John F Kennedy Resource Center
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 Gayla Bucher - Resource Center Coordinator
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Middle School Reading List
TitleAuthor
We Remember the HolocaustAdler, David
Shakespeare & the GlobeAliki
SkelligAlmond, David
Before we were FreeAlvarez, Julia
Return to SenderAlvarez, Julia
Home of the BraveApplegate, Katherine
Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El DoradoAronson, Marc
Foundation SeriesAsimov, Isaac
CrispinAvi
Wolf RiderAvi
Night JourneysAvi
The Calder GameBalliett, Blue
Chasing VermeerBalliett, Blue
Starcatcher SeriesBarry, Dave
On my HonorBauer, Marion Dane
Shakespeare StealerBlackwood, Gary
TogoBlake, Robert
EidiBredscorff, Bodil
Summer of RileyBunting, Eve
Herculeah Jones SeriesByars, Betsy C.
Storm WarriorsCarbon, Elisa
Blood on the River: James Town 1607Carbon, Elisa
PathfinderCard, Orson Scott
House on Mango StreetCisneros, Sandra
Janitor's BoyClements, Andrew
Week in the WoodsClements, Andrew
The Hunger Games SeriesCollins, Suzanne
Dust to EatCooper, Michael L.
Dark is Rising SeriesCooper, Susan
Walk Two MoonsCreech, Sharon
Ruby HollerCreech, Sharon
Ghost of Fossil GlenDefelice, Cynthia
Battle of JerichoDraper, Sharon
Out of my MindDraper, Sharon
Hearts of IronDuble, Kathleen B.
My Last SkirtDurrant, Lynda
Three Wishes: Palestinian & Israeli Children SpeakEllis, Deborah
FrancieEnglish, Karen
Sea of TrollsFarmer, Nancy
The Ear, the Eye, and the ArmFarmer, Nancy
Soul looks back in WonderFeelings, Tom S.
Flying SoloFletcher, Ralph
Voice that Changed a NationFreedman, Russell
Inkheart SeriesFunke, Cornelia
The Graveyard BookGaiman, Neil
Joey Pigza Loses ControlGantos, Jack
Hummingbird Nest: Journal of PoemsGeorge, Kristine
Boy who saved ClevelandGiblin, James C.
Lily's CrossingGiff, Patricia Reilly
Water StreetGiff, Patricia Reilly
Pictures of Hollis WoodsGiff, Patricia Reilly
Nory Ryan's SongGiff, Patricia Reilly
FreefallGordon, Roderick
South TownGraham, Lorenz
Meet Danitra BrownGrimes, Nikki
Bronx MasqueradeGrimes, Nikki
Talkin' about BessieGrimes, Nikki
Spilled WaterGrindley, Sally
Million Dollar SeriesGutman, Dan
Shadow Children SeriesHaddix, Margaret P.
Dark Water RisingHale, Marion
Princess AcademyHale, Shannon
People could FlyHamilton, Virginia
Which Way FreedomHansen, Joyce
I Thought my Soul would Rise and FlyHansen, Joyce
Amazing Women in American HistoryHeinemman, Sue
Stranger in a Strange LandHeinlein, Robert
Olive's OceanHenkes, Kevin
Brooklyn BridgeHesse, Karen
FlushHiaasen, Carl
Year of Miss AgnesHill, Kirkpatrick
Leaving ProtectionHobbs, Will
We Were There, Too!: Young People in US HistoryHoose, Phillip
Blue; ComfortHostetter, Joyce
Dream KeeperHughes, Langston
Redwall SeriesJacques, Brian
Find where the Wind BlowsJemison, Mae
Top of the World: Climbing Mount EverestJenkins, Steve
Once upon a HorseJurmain, Suzanne
Adventures of Young Buffalo Bill SeriesKimmel, E. Cody
FirestormKlass, David
Island SeriesKorman, Gordon
WreckersLawrence, Iain
Anne Frank and the children of the HolocaustLee, Carol Ann
Nim and the War EffortLee, Milly
Earthsea seriesLeGuin, Ursula
Ella EnchantedLevine, Gail C.
Gathering BlueLowry, Lois
Travel TeamLupica, Mike
Building BigMacaulay, David
Whole New Ball Game:…Girls Professional BaseballMacy, Sue
Dragonsinger seriesMcCaffrey, Anne
Kite RiderMcCaughrean, Geraldine
Black Hands, White SailsMcKissack, Patricia
Days of JubileeMcKissack, Patricia
Sparrow Hawk RedMikaelsen, Ben
American Plague/Yellow Fever EpidemicMurphy, Jim
Blizzard! Storm that Changed AmericaMurphy, Jim
Bad BoyMyers, Walter Dean
Here in Harlem: Poems in Many VoicesMyers, Walter Dean
Summer of KingsNolan, Han
RascalNorth, Sterling
Famished RoadOkri, Ben
Inheritance SeriesPaolini, Christopher
WoodsongPaulsen, Gary
Criss CrossPerkins, Lynne Rae
Young Man and the SeaPhilbrick, Rodman
Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin' CowboyPinkney, Andrea
Let it ShinePinkney, Andrea
Daughter of the MountainsRankin, Louise
Circle UnbrokenRaven, Margot T.
Hurt Go HappyRorby, Ginny
Becoming Naomi LeonRyan, Pam Munoz
Esperanza RisingRyan, Pam Munoz
The DreamerRyan, Pam Munoz
The Little PrinceSaint-Exupery, Andrew
Time Warp Trio SeriesScieszka, Jon
Bridges of SummerSeabrooke, Brenda
Words by HeartSebestyen, Ouida
Sink the Bismark!Shirer, William
Schwa was HereShusterman, Neal
CrashSpinelli, Jerry
WringerSpinelli, Jerry
Shabanu, Daughter of the WindStaples, Suzanne F.
House of DjinnStaples, Suzanne F.
Under the Persimmon TreeStaples, Suzanne F.
Merlin TrilogyStewart, Mary
At the Sign of the StarSturtevant, Katherine
Black Stars SeriesSullivan, Otha
Turn it Loose: the Scientist in Absolutey EverybodySwanson, Dianne
Logan Family SeriesTaylor, Mildred
A Faraway IslandThor, Annika
The Lord of the Rings SeriesTolkein, J.R.R.
ReboundWalters, Eric
Burying the SunWhelan, Gloria
CountdownWiles, Deborah
Fair Ball!Winter, Jonah
Zane's TraceWolf, Allan
Miracle's BoysWoodson, Jacqueline
Between Madison and PalmettoWoodson, Jacqueline
LocomotionWoodson, Jacqueline
Millicent Min, Girl GeniusYee, Lisa
Paths to PeaceZalben, Jane B.
 
High School Reading List

Title

Author

Go and Come Back

Abelove, Joan

Come Back to Afghanistan

Akbar, Said

King's Shadow

Alder, Elizabeth

I Know why the Caged Bird Sings

Angelou, Maya

Foundation Trilogy

Asimov, Isaac

Earth's Children Series

Auel, Jean

I am a Star

Auerbacker, Inge

Geronimo: His Own Story

Barrett, S. M.

Boy who Dared

Bartoletti, Susan

Hitler Youth

Bartoletti, Susan

"Beyond the Wall"

Bierce, A

Rose and the Beast

Block, Francesca Lia

Let me Play

Blumenthal, Karen

Man for All Seasons

Bolt, Robert

Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury, Ray

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series

Brashares, Ann

Code Talker

Bruchac, Joseph

Black Gold

Bunkley, Anita

What Jamie Saw

Coman, Carolyn

Janie Johnson Series

Cooney, Caroline

Hit the Road

Cooney, Caroline

I Heard the Owl call my Name

Craven, Margaret

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

Crutcher, Chris

Oliver Twist

Dickens, Charles

Tears of a Tiger

Draper, Sharon

Like Water for Chocolate

Esquivel, Laura

Girl Named Disaster

Farmer, Nancy

Light in August

Faulkner, William

Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo

Feelings, Tom

Our Eleanor

Fleming, Candace

Shadow Spinner

Fletcher, Susan

Cold Mountain

Frazier, Charles

First Crossing: Stories about Teen Immigrants

Gallo, Donald

Inventing Elliott

Gardner, Graham

Looking for Alaska

Green, John

Death be not Proud

Gunther, John

Her Stories: African-American Folktales…

Hamilton, Virginia

Revenge of the 47 Samurai

Haugaard, Erik

"Young Goodman Brown"

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

"Ambitious Guest"

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

A Farewell to Arms

Hemingway, Ernest

The Old Man and the Sea

Hemingway, Ernest

Your own, Sylvia

Hemphill, Stephanie

Witness

Hesse, Karen

Crossing the Wire

Hobbs, Will

Alex Rider Series

Horowitz, A

Invitation to the Game

Hughes, Monica

First Part Last

Johnson, Angela

"Araby"

Joyce, James

Weedflower

Kadohata, Cynthia

Your Eyes in Stars

Kerr, M.E.

Tears for Water

Keys, Alicia

The Secret Life of Bees

Kidd, Sue Monk

Caretaker Series

Klass, David

Snow Falling in Spring

Li, Moying

No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War

Lobel, Anita

White Fang

London, Jack

Long Walk to Freedom

Mandela, Nelson

Kaffir Boy

Mathatbane, Mark

Missing Girl

Mazer, Norma Fox

Dragonriders of Pern Series

McCaffrey, Anne

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

McCullers, Carson

Moorchild

McGraw, Eloise

I was Amelia Earhart

Mendelsohn, Jane

Shizuko's Daughter

Mori, Kyoko

Healing our World

Morley, David

Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff

Myers, Walter Dean

Slam!

Myers, Walter Dean

Song of Magdalene

Napoli, Donna

Wreath for Emmett Till

Nelson, Marilyn

Dead Water Zone

Oppel, Kenneth

Lady with the Hat

Orlev, Uri

1984

Orwell, George

Cry, the Beloved Country

Paton, Alan

Caught by the Sea

Paulsen, Gary

The Dead and the Gone

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

The Chosen

Potok, Chaim

Thanks to my Mother

Rabinovici, Schoschana

John Steinbeck

Reef, Catherine

In my Father's House

Rinaldi, Ann

Hunger of Memory

Rodriguiz, Richard

Catcher in the Rye

Salinger, J.D.

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

Schmidt, Gary

Lovely Bones

Seabold, Alice

Jesse

Soto, Gary

Under the Persimmon Tree

Staples, Suzanne Fisher

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Kidnapped

Stevenson, Robert L.

Wave

Strasser, Todd

Thief

Turner, Megan

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Verne, Jules

On Fortune's Wheel

Voigt, Cynthia

Time Machine

Wells, H.G.

Blitzcat

Westall, Robert

You Can't Go Home Again

Wolfe, Thomas

Last Modified on March 21, 2013