David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy 2013 Summer Reading List

Studies show that students who read over the summer have an academic advantage over those who do not. In striving to create a community of readers, the DTSMA summer reading list consists of a variety of genres with a wide range of subjects in an effort to provide some flexibility in reading choice. We do recommend, however, that parents and students make book selections together and hope that your summer reading experience is a positive and productive one.

Grade 6 : Authors Avi Jeff Kinney Natalie Babbit E. L. Konigsburg Judy Blume Gordon Korman Suzanne Collins Madeline L’Engle Sharon Creech C. S. Lewis Kate DiCamillo Lois Lowry Lois Duncan Katherine Paterson Cornelia Funke Gary Paulsen Neil Gaiman Rick Riordan Jack Gantos J. K. Rowling Karen Hesse Cynthia Rylant Carl Hiaasen Louis Sachar Margaret Peterson Haddix Jerry Spinelli Brian Jacques Cynthia Voigt Grade 6: Titles The Seer of Shadows by Avi Throwing Heat by Fred Bowen A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg Will at the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 by Laurie Calkhoven Powerless by Matthew Cody Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech Rise of the Darklings by Paul Crilley Wild Life by Cynthia DeFelice Mockingbird: (Mok’ing-burd) by Kathryn Erskine The Outcasts by John Flanagan Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. Obrien Space, Stars, and the Beginning of Time: What the Hubble Telescope Saw by Elaine Scott The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone A Faraway Island by Annika Thor Countdown by Deborah Wiles David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy 2013 Summer Reading List

Grades 7 and 8 : Authors Avi E. L. Konigsburg Suzanne Collins C. S. Lewis Lois Duncan Lois Lowry Cornelia Funke Katherine Paterson Neil Gaiman Rick Riordan Jack Gantos J. K. Rowling Karen Hesse Cynthia Voigt Carl Hiaasen Paul Volponi Margaret Peterson Haddix Brian Jacques Grades 7 and 8: Titles Enclave by Ann Aguirre Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson The Keepers’ Tattoo by Gill Harbuthnott A Time of Miracles by Anne-Laure Bondoux Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card Heist Society by Ally Carter Deadly by Julie Chibbaro Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne Fire from the Rock by Sharon Draper The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Once by Morris Gleitzman Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale Resistance: Book 1 by Carla Jablonski The Clockwork Three by Matthew Kirby Pop by Gordon Korman Trash by Andy Mulligan A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park The Cardturner: A Novel About a Queen, a King, and a Joker by Louis Sachar Bluefish by Pat Schmatz The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkein David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy 2013 Summer Reading List

Grades 9 and 10 : Authors Laurie Halse Anderson Jodi Picoult Meg Cabot Nicolas Sparks Suzanne Collins Scott Westerfeld Robert Cormier Carl Deuker Sharon Draper John Grisham Ellen Hopkins Anthony Horowitz David Klass Walter Dean Myers James Patterson Grades 9 and 10: Titles Thirteen Reasons Why: A Novel by Jay Asher Hate List by Jennifer Brown House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Matched by Allie Condie Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia Welding With Children by Tim Gautreaux A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Danger Zone by David Klass If We Survive by Andrew Klavan To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Crank by Ellen Hopkins Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchette Private Peaceful by Michael Marpurgo Life of Pi by Yan Martel Twilight by Stephenie Meyers As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld Our Town by Thornton Wilder Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Enchanted by Alethea Kontis Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson Leverage by Joshua Cohen Shine by Lauren Myracle Black and White by M. Volponi David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy 2013 Summer Reading List

Grades 11 and 12 : Authors Laurie Halse Anderson Jodi Picoult Meg Cabot Benjamin Alire Saenz Suzanne Collins Nicolas Sparks Robert Cormier Scott Westerfeld Carl Deuker Sharon Draper John Grisham Ellen Hopkins Anthony Horowitz David Klass Walter Dean Myers James Patterson

Grades 11 and 12: Titles The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Long Drive Home by Will Allison Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier Room: A Novel by Emma Donhogue Copper Sun by Sharon Draper The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt House Rules by Jodi Picoult Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz Lucky by Alice Sebold Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Me and Earl and a Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews The Diviners by Libba Bray Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Leverage by Joshua Cohen Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys