Great Reading for Grades 6-8:

Adams, Douglas. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Harmony Books: 1979.

Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson. Peter and the Starcatchers. Hyperion: 2004.

Byars, Betsy. The Pinballs. Harper: 1977

Cabot, Meg. Teen Idol.  Harper: 2004

*Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts: Puffin, 2006.

Couloumbis, Betsy. Say Yes. Putnam: 2002

Farmer, Nancy. Sea of Trolls. Aladdin: 2006

Giff, Patricia Reilly. Pictures of Hollis Woods. Wendy Lamb Books: 2002.

Haddix, Margaret. Just Ella. Thorndike Press: 2000.

Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira. Atheneum: 2004.

Koertge, Ron. Shakespeare Bats Cleanup. Candlewick: 2003.

Korman, Gordon. No More Dead Dogs. Scholastic: 2000

*Munoz Ryan, Pam. Becoming Naomi Leon. Scholastic: 2004.

Peck, Richard. The River Between Us. Dial Books: 2003.

*Sherlock, Patti. Letters from Wolfie. Viking: 2004.

Stroud, Jonathan. Amulet of Samarkand. Hyperion: 2004.

Van Draanen, Wendelin. Flipped. Random House: 2001

Voight, Cynthia. The Callendar Papers. Atheneum: 1983.

 

* 2006-2007 California Young Reader Medal Nominees for Middle School

 

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