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On My Honor

by Marion Dane Bauer

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

A Wind in the Door

by Madeline L'Engle

A Family Apart

by Joan Lowery Nixon

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

The Prince and the Pauper

by Mark Twain

Shiloh

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Z for Zachariah

by Robert C. O'Brien

Interstellar Pig

by William Sleator

Missing May

by Cynthia Rylant

White Fang

by Jack London

Boy:  Tales of Childhood   by Roald Dahl

Lily’s Crossing

By Patricia Reilly Giff

The Foxman

by Gary Paulsen

Nothing but the Truth

by Avi

Lyddie

by Katerine Paterson

Something Upstairs

by Avi

Soldier's Heart

by Gary Paulsen

City of Embers

By Jeanne Duprau

Year of Impossible Goodbyes

by Sook Nyul Choi

A Summer to Die

by Lois Lowery

Heroes Gods and Monsters of Greek Myth

By B. Evslin

The Face on the Milk Cartoon

by Caroline B. Cooney

Snowbound 

by Harry Mazer

Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War

By Thomas B. Allen

Begging for Change

By Sharon G. Flake

The Wanderer

by Sharon Creech

The Island

Shipwreck

by Gordon Korman

 Hush

By Jacqueline Woodson

The Silent Boy

Lois Lowery

There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom

By Louis Sachar

Coraline

By Neil Gaiman

Gathering Blue

By Lois Lowery

The Million Dollar Kick

By Dan Gutman

Inkheart

By Cornelia Funk

Hope Was Here

By Joan Bauer

P.S. Longer Letter Later

By Paula Danziger and Anna Martin

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

By Avi

This Must be Love

By Tui T. Sutherland

The Million Dollar Strike

By Dan Gutman

Stranger with My Face

By Lois Duncan

Teen Ink Written in the Dirt: Fiction for Teens

Small Steps

By Louis Sachar

A Stir of Bones

By Nina K. Hoffman

The Stunning Science of Everything: Science With the Squishy Bits Left In

By Nick Arnold

Green Angel

By Alice Hoffman

Invention of Hugo Cabret

By Brian Zelznick

Chinese Cinderella

By Adeline Yen Mah

Ella Enchanted

By Gail Carson Levine

Uglies

By Scott Westerfield

Island

By Gary Paulsen

Twilight

By Stephenie Meyer

Letters to a Bullied Girl

By Olivia Gardner

The Misfits

By James Howe

Elsewhere

By Gabrielle Zevin

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

By Jack Gantos

Invasion of the Road Weenies

By David Lubar

Just as Long as We’re together

By Judy Blume

Entering

6th Grade

Entering

7th Grade

Entering

8th Grade

Choose One

Choose One

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On My Honor

by Marion Dane Bauer

Inkheart

Cornelia Funke

Interstellar Pig

William Sleator

A Family Apart

by Joan Lowery Nixon

Olive’s Ocean

Kevin Henkes

October Sky

Homer Hickman

Shiloh

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Running Out of Time

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Green Angel

Alice Hoffman

Missing May

by Cynthia Rylant

Skellig

David Almond

Dawn

Elie Wiesel

Lily’s Crossing

By Patricia Reilly Giff

Tangerine

Edward Bloor

A Stir of Bones

Nina Hoffman

Lyddie

by Katerine Paterson

A Mango Shaped Space

Wendy Mass

The Messenger

Lois Lowry

City of Embers

By Jeanne Duprau

A Step From Heaven

An Na

Deception Point

Dan Brown

Heroes Gods and Monsters of Greek Myth

By B. Evslin

The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer

The Devil Wears Prada

Lauren Weisberger

Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War

By Thomas B. Allen

Once Upon a Marigold

Jean Ferris

Ironman

Chris Crutcher

The Island

Shipwreck

by Gordon Korman

Begging For Change

Sharon Flake

Fever 1793

Laurie Halse Anderson

There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom

By Louis Sachar

Hush

Jacqueline Woodson

A Northern Light

Jennifer Donnelly

The Million Dollar Kick

By Dan Gutman

Kira-Kira

Cynthia Kadohata

The River Between Us

Richard Peck

P.S. Longer Letter Later

By Paula Danziger and Anna Martin

Non Fiction

Selections:

Pirates!

Celia Rees

The Million Dollar Strike

By Dan Gutman

Field of Fury: the American Civil War

James M. McPherson

The Truth About Forever

Sarah Dessen

In Defense of Liberty: the Story of America’s Bill of Rights

Russell Freedom

Non Fiction

Selections:

Freedom Roads: Searching for the Underground Railroad

Joyce Hansen

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Aron Ralston

Inside the Alamo

Jim Murphy

Getting Away with Murder: the True Story of the Emmett Till Case

Chris Crowe

What a Great Idea! Inventions that Changed the World

Stephen Tomecek

Gladiator

Richard Watkins

An American Plague: the True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever

Jim Murphy

Searching for Anne Frank: Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa

Susan Goldman Rubin

Navajo Code Talkers

Nathan Aaseng

The Voice that Challenged the Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights

Russell Freedman

Privacy and Plunder: a Murderous Business

Milton Meltzer