dozens of reasons why middle school's not so bad


More great books to reads from the magic lady, this time:

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOKS

Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko
All Alone in the Universe, by Lynne Rae Perkins
Among the Hidden, by Margaret Haddix
Bone from a Dry Sea, by Peter Dickinson
Catherine Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman
City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau and its sequels
Crash, by Jerry Spinelli
Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen
Dovey Coe, by Frances O’Roark Dowell
East by Edith Pattou
Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale
Hattie Big Sky, by Kirby Larson
Holes, by Louis Sachar
Homecoming, by Cynthia Voigt
Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen
Hope Was Here, by Joan Bauer- and other novels
House of the Scorpions, by Nancy Farmer
Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke and its sequel
Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell
Long Way from Chicago, by Richard Peck and its sequel
The Loon Feather, by Iola Fuller
Lord of the Rings trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Love that Dog, by Sharon Creech
Miss Spitfire, by Sarah Miller
Monster, by Walter Dean Myers
A Murder for Her Majesty, by Beth Hilgartner
Nothing But the Truth, by Avi
Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale and its companion books
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind, by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Shadow Spinner, by Susan Fletcher
A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park
So B. It, by Sarah Weeks
Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli and its sequel Love, Stargirl
Stones in Water, by Donna Jo Napoli
Tangerine, by Edward Bloor
The Teacher’s Funeral, by Richard Peck
The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi
Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen
The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman, by Louise Plummer
Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
The Wanderer, by Sharon Creech
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis
Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt
Wise Child, by Monica Furlong and its two sequels
Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle and its sequels

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