2014 Wellesley Middle School Summer Reading List - updated

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All students entering sixth grade are required to read

ONE of the following books by Jack Gantos:

Jack Henry series Joey Pigzaseries Norveltseries Jack Adrift

Jack on Tracks

Heads or Tails

Jacks New Power

Jacks Black Book

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

Joey Pigza Loses Control

What would Joey Pigza Do?

I am not Joey Pigza

Dead End in Norvelt

From Norvelt to Nowhere

Catch a Fal l ing Star by Kim Culbertson -Nothing ever happens in Little, CA, but when Hollywood arrives

to film a movie starring super hot Adam Jakes, and Carter gets

the secret offer of a lifetime: playing the role of Adam's girlfriend

while he's in town, everything changes.

The Vigi lante Poets of Selwyn cademyby Kate Hattemer Witty, sarcastic Ethan and his threefriends decide to take down the reality TV show, For Art's Sake,

that is being filmed at their high school, the esteemed Selwyn

Arts Academy, where each student is more talented than the

next.

Grandmaster by David Klass Daniel, high schoolfreshman chess newbie cant understand why his team is so

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

side of his father Daniels never seen, and is not sure he likes.

Being Sloane Jacobs by Lauren Morrill SloaneEmily Jacobs and Sloane Devon Jacobs, from very differentworlds but both with problem families, meet in Montreal where

they will stay in the same hotel while attending camp, one for

figure skating, the other for ice hockey.

Uninvitedby Sophie Jordan - When seventeen-year-old Davy Hamilton who has led a charmed life as a popular,

intelligent musical prodigy tests positive for Homicidal Tendency

Syndrome, everyone believes it is only a matter of time before

she murders someone.

All students entering eighth grade are required

to read ONE of the following books:

Bad Boy: a memoirby Walter Dean Myers Discovering Wes Mooreby Wes MooreBomb: the race to build and steal the worlds

most dangerous weapon by Steve Sheinkin Into Thin Air: a personal account of the MountEverest disaster by John Krakauer Chew on This: everything you dont want toknow about fast food by Eric Schlosser Outcasts United: the story of a refugee soccerteam that changed a townby Warren St. John

All students entering seventh grade are required

to read ONE of the following books:

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Periodby Gennifer Choldenko New Boyby Julian Houston

Mockingbirdby Kathryn Erskine Wonderby RJ Palacio

My Life in Dog Yearsby Gary Paulsen

For more information about your Summer

Reading assignment, please go to

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When udrey Met lice by Rebecca Behrens - When theSecret Service squashes yet another chance for the president's daughter,

Audrey, to make any new friends, Audrey discovers former first daughter AliceRoosevelt's hidden diary, which gives Audrey endless ideas for having fun--

and more problems than she can handle.Ninja Librariansby Jennifer Downey- Dorrie and her brotherMarcus 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.

Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd - The Pickles are new toMidnight 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 Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage- When MissLana 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 250thanniversary bash

The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler - When herfather 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.

Sorry Youre Lost by Matt Blackstone- New Jersey seventhgrader 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 Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson After hislast 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 ona planet he doesnt know and with a face he doesnt 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 Finest Hoursby Mike Tougias- On the night of February18, 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.Saving Baby Doe by Danette Vigilante" When best friendsLionel and Anisa find and save an abandoned baby, the fallout threatens totear their relationship apart.

Bernier-Grande Carmen Alicia Alonso: Prima

Ballerina

Diego: Bigger than Life Frida: Vida la Viva! Long

Live Life!

Picasso: The King, I Yo ElReyEngle Margarita

Poet Slaves of CubaHorowitz Anthony Legends seriesMyers Walter Dean Harlem Hellfighters Here in HarlemMurphy Jim American Plague Blizzard The Giant and How He

Humbugged America Great Fire Invincible Microbe Savage Thunder TruceBy Nelson Mari lyn Carver: a life in poems Freedom Business Miss Crandalls School for

Young Ladies and Little

Misses of Color

Sweethearts of Rhythm

Abrahams Peter Outlaws of Sherwood

Street series

Echo Falls Mystery seriesBall iet Blue Chasing Vermeer series Danger Box Hold FastBeil Michael Red Blazer Girls series Lantern Sam and the Blue

Streak Bandits

Summer at Forsaken LakeHaddix MargaretPeterson House on the GulfHarrington Kim Sleuth or Dare seriesHorowitz Anthony Diamond Brother series Horowitz Horror collectionKorman Gordon Swindle seriesMessner Kate Silver Jaguar Society

MysterySleator Wil l iam BlackbriarScaletta Kurtis The Tanglewood TerrorVan Draanen Wendelin Sammy Keyes series

Garza Xavier Maximilian seriesHale Shale Repunzels Revenge Calamity JaneHale Nathan Big Bad Ironclad Donner Dinner Party One Dead Spy Treaties, Trenches, Mud

and BloodKibuishi Kazu Amulet series Explorer series Flight Explorer series Harry Potter graphic

novel seriesLeit ich Smith Greg Little Green Men at the

Mercury Inn

Chronal EngineSmith Jeff Bone seriesTelgemeier Raina Smile Drama The Baby-Sitters Club

graphic novelsVaron Sara Bake Sale Robot Dreams

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Barron TA Atlantis Rising Great Tree of Avalon series Lost Years of Merlin series Merlin seriesClare Cassandra Mortal Instruments series Infernal Devices seriesCLE Tory Marvelous World seriesDashner James 13thReality series Maze Runner series Morality Doctrine seriesDelaney Joseph Last Apprentice seriesDuPrau Jeanne City of Ember seriesGraza Xavier Kid Cyclone Fights the

DevilGoing KL Garden of EveHaddix MargaretPeterson Just Ella Palace of MirrorsHale Shannon Books of Bayern series Book of a Thousand Days Princess Academy seriesHorowitz Anthony Power of Five series The Switch

Mass Wendy Heaven Looks a Lot Like

the Mall

Willow Falls seriesMcCall GuadalupeGarcia Summer of the MariposaOkorafor Nnedi Akata Witch Zahrah the WindseekerOppel Kenneth Airborn series Boundless Silverwing trilogyRex Adam Cold Cereal sagaSage Angie Septimus Heap seriesShan Darren Cirque du Freak series Zom-B seriesSleator Wil l iam The Boxes Into the Dream RewindStaniszewski Anna My Very UnFairy Tale Life

series

Green Tim Football Genius series Baseball Great series Pinch Hit Force Out New Kid UnstoppableLupica Mike Batboy Big Field Heat Hero Million Dollar Throw Miracle on 49thStreet Summer Ball Travel Team True Legend UnderdogsMessner Kate Sugar and IceMyers Walter Dean Hoops KickScaletta Kurtis MudvilleVan Draanen Wendelin Running Dream

Carter Al ly Gallagher Girls series Heist Society seriesDionne Erin Moxie and the Art of Rule

BreakingHorowitz Anthony Alex Rider seriesKey Watt Alabama Road Dirt Road Home Four MileKorman Gordon Everest series On the Run seriesPark Linda Sue Long Walk to WaterSmith Roland I,Q series Peak Jacks RunVenkatraman Padma Islands End

Card Orson Scott Enders Game series Enders Shadow seriesHaddix MargaretPeterson Shadow Children series Missing series Double IdentityMass Wendy Pi in the SkyMessenger Shannon Keeper of the Lost CitiesMessner Kate Eye of the Storm Wake Up MissingPfeffer Susan Beth Last Survivors seriesReese Jenn Above World seriesRex Adam True Meaning of SmekdayScaletta Kurtis Winter of the Robots

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Curtis Christopher Paul Bud, Not Buddy Elijah of Buxton The Mighty Miss Malone The Watsons Go to

Birmingham, 1963Draper Sharon Fire From the RockEngle Margarita Firefly Letters Hurricane Dancers The Lightning Dreamer Silver People Tropical Secret Wild BookGiff Patr icia Rei l ly House of Tears Maggies Door Nory Ryans Song R My Name is Rachel Storyteller Water StreetGoing KL

The Liberation of GabrielKingHaddix MargaretPeterson UprisingKadohata Cynthia Cracker! Kira-Kira Outside Beauty Weedflower

Messner Kate SpitfireMurphy Jim Desperate JourneMyers Walter Dean Glory Fields Harlem Summer RiotNelson Mari lyn Pembras SongOppel Kenneth Half BrotherPark Linda Sue Keeping Score Project Mulberry When My Name was KeokoScaletta Kurtis Mamba PointSmith Roland Elephant RunVenkatraman Padma Climbing the StairsWill iams-Garcia Rita One Crazy Summer P.S. Be ElevenWoodson Jacqueline After Tupac and D Foster

Allen Crystal How Lamar's Bad Prank Won

a Bubba-Sized Trophy

The Laura LineBauer Joan Almost Home Backwater Best Foot Forward Close to Famous Hope was Here Peeled Rules of the Road Squashed Stand Tall Sticks ThwonkDionne Erin Notes From an Accidental

Band Geek

Total Tragedy of a GirlNamed Hamlet

Models Don't Eat ChocolateCookies

Draper Sharon Battle of Jericho Double Dutch Out of My Mind Romiette and JulioFlake Sharon Begging for Change Money Hungry Pinned The Skin I'm In

Giff Patr icia Rei l ly Pictures of Hollis Woods Wild GirlHaddix Margaret Peterson Claim to Fame Leaving Fishers Takeoffs and LandingsKadohata Cynthia The Thing About LuckKorman Gordon No More Dead Dogs Schooled UngiftedMass Wendy Candymakers Every Soul a Star Jeremy Fink and the Meaning

of Life

Leap Day Mango-Shaped SpaceMcCall Guadalupe Garcia Under the MesquiteMessner Kate The Brilliant Fall of Gianna ZMyers Walter Dean Cruisers series Dream Bearer ScorpionsPark Linda Sue Single Shard

Perkins Mital i Bamboo People First Daughter: White

House Rules Not-So-Star-Spangled Life

of Sunita SenSmith Roland Zachs LieStaniszewski Anna Dirt Diary seriesVan Draanen Wendelin Flipped Runaway SwearWoodson Jacqueline Between Madison and

Palmetto

Feathers Hush The House You Pass on

the Way

Last Summer with Maizon Lena Locomotion Maizon at Blue Hill Miracles Boys Peace, LocomotionYee Lisa Absolutely, Maybe Millicent Min: Girl Genius So Totally Emily Ebers Stanford Wong Flunks Big

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