6th grade:    Choose from one of the following
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan

7th grade:    Choose from one of the following
Hero by Ron Woods
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

8th grade:    Students must selest one novel, read it, and then complete an assignment. A copy is available at the Reference Desk.

* Note: This is a list of suggested titles. Students may choose from this list or select a novel on their own. Novels chosen must be age and subject appropriate.

Code Orange by Caroline Cooney
Destiny by Vicki Grove
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
Heat by Mike Lupica
Ironman by Chris Crutcher
Jumping the Nail by Eve Bunting
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
My Mother the Cheerleader by Robert Sharenow
Necessary Roughness by Marie Lee
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Searching for David's Heart by Cherie Bennett
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Truman
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
The Big Field by Mike Lupica
The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho
The Curious Incidnet of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. Flake
The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl...by Farah Ahmedi
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
Wrestling Sturbridge by Rich Wallace