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Recommended Booklist and Summer Reading
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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