2008 Summer Reading List

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Requirements:

1.  3 books

Read 1 book from this list, or a different age-appropriate book by an author from the list.



Read one informational non-fiction book of your choice (not mythology, fairy tales, etc.).  See the list of recommended non-fiction for suggestions, but also consider books about your own interests.



Read 1 book of your own free choice!

2.  Record titles, authors, and the type of book on the Signature page (available at the top of this page).

Science Fiction/Fantasy:			Historical Fiction:
Alexander, Lloyd	The Book of Three		Fletcher, Susan	Alphabet of Dreams
Du Prau, Jeanne	City of Ember (or People of Sparks)		Giff, Patricia Reilly	Nory Ryan’s Song
Ferris, Jean	Once Upon a Marigold		Lowry, Lois	Number the Stars
Jones, Diana Wynne	Charmed Life		McCaughrean, Geraldine	The Kite Rider
Morris, Gerald	The Squire’s Tale		Reeder, Caroline	Shades of Gray
Yolen, Jane	Wizard’s Hall		Rinaldi, Ann	The Last Silk Dress
			Updale, Eleanor	Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman?
Adventure:			Realistic Fiction:
Burnford, Sheila	The Incredible Journey		Hamilton, Virginia	Cousins
Funke, Cornelia	The Thief Lord		Jaramillo, Ann	La Linea
Hobbs, Will	Far North		Mass, Wendy	A Mango Shaped Space
Horowitz, Anthony	Stormbreaker		Spinelli, Jerry	Loser (or Crash)
Oppel, Kenneth	Silverwing		Tolan, Stephanie	Surviving the Applewhites
Mystery:			Newbery Medal and Honor Books:
Balliet, Blue	Chasing Vermeer		AVI	Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Bellairs, John	The Ghost in the Mirror		DiCamillo, Kate	The Tale of Despereaux
Bunting, Eve	A Sudden Silence		Henkes, Kevin	Olive’s Ocean
Colfer, Eoin	Half-Moon Investigations		Kadohata, Cynthia	Kira-kira
Lawrence, Caroline	The Thieves of Ostia: A Roman Mystery		Perkins, Lynn Rae	Criss Cross
Raskin, Ellen	The Westing Game
Van Draanen, Wendelin	Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
Humor:
Frank, Lucy	Just Ask Iris
Gantos, Jack	Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Ibbotson, Eva	Island of the Aunts

Requirements:

1.     3 books

·      Read 1 book from this list.

·      Read one informational non-fiction book of your choice (not mythology, fairy tales, etc.).  See the list of Recommended Non-Fiction for suggestions, but also consider books about your own interests.

·      Read 1 book of your own free choice!

2.  Record titles, authors, and the type of book on the Signature page (available at the top of this page).

Science Fiction/Fantasy:			Mystery:
*Clements, Andrew	Things Not Seen		*Delaney, Mark	*The Vanishing Chip
*Barron, T.A.	Lost Years of Merlin		*Mazer, Norma Fox	Taking Terri Mueller
*Hale, Shannon	The Princess Academy		Nickerson, Sara	How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found
*Jones, Diana Wynne	Chronicles of Chrestomanci		*Pullman, Philip	Ruby in the Smoke
Rex, Adam	The True Meaning of Smekday		*Rabb, M.E.	The Rose Queen
*Riordan, Rick	The Lightning Thief
Humor:			Adventure:
*Gantos, Jack	Jack’s Black Book		*Haddix, Margaret Peterson	Running Out of Time
*Korman, Gordon	No More Dead Dogs		*Hobbs, Will	The Big Wander
*Sachar, Louis	Holes		*Lawrence, Iain	The Wreckers
*Tashjian, Janet	Tru Confessions		*Rottman, S.L.	Rough Waters
			*Shusterman, Neil	Full Tilt
Realistic Fiction:			Historical Fiction:
*Bauer, Joan	Hope Was Here		*Hahn, Mary Downing	Hear the Wind Blow
*Canales, Viola	Tequila Worm		*Meyer, Carolyn	Mary, Bloody Mary
*Lupica, Mike	Travel Team		*Namioka, Lensey	Ties that Bind, Ties that Break
Fogelin, Adrian	Crossing Jordan		*Park, Linda Sue	When My Name Was Keoko
Hiassen, Carl	Flush		*Rinaldi, Ann	The Staircase
*McKay, Hilary	Saffy’s Angel		Classic:
*Myers, Walter Dean	Monster, Scorpions		*Alcott, Louisa May	Little Women
*Spinelli, Jerry	Stargirl		Carroll, Lewis G.	Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
*Van Draanen, Wendelin	Flipped		*Kipling, Rudyard	Just So Stories
			*London, Jack	Call of the Wild (or White Fang)

Requirements:

1.     3 books

·       2 required books have been checked out to you from the Hillview Library.  You must return them in the
fall to your core teacher.  These books will be the basis for assignments and activities in core in the fall.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

With Every Drop of Blood by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

·      Read one book of your own free choice.  If you need ideas, we are providing the list below.

2.  Record titles, authors, and the type of book on the Signature page (available at the top of this page).

IDEAS FOR FREE CHOICE

Science Fiction/ Fantasy:			Realistic Fiction:
Dickinson, Peter	The Ropemaker		Bertrand, Diane Gonzales	Trino's Choice
Nicholson, William	The House of the Scorpion		Crutcher, Chris	Running Loose
Flanagan, John	Ruins of Gorlan		Dessen, Sarah	Someone Like You
Farmer, Nancy	The Wind Singer		Myers, Walter Dean	Slam!
Nix, Garth	Sabriel		Peet, Mal	Keeper
Pratchett, Terry	Color of Magic		Shusterman, Neal	The Schwa Was Here
Rex, Adam	The True Meaning of Smekday		Soto, Gary	Taking Sides
Westerfeld, Scott	Uglies		Trembath, Don	Tuesday Café
			Woodson, Jaqueline	Hush, Miracle’s Boys
Mystery:			Historical Fiction:
Anderson, Janet	The Last Treasure		Anderson, Laurie Halse	Fever, 1793
Christie, Agatha	Murder on the Orient Express		Bruchac, Joseph	Code Talkers
Delaney, Mark	Misfits Series		Hesse, Karen	Out of the Dust
Hoobler, Dorothy	Ghost in the Tokaido Inn		Paulsen, Gary	Soldier’s Heart
Springer, Nancy	Case of the Missing Marquess		Salisbury, Graham	Under the Blood-Red Sun
Westerfeld, Scott	So Yesterday		Turnbull, Ann	No Shame, No Fear
Yep, Lawrence	The Case of the Goblin Pearls		Wolff, Virginia Euwer	Bat 6
Adventure:			Classic:
Haddix, Margaret Peterson	Double Identity		Austen, Jane	Northanger Abbey
Hobbs, Will	Wild Man Island		Bronte, Emily	Wuthering Heights
Mikaelsen, Ben	Red Midnight		Cather, Willa	O Pioneers
Paulsen, Gary	The Crossing		Dumas, Alexander	Three Musketeers
Shusterman, Neil	Full Tilt
White, Robb	Deathwatch

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Recommended Non-Fiction
Akbar, Said Hyder and Susan Burton	Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story		Walker, Sally M.	Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley
Allen, Thomas B.	George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War		Freedman, Russell	In the Days of the Vaqueros: America’s First True Cowboys.
Armstrong, Jennifer	Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War		Freedman, Russell	In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights
Armstrong, Jennifer	Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance		Freedman, Russell	The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
Bahn, Paul, Ed.	Written in Bones: How Human Remains Unlock the Secrets of the Dead		Giblin, James Cross	Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.	Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine.		Hampton, Wilborn	September 11, 2001: Attack on New York City
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell	Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow		Hart-Davis, Adam	Why Does a Ball Bounce?  101 Questions You Never Thought of Asking
Bausum, Ann	With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman’s Right to Vote		Hoose, Phillip	We Were There, Too!  Young People in U.S. History
Blumenthal, Karen	Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, the Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America		Jurmain, Suzanne	The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students
Blumenthal, Karen	Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929		Ingram, Scott	Want Fries With that?  Obesity and the Supersizing of America
Capuzzo, Michael	Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916		Krull, Kathleen	Leonardo da Vinci.
Colman, Penny	Where the Action Was: Women War Correspondents in World War II		McWhorter, Diane	A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968
Dash, Joan	A Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat		Nelson, Peter	Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis
Deem, James M.	Bodies From the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii		Orgill, Roxane	Shout, Sister, Shout!  Ten Girl Singers Who Shaped a Century
Drez, Ronald J.	Remember D-Day: The Plan, the Invasion, Survivor Stories		Philbrick, Nathaniel	Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex
Farrell, Jeanette	Invisible Allies:  Microbes That Shape Our Lives		Robinson, Sharon	Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America
Fleischman, John	Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science		Silverstein, Ken	The Radioactive Boy Scout: the True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor.

Nothing sounds good?  Try these suggestions for finding good non-fiction:

• Browse!  Check displays and lists in libraries and bookstores.
• Find a subject you like and browse that section of the library.
• Find an author you like and see what else he or she has written.  Some great fiction writers also write great non-fiction!
• Do a search on titlewave.com (choose Library Titlewave, and use hvschool for username and password).  Search by reading level, interest level, publication date, review source, dewey decimal number, and much more!
• Check out the “What Do I Read Next” database (go to www.menloparklibrary.org  ... “Use Library from Home,” ... databases, scroll down to “Books & Languages.”)