MILDRED E. STRANG MIDDLE SCHOOL YORKTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOLS 2701 CROMPOND ROAD YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY 10598 (914) 243-8100

LINDA S. GRIMM

SCOTT W.

SHILAND

PRINCIPAL

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

D EIRDRE M. AMERLING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

June 2010 Dear MESMS Parents, As the warm weather approaches, we all look forward to many leisure activities planned for our summer vacation. As part of our ongoing effort to promote literacy, we strongly encourage our students to make reading an important part of those activities. All students entering the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades will be expected to read at least two books this summer. One book must be selected from the attached list, (LIST A), of titles by the visiting author according to your child’s grade level. The MESMS PTA has generously arranged to sponsor visits from these authors during the up-coming school year. Students are expected to make three entries in a reading journal for their “visiting author” book. This journal may be typed or hand written. Each entry should be approximately one page in length and should reflect the student’s understanding of the book. The topics for these entries are attached. All students will be expected to bring this journal to English class on Friday, September 17, 2010 for use in classroom activities. The second book must be selected from the attached list of recommended titles (LIST B), which have been recognized by various literary organizations as meaningful reading for middle school students. Please note that some of the titles on the reading list may have content appropriate for a mature (young adult) student; we ask that you assist your child in choosing appropriate books. These books are available at public libraries and local book stores. For the “free choice” book, students are expected to keep a calendar of their reading (attached). A parent/guardian signature is requested on this calendar and it will be collected by your child’s English teacher on Friday, September 17, 2010. Thank you very much for your continued support of our literacy program. Happy reading! Sincerely, The MESMS English Department

Summary of MESMS Summer Reading Requirements • • • • • •

All students entering grades 6, 7, and 8 are expected to read 2 books this summer. One book must be chosen from List A (attached) according to grade level. For the LIST A book, students are expected to write 3 journal entries (attached). One book must be chosen from List B (attached). Students are expected keep a reading calendar (attached) for their “List B” book. The reading calendar and the journal are due Friday, September 17, 2010.

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Summer Reading List A Grade 6

Park, Linda Sue

A Single Shard; Project Mulberry; Archer’s Quest; When My Name Was Keoko; The Kite Fighter; See Saw Girl; Keeping Score

Grade 7

Pearsall, Shelley

Crooked River; Trouble Don’t Last; All of the Above; All Shook Up

Grade 8

Mass, Wendy

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life; A Mango-Shaped Space; Every Soul a Star; 11 Birthdays

Writing Prompts for “LIST A” Book Choose one book from the list above according to your grade level in fall of 2010. You are expected to create 3 journal entries while you’re reading. Each journal entry should be at least one full page and contain specific details from the book to support your response. Answer on separate paper. You are responsible for bringing these journal entries to English class on Friday, September 17, 2010.

#1. LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF Choose a character you met early in the book with whom you were able to make a connection. What kind of connection can you make? (Choose one) a) Text to Self – (this character reminds you of yourself) b) Text to World – (this character reminds you of someone you’ve met in the real world) c) Text to Text – (this character reminds you of a character in another book) Describe ONE way this character reminds you of either yourself, someone you’ve met, OR another character from another book. Be sure to use specific examples and descriptive details from the book to help support your answer.

#2. AND THE PLOT THICKENS Choose a conflict that arises in the book with which you are able to make a connection. What kind of connection can you make? (Choose one) a. Text to Self – (this conflict reminds you of a conflict in your own life) b. Text to World – (this conflict reminds you of a conflict in the real world) c. Text to Text – (this event reminds you of a conflict in another book) Describe ONE way this conflict reminds you of either a conflict in your life, a conflict in the real world, OR a conflict in another book. Be sure to use specific examples and descriptive details from the book to help support your answer.

#3. AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER? How was the story resolved? Explain how the conflict in the story was solved and the effect it had on the main character. Be sure to use specific examples and descriptive details from the book to help support your answer.

Name:____________________________________________ Reading Calendar for “LIST B” Book Mark this calendar each time you read your (“free choice”) List B book. Bring this calendar to English class, signed by a parent/guardian, on Friday, September 17, 2010. Title:___________________________________________ Author:_________________________________________

Date

Pages Read

Parent/Guardian Signature:_____________________________ Date:______________________

Mildred E. Strang Middle School Summer Reading List 2010 List A: Visiting Author Grade and Author

Grade 6: Linda Sue Park Grade 7: Shelley Pearsall Grade 8: Wendy Mass

Titles

Genre

A Single Shard; Project Mulberry; Archer's Quest, When My Name Was Keoko; The Kite Fighter; See Saw Girl; Keeping Score Crooked River; Trouble Don't Last; All of the Above; Shook Up

Mixed

All

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, A Mango-Shaped Space, Every Soul a Star, 11 Birthdays

Mixed Realistic

List B: Student Free Choice This is a suggested list. If you would like to read books not included on this list, please have them approved by your English teacher BEFORE you leave for summer vacation. A NOTE TO PARENTS: Maturity and reading ability of middle school children varies tremendously. We recognize that parents are the best judge of their children's readiness. The titles listed below have been chosen for their appeal to 6th, 7th and 8th grade. YA indicates ALL books listed by the author are suitable for mature young adults; (YA) indicates SOME books by the author are suitable for mature young adults. FICTION Author Title(s) Genre Abbott, Tony Abrahams, Peter Adams, Douglas Alcott, Louisa May Allison, Jennifer Almond, David Anderson, Jodi Lynn Anderson, Laurie Halse Armstrong, Kelley Asimov, Issac Avi Babbitt, Natalie Baker, E. D. Barron, T.A. Bauer, Marion Diane Bell, Hilari Bloor, Edward Blume, Judy

Firegirl;The Haunting of Derek Stone Series; Secrets of Droon Series Echo Falls Series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series Little Men; Little Women Gilda Joyce Series Clay (YA); The Fire Eaters; Kit's Wilderness (YA); Secret Heart; Skellig Peaches (YA); The Secrets of Peaches (YA); Love and Peaches (YA) Fever, 1793; Speak (YA) The Summoning, The Awakening Any Title Any Title except Midnight Magic and The Fighting Ground Tuck Everlasting Dragon's Breath; The Frog Princess; Once Upon a Curse; No place for magic : book four in the tales of the frog princess

Bode, N. E. Bradbury, Ray

The Great Tree of Avalon Series Runt The Farsala Trilogy Crusader; Story time;Taken Deenie; Double Fudge; Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, Here's To You Rachel Robinson The Anybodies Dandelion Wine; Fahrenheit 451

Brashares, Ann Bray, Libba

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series; 3 Willows A Great and Terrible Beauty; Rebel Angels; The Sweet Far Thing

Brennan, Herbie Brewer, Heather Briggs, Andy

The Purple Emperor;Fairie Wars Vladimir Todd Series Hero.com Series; Villian.net Series

Mixed Mystery YA; Science Fiction YA; Realistic Mystery Realistic YA; Mixed YA; Mixed YA; Horror Science Fiction Mixed Fantasy Fantasy Fantasy Animal YA; Fantasy YA; Mixed Realistic Fantasy YA; Science Fiction YA; Realistic YA; Historical Fiction Fantasy Horror Adventure

Broach, Elise Brooke, Lauren Bruchac, Joseph

Buck, Pearl S. Bunting, Eve Burnett, Frances Hodgson Burnford, Sheila Cabot, Meg Card, Orson Scott Carman, Patrick Catanese, P. W. Chabon, Michael Chima, Cinda Williams Choldenko, Gennifer Christie, Agatha Clancy, Tom Clarke, Arthur C. Clements, Andrew Clinton, Cathryn Codell, Esme Raji Colfer, Eoin Collins, Suzanne Cooney, Caroline Corder, Zizou Cowell, Cressida Coy, John Creech, Sharon Crichton, Michael Cross, Gillian Crutcher, Chris Curtis, Christopher Paul Dahl, Roald Danziger, Paula Dessen, Sarah DiCamillo, Kate Dickens, Charles Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee D'Lacey, Chris Dowell, Frances O'Roark Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Dumas, Alexandre Duncan, Lois DuPrau, Jeanne Eddings, David Edwards, Julie Ellis, Mel Emerson, Kevin Farley, Walter Farmer, Nancy Feinstein, John

Shakespeare's Secret Mystery Chestnut Hill Series; Heartland Series Animals Code Talker; Geronimo;The Heart of a Chief; Sacajawea : the story of Bird Woman and the Lewis and Clark Expedition;Wabi : a hero's tale The Good Earth YA;Historical Fiction SOS Titanic Historical Fiction The Secret Garden; A Little Princess Realistic The Incredible Journey Adventure Avalon High (YA); The Princess Diaries; The Mediator Series (YA) YA; Mixed Any Title YA; Adventure The Land of Elyon Series Fantasy The Thief and the Beanstalk Fantasy Summerland Fantasy The Warrior Heir; The Wizard Heir; The Dragon Heir YA; Fantasy Al Capone Does My Shirts; Notes from a liar and her dog Mixed Any Title except And Then There Were None YA; Mystery Patriot Games; Red Storm Rising YA; Action Any Title YA; Science Fiction Any Title Realistic A Stone in My Hand; Simeon's fire Realistic Realistic Sahara special Artemis Fowl Series except Artemis Fowl; The Supernaturalist;The YA; Fantasy Wish List (YA) Catching Fire; The Hunger Games; The Underland Chronicles YA;Fantasy Series Any Title except Face on the Milk Carton; Whatever Happened to Mystery Janie? Lion Boy Series Fantasy How to Be a Pirate; How to Train Your Dragon; How to Speak Humor Dragonese Crackback YA; Sports Any Title except Walk 2 Moons and Love That Dog Realistic The Andromeda Strain; Jurassic Park YA; Science Fiction Dark Ground Trilogy Fantasy Any Title YA Bud, not Buddy Historical Fiction The BFD; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Fantasy Any Title except The Cate That Ate My Jumpsuit YA; Realistic The Truth About Forever Realistic Because of Winn Dixie; Tale of Despereaux; The Tiger Rising (YA) YA; Mixed Oliver Twist YA; Realistic The Conch Bearer; The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming Fantasy The Fire Within; Icefire; Fire Star Supernatural The Secret Language of Girls; Chicken boy; Dovey Coe Realistic Sherlock Holmes Series except The Hound of Baskervilles YA; Mystery The Count of Monte Cristo YA; Adventure Any Title except Killing Mr. Griffin YA; Mixed City of Ember; People of Sparks Fantasy The Belgariad Series;The Mallorean Series YA; Fantasy The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles Fantasy The Wild Horse Killers YA; Animals Oliver Nocturne Series Horror The Black Stallion Series Adventure The Sea of Trolls Fantasy Last Shot : a Final Four Mystery; Vanishing Act; Cover Up Sports

Ferris, Jean Flanagan, John Fletcher, Charlie Friend, Natasha Funke, Cornelia Gail Gauthier Gaiman, Neil Gallo, Donald R. Giff, Patricia Reilly

Bad (YA); Once Upon a Marigold; Love Among the Walnuts, or, How I Saved my Family from Being Poisoned Ranger's Apprentice Series Stoneheart, Ironhand Perfect; Bounce; Lush Inkheart; Dragon Rider; Inkspell;The Thief Lord; Inkdeath The hero of Ticonderoga; Saving the planet & stuff Coraline; The Graveyard Book Owning It: Stories About Teens With Disabilities Lily's Crossing; Maggie's Door; Nory Ryan's Song; Pictures of Hollis Woods

Griffin, Adele Gipson, Fred Golding, Willliam Gordon, Roderick Gorman, Carol Green, Tim Grisham, John Gray, Claudia Gutman, Dan Haddix, Margaret Peterson Hale, Shannon Harlow, Joan Hiatt Harrison, Lisi Helgerson, Joseph Heller, Joseph

Vampire Island Series Old Yeller Lord of the Flies Tunnels Dork in Disguise; Dork on the Run; A Midsummer's Night Dork Football Genius, Football Hero A Painted House;Bleachers Evernight Baseball Card Adventure Series Shadow Children Series; Turnabout The Princess Academy Star in the Storm; Thunder from the Sea The Clique Series Horns and Wrinkles Catch 22

Henkes, Kevin Hesse, Karen Hiaasen, Carl Higson, Charles Hinton, S.E. Hoffman, Alice Horowitz, Anthony Hulme, John and Michael Wexler Hunter, Erin Hutchinson, Susanna Huxley, Aldous

Olive's Ocean The Music of Dolphins; Out of the Dust; Witness Hoot (YA); Flush; Scat James Bond Adventure Series That Was Then, This is Now;Rumblefish;Tex Aquamarine; Green Angel; Indigo Alex Rider Series The Seems Series

Jacques, Brian Jinks, Catherine Johnson, Angela Keaney, Brian Kerr, P.B. Koegler, Jennifer Anne King, Stephen Kinney, Jeff Klass, David Klise, Kate Koja, Kathe Konigsburg, E. L. Korman, Gordon Koss, Amy Goldman Lawrence, Iain Lee, Harper Lee, Tanith L'Engle, Madeleine

Warriors Series;Seekers Series; Power of Three Series Trouble's Daughter Brave New World Redwall Series Evil Genius; Genius Squad;The reformed vampire support group Bird; A Cool Moonlight; The First Part Last (YA); Heaven (YA); Looking for Red (YA) Promises of Dr. Sigmundus Series Children of the Lamp Series The Otherworldlies The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series California Blue;Danger zone; Home of the Braves;Whirlwind Regarding the - Series; Deliver Us from Normal; Far from Normal Buddha Boy The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place Any Title The Cheat; The Girls; Gossip Times Three; Poison Ivy The Convicts To Kill a Mockingbird Claidi Journals Any Title

YA; Mixed Fantasy Fantasy Realistic Fantasy Realistic Horror YA;Realistic Mixed Horror Animal Adventure Adventure Realistic Sports YA YA;Horror Sports Science Fiction Fantasy Animals YA; Realistic Fantasy YA; Historical Fiction Realistic Realistic YA; Realistic Mystery YA; Realistic Fantasy Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy Historical Fiction YA; Science Fiction Fantasy YA; Mixed YA;Realistic Science Fiction Fantasy Horror YA; Horror Humor YA; Mixed Mystery Realistic Realistic YA; Realistic Realistic Historical Fiction YA Fantasy Mixed

Levine, Gail Carson Levitin, Sonia Lewis, C.S. Lipsyte, Robert London, Jack Lowenstein, Sallie Lowry, Lois Lupica, Mike MacHale, D.J. Maguire, Gregory Martin, Ann Mass, Wendy Mazer, Harry Mazer, Norma Fox McKinley, Robin Meehl, Brian Mikaelsen, Ben Miller, Kirsten Montgomery, L.M. Morgan, Melissa J. Mowll, Joshua Meyer, Stephenie Mull, Brandon Myers, Walter Dean Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Newman, Leslea Nimmo, Jenny Nickerson, Sara Nix, Garth Nixon, Joan Lowery Juster, Norton O'Roark Dowell, Frances Orwell, George Paolini, Christopher Paterson, Katherine Patterson, James Paulsen, Gary Peck, Richard

Fairest; The Two Princesses of Bamarre; Dave at Night; The Wish Room in the Heart The Chronicles of Narnia Series Any Title Any Title except Call of the Wild Sender Unknown Any Title except The Giver and Number the Stars Heat;Travel Team; Summer Ball;The Big Field Pendragon Series Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Oasis; Lost; The Dream Stealer; Wicked:the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West:a novel A Dog's Life A Mango-Shaped Space;Every Soul a Star; 11 Birthdays; Heaven Looks a Lot Like a Mall A Boy No More; A Boy at War: a Novel of Pearl Harbor Any Title Rose Daughter; The Blue Sword Suck it Up Touching Spirit Bear ;Ghost of Spirit Bear; Sparrow Hawk Red; Petey Kiki Strike Series Anne of Green Gables Series Camp Confidential Series Guild of Specialists Twilight Series Fablehaven Series Hoops; Fallen Angels; Monster Shiloh Fat Chance Charlie Bone Series How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found The Keys to the Kingdom Series; The Abhorsen Trilogy Any Title The Phantom Toll Booth Chicken Boy; Dovey Coe; The Secret Language of Girls Animal Farm; 1984 Eragon; Eldest; Brisingr Any Title except Bridge to Terebithia Maximum Ride Series

Prachett, Terry Prineas, Sarah Pullman, Philip Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan Rawls, Wilson Rees, Celia

Any Title except Hatchet The Teacher's Funeral; Here Lies the Librarian; On the Wings of Heroes All Alone in the Universe; Criss Cross Protector of the Small Series;The Immortals Series;Circle Opens Series;Song of the Lioness Series Tiffany Aching Adventure Series Lost; The Magic Thief The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife;The Amber Spyglass The Yearling Where the Red Fern Grows Pirates (YA); Sorceress; Witch Child (YA)

Reeve, Philip

Larklight; Starcross; Mothstorm; The Hungry City Chronicles(YA)

Reisman, Michael Remarque, Erich Maria

Simon Bloom Series All Quiet on the Western Front

Rennison, Louise

The Georgia Nicolson Series

Perkins, Lynne Rae Pierce, Tamora

Fantasy Historical Fiction Fantasy YA; Sports Adventure Fantasy YA; Mixed Sports Fantasy Mixed Animals Realistic Historical Fiction Realistic YA YA; Horror Adventure YA;Mystery Realistic Realistic Adventure YA; Horror Fantasy YA; Realistic Animal Realistic Fantasy Mystery Fantasy YA; Mystery Fantasy Realistic YA; Mixed YA; Fantasy Realistic YA; Science Fiction YA; Realistic Historical Fiction Realistic Fantasy YA; Fantasy Fantasy Fantasy Animal Animals YA; Historical Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction YA; Historical Fiction YA

Rhodes, Amelia Atwater Riordan, Rick Ritter, John H. Roberts, Willow Davis Roy, Ron Rowling, J.K. Ryan, Pam Munoz Sachar, Louis Sage, Angie Salisbury, Graham Schreiber, Ellen Series Sewell, Anna Shan, Darren Shelley, Mary Shusterman, Neal

Smith, Roland Snicket, Lemony Somper, Justin Sonnenblick, Jordan Spradlin, Michael P. Spinelli, Jerry Springer, Nancy Stevenson, Robert Louis Stewart, Paul and Chris Riddell Stoker, Bram Stroud, Jonathan Sutherland, Tui T. Swallow, Pamela Curtis Swift, Jonathan Taylor, Mildred Tolkien, J.R.R. Twain, Mark Ursu, Anne Updale, Eleanor Van Draanen, Wendelin Vega, Denise Verne, Jules Voight, Cynthia Wallace, Bill Wallace, Rich Walters, Eric Wasserman, Robin Wells, H.G. Westerfeld, Scott

Any Title Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series The Boy Who Saved Baseball; Choosing Up Sides; Over the Wall Don't Hurt Laurie!; Nightmare;The view from the cherry tree; What could go wrong? Capital Mystery Series; A to Z Mystery Series Any Title Becoming Naomi Leon; Esperanza Rising Any Title Frognapped; Septimus Heap Series; Araminta Spookie Series Eyes of the emperor (YA); House of the red fish (YA); Jungle dogs; Lord of the deep (YA); Under the blood-red sun Vampire Kisses Series Star Wars Black Beauty Cirque Du Freak: A Nightmare Story Series Frankenstein The Dark Side of Nowhere (YA); Dissidents (YA); Downsiders:a novel; Dread Locks (YA); Duckling Ugly (YA); Full Tilt:a novel (YA); Mindbenders: Stories to Warp Your Brain; Mindstorms:Stories to Blow Your Mind; Mindtwisters:Stories to Shred Your Head; Red Rider's Hood (YA); The Schwa was Here (YA); Everlost (YA) Cryptid Hunters; Sasquatch A Series of Unfortunate Events Series Vampirates Series After Ever After; Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie;Notes From the Midnight Driver Spy Goddess Series Any Title except Loser Enola Holmes Mystery Series; I am Mordred : a tale from Camelot;Separate Sisters Treasure Island; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (YA); Kidnapped (YA) Barnaby Grimes Series Dracula The Bartimaeus Trilogy Avatars Series It Only Looks Easy Gulliver's Travels Let the Circle be Unbroken

YA; Fantasy Fantasy Sports Mixed Mystery Adventure Realistic Humor Mixed YA; Historical Fiction YA; Romance Science Fiction Animal Horror YA; Horror YA; Mixed

Adventure Adventure Adventure Realistic YA; Adventure YA; Realistic Mixed YA; Mixed Mystery

YA; Horror Fantasy Science Fiction Realistic YA; Fantasy YA; Historical Fiction The Lord of the Rings Trilogy YA; Fantasy The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (YA); Tom Sawyer YA; Adventure Cronus Chronicles Fantasy Montmorency Series Historical Fiction Flipped; How I Survived Being a Girl; Runaway Mixed Click Here: to find out how I survived 7th grade Realistic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ; Journey to the Center of the Earth YA; Science Fiction Homecoming Realistic No Dogs Allowed! Animal Winning Season Series Sports Long Shot Sports Chasing Yesterday Series Mystery War ot the Worlds(YA); The Invisible Man;The Time Machine (YA) Science Fiction Uglies; Pretties; Specials; Extras; The Midnighter's Series YA; Science Fiction

Weyn, Suzanne Whelan, Gloria

Woodson, Jacqueline Wrede, Patricia C.

Wyss, Johann David Yancey, Richard Yee, Lisa Yep, Laurence Zevin, Gabrielle

The Bar Code Tatoo, The Bar Code Rebellion

YA; Science Fiction Angel on the Square; Burying the Sun; Chu Ju's house; Forgive the Historical Fiction River, Forgive the Sky; Goodbye, Vietnam; The Impossible Journey; Listening for Lions; The Turning Between Madison & Palmetto; Maizon at Blue Hill; Last Summer YA; Realistic with Maizon; Hush; Behind You (YA) Enchanted Forest Chronicles; The Grand Tour, or, The Purloined YA; Fantasy Coronation Regalia;Sorcery and Cecelia, or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot:Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country; Mairelon the Magician The Swiss Family Robinson Adventures of Alfred Kropp Series Millicent Min, girl genius; So totally Emily Ebers; Stanford Wong flunks big-time Dragon Steel; Dragon Cauldron; Dragon's Gate(YA) Elsewhere

Non Fiction Anonymous Armstrong, Jennifer Asirvathan, Sandy Baker, Nick Barakat, Ibtisam Bartoletti, Susan Campbell Beals, Melba Benchmark Books Blue, Rose Blumenthal, Karen Bradley, James and Ron Powers Bruchac, Joseph Calabro, Marian Canfield, Jack Capuzzo, Michael Chaikin, Andrew & Bean, Alan Coffey, Wayne Crowe, Chris Dahl, Roald Davidson, Margaret DiConsiglio, John Farndon, John Fox, Annie Freedman, Russell Giblin, James Giff, Patricia Reilly Gottlieb, Lori Grogan, John Hamilton, Bethany Hawk, Tony with Sean Mortimer

Go Ask Alice Photo by Brady:A Picture of the Civil War Bruce Willis The Amateur Naturalist Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine,1845-1850; Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High Any Title: Epidemic! Series Monica Seles Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, the Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima Bowman's Store: a journey to myself The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Series Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 Mission Control, This is Apollo Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S.Olympic Hockey Team Getting Away with Murder:The True Story of the Emmett Till Case Boy; Going Solo Helen Keller Out of Control 1000 Things You Should Know About Plants Too Stressed to Think? Children of the Great Depression Thomas Jefferson; When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS Don't tell the girls:a family memoir Stick Figure Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog Soul Surfer: a true story of faith, family, and fighting to get back on the board. Hawk: Occupation Skateboarder

Adventure YA; Adventure Realistic YA; Fantasy Realistic

Hill, Christine M. Hillenbrand, Laura Hyde, Margaret O. & Forsyth, Elizabeth H. Jackson, Livia Bitton Jacobs, Timothy Jeter, Derek and Jack Currry Kaminsky, Marty Lucent Books Macdonald, Andy McGough, Matthew Marrin, Albert Moehn, Heather Murphy, Jim Myers, Walter Dean Nelson, Pete O'Grady, Captain Scott Osborne, Shane O'Shei, Tim Paulsen, Gary

Pausch, Randy Perl, Lila Pickels, Dwayne Robinson, Sharon Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt Schlosser, Eric Schulman, Michael Silverstein, Shel Spence, Ian Stone, Tanya Lee Stout, Glenn Stwertka, Albert Thomson, Sarah L. Vogel, Carole Garbuny Washington, Booker T. Williams, Tenley Woodson, Jacqueline Wollard, Kathy

Robert Ballard : Oceanographer Who Discovered the Titanic Seabiscuit:an American legend Stress 101 I Have Lived a Thousand Years:Growing Up in the Holocaust 100 Athletes Who Shaped Sports History The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams Uncommon Champions Any Title: The Mystery Library Series Dropping in with Andy Mac: Life of a Pro Skateboarder Bat boy: Coming of Age with the New York Yankees Years of Dust Cliques An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 Antarctica; Bad Boy:A Memoir Left for Dead A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis Basher Five-Two: The True Story of F-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O'Grady Born to fly: the heroic story of downed U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Shane Osborn Mario Lemieux Guts; How Angel Peterson Got His Name and Other Outrageous Tales about Extreme Sports; Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers: Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs The Last Lecture Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure: Secrets of Ancient Egypt Shania Twain Jackie's Nine:Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By We beat the street : how a friendship pact helped us succeed Chew on This - Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food Charles M. Schulz: Cartoonist and Creator of Peanuts Any Title American Horticultural Society Garden Plants and flowers Almost Astronauts On the Mound with- Curt Schilling A Guide to the Elements Three Cups of Tea Ocean Wildlife Up From Slavery Stevie Wonder Locomotion How Come?: Planet Earth