All students entering sixth grade are required to read

ONE of the following books by Jack Gantos:

Jack Henry series Joey Pigza series Norvelt series 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 Fall 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 Academy by Kate Hattemer Witty, sarcastic Ethan and his three friends 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 school freshman 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 Sloane Emily Jacobs and Sloane Devon Jacobs, from very different worlds 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.

Uninvited by 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 memoir by Walter Dean Myers

Discovering Wes Moore by Wes Moore Bomb: the race to build and steal the worlds most dangerous weapon by Steve Sheinkin

Into Thin Air: a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster by John Krakauer

Chew on This: everything you dont want to know about fast food by Eric Schlosser

Outcasts United: the story of a refugee soccer team that changed a town by Warren St . John

All students entering seventh grade are required to read ONE of the following books:

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko New Boy by Julian Houston

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine Wonder by RJ Palacio My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen

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When Audrey Met Alice by Rebecca Behrens - When the Secret Service squashes yet another chance for the president's daughter, Audrey, to make any new friends, Audrey discovers former first daughter Alice Roosevelt's hidden diary, which gives Audrey endless ideas for having fun--and more problems than she can handle. Ninja Librar ians by Jennifer Downey - Dorrie and her brother Marcus 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. A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd - The Pickles are new to Midnight 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 Miss Lana 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 250th anniversary bash. The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler - When her father 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 seventh grader 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 his last 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 on a 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 F inest Hours by Mike Tougias - On the night of February 18, 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 friends Lionel and Anisa find and save an abandoned baby, the fallout threatens to tear their relationship apart.

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

Live Life! Picasso: The King, I Yo El

Rey Engle, Margarita Poet Slaves of Cuba Horowitz, Anthony Legends series Murphy, Jim American Plague Blizzard The Giant and How He

Humbugged America Great Fire Invincible Microbe Savage Thunder Truce Myers, Walter Dean Harlem Hellfighters Here in Harlem 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 series Ball iet, Blue Chasing Vermeer series Danger Box Hold Fast Beil , Michael Red Blazer Girls series Lantern Sam and the Blue

Streak Bandits Summer at Forsaken Lake Haddix, Margaret

Peterson House on the Gulf Harrington, Kim Sleuth or Dare series Horowitz, Anthony Diamond Brother series Horowitz Horror collection Korman, Gordon Swindle series Messner, Kate Silver Jaguar Society

Mystery Scaletta, Kurtis The Tanglewood Terror Sleator, Wil l iam Blackbriar Van Draanen, Wendelin Sammy Keyes series

Garza, Xavier Maximilian series Hale, Nathan Big Bad Ironclad Donner Dinner Party One Dead Spy Treaties, Trenches, Mud

and Blood Hale, Shale Calamity Jane Rapunzels Revenge Kibuishi, Kazu Amulet series Explorer series Flight Explorer series Harry Potter graphic novel series Leit ich Smith, Greg Little Green Men at the

Mercury Inn Chronal Engine Smith, Jeff Bone series Telgemeier, Raina The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels Drama Smile Varon, Sara Bake Sale Robot Dreams

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Barron, TA Atlantis Rising Great Tree of Avalon series Lost Years of Merlin series Merlin series Clare, Cassandra Mortal Instruments series Infernal Devices series CLE, Tory Marvelous World series Dashner, James 13th Reality series Maze Runner series Morality Doctrine series Delaney, Joseph Last Apprentice series DuPrau, Jeanne City of Ember series Going, KL Garden of Eve Graza, Xavier Kid Cyclone Fights the

Devil Haddix, Margaret

Peterson Just Ella Palace of Mirrors Hale, Shannon Books of Bayern series Book of a Thousand Days Princess Academy series Horowitz, Anthony Power of Five series The Switch

Mass, Wendy Heaven Looks a Lot Like

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Garcia Summer of the Mariposa Okorafor, Nnedi Akata Witch Zahrah the Windseeker Oppel, Kenneth Airborn series Boundless Silverwing trilogy Rex, Adam Cold Cereal saga Sage, Angie Septimus Heap series Shan, Darren Cirque du Freak series Zom-B series Sleator, Wil l iam The Boxes Into the Dream Rewind Staniszewski, Anna My Very UnFairy Tale Life

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Green, Tim Football Genius series Baseball Great series Pinch Hit Force Out New Kid Unstoppable Lupica, Mike Batboy Big Field Heat Hero Million Dollar Throw Miracle on 49th Street Summer Ball Travel Team True Legend Underdogs Messner, Kate Sugar and Ice Myers, Walter Dean Hoops Kick Scaletta, Kurtis Mudville Van Draanen, Wendelin Running Dream

Carter, Ally Gallagher Girls series Heist Society series Dionne, Erin Moxie and the Art of Rule

Breaking Horowitz, Anthony Alex Rider series Key, Watt Alabama Road Dirt Road Home Four Mile Korman, Gordon Everest series On the Run series Park, Linda Sue Long Walk to Water Smith, Roland I,Q series Peak Jacks Run Venkatraman, Padma Islands End

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Birmingham, 1963 Draper, Sharon Fire from the Rock Engle, Margarita Firefly Letters Hurricane Dancers The Lightning Dreamer Silver People Tropical Secret Wild Book Giff, Patricia Reil ly House of Tears Maggies Door Nory Ryans Song R My Name is Rachel Storyteller Water Street Going, KL The Liberation of Gabriel

King Haddix, Margaret

Peterson Uprising Kadohata, Cynthia Cracker! Kira-Kira Outside Beauty Weedflower

Messner, Kate Spitfire Murphy, Jim Desperate Journey Myers, Walter Dean Glory Fields Harlem Summer Riot

Nelson, Mari lyn Pembras Song Oppel, Kenneth Half Brother Park, Linda Sue Keeping Score Project Mulberry When My Name was Keoko Scaletta, Kurtis Mamba Point Smith, Roland Elephant Run Venkatraman, Padma Climbing the Stairs Wil l iams-Garcia, Rita One Crazy Summer P.S. Be Eleven Woodson, Jacqueline After Tupac and D Foster

Allen, Crystal How Lamar's Bad Prank Won

a Bubba-Sized Trophy The Laura Line Bauer, Joan Almost Home Backwater Best Foot Forward Close to Famous Hope was Here Peeled Rules of the Road Squashed Stand Tall Sticks Thwonk Dionne, Erin Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies Notes From an Accidental Band Geek Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet Draper, Sharon Battle of Jericho Double Dutch Out of My Mind Romiette and Julio Flake, Sharon Begging for Change Money Hungry Pinned The Skin I'm In

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Perkins, Mital i Bamboo People First Daughter: White

House Rules Not-So-Star-Spangled Life

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Palmetto Feathers Hush The House You Pass on

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

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