All students entering sixth grade are required to read

ONE of the following books by Jack Gantos: Catc h a F alling Star by Kim Culbertson -
Nothing ever happens in Little, CA, but when Hollywood arrives
Jack Henry series Joey Pigz a series Norve lt series to film a movie starring super hot Adam Jakes, and Carter gets
• Jack Adrift • Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key • Dead End in Norvelt the secret offer of a lifetime: playing the role of Adam's girlfriend
while he's in town, everything changes.
• Jack on Tracks • Joey Pigza Loses Control • From Norvelt to Nowhere
The V ig ilant e Poets of Se lw yn Ac ad emy
• Heads or Tails • What would Joey Pigza Do?
by Kate Hattemer – Witty, sarcastic Ethan and his three
• Jack’s New Power • I am not Joey Pigza friends decide to take down the reality TV show, For Art's Sake,
• Jack’s Black Book that is being filmed at their high school, the esteemed Selwyn
Arts Academy, where each student is more talented than the
next.
Grand master by David Klass
All students entering seventh grade are required – Daniel, high school
freshman chess newbie can’t understand why his team is so
to read ONE of the following books: adamant about his attending the father-son chess tournament
with his dad until he discovers that his father was a chess prodigy
in his youth. Their participation in the tournament brings out a
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko New Boy by Julian Houston side of his father Daniel’s never seen, and is not sure he likes.

Being Sloane J ac ob s by Lauren Morrill – Sloane

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine Wonder by RJ Palacio Emily Jacobs and Sloane Devon Jacobs, from very different
worlds but both with problem families, meet in Montreal where
they will stay in the same hotel while attending camp, one for
My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen figure skating, the other for ice hockey.

Unin vited by Sophie Jordan - When seventeen-year-

old Davy Hamilton who has led a charmed life as a popular,
All students entering eighth grade are required intelligent musical prodigy tests positive for Homicidal Tendency

to read ONE of the following books: Syndrome, everyone believes it is only a matter of time before
she murders someone.

Bad Boy: a memoir by W al te r De an My er s Discovering Wes Moore by W es Moo re

Bomb: the race to build and steal the world’s
most dangerous weapon by S te v e S he i nk in
Chew on This: everything you don’t want to
know about fast food by E ric S ch los ser
Into Thin Air: a personal account of the Mount
Everest disaster by J ohn K rak aue r
Outcasts United: the story of a refugee soccer
team that changed a town by W arre n St . Joh n
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• Alicia Alonso: Prima
Ballerina
• Diego: Bigger than Life
• Frida: Vida la Viva! Long
Live Life!
• Picasso: The King, I Yo El
Rey
Engle, Margarita
• Poet Slaves of Cuba
Horowitz, Anthony
• Legends series
Murphy, Jim
• American Plague
• Blizzard
• The Giant and How He
Humbugged America
• Great Fire
• Invincible Microbe
• Savage Thunder
• Truce
Myers, Walter Dean
• Harlem Hellfighters
• Here in Harlem
Nelson, Marilyn
• Carver: a life in poems
• Freedom Business
• Miss Crandall’s School for
Young Ladies and Little
Misses of Color
• Sweethearts of Rhythm
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  When best friends
Abrahams, Peter
• Outlaws of Sherwood
Street series
• Echo Falls Mystery series
Balliet, Blue
• Chasing Vermeer series
• Danger Box
• Hold Fast
Beil, Michael
• Red Blazer Girls series
• Lantern Sam and the Blue
Streak Bandits
• Summer at Forsaken Lake
Haddix, Margaret
Peterson
• House on the Gulf
Harrington, Kim
• Sleuth or Dare series
Horowitz, Anthony
• Diamond Brother series
• Horowitz Horror collection
Korman, Gordon
• Swindle series
Messner, Kate
• Silver Jaguar Society
Mystery
Scaletta, Kurtis
• The Tanglewood Terror
Sleator, William
• Blackbriar
Van Draanen, Wendelin
• Sammy Keyes series
Garza, Xavier
• Maximilian series
Hale, Nathan
• Big Bad Ironclad
• Donner Dinner Party
• One Dead Spy
• Treaties, Trenches, Mud
and Blood
Hale, Shale
• Calamity Jane
• Rapunzel’s Revenge
Kibuishi, Kazu
• Amulet series
• Explorer series
• Flight Explorer series
• Harry Potter graphic
novel series
Leitich Smith, Greg
• Little Green Men at the
Mercury Inn
• Chronal Engine
Smith, Jeff
• Bone series
Telgemeier, Raina
• The Baby-Sitters Club
graphic novels
• Drama
• Smile
Varon, Sara
• Bake Sale
• Robot Dreams
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Wh en Aud rey Met Alice by Rebecca Behrens - When the
Secret Service squashes yet another chance for the president's daughter,
Audrey, to make any new friends, Audrey discovers former first daughter Alice
Roosevelt's hidden diary, which gives Audrey endless ideas for having fun--
and more problems than she can handle.
Ninja Libr ar ian s by Jennifer Downey - Dorrie and her brother
Marcus accidently open a portal to Petrarch's Library, where they discover a
secret society of warrior librarians who travel in time, protecting the world's
greatest thinkers from torture and death for sharing knowledge and ideas.
A S nicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd - The Pickles are new to
Midnight Gulch, Tennessee, a town which legend says was once magic--but
Felicity is convinced the magic is still there, and with the help of her new
friend Jonah the Beedle she hopes to bring the magic back.
Ghosts of Tupe lo Landing by Sheila Turnage- When Miss
Lana accidentally buys a haunted inn at the Tupelo Landing town auction,
Desperado Detectives – aka Mo LoBeau and her best friend Dale – opens up
a paranormal division to solve the ghost's identity before the town's big 250th
anniversary bash.
The Forb idd en Library by Django Wexler - When her
father is lost at sea shortly after meeting a very unusual visitor, Alice must
leave her home to live with an "uncle" whose rural Pennsylvania estate
includes a massive and mysterious library that holds much more than books.
Sorr y You’ re Lost by Matt Blackstone - New Jersey seventh
grader and class clown Denny Murphy has just lost his mother, his father is
uncommunicative, he is in trouble with his teachers, and to top it all off, his
best friend has a scheme to get dates for the end-of-year school dance.
The Gr eat Gree ne Heist by Varian Johnson – After his
last heist went bad and he lost Gaby, Jackson Greene swore off breaking the
rules. But when his old nemesis, Keith Sinclair, plans to steal the school
election from Gaby and cut the budget for every afterschool activity except
the Gamer Club, Jackson decides to use his con-man skills yet again.
The Lost Planet by Rachel Searles - Chase Garrety awakens on
a planet he doesn’t know and with a face he doesn’t recognize, his life up to
now a complete blank. But his amnesia is far from his biggest problem: the
only thing he can remember is a secret message, but what does it mean?
The F in est Hours by Mike Tougias - On the night of February
18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever
seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the
force of the storm. Tells the story of a harrowing rescue when four men in a
tiny lifeboat saved more than 30 stranded sailors.
Savin g Bab y D oe by Danette Vigilante
Lionel and Anisa find and save an abandoned baby, the fallout threatens to
tear their relationship apart.
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• Atlantis Rising Mass, Wendy • Football Genius series • Gallagher Girls series • Ender’s Game series
• Great Tree of Avalon series • Heaven Looks a Lot Like • Baseball Great series • Heist Society series • Ender’s Shadow series
• Lost Years of Merlin series the Mall • Pinch Hit Dionne, Erin Haddix, Margaret
• Merlin series • Willow Falls series • Force Out • Moxie and the Art of Rule Peterson
Clare, Cassandra McCall, Guadalupe • New Kid Breaking • Double Identity
• Mortal Instruments series Garcia • Unstoppable Horowitz, Anthony • Missing series
• Infernal Devices series • Summer of the Mariposa Lupica, Mike • Alex Rider series • Shadow Children series
CLE, Tory Okorafor, Nnedi • Batboy Key, Watt Mass, Wendy
• Marvelous World series • Akata Witch • Big Field • Alabama Road • Pi in the Sky
Dashner, James • Zahrah the Windseeker • Heat • Dirt Road Home Messenger, Shannon
• 13th Reality series Oppel, Kenneth • Hero • Four Mile • Keeper of the Lost Cities
• Maze Runner series • Airborn series • Million Dollar Throw Korman, Gordon Messner, Kate
• Morality Doctrine series • Boundless • Miracle on 49th Street • Everest series • Eye of the Storm
Delaney, Joseph • Silverwing trilogy • Summer Ball • On the Run series • Wake Up Missing
• Last Apprentice series Rex, Adam • Travel Team Park, Linda Sue Pfeffer, Susan Beth
DuPrau, Jeanne • Cold Cereal saga • True Legend • Long Walk to Water • Last Survivors series
• City of Ember series Sage, Angie • Underdogs Smith, Roland Reese, Jenn
Going, KL • Septimus Heap series Messner, Kate • I,Q series • Above World series
• Garden of Eve Shan, Darren • Sugar and Ice • Peak Rex, Adam
Graza, Xavier • Cirque du Freak series Myers, Walter Dean • Jack’s Run • True Meaning of Smekday
• Kid Cyclone Fights the • Zom-B series • Hoops Venkatraman, Padma Scaletta, Kurtis
Devil Sleator, William • Kick • Island’s End • Winter of the Robots
Haddix, Margaret • The Boxes Scaletta, Kurtis
 
Peterson • Into the Dream • Mudville
 

 
• Just Ella • Rewind Van Draanen, Wendelin

 
• Palace of Mirrors Staniszewski, Anna • Running Dream
 
 
Hale, Shannon • My Very UnFairy Tale Life
 
 
• Books of Bayern series series
 
 
• Book of a Thousand Days
 
 

 
 
• Princess Academy series

 
 
Horowitz, Anthony
 
 
• Power of Five series
 
 
• The Switch
 
 

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• Bud, Not Buddy • Spitfire • How Lamar's Bad Prank Won • Pictures of Hollis Woods • Bamboo People
• Elijah of Buxton Murphy, Jim a Bubba-Sized Trophy • Wild Girl • First Daughter: White
• The Mighty Miss Malone • Desperate Journey • The Laura Line Haddix, Margaret Peterson House Rules
• The Watsons Go to Myers, Walter Dean Bauer, Joan • Claim to Fame • Not-So-Star-Spangled Life
Birmingham, 1963 • Glory Fields • Almost Home • Leaving Fishers of Sunita Sen
Draper, Sharon • Harlem Summer • Backwater • Takeoffs and Landings Smith, Roland
• Fire from the Rock • Riot • Best Foot Forward Kadohata, Cynthia • Zach’s Lie
Engle, Margarita Nelson, Marilyn • Close to Famous • The Thing About Luck Staniszewski, Anna
• Firefly Letters • Pembra’s Song • Hope was Here Korman, Gordon • Dirt Diary series
• Hurricane Dancers Oppel, Kenneth • Peeled • No More Dead Dogs Van Draanen, Wendelin
• The Lightning Dreamer • Half Brother • Rules of the Road • Schooled • Flipped
• Silver People Park, Linda Sue • Squashed • Ungifted • Runaway
• Tropical Secret • Keeping Score • Stand Tall Mass, Wendy • Swear
• Wild Book • Project Mulberry • Sticks • Candymakers Woodson, Jacqueline
Giff, Patricia Reilly • When My Name was Keoko • Thwonk • Every Soul a Star • Between Madison and
• House of Tears Scaletta, Kurtis Dionne, Erin • Jeremy Fink and the Meaning Palmetto
• Maggie’s Door • Mamba Point • Models Don't Eat Chocolate of Life • Feathers
• Nory Ryan’s Song Smith, Roland Cookies • Leap Day • Hush
• R My Name is Rachel • Elephant Run • Notes From an Accidental • Mango-Shaped Space • The House You Pass on
• Storyteller Venkatraman, Padma Band Geek McCall, Guadalupe Garcia the Way
• Water Street • Climbing the Stairs • Total Tragedy of a Girl • Under the Mesquite • Last Summer with Maizon
Going, KL Williams-Garcia, Rita Named Hamlet Messner, Kate • Lena
• The Liberation of Gabriel • One Crazy Summer Draper, Sharon • The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z • Locomotion
King • P.S. Be Eleven • Battle of Jericho Myers, Walter Dean • Maizon at Blue Hill
Haddix, Margaret Woodson, Jacqueline • Double Dutch • Cruisers series • Miracle’s Boys
Peterson • After Tupac and D Foster • Out of My Mind • Dream Bearer • Peace, Locomotion
• Uprising • Romiette and Julio • Scorpions Yee, Lisa
Kadohata, Cynthia Flake, Sharon Park, Linda Sue • Absolutely, Maybe
• Cracker! • Begging for Change • Single Shard • Millicent Min: Girl Genius
• Kira-Kira • Money Hungry • So Totally Emily Ebers
• Outside Beauty • Pinned • Stanford Wong Flunks Big
• Weedflower • The Skin I'm In Time
• Warp Speed
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