly’s Pilgrim (Barbara Cohen) The Doorbell Rang (Pat Hutchins) A Million Fish, More or Less (Patricia McKissack) Eating Fractions (Bruce McMillan) Sir Cumference and the First Round Table (Cindy Neuschwander) Math Curse (Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith)
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The Grapes of Math (Gregory Tang) Favorite Series Cam Jansen (David A. Adler) Horrible Harry (Suzy Kline) Judy Moody (Megan McDonald) Junie B. Jones (Barbara Park) Magic Tree House (Mary Pope Osborne) Captain Underpants (Dav Pilkey) 26 Fairmount Avenue (Tomie dePaola) Amber Brown (Paula Daniziger) Ready, Freddy! (Abby Klein) Fox books (Edward and James Marshall) Henry and Mudge (Cynthia Rylant) Mr. Putter & Tabby (Cynthia Rylant) Poppleton (Cynthia Rylant) Little Bear (E.H. Minarik) Frances books (Lillian and Russell Hoban) Frog & Toad (Arnold Lobel) The Golly Sisters (Betsy Byars) Nate the Great (Marjorie Weinman Sharmat) George & Martha (James Marshall) Pinky & Rex (James Howe) Arthur (Marc Brown)
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Suggested Summer Reading Lists The authors and titles included here are not required reading but are meant to provide a wealth of choices for you and your child to enjoy this summer. Reading aloud to children is the single best thing a parent can do to support literacy. Please commit to spending time this summer reading aloud to your child and carving out some quiet time for your child to enjoy books that interest him/her. Research has shown that children who read more, read better. Just remember to keep the reading environment one of enjoyment and never punishment. THIRD GRADE
Favorite Authors Beverly Cleary, Barbara Cooney, Chris VanAllsburg, Matt Christopher, Roald Dahl, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Louis Sachar, Shel Silverstein, Jon Scieszka, Christopher Paul Curtis, Andrew Clements, Eve Bunting, Kate DiCamillo, Patricia Polacco Favorite Titles A Bad Case of Stripes (David Shannon) Riding Freedom (Pam Munoz Ryan) Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Judy Blume) How to Eat Fried Worms (Thomas Rockwell) Because of Winn Dixie (Kate DiCamillo) Charlotte's Web (E.B. White) The Hundred Dresses (Eleanor Estes) Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man (David Adler) A River Ran Wild (Lynne Cherry) And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (Jean Fritz) The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (Paul Goble) Harry’s Mad (Dick King-Smith) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney) A Pizza the Size of the Sun (Jack Prelutsky) How I Became a Pirate (Melinda Long) Fourth Grade Fuss (Johanna Hurwitz) The Ink Drinker (Eric Sanvoisin) America is Her Name (Luis J. Rodriguez) What are you Figuring Now? A Story About Benjamin Banneker (Jeri Ferris) Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Richard and Florence Atwater) The Chalk Doll (C. Pomerantz) Chocolate Fever (R. Kimmel Smith) The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates (Susan Shreve) GTPS 6.09 GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department of Instruction
How to Get Fabulously Rich (T. Rockwell) A Taste of Blackberries (Doris B. Smith) One Grain of Rice (Demi) Castle (David Macauley) Moira’s Birthday (Robert Munsch) Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland (Cindy Neuschwander) If You Made a Million (David Schwartz) Math Curse (Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith) The Grapes of Math (Gregory Tang) Favorite Series Wayside School (Louis Sachar) Amber Brown (Paula Danziger) Jigsaw Jones (James Preller) Encyclopedia Brown (Donald Sobel) The Indian in the Cupboard (Lynne Reid Banks) The Spiderwick Chronicles (Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi) Jake Drake (Andrew Clements) Marvin Redpost (Louis Sachar) American Girl (various) Dear America (various) The Time Warp Trio (Jon Scieszka)
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Suggested Summer Reading Lists The authors and titles included here are not required reading but are meant to provide a wealth of choices for you and your child to enjoy this summer. Reading aloud to children is the single best thing a parent can do to support literacy. Please commit to spending time this summer reading aloud to your child and carving out some quiet time for your child to enjoy books that interest him/her. Research has shown that children who read more, read better. Just remember to keep the reading environment one of enjoyment and never punishment. FOURTH GRADE
Favorite Authors Avi, Matt Christopher, Beverly Cleary, Andrew Clements, Sharon Creech, Christopher Paul Curtis, Roald Dahl, Kate DiCamillo, Dan Gutman, Lois Lowry, Gary Paulsen, Jerry Spinelli, Mildred Taylor, Ann M. Martin, C.S. Lewis, Betsy Byars, Michael Dorris, Patricia Polacco, Chris Van Allsburg, Lynne Reid Banks Favorite Titles Sarah, Plain and Tall (Patricia Maclachlan) The Babe and I (David Adler) Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Richard Atwater) Windcatcher (Avi) The World According to Humphrey (Betty Birney) Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman (Louise Borden) Superfudge (Judy Blume) The Summer of the Swans (Betsy Byars) Utterly Me, Clarence Bean (Lauren Child) United Tates of America (Paula Danziger) Stone Fox (John Gardiner) Encyclopedia Horrifica (Joshuah Gee) The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool (Margaret Gray) Penny from Heaven (Jennifer Holm) Escaping the Giant Wave (Peg Kehret) Wish You Were Here: Emily’s Guide to the 50 States (Kathleen Krull) If you Traveled on the Underground Railroad (Ellen Leville) The Way Things Work (David MacCauley) American Tall Tales (Mary Pope Osborne) The Best School Year Ever (Barbara Robinson) The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Brian Selznick) Esperanza Rising (Pam Munoz Ryan) GTPS 6.09 GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department of Instruction
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Eleanor Coerr) The Whipping Boy (Sid Fleischman) Harriet the Spy (Louise Fitzhugh) The Black Stallion (Walter Farley) Favorite Series The Unicorn Chronicles (Bruce Coville) Joey Pizga (Jack Gantos) Shadow Children (Margaret Peterson Haddix) Anastasia (Lois Lowry) Amazing Days of Abby Hayes (Anne Mazer) The Lightning Thief (Rick Riordan) A Series of Unfortunate Events (Lemony Snicket) Dear America/ My Name is America Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder) The Boxcar Children (Gertrude Chandler Warner) Encyclopedia Brown (Donald J. Sobel)
GTPS 6.09 GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department of Instruction
Suggested Summer Reading Lists The authors and titles included here are not required reading but are meant to provide a wealth of choices for you and your child to enjoy this summer. Reading aloud to children is the single best thing a parent can do to support literacy. Please commit to spending time this summer reading aloud to your child and carving out some quiet time for your child to enjoy books that interest him/her. Research has shown that children who read more, read better. Just remember to keep the reading environment one of enjoyment and never punishment. FIFTH GRADE
Favorite Authors Laurie Halse Anderson, Lois Lowry, Betsy Byars, Lynne Banks Reid, Katherine Paterson, Kate DiCamillo, Scott O’Dell, Carl Hiaason, Ann M. Martin, Louis Sachar, C.S. Lewis, Pam Munoz Ryan, Roland Smith, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Lisa Yee, Jerry Spinelli, C.S. Lewis, Michael Dorris, Gary Paulsen, Gary Soto, Jean Craighead George, Mildred Taylor, Avi, Lynne Reid Banks, Christopher Paul Curtis Favorite Titles Sounder (William Armstrong) The Search for Delicious (Natalie Babbitt) The Tale of Desperaux (Kate DiCamillo) Smugglers (Iain Lawrence) Fariest (Gail Carson Levine) Skinnybones (Barbara Park) The Sign of the Beaver (Elizabeth George Speare) Rules (Cynthia Lord) Heat (Mike Lupia) The Haunting of Derek Stone: The Bayou Dogs (Tony Abbott) Skeleton Creek (Patrick Carman) Colibri (Ann Cameron) The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming (Laurie David & Cambria Gordon) Aquamarine (Alice Hoffman) Chasing Vermeer (Blue Balliett) Insectlopedia (Douglas Florian) The Boy Who Saved Baseball (John Ritter) The Westing Game (Eileen Raskin) The Widow’s Broom (Chris Van Allsburg) Homecoming (Cynthia Voight) Redwall (Brian Jacques) GTPS 6.09 GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department of Instruction
Favorite Series Charlie Bone (Jennie Nimo) Deltora (Emily Rhodda) Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Rick Riordan) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney) The 39 Clues (various) Alex Rider (Anthony Horowitz) Children of the Lamp (P.B.Kerr) Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling) The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
GTPS 6.09 GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department of Instruction
Suggested Summer Reading Lists The authors and titles included here are not required reading but are meant to provide a wealth of choices for you and your child to enjoy this summer. Reading aloud to children is the single best thing a parent can do to support literacy. Please commit to spending time this summer reading aloud to your child (even in middle school) and carving out some quiet time for your child to enjoy books that interest him/her. Research has shown that children who read more, read better. Just remember to keep the reading environment one of enjoyment and never punishment.
SIXTH GRADE
Favorite Authors Carl Hiaason, Jerry Spinelli, Walter Dean Myers, Avi, Katherine Paterson, Cynthia Voight, Scott O’Dell, Lawrence Yep, Mildred Taylor, Virginia Hamilton, Louis Sachar, Brian Jacques, Gary Soto, Gary Paulsen, E.L. Konigsburg, Sharon Creech, Ann M. Martin, Eve Bunting, Christopher Paul Curtis Favorite Titles Son of the Mob (Gordon Korman) Elsewhere (Gabrielle Zevin) Hoot (Carl Hiaason) Surviving the Applewhites (Stephanie Tolan) Stargirl (Jerry Spinelli) Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt) Clementine (Sara Pennypacker) Ida B (Katherine Hannigan) The Music of Dolphins (Karen Hesse) A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L’Engle) The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros) Bud, Not Buddy (Christopher Paul Curtis) Radiance Descending (Paula Fox) Shiloh (Phyllis R. Naylor) The Upstairs Room (Johanna Reiss) We Were There (Philip Hoose) Letters from Rifka (Karen Hesse) A Girl Named Disaster (Nancy Farmer)
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Ella Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine) Favorite Series Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling) Baseball Card Adventures (Dan Gutman) Charlie Bone (Jenny Nimmo) Princess Diaries (Meg Cabot) Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares) Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney) Joey Pigza (Jack Gantos) Eragon (Christopher Paolini) Shadow Children (Margaret Peterson Haddix) Warriors (Erin Hunter) Alice (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor) Kidnapped (Gordon Korman) The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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Suggested Summer Reading Lists
The authors and titles included here are not required reading but are meant to provide a wealth of choices for you and your child to enjoy this summer. Reading aloud to children is the single best thing a parent can do to support literacy. Please commit to spending time this summer reading aloud to your child (even in middle school) and carving out some quiet time for your child to enjoy books that interest him/her. Research has shown that children who read more, read better. Just remember to keep the reading environment one of enjoyment and never punishment.
SEVENTH GRADE
Favorite Authors Walter Dean Myers, Avi, Sandra Cisneros, Jerry Spinelli, Jacqueline Woodson, Mark Twain, Mildred Taylor, Cynthia Voight, Gary Soto, Gary Paulsen, Brian Jacques, Carl Hiaason, Sharon Creech, Eve Bunting, Ann M. Martin, Lois Lowry Favorite Titles Call it Courage (Sperry Armstrong) Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir (Eloise Greenfield) M.C. Higgins the Great (Virginia Hamilton) The Midwife’s Apprentice (Karen Cushman) Out of the Dust (Karen Hesse) Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls) The Yearling (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings) Call of the Wild (Jack London) My Brother Sam is Dead (James and Christopher Collier) The Pushcart War (Jean Merrill) Where the Lilies Bloom (Vera and Bill Cleaver) Across Five Aprils (Irene Hunt) The Contender (Robert Lipsythe) The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien) Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck) The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton) The Summer of My German Soldier (Bette Greene) To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula LeGuin) The Amber Spyglass (Philip Pullman) Bearwalker (Joseph Bruchac) Bird Lake Moon (Kevin Henkes) The Boy Who Saved Baseball (John Ritter) Chains (Laurie Halse Anderson) Dark Sons (Nikki Grimes) Ever (Gail Carson Levine) Found (Margaret Peterson Haddix) Graven Images (Paul Fleischman) Heat (Mike Lupica) Here Lies the Librarian (Richard Peck) Inkheart (Cornelia Caroline Funke) The Rogues (Jane Yolen) Things Hoped For (Andrew Clements) The Face on the Milk Carton (Caroline B. Cooney) Freak, the Mighty (Rodman Philbrick) Tears of a Tiger (Sharon Draper) The Third Eye (Lois Duncan) Time Enough for Drums (Anne Rinaldi) The Other Side of Dark (Joan Lowry Nixon) Rules of the Road (Joan Bauer) Favorite Series Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney) Gilda Joyce (Jennifer Allison) Joey Pigza (Jack Gantos) Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling) Charlie Bone (Jenny Nimmo) Maximum Ride (James Patterson) Deltora (Emily Rodda) Bone (Jeff Smith) The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) The 39 Clues (various)
GTPS 6.09 GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department of Instruction
Suggested Summer Reading Lists
The authors and titles included here are not required reading but are meant to provide a wealth of choices for you and your child to enjoy this summer. Reading aloud to children is the single best thing a parent can do to support literacy. Please commit to spending time this summer reading aloud to your child (even in middle school) and carving out some quiet time for your child to enjoy books that interest him/her. Research has shown that children who read more, read better. Just remember to keep the reading environment one of enjoyment and never punishment. Parents of outgoing eighth grade students should be reminded that there are required readings provided by the Black Horse Pike Regional School District.
EIGHTH GRADE
Favorite Authors Walter Dean Myers, Avi, Sandra Cisneros, Jerry Spinelli, Jacqueline Woodson, Mark Twain, Mildred Taylor, Cynthia Voight, Gary Soto, Gary Paulsen, Brian Jacques, Carl Hiaason, Laurie Halse Anderson, Sharon Creech, Eve Bunting, Ann M. Martin, Christopher Paul Curtis Favorite Titles The Adoration of Jenny Fox (Mary Pearson) The Boy Who Dared (Susan Campbell Bartoletti) Chains (Laurie Halse Anderson) Bloodline (Katy Moran) The Carbon Diaries (Saci Lloyd) Code Talker: Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War II (Joseph Bruchac) The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (E. Lockhart) Flygirl (Sherri Smith) How to Build a House (Dana Reinhardt) Invisible (Pete Hautman) Elsewhere (Gabrielle Zevin) Guardian (Julius Lester) If I Stay (Gayle Forman) Little Brother (Cory Doctorow) Nation (Terry Pratchett) The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution (Sally Gardner)
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Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow (Susan Campbell Barotletti) Good Brother, Bad Brother: Story of Edwin & John Wilkes Booth (James Giblin) Chasing Lincoln’s Killer (James L. Swanson) Favorite Series Twilight (Stephenie Meyer) Shadow Children (Margaret Peterson Haddix) The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod (Heather Brewer) Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling) Bluford High (Anne E. Schraff) Cirque du Freak (Darren Shan) Gilda Joyce (Jennifer Allison) Joey Pigza (Jack Gantos) Maximum Ride (James Patterson) Bone (Jeff Smith) The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) The 39 Clues (various) Alex Rider (Anthony Horowitz)
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