Hush, Hush (series). Fitzgerald. Inkheart (and Inkspell). Funke. Kane Chronicles (
series). Riordan. Keys to the Kingdom (series). Nix. The Last Dragon. deMari.
Other Worlds, Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Classics OTHER WORLDS/FANTASY SCIENCE FICTION
AUTHOR
Epic (and sequel)
Kostic
Found: The Missing (series)
Haddix
Goblinwood Gone (The Gone series) His Majesty’s Dragon-Bk. 1 The Temeraire series Hush, Hush (series) Inkheart (and Inkspell) Kane Chronicles (series) Keys to the Kingdom (series) The Last Dragon Leviathan (and sequel) Matched (and sequels) Maximum Ride (series) Redwall (series)
Bell Grant Novic
Rot and Ruin (and sequels) Supernaturalist Unwind (and sequel)
Fitzgerald Funke Riordan Nix deMari Westerfeld Condie Patterson Jacques Maberry Colfer Shusterman
Classics, Teen Nutmeg Nominees & Useful Weblinks GRAPHIC NOVELS
AUTHOR
Accidental Genius of Weasel High
Detorie
Bone Great Expectations Marvel 1602
Smith Green Gaiman
Maus or Maus II
Spiegelman
The Story of Roberto Clemente
Santiago
Wiliam Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Wonderland
Petit
2014 TEEN NUTMEG
Author
NOMINEES City of Orphans
Avi
Divergent (and series)
Roth
I’ll Be There
Sloan
The Lions of Little Rock
Levine
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25
Vey
Mindblind
Roy
Silas Deane Middle School Summer 2013
Summer Reading Ideas for students entering eighth grade
Kovac
♦ Set a reading goal ♦ Visit the library and swap books with friends ♦ Participate in the “Beneath the Surface” WPL Teen Summer Reading Program
CLASSICS
AUTHOR
The Lord of the Rings (trilogy) The Outsiders
Tolkien
Hinton
Now is the Time for Running
Williams
Rebecca
Du Maurier
Okay for Now
Schmidt
That was Then, This is Now
Hinton
Paige by Paige
Gulledge
Treasure Island
Stevenson
Scorpio Races
Steifvater
AUTHORS TO LOOK FOR: FOR: Isabel Allende, Avi, Tom Clancy, Suzanne Collins, Caroline Cooney, Chris Crutcher, Karen Cushman, James Dashner, Cynthia DeFelice, Sarah Dessen, Carl Deuker, Sharon Draper, Lois Duncan, Katherine Fisher, Paul Fleischman, Sharon Flake, Paula Fox, Tim Green, John Grisham, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Karen Hesse, Will Hobbs, Sue Monk Kidd, Stephen King, Robert Lipsyte, Chris Lynch, Mike Lupica, Walter Dean Myers, Linda Sue Park, Katherine Paterson, Rodman Philbrick, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Philip Reeve, Ann Rinaldi, Rick Riordan, Lois Sacher, Neal Shusterman, Gary Soto, Nicholas Sparks, Elizabeth George Speare, Gary Spinelli, Todd Strasser, Theodore Taylor, Jane Yolen, Lawrence Yep, Paul Zindel
♦ Select and read at least 33-4 books of your
All summer reading materials can be accessed online:
choice from two different genres
♦ Explore digital downloads of eBooks and audiobooks with Overdrive Media Console
♦ Keep track of the books and write reviews online through WPL online reading program
♦ Turn in your summer reading log to your teacher in September; you can print a list from the online program or hand write it
http://www.wethersfield.k12.ct.us/page.cfm?p=2473 Downloadable audiobooks and eBooks are available through Overdrive Media Console WPS Overdrive Media Console: Console http://wps.lib.overdrive.com Username:
Student ID #
Password/PIN:
Birthday (in 6 digits )
Wethersfield Public Library : http://www.wethersfieldlibrary.org Requires public library card number for sign in
Entering Level 1 Language Arts
Entering Level 2 Language Arts
Must read at least 4 books of their choice from two different genres and turn in a reading log
Must read at least 3 books of their choice (preferably from 2 different genres ) and turn in a reading log
Some ideas… Teen Stuff There are too many wonderful books to menon. In this brochure, you will find a lisng of books by genre that middle school students have enjoyed in the past. In addion, you will find a list of well- known young adult authors. TEEN STUFF
AUTHOR
Accidental Love
Soto
Ask Me No Questions
Budhos
Blackwater
Bunting
Bruiser Cuba 15 The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pies (and sequel) Elsewhere Emako Blue
Shusterman Osa Lockhart
Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature Hush I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil (and I want to be your Class President) Ostrich Boys Out of My Mind
R. Brande
Sonnenblick Zevin Woods
Short Stories, True Stories & Sports SHORT STORIES Athletic Shorts Darkness Creeping Guys Read Salsa Stories Santa Claus in Baghdad...
AUTHOR Crutcher Shusterman Scieszka Delacre Marston
Taste Berries for Teens
Youngs
TRUE STORIES/NON FICTION A Girl’s Life Online: Katie.com
AUTHOR Tarbox
A Long Walk to Water All of the Above Between a Rock and Hard Place
Park Pearsall Ralston
Bomb: The Race to Build -and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
Sheinkin
Ryan White: My Story She Said Yes Soul Surfer Swimming to Antarctica Warriors Don’t Cry We Beat the Street
White Bernall Hamilton Cox Beals Davis et al. Schanzer
Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem
Historical Fiction, Mystery/ Suspense, & Survival/Adventure HISTORICAL FICTION
AUTHOR
An Unlikely Friendship: Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley
Rinaldi
Alphabet of Dreams Code Talker Day of Tears Eyes of the Emperor Fever (1793) Fire from the Rock Mississippi Trial On the Wings of Heroes Princess of the Midnight Ball The River Between Us The Rock and the River Chains (or Forged)
Fletcher Bruchac Lester Salisbury Anderson Draper Crowe Peck George Peck Magoon Anderson
MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Acceleration Ark Angel (Alex Rider series) Code Orange Double Identity Down the Rabbit Hole (series)
AUTHOR McNamee Horowitz Cooney Haddix Abrahams
Full Tilt
Shusterman
The Missing Girl Scat Skulduggery Pleasant (series)
Mazur Hiassen Landy Mulligan Dowd
SPORTS
AUTHOR
The Big Field
Lupica
Breathing Soccer
Spring
Center Field
Lipsyte
Trash The London Eye Mystery
Gray Draper
Crackback Dairy Queen (and sequels)
Coy Murdock
SURVIVAL/ADVENTURE
AUTHOR
Pieces of Georgia
Bryant
Green
The Compound
Bodeen
The Running Dream Scorpions
Van Draanen Myers
Eleventh Plague
Hirsch
Voigt Draper
Viola in Reel Life
Trigiani
Pfeffer
Connor
The Wednesday Wars
Schmidt
Peet Korman Deuker Myers FitzGerald Feinstein
Life as We Knew it (trilogy)
Waiting for Normal
Keeper Pop Runner Slam Soccer Chick Rules The Rivalry
Far North (or Down River) The Hunger Games (trilogy) Incarceron (and sequel)
Hobbs
Solitary Blue Tears of a Tiger (trilogy)
Football Champ (or others by author) Gym Candy Heat (or any title by Lupica) High Heat
The Maze Runner (trilogy) Peak Touching Spirit Bear (and sequel)
Dashner Smith
Trapped
Northrup
Woodson Lieb
Deuker Lupica Deuker
Collins Fisher
Mikaelsen
