Recommended Titles from Our Library
* = Recommended for 6th grade
(other titles are recommended for all three grades unless otherwise indicated)

Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street* (sequel to The Penderwicks)
The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.

Chima, Cinda Williams. The Wizard Heir (8th grade)
Sixteen-year-old Seph McCauley is sent to the Havens, a boys' school in Maine, after being kicked out of several private schools for his untrained magical powers; but his headmaster, Gregory Leicester, has his own mysterious agenda when he agrees to help Seph channel his magic.

DuPrau, Jeanne. The Diamond of Darkhold ( the 4th Book of Ember)
After obtaining an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember seeking the machine described in the book that might be able to aid their new community, Sparks, through the winter.

Farr, Richard. Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-1913 (nonfiction)
Re-creates the voice of Apsley "Cherry" Cherry-Garrard to provide an account of his adventures as the youngest member of Robert Scott's expedition to Antarctica in the early twentieth century, during which he and Edward Wilson try to learn the evolutionary history of emperor penguins. Includes historical notes.

Funke, Cornelia. Inkdeath. (3rd in the Inkheart Trilogy)
Mo's fictitious double--tries to keep the Book of Immortality from unraveling, Adderhead kidnaps all the children in the kingdom, and demands that Bluejay either surrender or doom the children to slavery in the silver mines.

Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book
The orphan Bod, short for Nobody, is taken in by the inhabitants of a graveyard as a child of eighteen months and raised lovingly and carefully to the age of eighteen years by the community of ghosts and otherworldly creatures.

Hunter, Erin. Warriors: multi-volume set
A collection of six books featuring the adventures of four clans of wild cats that roam a forest governed by rules set down by their feline warrior ancestors and begin to fulfill a string of prophecies that will change their lives forever.

Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal*
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Also: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #2: Rodrick Rules

Lawrence, Iain. The Wreckers (book 1 in the High Seas Trilogy)
Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the Cornish coastal town where they are stranded.

Paulsen, Gary. The Amazing Life of Birds: The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech*
As twelve-year-old Duane endures the confusing and humiliating aspects of puberty, he watches a newborn bird in a nest on his windowsill begin to grow and become more independent, all of which he records in his journal.

Riordan, Rick. The Maze of Bones (first in the 39 Clues series)
Amy and Dan, members of the powerful Cahill family, try to uncover the thirty-nine clues which will reveal the secrets of their lineage and find out what really happened to their parents.

Walden, Mark. H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education
Thirteen-year-old orphan Otto Malpense, identified as a boy with a special talent for villainy, is kidnapped and taken to the remote Higher Institute of Villainous Education, or H.I.V.E., where he is enrolled in a six-year training program and immediately begins formulating a plan to escape.

This site was last updated on September 7, 2010 10:21 PM by Mrs. Woo, Librarian

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