Summer Recommended Reading 

 If you like realistic fiction, try reading:

• Walls Within Walls, by Maureen Sherry
• Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
• Crossover
• Out of My Mind, by Sharon Draper
• Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
• The Absolute Value of Mike
• Counting Thyme, by Melanie Conklin
• Touching Spirit Bear
• Peas and Carrots
• Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo

If you like suspense, try reading:

• Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (series) (any of her books are great)
• Running out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Tracker by Gary Paulsen
• Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
• Crispen by Avi

 If you like adventures, you’ll love

• Walls Within Walls, by Maureen Sherry
• Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
• Urban Outlaws
• Loot
• Stranded
• Spy School
• Wonderstruck
• Alex Rider 
• Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

If you like mysteries, you’ll love:

• 39 Clues
• Theodore Boone series by James Patterson
• The Graveyard Book
• Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter
• Any Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys

 If you like historical fiction, you’ll love 

• The War That Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanhha Lai
• Running Out of Night
• A Long Walk to Water(memoir) by Linda Sue Park
• Number the Stars
• Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Valley Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson

If you like sports books, try reading:

• Heat by Mike Lupica (any of his books are great)
• Pacific Crossing by Gary Soto

If you like fantasy adventures, you’ll love:

• Chronicles of Narnia
• Found, (series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Peter and the Starcatchers
• City of Embers by DuProu
• A Wrinkle in Time by L’Engle

If you like animal adventures, you’ll love:

• Poppy b Avi (series)
• Ereth’s Birthday by Avi
• The One and Only Ivan, By Katherine Applegate
• Old Wolf by Avi
• Pax by Pennypacker
• Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
• Flora and Ulysses, by Kate DiCamillo

If you like humorous books, try reading:

• Schooled by Gordon Korman
• Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
• Hank Zipzer by Henry Winkler (yes, The Fonz)

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