Here are some suggested titles to read. Since not all students read at the same level, or have the same interests you can use this list as a guide. IF you don't find one you like take a look at the other grade choices, or the many suggested summer reading lists online. Vist a book store or a library often. That way you get to try a book out before you commit to reading the whole book.

Try to choose books that you will enjoy reading. A "just right" book is one that you can't put down, it is not too hard or too easy.

Read for fun, Read to learn, just READ!

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After the Rain by Norma Mazer
Charley Skedaddle: Patricia Beatty
Children of the River: Linda Crew
Dancing on the Edge: Han Nolan
Heartbeat Mazer, Norma Fox
Hero and the Crown, Robin McKinley
Homecoming, Cynthia Voight
Incredible Journey, Sheila Bumford
Indian Captive, Lois Lenski
Interstellar Pig, William Sleator
Into the Dream,
Julie, (sequel) Jean Craighead George
King's Shadow, (Middle Ages) Elizabeth Alder
Look for Me by Moonlight, Mary Hahn
Mr. Tucket, Gary Paulsen
Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie
Night Kites, (AIDS) M.E. Kerr
Nothing but the Truth, Avi
One-Eyed Cat, Paula Fox
Perilous Road, William O. Steele,
Silent Night, Mary Higgins Clark
Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli
Sweet Friday Island, Theodore Taylor
Swift Rivers, Cornelia Meigs
Voyage of the Frog, Gary Paulsen
Watcher, James Howe
Westing Game, Ellen Raskin
When We First Met, Norma Fox Mazer
Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth Speare
Elephant Run, Roland Smith
Eleven, Patricia Reilly Giff
First Light, Rebecca Stead
Iron Thunder, Avi
The Lemonade, War Jacqueline Davies
Night of the Howling Dogs, Graham Salisbury
No Talking, Andrew Clements
One-HandedCatch, M.J. Auch
Swindle Gordon, Korman
The Thing About Georgi,e Lisa Graff
All of the Above, Shelley Pearsall
Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson
Alphabet of Dreams, Susan Fletcher
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Bank, F. Lockhart
Home of the Brave, Katherine Applegate
The Last Drago,n Silvana de Mari
The London Eye Mystery, Siobhan Dowd
Unwind, Neal Shusterman
Waiting for Normal, Leslie Connor
The Wednesday Wars, Gary D. Schmidt
Archer’s Quest, Linda Sue Park
Attack of the Turtle, by Drew Carlson
A Dog’s Life: the Autobiography of a Stray Ann M. Martin
Double Identity, Margaret Haddix
Drita, My Homegirl Jenny Lombard
The Ghost’s Grave, Peg Kehret
Paint the Wind, Pam Munoz Ryan
Rules by Cynthia Lord Cynthia Lord
The Stumptown Kid, Carol Gorman & Ron Findley
The Year of the Dog, Grace Lin
Accidental Love, by Gary Soto Gary Soto
Code Orange, Caroline Cooney
Crackback, John Coy
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie, Jordan Sonnenblick
Epic, Conor Kostick
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, Wendy Mass
Life As We Knew It, Susan Beth Pfeffer
Pieces of Georgia, Jen Bryant
Skulduggery Pleasan,t Derek Landy
Summer’s End, Audrey Coulombis
Al Capone Does My Shirts, Gennifer Choldenko
Ask Me No Questions, Marina Budhos
The Case of the Missing Marquess, Nancy Springer
Dairy Queen, Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Day of Tears, Julius Lester
Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zevin
Heat, Mike Lupica
The Schwa Was Here, Neal Shusterman
Uglies, Scott Westerfeld
Wolf Brother, Michelle Paver
Bucking the Sarge, Christopher Paul Curtis.
Down the Rabbit Hole, Peter Abrahams
Emako Blue, Brenda Woods
In Darkness, Death Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
Locomotion, Jacqueline Woodson
Revenge of the Witch, Joseph Delaney
The River Between Us, Richard Peck
The Sea of Trolls, Nancy Farmer
Shackleton's Stowaway, Victoria McKernan.
Airborn, Kenneth Oppel
For Freedom, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Inventing Elliot, Graham Gardner
Jumpman Rule #1: Don't Touch Anything, James Valentine
Mortal Engines, Philip Reeve
Milkweed, Jerry Spinelli
Mississippi Trial, 1955 Chris Crowe
Say Yes Audrey, Couloumbis
Under the Same Sky, Cynthia DeFelice
Vampire High, Douglas Rees

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