Thayer Academy Middle School Student Independent Reading Recommendations 2015-2016 Teachers, Parents, and Librari
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Thayer Academy Middle School Student Independent Reading Recommendations 20152016 Teachers, parents, and librarians create reading lists to guide young people to good books. While this list shares a similar spirit, its origin is different. This is a list of what Thayer Middle School students really enjoy reading outside of their required school literature. With organizational help from the English Department, Thayer Middle School students generated this list to guide 1114 year olds to books they will enjoy reading. Our English Department has not edited any titles from this list; if a book earned a student's sincere recommendation, that was enough for it to earn a place. These lists include links to brief descriptions, to student recommendations, to other books in the series if applicable, to Common Sense Media so that parents and students can understand content, and even to Amazon should one be ready to buy the book (there are many library books here). Before committing to summer's pleasure reading, consult this list and consider these titles. Top Recommendations by Grade Full 6th Grade Recommendations List Full 7th Grade Recommendations List Full 8th Grade Recommendations List Recommended Book “Pages” (Alphabetical) 0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Top Recommendations by Grade Top 6th Grade Recommendations 1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter Series) by J.K. Rowling (Fiction) 6 2. The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy) by Suzanne Collins (Fiction) 3 Titles with TWO recommendations from the 6th grade: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson Series) by Rick Riordan (Fiction) and The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus Series) by Rick Riordan (Fiction). Top 7th Grade Recommendations 1. The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Series) by James Dashner (Fiction) 7 2. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Fiction) 6 3. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson Series) by Rick Riordan (Fiction) 4 4. The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy) by Suzanne Collins (Fiction) 4 5. Eragon (Inheritance Cycle Series) by Christopher Paolini (Fiction) 3 6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter Series) by J.K. Rowling (Fiction) 3 7. Hatchet (Brian’s Saga Series) by Gary Paulson (Fiction) 3 Titles with TWO recommendations from the 7th grade: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Nonfiction), Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars Series) by Sara Shepard (Fiction), and Unbroken (YA Adaptation) by Laura Hillenbrand (Nonfiction). Top 8th Grade Recommendations 1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Fiction) 6 2. The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy) by Suzanne Collins (Fiction) 4 3. Paper Towns by John Green (Fiction) 4 4. The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Series) by James Dashner (Fiction) 3 5. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Fiction) 3 6. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (Fiction) 3 Titles with TWO recommendations from the 8th grade: American Sniper by Chris Kyle (Nonfiction), Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo (Nonfiction), I Am Zlatan by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Nonfiction), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Series) by Ransom Riggs (Fiction), Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper (Fiction), Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars Series) by Sara Shepard (Fiction), The Martian by Andy Weir (Fiction), and Unbroken (YA Adaptation) by Laura Hillenbrand (Nonfiction). Back to Top Top Recommendations by Grade Full 6th Grade Recommendations List Full 7th Grade Recommendations List Full 8th Grade Recommendations List Recommended Book “Pages” (Alphabetical) 0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Full 6th Grade Recommendations List The 5th Wave (5th Wave Series) by Rick Yancey (Fiction) A World Without Heroes (Beyonders Series) by Brandon Mull (Fiction) Al Capone Does My Shirts (Al Capone Series) by Gennifer Choldenko (Fiction) Battlefront: Twilight Company by Alexander Freed (Fiction) The Big Field by Mike Lupica (Fiction) The Candymakers by Wendy Mass (Fiction) Deep Zone (Football Genius Series) by Tim Green (Fiction) Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart (Nonfiction) Divergent (Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth (Fiction) Drive: The Story of My Life by Larry Bird (Nonfiction) From Norvelt to Nowhere (Norvelt Series) by Jack Gantos (Fiction) Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles) by Suzanne Collins (Fiction) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter Series) by J.K. Rowling (Fiction) Heat by Mike Lupica (Fiction) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Fiction) The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy) by Suzanne Collins (Fiction) I Funny: A Middle School Story (I Funny Series) by James Patterson (Fiction) I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (Fiction) Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (Fiction) Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark (Kingdom Keepers Series) by Ridley Pearson (Fiction) Last Shot (Sports Beat Series) by John Feinstein (Fiction) The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson Series) by Rick Riordan (Fiction) The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus Series) by Rick Riordan (Fiction) MarieGrace and the Orphans (American Girls Collection) by Sarah M. Buckey (Fiction) Matilda by Roald Dahl (Fiction) Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine (Fiction) Prisoner B087 by Alan Gratz (Fiction) Quarantine #1: The Loners (Quarantine Series) by Lex Thomas (Fiction) Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Wayside School Series) by Louis Sachar (Fiction) Stargirl (Stargirl Series) by Jerry Spinelli (Fiction) Unstoppable by Tim Green (Fiction) The Unwanteds (Unwanteds Series) by Lisa McMann (Nonfiction) Back to Top Top Recommendations by Grade Full 6th Grade Recommendations List Full 7th Grade Recommendations List Full 8th Grade Recommendations List Recommended Book “Pages” (Alphabetical) 0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Full 7th Grade Recommendations List The 5th Wave (5th Wave Series) by Rick Yancey (Fiction) 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (Nonfiction) The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin (Fiction) The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride Series) by James Patterson (Fiction) Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Nonfiction) Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories by R.J. Palacio (Fiction) The Big Field by Mike Lupica (Fiction) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (Nonfiction) The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey (Nonfiction) Brady vs Manning by Gary Myers (Nonfiction) City of Bones (Mortal Instruments Series) by Cassandra Clare (Fiction) Equal is Unfair by Don Watkins & Yaron Brook (Nonfiction) Eragon (Inheritance Cycle Series) by Christopher Paolini (Fiction) Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott (Nonfiction) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Fiction) The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm (Fiction) The Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki (Fiction) Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead (Fiction) Grace, Gold & Glory by Gabrielle Douglas (Nonfiction) Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles) by Suzanne Collins (Fiction) H2O by Virginia Bergin (Fiction) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter Series) by J.K. Rowling (Fiction) Hatchet (Brian’s Saga Series) by Gary Paulson (Fiction) The Haunting of Sunshine Girl (Series) by Paige McKenzie (Fiction) Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall by Wendy Mass (Fiction) Holes by Louis Sachar (Fiction) The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy) by Suzanne Collins (Fiction) I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies Series) by Pittacus Lore (Fiction) I Funny: A Middle School Story (I Funny Series) by James Patterson (Fiction) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Nonfiction) The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio (Fiction) Katie and the Cupcake Cure (Cupcake Diaries Series) by Coco Simon (Fiction) Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark (Kingdom Keepers Series) by Ridley Pearson (Fiction) Legend (Legend Series) by Marie Lu (Fiction) Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland (Nonfiction) The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson Series) by Rick Riordan (Fiction) The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks (Fiction) Looking for Alaska by John Green (Fiction) Matched (Matched Series) by Ally Condie (Fiction) The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Series) by James Dashner (Fiction) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Series) by Ransom Riggs (Fiction) My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier (Fiction) Back to Top Top Recommendations by Grade Full 6th Grade Recommendations List Full 7th Grade Recommendations List Full 8th Grade Recommendations List Recommended Book “Pages” (Alphabetical) 0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Fiction) Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper (Fiction) Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Peter Nimble Series) by Jonathan Auxier (Fiction) Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars Series) by Sara Shepard (Fiction) Revenge of