Suggested Summer Reading for High School

Ninth Grade

Feed by M. T. Anderson

Life is Funny by E. R. Frank

Lightkeeper’s Daughter by Iain Lawrence

Silent to the Bone by E. L. Konigsburgh

Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Tenth Grade

High Heat by Carl Deuker

Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher

Eleventh Grade

Battle of Jericho by Sharon M. Draper

House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

Looking  for Alaska by John Green

Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper

Zigzag by Ellen Wittlinger

Twelfth Grade

America by E. R. Frank

Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

Beekeeper’s Apprentice, or On the Segregation of the Queen by Laurie R. King

Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson

Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

Recommended Series for Grades 9-12

• Abhorsen Trilogy (Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen) by Garth Nix
• Dark Materials Trilogy (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife and Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman
• The Immortals Series or Protector of the Small Series by Tamora Pierce

Suggested Summer Reading for Middle Grades

Fifth Grade

Lunch Money by Andrew Clements

The Tale of Despereaux Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo

Ida B. by Katherine Hannigan

Regarding the Fountain, a Tale of Letters, of Liars and Leaks by Kate Klise

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet

Sixth Grade

So Be It by Sarah Weeks

Travel Team by Mike Lupicia

Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money by Christopher Paul Curtis

Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

Seventh Grade

Small Steps by Louis Sachar  (Sequel to Holes)

The Girls by Amy Goldman Koss

Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

Flush by Carl Hiaasen

Eighth Grade

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Eldest by Christopher Paolini  (Sequel to Eragon)

Cheating Lessons by Nan Willard Capp

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge

Recommended Series for Grades 5-8

• Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
• Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• Artemis Fowl Series by Eion Colfer
• Redwall Saga by Brian Jacques