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2011 SCHOLASTIC SUMMER CHALLENGE BOOK LIST
(AGES 10-12)
see complete list HERE
SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THE “JUST READ FLORIDA” LIST FOR GRADES 6-8 INCLUDE:
- A Life in the Wild, by Pamela S. Turner The
- Trumpet of the Swan, by E. B. White
- Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Peterson
- The Young Man and the Sea, by Rodman Philbrick
- Magnificent Voyage Final Expedition, by Laurie Lawlor
- The Wednesday Wars, by Gary Schmidt
- The Anybodies, by N. E. Bode
- The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan
- A Shingle Shard, by Linda Sue Park
- A Long Way From Chicago, by Richard Peck
- Moon Over Manifest, by Clare Vanderpool
- One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Lockdown, by Walter Dean Myers
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, byAvi
FLORIDA SUNSHINE STATE YOUNG READERS AWARD GRADES 6-8:
- Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, by Brandon Sanderson Alibi
- Junior High, by Greg Logsted
- Bystander, by James Preller
- Dark Life, by Kat Falls
- Day of the Pelican, by Katherine Paaterson
- Flawed Dogs The Novel:The Shocking Raid on Westminster, by Berke Breathed
- Jolted: Newton Starker’s Rules For Survival, by Arthur Slade
- Killer Pizza, by Greg Taylor
- Out Of My Mind, by Sharon Draper
- Peace, Locomotion, by Jacqueline Woodson
- Pemba’s Song: A Ghost Story, by Tonya Hegamin
- Prince of Fenway Park, by Julianna Baggott
- Scat, by Carl Hiaasen
- Strange Case Of Origami Yoda, by Tom Angleberger
- Woods Runner, by Gary Paulsen
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2011 TEENS’ TOP NOMINATIONS:
- Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel, by James Patterson
- Sisters Red, by Jackson Pearce
- Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld
- Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
- Nightshade, by Andrea Cremer
- Lies, by Michael Grant
- Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver
- The False Princess, by Ellis O’Neal
- Hex Hall, by Rachel Hawkins
- The Iron King, by Julie Kagawa
RICHARDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF FAVORITES:
- The Hunger Games, (series)by Suzanne Collins
- Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen
- Secret Identity of Devon Delaney, by Lauren Barnholdt
- Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
- Code Orange, by Caroline Cooney
- City of Glass, by Cassandra Clare
- Percy Jackson series, by Rick Riordan
- A Land Remembered, by Patrick Smith
- Dragon’s Gate, by Laurence Yep
- Among the Hidden Series, by Margaret Haddix
- Vladimir Tod Series, by Heather Brewer
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens, by Sean Covey
- Swimming to Antarctica, by Lynne Cox
- The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer
- Firehouse, by David Halberstam
- Dancing On the Edge, by Han Nolan
- To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
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