All students entering sixth grade are required to read

ONE of the following books by Jack Gantos:

Jack Henry series Joey Pi gza series Norvelt series
Jack Adrift
Jack on Tracks
Heads or Tails
Jacks New Power
Jacks Black Book
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Joey Pigza Loses Control
What would Joey Pigza Do?
I am not Joey Pigza
Dead End in Norvelt
From Norvelt to Nowhere


Catch a Fall i ng Star by Kim Culbertson -
Nothing ever happens in Little, CA, but when Hollywood arrives
to film a movie starring super hot Adam Jakes, and Carter gets
the secret offer of a lifetime: playing the role of Adam's girlfriend
while he's in town, everything changes.
The Vigi lant e Poets of Selwyn Academy
by Kate Hattemer Witty, sarcastic Ethan and his three
friends decide to take down the reality TV show, For Art's Sake,
that is being filmed at their high school, the esteemed Selwyn
Arts Academy, where each student is more talented than the
next.
Grandmaster by David Klass Daniel, high school
freshman chess newbie cant understand why his team is so
adamant about his attending the father-son chess tournament
with his dad until he discovers that his father was a chess prodigy
in his youth. Their participation in the tournament brings out a
side of his father Daniels never seen, and is not sure he likes.

Bei ng Sl oane Jacobs by Lauren Morrill Sloane
Emily Jacobs and Sloane Devon Jacobs, from very different
worlds but both with problem families, meet in Montreal where
they will stay in the same hotel while attending camp, one for
figure skating, the other for ice hockey.
Uni nvi ted by Sophie Jordan - When seventeen-year-
old Davy Hamilton who has led a charmed life as a popular,
intelligent musical prodigy tests positive for Homicidal Tendency
Syndrome, everyone believes it is only a matter of time before
she murders someone.

All students entering eighth grade are required
to read ONE of the following books:

Bad Boy: a memoir by Wal ter Dean Myer s

Discovering Wes Moore by Wes Moore
Bomb: the race to build and steal the worlds
most dangerous weapon by Steve Shei nki n

Into Thin Air: a personal account of the Mount
Everest disaster by John Krakauer
Chew on This: everything you dont want to
know about fast food by Eri c Schl osser
Outcasts United: the story of a refugee soccer
team that changed a town by Warren St . John

All students entering seventh grade are required
to read ONE of the following books:

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko New Boy by Julian Houston
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine Wonder by RJ Palacio
My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen





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When Audrey Met Al i ce by Rebecca Behrens - When the
Secret Service squashes yet another chance for the president's daughter,
Audrey, to make any new friends, Audrey discovers former first daughter Alice
Roosevelt's hidden diary, which gives Audrey endless ideas for having fun--
and more problems than she can handle.
Ni nj a Li br ar ians by Jennifer Downey - Dorrie and her brother
Marcus accidently open a portal to Petrarch's Library, where they discover a
secret society of warrior librarians who travel in time, protecting the world's
greatest thinkers from torture and death for sharing knowledge and ideas.
A Sni cker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd - The Pickles are new to
Midnight Gulch, Tennessee, a town which legend says was once magic--but
Felicity is convinced the magic is still there, and with the help of her new
friend Jonah the Beedle she hopes to bring the magic back.
Ghosts of Tupelo Landi ng by Sheila Turnage- When Miss
Lana accidentally buys a haunted inn at the Tupelo Landing town auction,
Desperado Detectives--aka Mo LoBeau and her best friend Dale--opens up a
paranormal division to solve the ghost's identity before the town's big 250th
anniversary bash
The Forbi dden Li brary by Django Wexler - When her
father is lost at sea shortly after meeting a very unusual visitor, Alice must
leave her home to live with an "uncle" whose rural Pennsylvania estate
includes a massive and mysterious library that holds much more than books.

Sorr y You re Lost by Matt Blackstone - New Jersey seventh
grader and class clown Denny Murphy has just lost his mother, his father is
uncommunicative, he is in trouble with his teachers, and to top it all off, his
best friend has a scheme to get dates for the end-of-year school dance.
The Gr eat Greene Hei st by Varian Johnson After his
last heist went bad and he lost Gaby, Jackson Greene swore off breaking the
rules. But when his old nemesis, Keith Sinclair, plans to steal the school
election from Gaby and cut the budget for every afterschool activity except
the Gamer Club, Jackson decides to use his con-man skills yet again.
The Lost Pl anet by Rachel Searles - Chase Garrety awakens on
a planet he doesnt know and with a face he doesnt recognize, his life up to
now a complete blank. But his amnesia is far from his biggest problem: the
only thing he can remember is a secret message, but what does it mean?
The Finest Hour s by Mike Tougias - On the night of February
18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever
seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the
force of the storm. Tells the story of a harrowing rescue when four men in a
tiny lifeboat saved more than 30 stranded sailors.
Savi ng Baby Doe by Danette Vigilante " When best friends
Lionel and Anisa find and save an abandoned baby, the fallout threatens to
tear their relationship apart.





Berni er-Grande, Carmen
Alicia Alonso: Prima
Ballerina
Diego: Bigger than Life
Frida: Vida la Viva! Long
Live Life!
Picasso: The King, I Yo El
Rey
Engl e, Margari ta
Poet Slaves of Cuba
Horowi tz, Anthony
Legends series
Myers, Wal ter Dean
Harlem Hellfighters
Here in Harlem
Murphy, Ji m
American Plague
Blizzard
The Giant and How He
Humbugged America
Great Fire
Invincible Microbe
Savage Thunder
Truce
By Nel son, Mari l yn
Carver: a life in poems
Freedom Business
Miss Crandalls School for
Young Ladies and Little
Misses of Color
Sweethearts of Rhythm








Abrahams, Peter
Outlaws of Sherwood
Street series
Echo Falls Mystery series
Bal l i et, Bl ue
Chasing Vermeer series
Danger Box
Hold Fast
Bei l , Mi chael
Red Blazer Girls series
Lantern Sam and the Blue
Streak Bandits
Summer at Forsaken Lake
Haddi x, Margaret
Peterson
House on the Gulf
Harri ngton, Ki m
Sleuth or Dare series
Horowi tz, Anthony
Diamond Brother series
Horowitz Horror collection
Korman, Gordon
Swindle series
Messner, Kate
Silver Jaguar Society
Mystery
Sl eator, Wi l l i am
Blackbriar
Scal etta, Kurti s
The Tanglewood Terror
Van Draanen, Wendel i n
Sammy Keyes series







Garza, Xavi er
Maximilian series
Hal e, Shal e
Repunzels Revenge
Calamity Jane
Hal e, Nathan
Big Bad Ironclad
Donner Dinner Party
One Dead Spy
Treaties, Trenches, Mud
and Blood
Ki bui shi , Kazu
Amulet series
Explorer series
Flight Explorer series
Harry Potter graphic
novel series
Lei ti ch Smi th, Greg
Little Green Men at the
Mercury Inn
Chronal Engine
Smi th, Jef f
Bone series
Tel gemei er, Rai na
Smile
Drama
The Baby-Sitters Club
graphic novels
Varon, Sara
Bake Sale
Robot Dreams


















































































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Barron, TA
Atlantis Rising
Great Tree of Avalon series
Lost Years of Merlin series
Merlin series
Cl are, Cassandra
Mortal Instruments series
Infernal Devices series
CLE, Tory
Marvelous World series
Dashner, James
13
th
Reality series
Maze Runner series
Morality Doctrine series
Del aney, Joseph
Last Apprentice series
DuPrau, Jeanne
City of Ember series
Graza, Xavi er
Kid Cyclone Fights the
Devil
Goi ng, KL
Garden of Eve
Haddi x, Margaret
Peterson
Just Ella
Palace of Mirrors
Hal e, Shannon
Books of Bayern series
Book of a Thousand Days
Princess Academy series
Horowi tz, Anthony
Power of Five series
The Switch






Mass, Wendy
Heaven Looks a Lot Like
the Mall
Willow Falls series
McCal l , Guadal upe
Garci a
Summer of the Mariposa
Okoraf or, Nnedi
Akata Witch
Zahrah the Windseeker
Oppel , Kenneth
Airborn series
Boundless
Silverwing trilogy
Rex, Adam
Cold Cereal saga
Sage, Angi e
Septimus Heap series
Shan, Darren
Cirque du Freak series
Zom-B series
Sl eator, Wi l l i am
The Boxes
Into the Dream
Rewind
Stani szewski , Anna
My Very UnFairy Tale Life
series










Green, Ti m
Football Genius series
Baseball Great series
Pinch Hit
Force Out
New Kid
Unstoppable
Lupi ca, Mi ke
Batboy
Big Field
Heat
Hero
Million Dollar Throw
Miracle on 49
th
Street
Summer Ball
Travel Team
True Legend
Underdogs
Messner, Kate
Sugar and Ice
Myers, Wal ter Dean
Hoops
Kick
Scal etta, Kurti s
Mudville
Van Draanen, Wendel i n
Running Dream













Carter, Al l y
Gallagher Girls series
Heist Society series
Di onne, Eri n
Moxie and the Art of Rule
Breaking
Horowi tz, Anthony
Alex Rider series
Key, Watt
Alabama Road
Dirt Road Home
Four Mile
Korman, Gordon
Everest series
On the Run series
Park, Li nda Sue
Long Walk to Water
Smi th, Rol and
I,Q series
Peak
Jacks Run
Venkatraman, Padma
Islands End
















Card, Orson Scott
Enders Game series
Enders Shadow series
Haddi x, Margaret
Peterson
Shadow Children series
Missing series
Double Identity
Mass, Wendy
Pi in the Sky
Messenger, Shannon
Keeper of the Lost Cities
Messner, Kate
Eye of the Storm
Wake Up Missing
Pfeffer, Susan Beth
Last Survivors series
Reese, Jenn
Above World series
Rex, Adam
True Meaning of Smekday
Scal etta, Kurti s
Winter of the Robots















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Curti s, Chri stopher Paul
Bud, Not Buddy
Elijah of Buxton
The Mighty Miss Malone
The Watsons Go to
Birmingham, 1963
Draper, Sharon
Fire From the Rock
Engl e, Margari ta
Firefly Letters
Hurricane Dancers
The Lightning Dreamer
Silver People
Tropical Secret
Wild Book
Gi f f , Patri ci a Rei l l y
House of Tears
Maggies Door
Nory Ryans Song
R My Name is Rachel
Storyteller
Water Street
Goi ng, KL
The Liberation of Gabriel
King
Haddi x, Margaret
Peterson
Uprising
Kadohata, Cynthi a
Cracker!
Kira-Kira
Outside Beauty
Weedflower






Messner, Kate
Spitfire
Murphy, Ji m
Desperate Journe
Myers, Wal ter Dean
Glory Fields
Harlem Summer
Riot
Nel son, Mari l yn
Pembras Song
Oppel , Kenneth
Half Brother
Park, Li nda Sue
Keeping Score
Project Mulberry
When My Name was Keoko
Scal etta, Kurti s
Mamba Point
Smi th, Rol and
Elephant Run
Venkatraman, Padma
Climbing the Stairs
Wi l l i ams-Garci a, Ri ta
One Crazy Summer
P.S. Be Eleven
Woodson, Jacquel i ne
After Tupac and D Foster












Al l en, Crystal
How Lamar's Bad Prank Won
a Bubba-Sized Trophy
The Laura Line
Bauer, Joan
Almost Home
Backwater
Best Foot Forward
Close to Famous
Hope was Here
Peeled
Rules of the Road
Squashed
Stand Tall
Sticks
Thwonk
Di onne, Eri n
Notes From an Accidental
Band Geek
Total Tragedy of a Girl
Named Hamlet
Models Don't Eat Chocolate
Cookies
Draper, Sharon
Battle of Jericho
Double Dutch
Out of My Mind
Romiette and Julio
Fl ake, Sharon
Begging for Change
Money Hungry
Pinned
The Skin I'm In






Gi f f , Patri ci a Rei l l y
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Wild Girl
Haddi x, Margaret Peterson
Claim to Fame
Leaving Fishers
Takeoffs and Landings
Kadohata, Cynthi a
The Thing About Luck
Korman, Gordon
No More Dead Dogs
Schooled
Ungifted
Mass, Wendy
Candymakers
Every Soul a Star
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning
of Life
Leap Day
Mango-Shaped Space
McCal l , Guadal upe Garci a
Under the Mesquite
Messner, Kate
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z
Myers, Wal ter Dean
Cruisers series
Dream Bearer
Scorpions
Park, Li nda Sue
Single Shard









Perki ns, Mi tal i
Bamboo People
First Daughter: White
House Rules
Not-So-Star-Spangled Life
of Sunita Sen
Smi th, Rol and
Zachs Lie
Stani szewski , Anna
Dirt Diary series
Van Draanen, Wendel i n
Flipped
Runaway
Swear
Woodson, Jacquel i ne
Between Madison and
Palmetto
Feathers
Hush
The House You Pass on
the Way
Last Summer with Maizon
Lena
Locomotion
Maizon at Blue Hill
Miracles Boys
Peace, Locomotion
Yee, Li sa
Absolutely, Maybe
Millicent Min: Girl Genius
So Totally Emily Ebers
Stanford Wong Flunks Big
Time
Warp Speed


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