Vb. D?CUMENT RESUME ED 236 671 CS 207 947 ft ,AUTHOR Christensen, Jane, Ed. TITLE Your Reading: A Booklist for Junior High and Middle f/ School,Students-Sixth Edition. -INSTITUTI,ON ,National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana,. Ill. REPORT NO ISBN-0-8141-5938-9 PUB DATE '83' NOTE 772p:; Prepared by,..,the Committee on the Junior High ,and Middle SChpol.Bopklist of the National Council of Teachers of Engl,ish. d. 'AVAILABLE:FROM National Council of Teachers 6f: English, 11110 Kenyon Rd., Urhana,.IL 61801'(StockNC). 59.389,$12.00 /now-member, $10.00 member). PUB TYPE Reference Materials BibliographieS( .131) Books (010) ' -' EDRS PRICE MF05/PC31 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS' *Adoielent Literature; Annotated BibliographieS-;, Element ry SecoRdary Education;, Juaipr High Schools; *Literature-Appreciation;. Middle Reading I,,nterests; *Reddilng Materials; St, Interests °°- ABSTRACT .1 , . , , With many annotations writtenoredited tystudents this booklist contains 3,,1(10 citations of fiction anld,nonfiction . pub'litations for adolescents. Most entries were published within The past few 'years, althOugh well-written older 'books are also included? The annotations, which include appropriate age ranges:lare 'categorized. as.folldws: Fiction,-(1) adyenture;. (.2) .family'. Situations; (3),friendship;(4) dating and love; (5Y racial,. ethnic, or religious groups; (6) sports; (7) 'physical \handicaps;(8) mental .and emotional problems; (9) deith'and dyirig;(10) mysteries; (11) historica,1 novels; (12) science fiction; ,(13) fantasy and folklore; (14) 'the supernatural; (15) humor and/satite; (16)'poeiry; (17) plays; and (18) short stoilir collections; Nonfiction--(19) animals; (20) biography; 21) fine arts; 422) mass, Illedia;.(231 personal improvement and health;, (24) histbry and gOvernme4; (25) hobbies and 7;:crafts;(26) occupations and' careers; (27) places and people of the. .;world; 28) science's;(29) languoges;,.(30: Social issues; (31) ..,fritchcraft, magic, and the occult; and (32), information and reference guides. A directory of publishers, and title and author indexes are tincluded. ,(HTH) -A, 3 ( *************************************************'********************** '* Reproductions supplied by EDRSare the best that can be made . * * from the original document. 4********************************************************************* U.S. 9EPARTMENT CKEbLICATION- ' NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 'EDUCATION * s EDNtAtIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER IERIOI This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization 'Your ileading originating it. Minorchanges have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this docu meat do not necessarily represent official NIE position or policy. e 3. A Booklist, for JuniorHigh and Middle School StudentS `R. New Edition A Jane Christensen, Chair, and the Committee oil the Junior High and Middle School Booklist 4 of thd National Council of Yeachers.of English Is. - *.- "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY'' NCTE TO THE EDUCATIONAL. RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." st: s 4. National Council of Teachers of English 1111 Kenyon Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801 0 t % I txJ NCTE Editorial Board: Paul T. Bryant, Thomas Creswell,C. Kermeen Frirrom, Rudine Sims, b. Ann Terry, RObert F. Hogan, ex officio, PaulO'Dea, ex officio Book Design: m Kovacs for TGK Design NCTE Stock Number 59389 C 1983 by the National Council of Teachers of English. Allrights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. It is the policy t f NCTE in its journals and other publications toprovid5ea forum for the open clIsctission of ideas concerning th&contentand the teaching of English and the language arts. Publicity accorded to anyparticular point of , view dpes not imply endorsement by the ExecutiveCommittee, the Board of Directors, or the membaship atlarge, except in annopncementsof policy, where such endorsement is clearly specified. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publicati9n Data Main entry under title: Your reading, a booklist for junior high and middle school students. Continues: Your reading : a booklist Tor juniorhigh tudents. c1975. q ncludes index. ,Summary: An annotated listing of over 3000 fictionand non - fiction k booksrecommendedfor junior high,and middle school students. c 2. Bibliog- i , I. Children's literatureBibliography. 1' raphyBest booksChildren's.literature.3. School librariesBook lists.[1. Bibliography Best b'ooks] 1 I. Christensen, Jane,4934- ,II. National Council 4% f of,Teachers,of English; Committee on the Junior High III. Ydur reading : a cl I and Middle School Booklist., booklist fo' junior high students. 4: Z1037.Y681983 [PN1009.4,1] 011%62 83-17426 ISBN 0-8141-5938-9 4.1 5" 411. Committee on the Juniorigh aid,Middle School Booklisj, . *) .. 1 rJane Christensen, Chair; Associate Executive Director,National Council of ,-!. Teachers of English , Ronald A. Finelli, Everitt Junior High School, Wheat Ridge, Colorado Peggy IA. Flood, Northglenn Junior High School,,Boulder, Colorado( formerly) Beverli, Haley,Fort Morgan High School, Fort Morgan, Colorado (formerly) I 1 1-1obbs,Smiley Junior High School, Denver,olorado7C James I John. Specht,Cole Junior High School, Deriver, Colorado Imogene Springer, Office of Curriculum Development, DenverPublic Schools' . Melva J. Yearnan, Everitt Junior High School, Wheat Ridge, Colorado 6. b Robert Squires,ex officio Paul O'Dea, NCTE Staff Liaison . I. 44- 4 f o a `Iv Contents \ V Acknowledgments vii Introduction to the Student ..-.., Adventure 3 Family SituatiOns 54. Friendship , 113 ... Dating and Love 153 ip, Racial; Etht, or Religious Groups ' 168 %`. Sports 184 Physical Handicaps , 19191 Mental and 'Emotional Problems ,-- i979 Death and Dying 21021 A. i* Kily,steries ) 216 Historical Novels 4' 249 ScieTce Fictiqn and the Future 268 Fantasy and Folklore 290 The Supernatura , .325 ' I Humor and Saiiie . 336 A ,,,....J Poetry 355 Plays 363 . Short Story Collections F 467 ;c1 Nonfiction Animals 390 - Biography Americans 413 World Figures 431 Adventurers II. ? al[7............,..... CContents ..vi.. - ... ... 1 Scientists. .g 443 Athletes . 1445 \ ., "--A11..ists' 4g,59 i cEntertainers 467 " Fipe Arts ' r . ' Theater and Music. 474 15ance 4. 477, ' Painting find Other Art forms 479 . Mass Madia -. ' 481 .- keligion -` -485 th -490 7 '( Personal Improvement'and Health History and Government ti--.. American 506 # . 7520; , flobbiesHobbies and'Crafts ---1 fj.,(532 , Occupations and Careers 1' 560 Places and People of the World -" e. ..579 . 1 Sciences ' . 591 Languages e \ iy , 624 %I. Nature and Ecology . 629,. Social Issues : 641 Sports 660 Witchcraft, Magic, and the Occult. ,686 .., '.. Information Please. 695 . Directory of Publisherj. .706 Author Index 711 Title Index 730 .;J e . 4 . Acknowledgments , .i-, 1' . A ,booklist committee is m ade up of unbelievable peopleunbelievable for endurance, dedication, and unpaid professional service. Only the^ c.trimitfeeto directthe decade-long writing project for theEt:o/c/Podia' "Britanqica might excel in perseverancebut they were paid. All the volunteer booklist committee members for this edi/icin of Your Reading touched student lives in some way every day: Ronald A. Finelli, Peggy A. Flood, Beverly Haley, Jades Hobbs, John F. Specht, 4mogene Springer, Melva Yeaman. 'All these seven people have a passion fog reading, but unlike most .readers, they disciplined themselves to read adolescent books for. re'view tp write for younger readers. I'm .still impressed wifh their discipline; care, and coOpertation. These professionals caltied untold numbers of books to their homes for midnight reading or to the classrooms for student reading. Many of the 3,100 annotations were written by students, and some of the adult annotations were even.edited by students for more appeal/at the student) level. Reading and writing stretched over,five years ancrincluded appro- .priate level books published from 1975 to the presentThooks submitted' '7-by publishers for consideration. To these publishers,,our sincere appreciav tiop for generously supplying all copies of books reviewed. 'Also, thahk you toiall the students who joined our forces to make this book possible. We needed your personal touch and tone, kut mostly your love of reading. < Commendationshould'also be given to NCTE Editorial Staff, especially editors Jane Curran and Alexander Doty for'their time, pod 'cheer, and obvious ,talent. Lciis Haig, Director ofkaiiorial and producTion Services, and Patil O'Dea, Dtrectorrof Publications, kept their guiding eyes ohthe- project and showed great patience as they made importanfiuggestions. A special note of .gratitude goes to Elizabeth Carroll, who 'served as secretary for the project and wilio displayed a wide range of skills atyl care' as "keeper.of the tooksY She gave h6me space to 'mountains oif bookshundreds at a timeand took great pride, in the project and, in the distinct bbok aroma that permeated the rooms. Often it was her sanguine nature that ketit us positive. She reminded us'that some day this book would indeed be published. vii a ti ,4 l viii ci Acknowledgments r When the time was extended for the book readng and writing bf annotations, other individuals gave helpful assistance:"Carolyn McMahon, Patricia Motherway,'Elizabph Siebel, and Rona Sthith. As editor, I had the unique experience during my term ofmovingfrom The field of teaching to NCT.Eheadqtiarters to serve as AssociateExecutive 0,, Director. Rarelyda tiopklist chairA serve half a termwith