Great Books for Middle School


Aliens on Vacation, The Intergalactic Bed and Breakfast by Clete Barrett Smith
Cheshire Cheese Cat, a Dickens of a Tale by Carmen Agra Deedy
Crispin, The Cross of Lead (Newbery Medal)
Elijah of Buxton (Newbery Honor)
Escape Under the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem
Happenstance Found (exciting science fiction adventure)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Caldecott Winner)
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
Lawn Boy Returns by Gary Paulsen
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
The Mostly True Adventures of Home P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Out of My Mind (a new MUST-READ)
A Single Shard (Newbery Medal)
Someone Named Eva (Holocaust story--we rate it higher than Number the Stars)
Spy (Great, two-point of view Biography of Nathan Hale, Revolutionary War novel)
Surviving Antarctica (awesome futuristic science fiction)
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen (new unique Revolutionary War novel)