DOVER-SHERBORN MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER 2012 RECOMMENDED READING LIST For Entering 8TH GRADERS

REALISTIC FICTION Anderson, Laurie Speak Beale, Fleur I am Not Esther Bodeen, S.A. The Compound Broach, Elise Desert Crossing Brooks, Martha Being with Henry Corbet, Robert Fifteen Love Christopher, Lucy Stolen Cormier, Robert Rag and Bone Shop Deem, James 3 NB's of Julian Drew Draper, Sharon Tears of a Tiger Fleischman, Paul Whirligig Gee, Maurice The Fat Man Hobbs, Will Far North Klass, David You Don’t Know Me Lipsyte, Robert One Fat Summer Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Mazer, Norma When She Was Good McCormick, Patricia Cut McDonald, Janet Chill Wind Moriarty, Jaclyn Feeling Sorry for Celia Myers, Walter Dean Slam Na, An A Step From Heaven Ostlere, Cathy Karma Paulsen, Gary The Schernoff Discoveries Peters, Julie Define "Normal" Rennison, Louise Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Schmatz, Pat Bluefish Shusterman, Neal The Schwa was Here Smelcer, John The Trap Voigt, Cynthia When She Hollers Volponi, Paul Rikers High Williams, Michael Now is the Time for Running Wittlinger, Ellen The Long Night of Leo and Bree Wolff, Virginia Euwer Probably Still Nick Swansen Woodson, Jacqueline After Tupac and D Foster

HISTORICAL FICTION Bosse, Malcolm Tusk and Stone Cormier, Robert Frenchtown Summer Hesse, Karen Witness Holt, Kimberly When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Holub, Josef An Innocent Soldier Hudson, Jan Sweetgrass Krisher, Trudy Uncommon Faith Lawrence, Iain B for Buster Lester, Julius Pharoah's Daughter Copyright © 2012 Olive Woodward. All Rights Reserved. Mikaelson, Ben Red Midnight Morpurgo, Michael Private Peaceful Napoli, Donna Jo Bound Schmidt, Gary Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION Adams, Richard Watership Down Almond, David Clay Anderson, M.T. Thirsty Bacigalupi, Paolo Ship Breaker Farmer, Nancy The House of the Scorpion Goodman, Alison Eon: Dragoneye Reborn Mariller, Juliet Wildwood Dancing Marsden, John Tomorrow When the War Began McKinley, Robin Rose Daughter Napoli, Donna Jo Zel Pearson, Mary The Adoration of Jenna Fox Thompson, Kate Switchers Vande Velde, Vivian Heir Apparent Yancey, Rick Monstrumologist Yang, Gene American Born Chinese

SHORT STORIES Anderson, Rachel The Bus People Appelt, Kathi Kissing Tennessee Brooks, Martha Paradise Cafe Carlson (ed.) American Eyes: New Asian-American Short Stories for Young Adults Cormier, Robert 8 Plus 1 Crutcher, Chris Athletic Shorts Klein, Robin Tearaways Myers, Walter Dean 145th Street Rylant, Cynthia A Couple of Kooks Singer, Marilyn (ed.) I Believe in Water

MYSTERY Cormier, Robert I am the Cheese Duncan, Lois Summer of Fear Konigsburg, E.L. Silent to the Bone McNamee, Graham Acceleration Pullman, Philip Ruby in the Smoke Plum-Ucci, Carol The Body of Christopher Creed Pullman, Philip Ruby in the Smoke Les Bequets, Diane Season of Ice

NONFICTION Armstrong, Jennifer Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World Beals, Melba Warriors Don't Cry Callahan, Steven Adrift: Seventy Six Days Lost at Sea Crutcher, Chris King of the Mild Frontier Fleischman, Sid The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life Herriot, James All Creatures Great and Small Reiss, Johanna The Upstairs Room Sleator, William Oddballs Copyright © 2012 Olive Woodward. All Rights Reserved. Swanson, James Chasing Lincoln’s Killer

Books are available all summer at the Middle School Library, and through your local public library network. Compiled by Olive Woodward, Librarian