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A Midsummer Knight's Read for Grades 6 - 9

Challenge List

This is the Teen Reading Club's companion list for students who wish to be challenged during the summer. Participants ARE NOT REQUIRED to read from this list. All books on this list are worth one cent (1¢) per page credit.

Pages

Content appropriate for most entering 6th graders

Abouzeid, Chris	Anatopsis.
Albee, Sarah	Poop Happened! A History of the World from the Bottom Up.
Amateau, Gigi	A Certain Strain of Peculiar.
Amato, Mary	Invisible Lines.
Ariyoshi, Kyoko	Swan.
Avi	Never Mind! A Twin Novel.
Bauer, Joan	Hope was Here.
Beil, Michael D.	The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour.
Bell, Cathleen Davitt	Little Blog on the Prairie.
Blanquet	Toys in the Basement.
Brown, Paul	Wolf Pack of the Winisk River.
Bryant, Jennifer	Kaleidoscope Eyes.
Buckingham, Royce	The Dead Boys.
Butler, Dori Hillestad	Sliding Into Home.
Buyea, Rob	Because of Mr. Terupt.
Chapman, Fern Schumer	Is It Night or Day?
Childs, Tera Lynn	Forgive My Fins.
Choldenko, Gennifer	Notes from a Liar and Her Dog.
Clark, Kathy	Guardian Angel House.
Clayton, Emma	The Roar.
Cockcroft, Jason	CounterClockwise.
Cole, Stephen	Z. Rex.
Connor, Leslie	Crunch.
Cooney, Caroline B.	If the Witness Lied.
Cottrell Boyce, Frank	Cosmic.
Cresswell, Helen	Ordinary Jack.
Cushman, Karen	Alchemy and Meggy Swann.
Dee, Barbara	Solving Zoe.
Dendy, Leslie A.	Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine.
Deuker, Carl	On the Devil's Court.
Deutsch, Barry	Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword.
DeVillers, Julia	Lynn Visible.
Diakité, Baba Wagué	A Gift from Childhood: Memories of an African Boyhood.
Dionne, Erin	The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet.
DiTerlizzi, Tony	The Search for WondLa.
Dowell, Frances O'Roark	Where I'd Like to Be.
Dunkle, Clare B.	By These Ten Bones.
Dunmore, Helen	Ingo.
Dunmore, Helen	The Tide Knot.
Efaw, Amy	After.
Ellsworth, Loretta	In a Heartbeat.
Fleischman, John	Black and White Airmen: Their True History.
Fleischman, Paul	Bull Run.
Flinn, Alex	A Kiss In Time.
Flinn, Alex	Cloaked.
Ford, Michael	Birth of a Warrior.
Ford, Michael	The Fire of Ares.
Ford, Michael	Legacy of Blood.
Frank, Lucy	The Homeschool Liberation League.
Fusilli, Jim	Marley Z and the Bloodstained Violin.
Fussell, Sandy	Owl Ninja.
Fussell, Sandy	White Crane.
Gibbs, Stuart	Belly Up.
Giff, Patricia Reilly	Pictures of Hollis Woods.
Gleitzman, Morris	Once.
Goldman, E.M.	Money to Burn.
Goodall, Jane	My Life with the Chimpanzees.
Gourlay, Candy	Tall Story.
Grant, Michael	The Call.
Green, Tim	Baseball Great.
Haber, Melissa Glenn	Dear Anjali.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson	Takeoffs and Landings.
Haddon, Mark	Boom! (Or 70,000 Light Years).
Hahn, Mary Downing	Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story.
Hassinger, Peter	Shakespeare's Daughter.
Hawkins, Aaron R.	The Year Money Grew on Trees.
Henderson, Jason	Vampire Rising.
Hiaasen, Carl	Scat.
Higgins, Simon	Moonshadow: Rise of the Ninja.
Hobbs, Will	Jackie's Wild Seattle.
Hobbs, Will	Kokopelli's Flute.
Hobbs, Will	Take Me to the River.
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki	Thresholds.
Holm, Jennifer L.	Turtle in Paradise.
Holmes, Sara	Operation Yes.
Holt, K.A.	Brains for Lunch: A Zombie Novel in Haiku?!
Horvath, Polly	The Trolls.
House, Silas	Eli the Good.
Houston, Dick	Bulu: African Wonder Dog.
Howe, James	The Misfits.
Howe, James	Totally Joe.
Ibbotson, Eva	The Dragonfly Pool.
Jinks, Catherine	Living Hell.
Jones, Diane Wynne	Dogsbody.
Jones, Diana Wynne	Enchanted Glass.
Jones, Ron	The Acorn People.
Kadohata, Cynthia	A Million Shades of Gray.
Keller, Julia	Back Home.
Kelley, Jane	Nature Girl.
Kelly, Jacqueline	The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
Kent, Rose	Rocky Road.
Khan, Rukhsana	Wanting Mor.
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody	The Reinvention of Moxie Roosevelt.
Kloepfer, John	The Zombie Chasers.
Korman, Gordon	The Chicken Doesn't Skate.
Korman, Gordon	Pop.
Kuhlman, Evan	The Last Invisible Boy.
Kuijer, Guus	The Book of Everything: A Novel.
Lairamore, Dawn	Ivy's Ever After.
Landon, Kristen	The Limit.
Latham, Irene	Leaving Gee's Bend.
Lester, Julius	Pharaoh's Daughter: A Novel of Ancient Egypt.
Levine, Gail Carson	Ever.
Levine, Gail Carson	The Two Princesses of Bamarre.
Lezotte, Ann Clare	T4: A Novel in Verse.
Lieb, Josh	I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President.
Lieurance, Suzanne	The Lucky Baseball: My Story in a Japanese-American Internment Camp.
Lloyd, Alison	Year of the Tiger.
Logsted, Greg	Alibi Junior High.
Lord, Cynthia	Touch Blue.
Lourie, Peter	Whaling Season: A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist.
Luper, Eric	Bug Boy.
Lupica, Mike	The Batboy.
Lupica, Mike	Summer Ball.
Lupica, Mike	Travel Team.
MacLean, Jill	The Nine Lives of Travis Keating.
Maldonado, Torrey	Secret Saturdays.
Marston, Elsa	The Ugly Goddess.
Martin, Ann M.	A Corner of the Universe.
Mass, Wendy	A Mango-Shaped Space: A Novel.
Matthews, L.S.	Fish.
McElligott, Matthew	Benjamin Franklinstein Lives! Wherein is Contained an Accounting of the Preparation, Suspension, and Eventual Reawakening of the Subject in Modern Day, and His Quest to Discover the Great Emergency.
McGowan, Keith	The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children: A Novel.
Meyer, Susan	Black Radishes.
Michael, Jan	City Boy.
Mikaelsen, Ben	Rescue Josh McGuire.
Mikaelsen, Ben	Stranded.
Milford, Kate	The Boneshaker.
Murphy, Jim	The Great Fire.
Myers, Walter Dean	The Cruisers.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Faith, Hope, and Ivy June.
Neumeier, Rachel	The Floating Islands.
Newbery Linda	Catcall.
Newbery Linda	Lost Boy.
Paolini, Christopher	Brisingr, or, The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular.
Paolini, Christopher	Eldest.
Paolini, Christopher	Eragon.
Patneaude, David	Epitaph Road.
Patt, Beverly	Best Friends Forever: A World War II Scrapbook.
Perkins, Lynne Rae	As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth.
Petersen, P.J.	Wild River.
Philbrick, W. R.	The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg.
Polak, Monique	The Middle of Everywhere.
Potter, Ellen	Slob.
Power, Timothy	The Boy Who Howled.
Preus, Margi	Heart of a Samurai: Based on the True Story of Nakahama Manjiro.
Pyle, Howard	The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire.
Rees, Celia	The Truth Out There.
Reichs, Kathy	Virals.
Renier, Aaron	Spiral-Bound: Top Secret Summer.
Rhodes, Jewell Parker	Ninth Ward.
Russell, David O.	Alienated.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz	The Dreamer.
Schröder, Monika	Saraswati's Way.
Schweizer, Chris	Crogan's Vengeance.
Senzai, N.H.	Shooting Kabul.
Shaw, Susan	The Boy From the Basement.
Simmons, Michael	Alien Feast.
Slade, Arthur G.	The Hunchback Assignments.
Stone, Tanya Lee	Almost Astronauts: The True Story of the "Mercury 13" Women.
Strickland, Brad	Flight of the Outcast.
Stroud, Jonathan	The Amulet of Samarkand.
Stroud, Jonathan	The Golem's Eye.
Stroud, Jonathan	Ptolemy's Gate.
Stroud, Jonathan	The Ring of Solomon: A Bartimaeus Novel.
Tashjian, Janet	My Life as a Book.
Trivas, Tracy	The Wish Stealers.
Vande Velde, Vivian	Never Trust a Dead Man.
Vanderpool, Clare	Moon Over Manifest.
Webster, Jean	Daddy-Long-Legs.
Weissman, Elissa Brent	The Trouble with Mark Hopper.
Wells, Rosemary	On the Blue Comet.
Westerfeld, Scott	Leviathan.
Whelan, Gloria	The Locked Garden.
Wiles, Deborah	Countdown.
Williams, Maiya	The Fizzy Whiz Kid.
Williams-Garcia, Rita	One Crazy Summer.
Winter, Laurel	Growing Wings.
Wooding, Chris	Malice.
Wright, Simeon	Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till.
Yansky, Brian	Alien Invasion and Other Inconveniences.
Yohalem, Eve	Escape Under the Forever Sky: A Novel.
Yolen, Jane	Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur.
Zalben, Jane Breskin	Four Seasons (A Novel in Four Movements).

Squires

Content appropriate for most entering 7th graders

Abadzis, Nick	Laika.
Adam, Paul	Max Cassidy: Escape from Shadow Island.
Akira, Shouko	Monkey High!
Anderson, Rachel	The Bus People.
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia	Token of Darkness.
Auch, Mary Jane	Guitar Boy.
Austen, Catherine	Walking Backward.
Avi	Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror.
Baldwin, James	The Story of Roland.
Baratz-Logsted, Lauren	The Twin's Daughter.
Barron, Kathi	Shattered.
Bauer, Joan	Close to Famous.
Bauer, Joan	Thwonk.
Beck, Ian	Pastworld: A Mystery of the Near Future, a Novel.
Bell, Hilari	A Matter of Profit.
Bodeen, S. A.	The Gardener.
Brian, Kate	The Princess & the Pauper.
Bryson, Bernarda	Gilgamesh: Man's First Story.
Buchanan, Michael	The Fat Boy Chronicles: Inspired by a True Story.
Bunce, Elizabeth C.	Star Crossed.
Cappo, Nan Willard	Cheating Lessons: A Novel.
Carey, Mike	Re-Gifters.
Carroll, Michael Owen	Super Human.
Childs, Tera Lynn	Goddess Boot Camp.
Childs, Tera Lynn	Oh. My. Gods.
Cooney, Caroline B.	Three Black Swans.
Cummings, Priscilla	Blindsided.
Deuker, Carl	High Heat.
Deuker, Carl	Payback Time.
Dionne, Erin	Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies.
Doyle, Arthur Conan	The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Draper, Sharon M.	Romiette and Julio.
Ellis, Ann Dee	Everything is Fine.
Ephron, Delia	The Girl with the Mermaid Hair.
Fleischman, Paul	Whirligig.
Ford, Michael Thomas	Z.
Friend, Natasha	For Keeps.
Garcia, Kami	Beautiful Creatures.
Garcia, Kami	Beautiful Darkness.
Gilmore, Kate	The Exchange Student.
Grant, K.M.	Blaze of Silver.
Grant, K.M.	Blood Red Horse.
Grant, K.M.	Green Jasper.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson	Claim to Fame.
Hawkins, Rachel	Demonglass: A Hex Hall Novel.
Hawkins, Rachel	Hex Hall.
Hayes, Rosemary	Payback.
Henry, April	Girl, Stolen: A Novel.
Holt, Kimberly Willis	The Water Seeker.
Horowitz, Anthony	Groosham Grange.
Horowitz, Anthony	Return to Groosham Grange: The Unholy Grail.
Hunter, Latoya	The Diary of Latoya Hunter: My First Year in Junior High.
Ingold, Jeanette	Paper Daughter.
Jinks, Catherine	The Reformed Vampire Support Group.
Jones, V.M.	Out of Reach.
Kade, Stacey	The Ghost and the Goth.
Kennedy, James	The Order of Odd-Fish.
Kephart, Beth	The Heart is Not a Size.
Kizer, Amber	Meridian.
Klause, Annette Curtis	The Silver Kiss.
Konigsburg, E. L.	Silent to the Bone.
Le Vann, Kate	Things I Know About Love.
Lekuton, Joseph	Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna.
Levitin, Sonia	The Cure.
Logue, Mary	Dancing with an Alien.
London, Jack	The Call of the Wild.
Lore, Pittacus	I Am Number Four.
Lynch, Janet Nichols	Messed Up.
Magoon, Kekla	The Rock and the River.
Mazer, Norma Fox	The Missing Girl.
McCaughrean, Geraldine	El Cid.
McKinley, Robin	The Blue Sword.
McKinley, Robin	The Hero and the Crown.
McKissack, Pat	Red-Tail Angels: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.
McNeal, Laura	Crooked.
Meminger, Neesha	Shine, Coconut Moon.
Mikaelsen, Ben	Ghost of Spirit Bear.
Mikaelsen, Ben	Touching Spirit Bear.
Millard, Glenda A	A S mall Free Kiss in the Dark.
Mlynowski, Sarah	Gimme a Call.
Monninger, Joseph	Wish.
Morpurgo, Michael	Beowulf.
Napoli, Donna Jo	Beast.
Norris, Shana	Troy High.
Northrop, Michael	Trapped.
Oppel, Kenneth	Half Brother.
Paulsen, Gary	Notes from the Dog.
Perez, Marlene	Dead is the New Black.
Philbin, Joanna	The Daughters.
Pike, Aprilynne	Illusions.
Pike, Aprilynne	Spells.
Pike, Aprilynne	Wings.
Pixley, Marcella Fleischman	Freak.
Pratchett, Terry	A Hat Full of Sky.
Pratchett, Terry	I Shall Wear Midnight: A Tiffany Aching Adventure.
Pratchett, Terry	Nation.
Pratchett, Terry	The Wee Free Men.
Pratchett, Terry	Wintersmith.
Preller, James	Bystander.
Prose, Francine	Touch.
Pyle, Howard	The Story of King Arthur and His Knights.
Rallison, Janette	My Double Life.
Reeve, Philip	Fever Crumb.
Reinhardt, Dana	Harmless.
Reinhardt, Dana	The Things a Brother Knows.
Rottman, S.L.	Out of the Blue.
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos	The Prince of Mist.
Sachar, Louis	The Cardturner: A Novel About a King, a Queen and a Joker.
Scrimger, Richard	Me & Death: An Afterlife Adventure.
Sedgwick, Marcus	Revolver.
Sheinmel, Courtney	My So-Called Family.
Sheinmel, Courtney	Positively.
Shulman, Polly	The Grimm Legacy.
Slayton, Fran Cannon	When the Whistle Blows.
Smelcer, John E.	The Great Death.
Smith, Jennifer E.	The Comeback Season.
Smith, Sherri L.	Flygirl.
Spinner, Stephanie	Quiver.
Springer, Nancy	Possessing Jessie.
Stanley, Diane	Saving Sky.
Stuber, Barbara	Crossing the Tracks: A Novel.
Taylor, Theodore	Sniper.
Twain, Mark	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Van Draanen, Wendelin	The Running Dream.
Vance, Susanna	Deep.
Wallenfels, Stephen	POD.
Walter, Eric	Branded.
Werlin, Nancy	Are You Alone on Purpose?
Whyman, Matt	Goldstrike: A Carl Hobbes Thriller.
Whyman, Matt	Icecore: A Carl Hobbes Thriller.
Williams, Carol Lynch	The Chosen One.
Zahn, Timothy	Dragon and Herdsman: The Fourth Dragonback Adventure.
Zahn, Timothy	Dragon and Judge: The Fifth Dragonback Adventure.
Zahn, Timothy	Dragon and Liberator: The Sixth Dragonback Adventure.
Zahn, Timothy	Dragon and Slave: The Third Dragonback Adventure.
Zahn, Timothy	Dragon and Soldier: The Second Dragonback Adventure.
Zahn, Timothy	Dragon and Thief: A Dragonback Adventure.

Knights

Content appropriate for most entering 8th and 9th graders

The following section contains books published for young adults.
Many of these titles address issues of adolescence and are for mature readers.

Abelove, Joan	Go and Come Back: A Novel.
Abrahams, Peter	Reality Check.
Alexander, Jill	The Sweetheart of Prosper County.
Anderson, Laurie Halse	Wintergirls.
Asher, Jay	Thirteen Reasons Why: A Novel.
Baratz-Logsted, Lauren	Crazy Beautiful.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell	They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
Billingsley, Franny	Chime.
Black, Holly	White Cat.
Blundell, Judy	What I Saw and How I Lied.
Bracken, Alexandra	Brightly Woven.
Brontë, Emily	Wuthering Heights.
Brooks, Bruce	Dolores: Seven Stories About Her.
Cadnum, Michael	Flash.
Calame, Don	Beat the Band.
Calame, Don	Swim the Fly.
Carbone, Elisa Lynn	Jump.
Card, Orson Scott	Pathfinder.
Carter, Ally	Heist Society.
Chima, Cinda Williams	The Demon King: A Seven Realms Novel.
Chima, Cinda Williams	The Exiled Queen: A Seven Realms Novel.
Condie, Allyson Braithwaite	Matched.
Cormier, Robert	I am the Cheese: A Novel.
Crutcher, Chris	Ironman.
Crutcher, Chris	Stotan!
Davis, Heather	Never Cry Werewolf.
Dessen, Sarah	Along for the Ride: A Novel.
Dessen, Sarah	Dreamland: A Novel.
Dowd, Siobhan	Solace of the Road.
Dumas, Alexandre	The Man in the Iron Mask.
Durst, Sarah Beth	Enchanted Ivy.
Engle, Margarita	The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba.
Flinn, Alex	Beastly.
Friedman, Carl	Nightfather.
Friesen, Jonathan	Rush.
Garsee, Jeannine	Say the Word.
Goodman, Alison	Eon: Dragoneye Reborn.
Goodman, Alison	Eona: The Last Dragoneye.
Gray, Keith	Ostrich Boys.
Haddon, Mark	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Harvey, Alyxandra	Blood Feud.
Harvey, Alyxandra	Hearts at Stake.
Harvey, Alyxandra	Out for Blood.
Hautman, Pete	Sweetblood.
Hickey, Caroline	Isabelle's Boyfriend.
Hoban, Julia	Willow.
Huntley, Amy	The Everafter.
Jennings, Patrick	Barb and Dingbat's Crybaby Hotline.
Jocelyn, Marte	Would You.
Johnson, Maureen	Devilish.
Kate, Lauren	Fallen.
Kate, Lauren	Torment: A Fallen Novel.
Keyes, Pamela	The Jumbee.
Klass, David	California Blue.
Koertge, Ronald	Stoner and Spaz.
Lake, Nick	Blood Ninja.
Lake, Nick	Blood Ninja II: The Revenge of Lord Oda.
Levithan, David	Boy Meets Boy.
Lewin, Ted	I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler.
Lloyd, Staci	The Carbon Diaries 2015.
Lloyd, Staci	The Carbon Diaries 2017.
MacCullough, Carolyn	Once a Witch.
Mackall, Dandi Daley	My Boyfriends' Dogs: The Tales of Adam and Eve and Shirley.
Mackler, Carolyn	Tangled.
Mahy, Margaret	The Magician of Hoad.
Mantchev, Lisa	Eyes Like Stars.
Mantchev, Lisa	Perchance to Dream.
Marchetta, Melina	Jellicoe Road.
Mazer, Harry	The Last Mission.
McBride, Lish	Hold Me Closer, Necromancer.
McCormick, Patricia	Purple Heart.
Messina, Lynn	Little Vampire Women.
Mussi, Sarah	The Door of No Return.
Myers, Edward	Far From Gringo Land.
Myers, Walter Dean	Hoops: A Novel.
Myers, Walter Dean	The Outside Shot.
Omololu, Cynthia Jaynes	Dirty Little Secrets.
Ostlere, Cathy	Karma: A Novel in Verse.
Pausewang, Gudrun	The Final Journey.
	Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court.
Pressler, Mirjam	Shylock's Daughter.
Reeve, Philip	Here Lies Arthur.
Resau, Laura	The Indigo Notebook.
Resau, Laura	The Ruby Notebook.
Schrefer, Eliot	The Deadly Sister.
Schroeder Lisa	Far From You.
Scott, Elizabeth	Grace.
Selzer, Adam	I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It.
Shusterman, Neal	Bruiser.
Silberberg, Alan	Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze.
Smith, Alexander Gordon	Lockdown.
Standiford, Natalie	Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters.
Stevenson, Robin	A Thousand Shades of Blue.
Stiefvater, Maggie	Shiver.
Stork, Francisco X.	The Last Summer of the Death Warriors.
Swarthout, Glendon Fred	Bless the Beasts and Children.
Trueman, Terry	Inside Out.
Vail, Rachel	Brilliant.
Vail, Rachel	Gorgeous.
Vail, Rachel	Lucky.
Volponi, Paul	Rikers High.
Warman, Jessica	Breathless.
Warman, Jessica	Where the Truth Lies.
Werlin, Nancy	The Killer's Cousin.
Wersba, Barbara	The Best Place to Live is the Ceiling: A Novel.
Westerfeld, Scott	Extras.
Westerfeld, Scott	Pretties.
Westerfeld, Scott	Specials.
Westerfeld, Scott	Uglies.
Weston, Paul Robert	Dust City.
Weyn, Suzanne	Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic.
Whelan, Gloria	See What I See.
White, T.H.	The Sword in the Stone.
White, Tracy	How I Made it to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story
Williams-Garcia, Rita	Jumped.
Wood, Maryrose	The Poison Diaries.
Yancy, Rick	The Curse of the Wendigo: William James Henry.
Yancy, Rick	The Monstrumologist: William James Henry.
Yolen, Jane	Foiled.