Summer Reading 2009
8th Grade Student Recommendations
Adina, Shelley It’s All About Us
Asgedom, Mawi Of Beatles and Angels
Bingham, Kelly Shark Girl
Bowden, Mark Black Hawk Down
Brown, Dan Angels and Demons
Cabot, Meg Any of her books
Cabot, Meg The Mediator (series)
Collins, Yvonne Girl V. Boy
Cormier, Robert The Chocolate War
Creech, Sharon Chasing Redbird
Creech, Sharon The Wanderer
(2) Dean, Zoey The A-List (series)
Dessen, Sarah Dreamland
Dessen, Sarah Lock and Key
Dessen, Sarah This Lullaby
(2) Deuker, Carl Gym Candy
Deuker, Carl Heart of a Champion
Diamond, Jared Guns, Gems, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies
Diaz, Junot The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Farmer, Nancy The House of the Scorpion
Flake, Sharon Begging for Change
(2) Flanagan, John Ranger’s Apprentice (series)
(2) Friesen, Jonathan Jerk, California
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Double Helix
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Escape from Memory
(3) Harrison, Lisi Clique (series)
Hemingway, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea
(7) Horowitz, Anthony Alex Rider Adventure (series)
(2) Hosseini, Sue The Kite Runner
Juster, Norton The Phantom Tollbooth
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees
Kinney, Jeff Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Klages, Ellen The Green Glass Sea
Levine, Gail Carson Ella Enchanted
Lupica, Mike Any of his sports books
McCay, Hilary Saffy’s Angel
McMurty, Larry Lonesome Dove Series
(5) Meyers, Stephanie Twilight Series
Mezrich, Ben Bringing Down the House
(10) Muchamore, Robert Cherub: A Division of M15 (series)
Oppel, Kenneth Airborn (series)
Paolini, Christopher Brisinger
Parker, Robert B. Appaloosa
Parker, Robert B. Resolution
Parker, Rober B. Brimestone
(2) Patterson, James Maximum Ride (series)
(2) Pelzer, Dave A Child Called “It”
(2) Pfeffer, Susan Life As We Knew It
Rawls, Wilson Where the Red Fern Grows
Riordan, Rick Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series)
(4) Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter (series)
Rud, Jeff Paralyzed
Sanchez, Reymundo My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King
(6) Shan, Darren Cirque Du Freak (Series)
Shusterman, Neal Everlost
(2) Shusterman, Neal Unwind
Smith, Roland Jack’s Run
Snicket, Lemony The Bad Beginning
Speare, Elizabeth George The Sign of the Beaver
Spinelli, Jerry Milkweed
Spinelli, Jerry Stargirl
Werlin, Nancy Double Helix
(2) Werlin, Nancy Impossible
(2) Westerfield, Scott The Uglies (series)
(2) Vizzini, Ned It’s Kind of a Funny Story
Zarr, Sara Sweethearts
*Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of 8th grade students who recommended this book or series
Happy Reading!