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Wild Titles

JUNE 9 - AUGUST 2, 2008

 

This is the Teen Reading Club's companion list for students who wish to be challenged during the summer.  Participants ARE NOT REQUIRED to read from this list.  All books on this list are worth one cent (1¢) per page credit.

 (Click on the title of a book to see if it is available for check-out.)

easy walk

Content appropriate for most entering 6th graders

Anderson, Laurie Fever, 1793.
Avi Crispin: At the Edge of the World.
Avi Crispin: The Cross of Lead.
Beddor, Frank The Looking Glass Wars.
Bell, Hilari Shield of Stars.
Belton, Sandra Store-Bought Baby.
Blacker, Terence Parent Swap.
Bloor, Edward London Calling.
Brown, Devin Not Exactly Normal.
Bryant, Jen Pieces of Georgia.
Choldenko, Gennifer If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period.
Colfer, Eoin Half-Moon Investigations.
Curtis, Christopher Paul Elijah of Buxton.
Dee, Barbara Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life.
Deriso, Christine The Right-Under Club.
D'Lacey, Chris Fire Star.
D'Lacey, Chris The Fire Within.
D'Lacey, Chris Icefire.
Eason, Alethea Hungry.
Ellis, Deborah I am a Taxi.
Ellis, Sarah Odd Man Out.
Fitzgerald, Dawn Soccer Chick Rules.
Fletcher, Susan Alphabet of Dreams.
Frederick, Heather The Mother-Daughter Book Club.
Gardner, Lyn Into the Woods.
Gilman, Laura Anne The Camelot Spell.
Gilman, Laura Anne Morgain's Revenge.
Greenburg, Dan Claws.
Gregory, Nan I'll Sing You One-O.
Han, Jenny Shug.
Heldring, Thatcher Toby Wheeler Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer.
Hicks, Betty Get Real.
Hinton, Nigel Time Bomb.
Holm, Jennifer Penny from Heaven.
Holmes, Sara Letters From Rapunzel.
Jaramillo, Ann La Línea.
Jinks, Catherine Evil Genius.
Johnson, Henry Travis & Freddy's Adventures in Vegas.
Johnson, Jane The Secret Country.
Kehret, Peg Cages.
Kent, Rose Kimchi & Calamari.
Kerley, Barbara Greetings From Planet Earth.
Key, Watt Alabama Moon.
LaFevers, R.L. Werewolf Rising.
Levine, Gail Carson Fairest.
Lowry, Lois Gossamer.
Lupica, Mike The Big Field.
Mackey, Weezie Throwing Like a Girl.
Mass, Wendy Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life.
McNish, Cliff The Silver Child.
McNish, Cliff Silver City.
McNish, Cliff Silver World.
Meyer, Kai The Water Mirror.
Miéville, China Un Lun Dun.
Miller, Kirsten Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City.
Miller, Kirsten Kiki Strike: The Empress's Tomb.
Moloney, James The Book of Lies.
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Avonlea:  An Anne of Green Gables Story.
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables.
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Ingleside.
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of the Island.
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Windy Poplars.
Montgomery, L.M. Anne's House of Dreams.
Morris, Gerald The Ballad of Sir Dinadan.
Morris, Gerald The Lioness and Her Knight.
Morris, Gerald Parsifal's Page.
Morris, Gerald The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight.
Morris, Gerald The Quest of the Fair Unknown.
Morris, Gerald The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf.
Morris, Gerald The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady.
Morris, Gerald The Squire's Tale.
Nelson, Blake Gender Blender.
Nelson, Blake They Came From Below.
Park, Linda Sue Archer's Quest.
Parker, Robert Edenville Owls.
Paterson, Katherine Bread and Roses, Too.
Pearsall, Shelley All of the Above: A Novel.
Reeve, Philip Larklight, or, The Revenge of the White Spiders, or, To Saturn's Rings and Back: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space.
Reeve, Philip Starcross, or, The Coming of the Moobs!, or, Our Adventures in the Fourth Dimension! A Stirring Adventure of Spies, Time Travel and Curious Hats.
Rex, Adam The True Meaning of Smekday.
Roberts, Kristi My 13th Season.
Rorby, Ginny Hurt Go Happy.
Sanderson, Brandon Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians.
Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugo Cabret:  A Novel in Words and Pictures.
Shafer, Audrey The Mailbox.
Smith, Roland Peak.
Springer, Nancy The Case of the Left-Handed Lady: An Enola Holmes Mystery.
Springer, Nancy The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery.
Springer, Nancy Dussie.
Stanley, Diane Bella at Midnight: The Thimble, the Ring and the Slippers of Glass.
Thompson, Kate Fourth World.
Thompson, Kate Only Human.
Thompson, Kate Origins.
Toksvig, Sandi Hitler's Canary.
Tolan, Stephanie S. Listen!
Tolan, Stephanie S. Surviving the Applewhites.
Trueman, Terry Hurricane: A Novel.
Weatherly, Lee Kat Got Your Tongue.
Weeks, Sarah Jumping the Scratch.
Wolf, Joan Someone Named Eva.
Woods, Brenda My Name is Sally Little Song.
Woodworth, Chris Georgie's Moon.
Young, Steve 15 Minutes.
 

moderate Hike

Content appropriate for most entering 7th graders
 

Acampora, Paul Defining Dulcie.
Alexander, Alma Gift of the Unmage.
Algeria, Malin Estrella's Quiñceanera.
Archer, Lily Poison Apples.
Barkley, Brad Scrambled Eggs at Midnight.
Barnes, Jennifer Golden.
Bingham, Kelly Shark Girl.
Bondoux, Anne-Laure The Princetta.
Breslin, Theresa Whispers in the Graveyard.
Buckley-Archer, Linda Gideon the Cutpurse:  Being the First Part of the Gideon Trilogy.
Buckley-Archer, Linda The Time Thief: Book Two in the Gideon Trilogy.
Carter, Ally Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy.
Carter, Ally I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You.
Chima, Cinda The Warrior Heir.
Chima, Cinda Williams The Wizard Heir.
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Collins, Yvonne Introducing Vivien Leigh Reid:  Daughter of the Diva.
Collins, Yvonne The New and Improved Vivien Leigh Reid: Diva in Control.
Collins, Yvonne Now Starring Vivien Leigh Reid:  Diva in Training.
Cooney, Caroline Diamonds in the Shadow.
Cooney, Caroline Hit the Road.
Cushman, Karen The Loud Silence of Francine Green.
Dahl, Lesley The Problem With Paradise.
Davis, Jame Skateboarding is Not a Crime: 50 Years of Street Culture.
Deckers, Amber Ella Mental and the Good Sense Guide.
Doyle, Roddy Wilderness.
Ellis, Ann Dee This is What I Did.
Fehler, Gene Beanball.
Friend, Natasha Bounce.
Friesner, Esther Nobody's Princess.
Friesner, Esther Temping Fate.
Gaiman, Neil Interworld.
Gideon, Melanie Pucker.
Griffin, Adele My Almost Epic Summer.
Hale, Shannon Book of a Thousand Days.
Halpin, Brendan How Ya Like Me Now?
Hardinge, Frances Fly by Night.
Hart, Jill Shadow Horse.
Hautman, Pete Snatched.
Hearn, Julie Sign of the Raven.
Heneghan, James Payback.
Higgins, Jack Sure Fire.
Hill, David Running Hot.
Hoffman, Nina Spirits That Walk in Shadow.
Hostetter, Joyce Moyer Blue.
Hughes, Mark Peter Lemonade Mouth.
Johnston, Julie A Very Fine Line.
Jones, Frewin The Faerie Path.
Keaney, Brian Jacob's Ladder.
Kidd, Ronald Monkey Town: A Story of the Scopes Trial.
Klise, Kate Deliver Us from Normal.
Klise, Kate Far from Normal.
Korman, Gordon Schooled.
Koss, Amy Poison Ivy.
Koss, Amy Side Effects.
Landy, Derek Skulduggery Pleasant.
Larson, Kirby Hattie Big Sky.
Le Guin, Ursula Gifts.
Le Guin, Ursula Powers.
Le Guin, Ursula Voices.
Levitin, Sonia The Goodness Gene.
Lewis, Richard The Killing Sea.
Lobel, Anita No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War.
Malley, G.R. The Declaration.
Mason, Prue Camel Rider.
Mass, Wendy Heaven Looks a Lot Like a Mall: A Novel.
McCaffrey, Laura Water Shaper.
McKernan, Victoria Shackleton's Stowaway.
Michaels, Rune Genesis Alpha.
Moranville, Sharelle Byars The Snows.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert Dairy Queen: A Novel.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert The Off Season.
Nicholson, William Jango.
Nicholson, William Seeker.
Nuzum, K.A. A Small White Scar.
Paley, Sasha Huge:  A Novel.
Papademetriou, Lisa The Wizard, the Witch & Two Girls from Jersey.
Peacock, Shane Death in the Air.
Peacock, Shane Eye of the Crow.
Peck, Richard Here Lies the Librarian.
Perkins, Mitali First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover.
Perkins, Mitali First Daughter: White House Rules.
Pierce, Tamora Beka Cooper:  Terrier [A Tortall Legend].
Pinder, Margaret But I Don't Want to be a Movie Star.
Pratchett, Terry Hat Full of Sky.
Pratchett, Terry The Wee Free Men.
Pratchett, Terry Wintersmith.
Price, Charlie Dead Connection.
Ritter, John Under the Baseball Moon.
Rosenbloom, Fiona We Are So Crashing Your Bar Mitzvah!
Rosenbloom, Fiona You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah!
Schmidt, Gary The Wednesday Wars.
Scott, Michael The Alchemyst: The Secrets of Immortal Nicholas Flamel.
Shanahan, Lisa The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It: A Novel.
Shaw, Susan Safe.
Sherman, Delia Changeling.
Shinn, Sharon The Dream-Maker's Magic.
Simmons, Michael Pool Boy.
Smelcer, John The Trap.
Smith, Kirsten The Geography of Girlhood.
Soto, Gary Mercy on These Teenage Chimps.
Speare, Elizabeth Sign of the Beaver.
Thimmesh, Catherine Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon.
Thomson, Sarah The Secret of the Rose.
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Ursu, Anne The Shadow Thieves.
Ursu, Anne The Siren Song.
Vande Velde, Vivian All Hallows' Eve: 13 Stories.
Waite, Judy Shopaholic.
Walden, Mark H.I.V.E.: Higher-Institute-of-Villanous-Education.
Walden, Mark The Overlord Protocol.
Weaver, Will Defect.
Whelan, Gloria Homeless Bird.
Winerip, Michael Adam Canfield of the Slash.
Winerip, Michael Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back!
Yancey, Richard Alfred Kropp: The Seal of Solomon.
Yancey, Richard The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp.

Challenging Trail

Content appropriate for most entering 8th & 9th graders

The following section contains books published for young adults.  Many of these titles address issues of adolescence and are for mature readers.

Abdel-Fattah, Randa Does My Head Look Big in This?
Almond, David Clay.
Anderson, M.T. The Pox Party.
Arnold, Tedd Rat Life.
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice.
Bell, Hilari The Last Knight.
Bloor, Edward Taken.
Bondoux, Anne-Laure Life As It Comes.
Boyne, John The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
Bradley, Alex 24 Girls in 7 Days.
Brewer, Heather Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites.
Brewer, Heather Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Ninth Grade Slays.
Broach, Elise Desert Crossing.
Browne, N.M. The Story of Stone.
Cabot, Meg How to Be Popular.
Cabot, Meg Jinx.
Carey, Janet Lee Dragon's Keep.
Castellucci, Cecil Boy Proof.
Cole, Stephen Thieves Like Us.
Collins, Yvonne The Black Sheep.
Cooney, Caroline Enter Three Witches: A Story of Macbeth.
Croggon, Alison The Naming.
Dalecki, Linden Kid B.
de la Cruz, Melissa Blue Bloods.
de la Cruz, Melissa Masquerade: A Blue Bloods Novel.
Dessen, Sarah Just Listen:  A Novel.
Ferguson, Alane The Angel of Death:  A Forensic Mystery.
Ferguson, Alane The Christopher Killer: A Forensic Mystery.
Ferguson, Alane The Circle of Blood:  A Forensic Mystery.
Flake, Sharon Begging for Change.
Flake, Sharon Money Hungry.
Franklin, Emily The Other Half of Me.
Friend, Natasha Lush.
Friesen, Gayle The Isabel Factor.
Gantos, Jack The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs.
Giles, Gail Right Behind You:  A Novel.
Giles, Gail What Happened to Cass McBride?
Glass, Linzi The Year the Gypsies Came.
Godwin, Jane Falling From Grace.
Gratz, Alan Something Rotten: A Horatio Wilkes Mystery.
Greene, Michele Chasing the Jaguar.
Harmon, Michael Skate.
Hartinger, Brent Grand & Humble.
Hautman, Pete Rash.
Hernandez, Jo Ann Yolanda The Throwaway Piece.
Hillman, Laura I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor.
Humphreys, Chris The Fetch.
Jaffe, Michele Bad Kitty.
Johnson, Harriet Accidents of Nature.
Johnson, Maureen Devilish.
Johnson, Peter What Happened.
Johnston, Tony Bone By Bone By Bone.
Joyce, Graham TWOC: Taken Without Owner's Consent.
Kantor, Melissa If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince.
Kerr, M.E. Someone Like Summer:  A Novel.
Klass, David Firestorm.
Korman, Gordon Born to Rock.
Larbalestier, Justine Magic Lessons.
Larbalestier, Justine Magic or Madness.
Lockhart E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks: A Novel.
Lockhart, E. Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything.
Lowell, Pamela Returnable Girl.
MacCready, Robin Merrow Buried.
Mackall, Dandi Crazy in Love.
McCaughrean, Geraldine The White Darkness.
Mead, Richelle Frostbite.
Mead, Richelle Vampire Academy.
Mitchard, Jacquelyn Now You See Her.
Monninger, Joseph Baby.
Morgenroth, Kate Echo.
Muchamore, Robert The Dealer.
Muchamore, Robert Divine Madness.
Muchamore, Robert The Killing.
Muchamore, Robert Man vs. Beast.
Muchamore, Robert Maximum Security.
Muchamore, Robert The Recruit.
Myers, Walter Dean Street Love.
Namioka, Lensey Mismatch.
Page, Jan Rewind.
Papademetriou, Lisa M or F? A Novel.
Plum-Ucci, Carol The Night My Sister Went Missing.
Purtill, C. Leigh Love Meg.
Reinhardt, Dana Harmless.
Rosoff, Meg Just In Case.
Saldaña, René Finding Our Way.
Salisbury, Graham Eyes of the Emperor.
Sandell, Lisa Ann The Weight of the Sky.
Sedgwick, Marcus The Foreshadowing.
Selzer, Adam How to Get Suspended and Influence People.
Shusterman, Neal Everlost.
Shusterman, Neal Unwind.
Singer Nicky The Innocent's Story.
Smith, Cynthia Tantalize.
Smith, Dodie I Capture the Castle.
Sorrells, Walter Fake I.D.
Sorrells, Walter First Shot.
Steele, J.M. The Taker.
Trueman, Terry 7 Days at a Hot Corner.
Turner, Ann Hard Hit.
Vaught, Susan Trigger.
Volponi, Paul Rooftop.
Vrettos, Adrienne Sight.
Weaver, Will Full Service.
Werlin, Nancy The Rules of Survival.
Wittlinger, Ellen Parrotfish.
Wrede, Patricia The Grand Tour, or The Purloined Coronation Regalia Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Sworn Testimony of a Lady of Quality.
Wrede, Patricia The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After: Being the Private Correspondence Between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of the Realm.
Wrede, Patricia Sorcery and Cecelia, or, the Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country.
Yang, Gene Luen American Born Chinese.
Young, Janet Ruth The Opposite of Music.
Zenatti, Valérie When I was a Soldier: A Memoir.
Zevin, Gabrielle Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac.

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