Middle+Schools

Best Practice for Middle School Libraries - Connecting Middle Schoolers and the School Library

Recommended Books for Reading Discussion Groups: (discussed on ISLMANET April 2009) Boy-centered books = blue Girl-centered books = pink Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of [|Life] by Wendy Mass Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban (from Connie Workman, V.I.T. CUSD #2, Table Grove, IL)

Highland Middle School Book Club Page - (from Erin Wyatt Highland Middle School Libertyville, IL) This link will take you to current year book selections for the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade book clubs as well as a link to selections from previous school years.

//Crossing the Wire// by Will Hobbs //Stuck in Neutral// by Terry Trueman //Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie// by Jordan Sonneblick //Heat// by Mike Lupica //Shug// by Jenny Han //Life As We Knew It// by Susan Beth Pfeffer //Firegirl// by Tony Abbott
 * 6th grade**
 * 7/8 Girls**

//Breathing Underwater// by Alex Flinn //Someone Like You// by Sarah Dessen //If You Come Softly// by Jacqueline Woodson //Perfect// by Natasha Friend //The First Part Last// by Angela Johnson
 * 7/8 Boys**

//Tears of a Tiger// by Sharon Draper //Monster// by Walter Dean Myers //Gym Candy// by Carl Deukker //Slam// by Walter Dean Myers //Autobiography of My Dead Brother// by Walter Dean Myers (from Jessica Zindell)

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (from Pat Mathews, Dr. Howard School, Champaign, IL)

So B. It by Sarah Weeks All-American Girl by Meg Cabot Finding Miracles by Julia Alvarez Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde (from Kelly Wood, District 58, Downers Grove, IL)

//Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare// by Darren Shan (first in the series of 12)
 * 6th**

//- Life as We Knew It// (girl's rural viewpoint) and //the dead & the gone// (boy's NYC viewpoint) by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Read one at a time or have members in the group choose which one appeals to them and then compare and contrast! - //Elephant Run// by Roland Smith - //Flipped// by Wendelin Van Draanen - //The Secret Hour// by Scott Westefeld (first book in a series of three called The Midnighters) - //Leviathan// by Scott Westerfeld - //So Yesterday// by Scott Westerfeld (our bookclub was also known as the Scott Westerfeld Fan Club for a few months!) - //Found// by Margaret Peterson Haddix - //The Hunger Games// by Suzanne Collins (from Tracy Voels, Algonquin Middle School, Algonquin, IL)
 * 7th/8th**

Here's a link to **Roselle Middle School's** book club titles from the past 6 years. All are for grades 6-8. Excuse the crazy URL! :) []& (from Carrie DeForest, NBCT, Roselle Middle School, Roselle, IL)