Revised

10/14/03

Laguna Middle School Reading List

LOCATE BY AUTHOR, READ BY AUTHOR!

IF THE AUTHOR’S NAME IS ON THIS LIST, READ AND ENJOY.

Adams, Douglas The Hitchhiker Series, Mostly Harmless
Adams, Richard Watership Down
Aiken, Joan Stolen Lake, Touch of Chill
Alcott, Louisa May Little Men, Little Women
Alexander, Lloyd Westmark, *High King,Illyrian Adventure.
Aliki William Shakespeare & the Globe 792/Ali
Almond, David Skellig, Kit’s Wilderness
Andrews, Roy Quest of the Snow Leopard
Armstrong, Jennifer Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance Armstrong, William *Sounder
Asimov, Issac The Foundation Series
Austen, Jane Pride & Prejudice
Avi Fighting Ground, Nothing But theTruth,Something Upstairs, Hear My Cry,True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Crispin: the
     Cross of Lead. Ayers, Katherine North by Night: Story of the Underground Railroad
Babbit, Natalie Tuck Everlasting
Bagnold, Enid National Velvet
Banks, Lynne Indian in the Cupboard
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell No Man’s Land
Bauer, Joan Rules of the Road
Baum, L. Frank Wizard of Oz
Beatty, Patricia Lupita Manana
Bial, Raymond Underground Railroad 973.7/Bia
Billie, Letts Where the Heart Is
Billingsley, Franny Folk Keeper
Blackwood, Gary L. Shakespeare Stealer, Wild Timothy
Bloor, Edward Tangerine
Blos, Joan W. *Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32: A Novel
Bonham, Frank Durango Street
Boston, L.M. Children of Green Knowe
Boulle, Pierre Bridge over the River Kwai
Bradbury, Ray Martian Chronicles, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Dandelion Wine
Braithwait. E.R. To Sir with Love
Brancato, Robin Blinded by the Light
Bridges, Ruby Through My Eyes 921/Bridges
Brink, Carol R *Caddie Woodlawn
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Brooks, Bruce What Hearts, Boys Will Be
Bruchac, Joseph Lasting Echoes: An Oral History of Native American People 973/Bru Sacajewea
Bunting, Eve Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island
Burnett, Frances Hodgson Secret Garden
Burroughs, Edgar Rice Tarzan of the Apes
Byars, Betsy *Summer of the Swans, Nightswimmers
Cadnum, Michael Book of the Lion
Calvert, Patricia Snowbird
Cameron, Eleanor Court of the Stone Children
Carroll, Lewis Alice in Wonderland
Cather, Willa My Antonia
Chaucer, Geoffrey Canterbury Tales 821/Cha
Choi, Sook Nyul Year of Impossible Goodbyes
Christie, Agatha And Then There Were None,Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun
Christopher, John White Mountains, Pool of Fire
Cisneros, Sandra House on Mango Street
Clarke, Arthur C. City & the Stars
Cleary, Beverly *Dear Mr. Henshaw
Clinton, Catherine I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry  811/ I
Colfer, Eoin Artemis Fowl
Collier, James/Christopher My Brother Sam Is Dead
Colman, Penny Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial 393/Col
Conly, Jane Leslie Crazy Lady!
Conrad, Pam Prairie Songs
Cooper, James Fenimore Deerslayer
Cooper, Susan B. Dark Is Rising, *Grey King, King of Shadows
Cormier, Robert Frenchtown Summer
Couloumbis, Audry Getting Near to Baby
Covington, Dennis Lizard
Craven, Margaret I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Creech, Sharon Chasing Redbird, Wanderer, *Walk Two Moons
Crichton, Michael Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Terminal Man
Crutcher, Chris Ironman, Athletic Shorts (SC)
Cummings, Pat Talking with Artists 741.6/Tal
Cushman, Karen *Midwife’s Apprentice, Catherine CalledBirdy
Curtis, Christopher Paul *Bud, Not Buddy, Watsons Go to Birmingham
Dahl, Roald BFG, Boy, Going Solo
Danziger, Paula Pistachio Prescription,P.S. Longer Letter Later Snail Mail No More
De Angeli, Marguerite Door in the Wall
Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe
Denzel, Justin F. Boy of the Painted Cave
DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie
Dickens, Charles David Copperfield, Oliver Twist
Dickinson, Peter Ropemaker
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Hound of the Baskervilles
Du Bois, William Pene *Twenty-One Balloons
Dumas, Alexandre Count of Monte Cristo
DuMaurier,Daphine Rebecca
Duncan, Lois I Know What You Did Last Summer,Locked in Time
Eckert, Allan Incident at Hawk’s Hill, Return to Hawk’s Hill
Eddings, David Pawn of Prophecy
English, Karen Francie
Erdrich, Louise Birchbark House
Farmer, Nancy Ear, the Eye & the Arm
Fast, Howard April Morning
Fenner, Carol King of Dragons
Fine, Anne Tulip Touch: A Novel
Flake, Sharon Skin I’m In, Money Hungry
Fleischman, Paul Bull Run
Fleischman, Sid *Whipping Boy
Fletcher, Susan Shadow Spinner
Forbes, Esther *Johnny Tremain
Fox, Paula *Slave Dancer, A Place Apart, One-Eyed Cat
Frank, Anne Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl 921/Frank
Gates, Doris Blue Willow
Gantos, Jack Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, Joey Pigza Loses Control
Gehrts, Barbara Don’t Say a Word
George, Jean *Julie of the Wolves, My Side of the Mountain
Gibson, William Miracle Worker
Gies, Meip Anne Frank Remembered 940.54/GEI
Giff, Patricia Reilly Lily’s Crossing
Gipson, Fred Old Yeller, Savage Sam
Goldman, William Princess Bride
Goodman, Joan Hope’s Crossing, Peregrine
Graham, Kenneth Wind in the Willows
Greene, Bette Summer of My German Solider
Greene, Constance Beat the Turtle Drum, Girl Called Al
Griffin, John H. Black Like Me 921/Griffin
Gurney, James Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time
Gutman, Dan Honus & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
Hahn, Mary Downing Stepping on the Cracks
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Among the Hidden
Hamilton, Virginia Bluish: A Novel
Hautzig, Esther Endless Steppe
Hawthrone, Nathaniel House of Seven Gables
Hemingway, Ernest Farewell to Arms
Henry, Marguerite *King of the Wind
Henry, O Gift of the Magi & Five Other Stories
Herbert, Frank Dune
Hermes, Patricia You Shouldn’t Have to Say Good-Bye
Herriott, James All Creatures Great & Small 921/Herriott
Hersey, John Hiroshima 940/54 Her
Hesse, Karen *Out of the Dust, Witness: A Novel
Heyerdahl, Thor Kon-Tiki 910.4/Hey
Hill, Christine M. Langston Hughes: Poet of the Harlem Renaissance 921/Hughes
Hinton, S.E. Tex, Rumblefish, Outsiders
Hobbs, Will Bearstone, Far North, Maze, Jason’s Gold
Hodges, Margaret Saint George & the Dragon E398.2/Hod
Holman, Felice Slake’s Limbo
Holt, Kimberly Willis My Louisiana Sky, When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Hoobler, Dorthy Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
Horvath, Polly Everything on a Waffle
Houston, Jeanne & James Farewell to Manzanar 940.54/Hou
Hunt, Irene Across Five Aprils, *Up a Road Slowly
Huwitz, Johanna Anne Frank: A Life in Hiding 921/Frank
Ibbotson, Eva Island of the Aunts,Journey to the River Sea
Jacques, Brian Redwall
Jimenez, Francisco Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child, Breaking Through
Karr, Kathleen Great Turkey Walk
Katz, Welwyn Whalesinger
Kaufman, Bel Up the Down Staircase
Keith, Harold *Rifles for Watie
Keller, Helen Story of My Life 921/Keller
Kelly, Eric P. *Trumpeter of Krakow
Kerley, Barbara Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins 921/Hawkins
Kerr, M.E. I’ll Love You When You’re More Like Me
Key, Alexander Forgotten Door
Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon
Kidd, Ronald Sizzle & Splatt
Kipling, Rudyard Captains Courageous, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Kirkpatrick, Katherine Trouble’s Daughter: The Story of Susanna Hutchinson, Indian Captive
Kjelgaard, Jim Big Red
Klein, Norma Mom the Wolf Man & Me
Konigsburg, E. L. *From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, *View from
    Saturday
Kroeber, Theodora Ishi: Last of His Tribe 921/Ishi
Krumgold, John *Onion John, *And Now Miguel
Lamb, Charles Tales from Shakespeare 822.3/Lam
L’Amour, Louis Comstock Lode
Lasky, Kathryn Beyond the Burning Time, Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor, Star Split
Le Guin, Ursula K. Farthest Shore
L’Engle, Madeleine Ring of Endless Light, *Wrinkle in Time, Second Sight: Stories for a New Millennium
Lester, Alison Quicksand Pony
Levine, Gail Ella Enchanted, Dave at Night
Lewis, C.S Prince Caspian, Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe
Lipsyte, Robert Contender, Summer Rules
London, Jack White Fang, Call of the Wild
Lowry, Lois *Number the Stars, *TheGiver
Lunn, Janet Hollow Tree
MacLachlan, Patricia Facts & Fictions of Minna Pratt,
Magorian, Michelle Good Night, Mr. Tom
Martinez, Victor Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida: A Novel
Mazer, Harry Snow Bound
Mazer, Norma Fox Taking Terri Mueller
McCaffrey, Anne Dragonsong, Black Horses for the King
McKinley, Robin *Hero & the Crown
Mead, Alice Solider Mom
Michener, James Hawaii , Alaska, Centennial
Miklowitz, Gloria D. Masada: The Last Fortress, Secrets in the House of Delgado
Mitchell, Margaret Gone with the Wind
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables
Myers, Walter Dean Somewhere in the Darkness, Mouse Rap, Glory Field
Naylor, Phyllis *Shiloh, Ice
Nelson, Marilyn Carver: A Life in Poems 811/Nel
Nix, Garth Sabriel
Nixon, Joan Lowry Other Side of Dark, Search for the Shadowman
Nolan, Han Face in Every Window
Nordhoff, Charles Mutiny on the Bounty
Norton, Mary Borrowers
O’Brien, Robert C. *Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of Nimh, Z for Zacharia
O’Dell, Scott *Island of the Blue Dolphins, Sing Down the Moon, Sara Bishop, Zia, Black Pearl, Black Star Bright Dawn
O’Hara, Mary My Friend Flicka
O’Neill, Mary Le Duc Hailstones & Halibut Bones 811/O’Ne
Opdyke, Irene In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer. 921/Opdyk
Park, Linda Sue *Single Shard, Kite Fighters
Parkman, Francis Oregon Trail 798/Par
Partridge, Elizabeth Restless Spirit: The Life & Work of Dorothea Lange. 921/Lange
Paterson, Katherine *Bridge to Terabithia, *Jacob Have I Loved, Come Sing, Jimmy Jo, Great Gilly Hopkins, Jip: His Story,
    Master Puppeteer, Preacher’s Boy
Patrick, Denise Lewis Longest Ride
Paulsen, Gary Nightjohn, Rifle, River, White Fox, Hatchet, Monument, Brian’s Winter, Transall Saga, My Life in Dog Years 921/ Paulsen Soldier’s Heart: A Novel of the Civil War
Peck, Richard Long Way from Chicago, *Year Down Yonder
Peck, Robert Newton Cowboy Ghost, Banjo, Soup
Perez, N.A. Slopes of War
Petry, Ann Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 921/Tubman
Pevsner, Stella And You Give Me a Pain, Elaine
Pfeffer, Susan Beth About David
Philbrick, W. R Freak the Mighty
Philip, Neil War & the Pity of War 808.81/War
Pierce, Meredtih Ann Darkangel
Platt, Kin Boy Who Could Make HimselfDisappear
Poe, Edgar Allan Short Story Collections SC/Poe
Polacco, Patricia Pink & Say E/Pol
Pullman, Philip Golden Compass
Pyle, Howard Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown, in Nottinghamshire 398.2/Pyl
Quarles, Heather Door Near Here
Raskin, Ellen *Westing Game
Rawlings, Marjorie Yearling
Rawls, Wilson Summer of the Monkeys,Where the Red Fern Grows
Reeder, Carolyn Across the Lines, Shades of Gray
Reiss, Johanna Upstairs Room 940.54/Rei
Rinaldi, Ann Amelia’s War, Coffin Quilt: The Feud Between the Hatfields & the McCoys, Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons:
    The Story of Phillis Wheatley
Rockwell, Anne F. Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth 921/Truth
Rostkowski, Margaret After the Dancing Days
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone
Rubin, Susan Goldman Margaret Bourke-White: Her Pictures Were Her Life 921 Bourke
Ryan, Pam Munoz Esperanza Rising
Rylant, Cynthia *Missing May
Sachar, Louis *Holes
Sachs, Marilyn Pocket Full of Seeds
Saint-Exupery, Antoine De Little Prince
Shahan, Sherry Frozen Stiff
Sinclair, Upton The Jungle
Sleator, William *Interstellar Pig
Smith, Doris Buchanan Return to Bitter Creek, Taste of Blackberries
Smith, Roland Sasquatch
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley Gib & the Gray Ghost, Gib Rides Home, Runaways
Soto, Gary Baseball in April and Other Stories SC/Sot
Speare, Elizabeth George *Witch of Blackbird Pond, *Bronze Bow
Spinelli, Jerry Wringer, Crash, *Maniac Magee: A Novel
Stanley, Diane Joan of Arc 921/Joan Leonardo Da Vinci. 921/Leonardo, Shaka: King of the Zulus. E921/Chaka
Stanley, Jerry Children of the Dust Bowl: True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp 371.96/Sta I Am an American: A True
    Story of Japanese Internment 940.53/Sta
Staples, Suzanne Fisher Dangerous Skies, Haveli
Sutcliff, Rosemary Sword & the Circle: King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table 398.2/Sut
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver’s Travels
Taylor, Mildred D. *Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Random House Book of Poetry 811/ Ran
Tolan, Stephanie S. Surviving the Applewhites
Tolkein, J.R.R. Hobbit, Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King
Van Draanen, Wendelin Sammy Keyes & the Hotel Thief, Sammy Keyes & the Sisters of Mercy
Vande Velde, Vivian Ghost of a Hanged Man
Voight, Cynthia Homecoming, Dicey’s Song,Izzy,Willy-Nilly
Wells, H. G. Invisible Man
White, Ruth Belle Prater’s Boy
Wiesil, Elie Night
Wojciechowska, Maia *Shadow of a Bull
Wyss, Johann Swiss Family Robinson
Wright, Richard Black Boy 921 Wright
Yates, Elizabeth *Amos Fortune, Free Man 921/Fortune
Yep, Laurence Ribbons, Dragon’s Gate, Lost Garden 921/Yep
Yolen, Jane Dragon’s Blood, Devil’s Arithmetic, Armageddon Summer
Young, Carrie Nothing to Do but Stay: My Pioneer Mother 920/You
Zindel, Paul Pigman’s Legacy
Zolotow, Charlotte Early Sorrow: Ten Stories of Youth

*Newberry Medal Winners
Call #s following some titles indicate nonfiction books.