SUMMER READING
 JUNE 2007

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TITLES SUGGESTED BY STUDENTS

DeTerlitzi. Spiderwick Chronicles

Paolini. Eragon

Paolini Eldest (#2)

Hanley.  Seer and the Sword

Hanley.  Healer’s Keep

Lasky.    Guardians of Ga’Hoole series

Rennison. Angus, Thongs & Full Frontal Snogging

Rennison. On the Bright Side…

Rennison. Knocked Out by my Nuga-Nugas

Martin.  Babysitter Club series

Nix. Sabriel (1st of trilogy)

Crichton. Lost World

Dahl. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Rowling. Harry Potter series

Jacques. Redwall series

Ende. Neverending Story

Funke. Dragon Rider


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QUICK PICKS

Atwater-Rhodes.  The Kiesha'ra (4 volumes)

Bell. Death Wind

Butcher. The Trouble with Liberty

Cohn. The Steps

Ewing. Party Girl

Giles.  Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters

Goobie. Before Wings

Haddix. Shadow Children series

Haddix. Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

Halvorson. Bull Rider

Heneghan. Hit Squad

Hunter.  Warriors and Warriors, the New Prophecy series

Matheson. Fastback Beach

Miklowitz. Past Forgiving

Morck. Tough Trails

Strasser. Give a Boy a Gun

Wallace. Wrestling Sturbridge

White. Deathwatch

 

OTHER AUTHORS:

 

Bennett, Jay

Bunting, Eve

Glenn, Mel

Paulsen, Gary

Sachar, Louis

Schraff, Anne

Sleator, William

Trueman, Terry

JOURNAL & DIARIES

 

Annie’s Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, A Pregnant Teenager

Bell. Forbidden City

Blos. Gathering of Days

Cushman. Catherine Called Birdy

Finn. Breathing Underwater

Go Ask Alice

Haddix. Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

Hesse. Out of the Dust

Koller. Falcon

Marsden. So Much to Tell You

O’Brien. Z for Zachariah

Pffefer. The Year Without Michael

Rennison. Angus, Thongs & Full Frontal Snogging

Rodowsky. Sidney, Herself

Sebestyen. The Girl in the Box

Sparks. Jay’s Journal

Stratton. Leslie’s Journal

Thomas. Rats Saw God

Dear America Series

Royal Diary Series

921 Filipovic. Zlata’s Diary

921 Frank. The Diary of Anne Frank

 

DIARY PROJECT: http://diaryproject.com

 

FAVORITE BOOKS FROM CALIFORNIA SCHOOL LIBRARIANS

*= 9-12 grade

Anderson. Speak*

Angelou. Halleluhah! The Welcome Table*

Barry & Pearson. Peter & the Star Catchers

Bloor. Crusader

Bloor. Tangarine

Choldenko. Al Capone Does My Shirts

Collins. Gregor the Overlander

DiCamillo. Because of Winn-Dixie

DiCamillo. Tales of Despereux

Farmer. House of Scorpions

Farmer. Sea of Trolls

Funke. Inkheart*

Green. Looking for Alaska…*

Haddon. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night*

Hanley. The Light of the Oracle (#3)

Hannigan. Ida B. and ….

Haruf.  Eventide*

Helfer. Mosey: The Remarkable…

Hidier. Born Confused*

Hopkinson. Shutting Out the Sky

Hosseini. The Kite Runner*

Ibbotson. Star of Kazan

Kantner. Ordinary Wolves*

Lowry. Messenger (#3)

Mackler. The Earth, My Butt & …*

Martin. Here Today

Montgomery. Voyage of the Arctic Tern

Morrison.  Remember: The Journey to School Integration

Newbery. Sisterland*

Jordan. A Leap of Faith*

Paolini. Eragon

Perry. Grant and Twain: the story of a friendship that changed America

Rennison. Away Laughing on a Fast*

Runyon. Burn Journals*

Rylant.God Went to Beauty School*

Saenz. Sammy & Julian in Hollywood*

Schmidt. Lizzie Bright & the Buckminster Boy

Sepulveda. The Story of a Seagull..

Silverstein. The Radioactive Boy Scout*

Smith, James D. The Boys of San Joaquin

Stroud. The Bartimaeus Trilogy

Weeks. So B It

Wiles. Each Little Bird That Sings

Wilhelm. The Revealers

Wolf, Alan. New Found Land

Wolf, Tobias. Old School*

Zailckas. Smashed: The Story*


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