Suggested Book List Middle School Lexile Range 500 - 599
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Revised 2016 Suggested Book List Middle School Lexile Range 500 - 599 As with any reading list, these are simply suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. Since the LEXILE measure is based ONLY on the difficulty of text, parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. The student’s individual interests should also be considered when making book selections. On the back, this list also includes easier books for pleasure and reading fluency. TITLE AUTHOR LEXILE Magic School Bus: Inside a Hurricane Joanna Cole 500 Milkweed Jerry Spinelli 510 Judy Moody, MD: The Doctor is In Megan McDonald 510 The Absent Author* Ron Roy 510 Flora & Ulyssess Kate DiCamillo 520 One for the Murphys Linda Mullaly Hunt 520 It’s All Greek to Me Jon Scieszka 530 The Reluctant Pitcher Matt Christopher 540 Finding the Titanic Robert D. Ballard 540 Cousins Virginia Hamilton 550 Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt 550 Superfudge Judy Blume 560 Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes Louis Sachar 560 The Music of Dolphins Karen Hesse 560 Revolution Jennifer Donnelly 560 One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate 570 The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk Donald J. Sobol 570 Something Upstairs Avi 580 The Fighting Ground Avi 580 Notes from a Liar and Her Dog Gennifer Choldenko 580 I Survived: Hurricane Katrina Lauren Tarshish 590 Fairest Gail Carson Levine 590 The Battle of the Labyrinth* Rick Riordan 590 (Percy Jackson Series) *Books that are part of a series †Books that have a sequel Revised 2016 Suggested Book List Middle School Lexile Range Below 500 As with any reading list, these are simply suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. Since the LEXILE measure is based ONLY on the difficulty of text, parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. The student’s individual interests should also be considered when making book selections. TITLE AUTHOR LEXILE Freedom’s Wings Sharon Dennis Wyeth 350 The Tower of the Elf King (Secrets of Droon) Tony Abbott 370 The Slumber Party Secret Carolyn Keene 390 Quest for the Queen (Secrets of Droon) Tony Abbott 410 The Kidnapped King Ron Roy 410 “Who Was that Masked Man, Anyway?” Avi 420 Baseball Pals Matt Christopher 420 Life of Pi Yann Martel 430 The Storm in the Barn Matt Phelan 430 Trouble at Camp Treehouse Carolyn Keene 440 Wayside School is Falling Down Louis Sachar 440 Under the Serpent Sea (Secrets of Droon) Tony Abbott 450 Sideways Stories From Wayside School Louis Sachar 460 Bluish: A Novel Virginia Hamilton 460 The Best Detective Carolyn Keene 460 The Legend of the Red Horse Cavern Gary Paulsen 470 The Overnight R.L. Stine 490 Smiles to Go Jerry Spinelli 490 Fudge-a-Mania Judy Blume 490 There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom Louis Sachar 490 *Books that are part of a series †Books that have a sequel Revised 2016 Suggested Book List Middle School Lexile Range 600 - 699 As with any reading list, these are simply suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. Since the LEXILE measure is based ONLY on the difficulty of text, parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. The student’s individual interests should also be considered when making book selections. On the back, this list also includes easier books for pleasure and reading fluency. TITLE AUTHOR LEXILE Bluefish Pat Schmatz 600 Paper Cowboy Kristin Levine 600 Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko 600 Artemis Fowl* Eoin Colfer 600 Turtle in Paradise Jennifer L. Holm 610 No More Dead Dogs Gordon Korman 610 Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo 610 Mockingbird Katherine Erskine 630 Stones in Water Donna Jo Napoli 630 The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke 640 Under a War-Torn Sky† Laura Elliott 640 The Running Dream Wendelin Van Draanen 650 The Red Pyramid† Louis Sachar 460 I Survived: Japanese Tsunami Lauren Tarshis 650 Other Side of Dark Joan Lowery Nixon 660 Holes Louis Sachar 660 Booked Kwame Alexander 660 The Face on the Milk Carton* Caroline B. Cooney 660 Ruby Holler Sharon Creech 660 I Survived: The Battle of Gettysburg 1863 Lauren Tarshis 660 Saving Zasha Randi G. Barrow 670 Stormbreaker* Anthony Horowitz 670 The Clockwork Three Matthew J. Kirby 680 Olive’s Ocean Kevin Henkes 680 The City of Ember* Jeanne DuPrau 680 The Selection* Kiera Cass 680 SOS Titanic Eve Bunting 690 *Books that are part of a series †Books that have a sequel Revised 2016 Suggested Book List Middle School Lexile Range Below 600 As with any reading list, these are simply suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. Since the LEXILE measure is based ONLY on the difficulty of text, parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. The student’s individual interests should also be considered when making book selections. TITLE AUTHOR LEXILE The Quest for the Queen (Secrets of Droon) Tony Abbott 410 The Kidnapped King Ron Roy 410 “Who Was that Masked Man, Anyway?” Avi 420 Baseball Pals Matt Christopher 420 The Storm in the Barn Matt Phelan 430 Trouble at Camp Treehouse Carolyn Keene 440 Wayside School is Falling Down Louis Sachar 440 Under the Serpent Sea (Secrets of Droon) Tony Abbott 450 Sideways Stories From Wayside School Louis Sachar 460 Bluish. A Novel Virginia Hamilton 460 The Best Detective Carolyn Keene 460 The Legend of the Red Horse Cavern Gary Paulsen 470 The Overnight R.L. Stine 490 Smiles to Go Jerry Spinelli 490 Fudge-a-Mania Judy Bloom 490 There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom Louis Sachar 490 Magic School Bus. Inside a Hurricane Joanna Cole 500 Milkweed Jerry Spinelli 510 Judy Moody, MD. The Doctor is In Megan McDonald 510 The Absent Author* Ron Roy 510 The Hamster of the Baskervilles Bruce Hale 520 It’s All Greek to Me Jon Scieszka 530 The Reluctant Pitcher Matt Christopher 540 Finding the Titanic Robert D. Ballard 540 Help, I’m Trapped in My Sister’s Body Todd Strasser 540 Ghosts Don’t Eat Potato Chips Debbie Dadey 550 Cousins Virginia Hamilton 550 Superfudge Judy Blume 560 Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes Louis Sachar 560 The Music of Dolphins Karen Hesse 560 Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan 560 The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk Donald J. Sobol 570 Something Upstairs Avi 580 The Fighting Ground Avi 580 Notes from a Liar and Her Dog Gennifer Choldenko 580 Fairest Gail Carson Levine 590 Baby-Sitter’s Club Series Ann M. Martin 500s The Battle of the Labyrinth*(Percy Jackson Series) Rick Riordan 590 *Books that are part of a series †Books that have a sequel Revised 2016 Suggested Book List Middle School Lexile Range 700 - 799 As with any reading list, these are simply suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. Since the LEXILE measure is based ONLY on the difficulty of text, parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. The student’s individual interests should also be considered when making book selections. On the back, this list also includes easier books for pleasure and reading fluency. TITLE AUTHOR LEXILE I Survived: Hindenberg Disaster Lauren Tarshis 700 Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment* James Patterson 700 How to Steal a Dog Barbara O’Connor 700 I Survived: Joplin Tornado Lauren Tarshis 710 Legend Marie Lu 710 Yolonda’s Genius Carol Fenner 710 Swindle Gordon Korman 710 Eragon Christopher Paolini 710 The BFG Roald Dahl 720 A Monster Calls Patrick Ness 730 The Thing About Jellyfish Ali Benjamin 740 Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata 740 The Lightning Thief* Rick Riordan 740 I Survived: Nazi Invasion Lauren Tarshis 740 I Have a Bad Feeling About This Jeff Strand 740 Cuba 15 Nancy Osa 750 The Crossover Kwame Alexander 750 Ghost Soldier Elaine Marie Alphin 750 Esperanza Rising Pam Munoz Ryan 750 Airborn Kenneth Oppel 760 The Land Mildred Taylor 760 The Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery John Feinstein 760 The Sixth Man John Feinstein 760 Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt 770 Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Wendy Mass 770 Rules Cynthia Lord 780 Inkheart* Cornelia Funke 780 Blue† Joyce Hostetter (local author) 780 Navigating Early Claire Vanderpool 780 Cinder Marissa Mayer 790 Wonder RJ Palacio 790 Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliet 770 Etiquette & Espionage Gail Carriger 780 Series: Maximum Ride James Patterson 700 – 740 *Books that are part of a series †Books that have a sequel Revised 2016 Suggested Book List Middle School Lexile Range 500 - 699 As with any reading list, these are simply suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. Since the LEXILE measure is based ONLY on the difficulty of text, parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. The student’s individual interests should also be considered when making book selections. TITLE AUTHOR LEXILE Milkweed Jerry Spinelli 510 The Absent Author* Ron Roy 510 It’s All Greek to Me Jon Scieszka 530 The Reluctant Pitcher Matt Christopher 540 Finding the Titanic Robert D. Ballard 540 Ghosts Don’t Eat Potato Chips Debbie Dadey 550 Cousins Virginia Hamilton 550 Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes Louis Sachar 560 The Music of Dolphins Karen Hesse 560 The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk Donald J. Sobol 570 Something Upstairs Avi 580 The Fighting Ground Avi 580 Notes from a Liar and Her Dog Gennifer Choldenko 580 Fairest Gail Carson Levine 590 The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson Series) Rick Riordan 590 Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko 600 Artemis Fowl* Eoin Colfer 600 Turtle in Paradise Jennifer L. Holm 610 No More Dead Dogs Gordon Korman 610 Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo 610 A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck 610 Almost Starring Skinnybones Barbara Park 620 Midnight for Charlie Bone* Jenny Nimmo 630 Wild Girl Patricia Reilly Giff 640 The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke 640 Under a War-Torn Sky† Laura Elliott 640 Zlata’s Diary Zlata Filipovic 640 The Red Pyramid† Rick Riordan 650 Holes Louis Sachar 660 The Face on the Milk Carton* Caroline B.