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Reading Recommendations |
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Here is a list of books that are picks by teachers, students, and the media specialist. The Georgia Book Award Nominees 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 are also listed.
The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake(6.0) Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer(6.7) On My Honor by Marion Bauer (5.3) Stand Tall by Joan Bauer (6.9) Rules by Cynthia Lord (4.5) Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (6.6) Snail Mail No More by Paula Danziger(6.2) So B. It by Sarah Weeks (5.2) Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos (5.9) Under the Baseball Moon by John Ritter (5.3) Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia R. Giff (6.4) The Maze by Will Hobbs (4.2) When Zachary Beaver Comes to Town by Kimberly Holt (5.0) Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg (6.0) Petey by Ben Mikaelsen (7.0) Shiloh by Phyllis R. Naylor (5.7) Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (6.0) Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs (4.4) The Monument by Gary Paulsen (7.5) A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck (4.2) Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (6.7) Crash by Jerry Spinelli (4.8) Loser by Jerry Spinelli (5.2) Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (5.4) Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt (6.3)
Historical Fiction Fever 1793 by Laurie H. Anderson(5.4) Crossing the Panther’s Path by Elizabeth Alder (8.1) The Road to Home by Mary Jane Auch (5.8) Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata (5.4) Stealing South: a story of the Underground Railroad by Katherine Ayres Surviving Jamestown by Gail Langer Karwoski (5.7) Quake! Disaster in San Francisco by Gail Langer Karwoski (5.5) Shakespeare’s Scribe by Gary Blackwood (6.0) For Freedom: the Story of a French Spy by Kimberly B. Bradley (4.8) Evvy’s Civil War by Miriam Brenaman (7.9) Jake’s Orphan by Margaret Brooke (6.4) Gangsters at the Grand Atlantic by Sarah M. Buckley (6.0) The Smuggler’s Treasure by Sarah M. Buckley (6.0) Betrayed! By Patricia Calvert (5.0) Stealing Freedom by Elisa Lynn Carbone (7.6) Cecile: Gates of Gold by Mary Cassanova (6.0) Blood on the River Jamestown by Elisa Lynn Carbone (4.8) Hill Hawk Hattie by Clara G. Clark (6.7) Jericho Walls by Kristi Collier (5.8) Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe (5.1) If I Ever Return Again by Corinne Demas (5.4) The Tears of the Salamander by Peter Dickinson (6.8) Neela: Victory Song by Chitra B. Divakaruni (6.0) Under a War Torn Sky by Laura Elliott (7.3) Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (4.0) The Strength of the Saints by A. LaFaye (5.0) Dreams in the Golden Country: the diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish immigrant girl by Kathryn Lasky (4.8)
Action/Adventure Fiction Midwinter Nightingale by Joan Aiken Crispin: the cross of Lead by Avi(5.3) Escape from Home by Avi Peak by Roland Smith A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements (6.3) The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert De Jong (5.0) A Girl named Disaster by Nancy Farmer (5.9) Danger in the Desert by Terri Fields (5.5) Far North by Will Hobbs (6.8) Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs (5.5) Stormbreaker series by Anthony Horowitz (8.5) The Seaman: the dog who explored the West with Lewis and Clark by Gail Karwoski (5.5) The Crouching Dragon by Leonard Lamensdorf The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Kathryn Lasky (5.1) The Meanest Doll in the World by Ann Martin (5.8) Countdown by Ben Mikaelsen (4.5) Red Midnight by Ben Mikaelsen (4.3) Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelsen (5.3) Sparrow Hawk Red by Ben Mikaelsen (6.0) Stranded by Ben Mikaelsen (4.4) Pirates!: the true and remarkable adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, female pirates by Celia Rees Frozen Stiff by Sherry Shahan (4.8) Safari Journal: the adventures in Africa of Carey Monroe by Hudson Talbott(6.8) Loch: a novel by Paul Zindel
Fantasy Fiction The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (6.0) The Seven Songs of Merlin by T.A. Barron (5.5) The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell (5.1) A String in the Harp by Nancy Bond (6.1) Artemis Fowl (or any in the series) by Eoin Colfer (6.7) The Boggart and the Monster by Susan Cooper (6.6) Into the Land of the Unicorns (or any from the Unicorn Chronicles) by Bruce Coville(5.7) The Seeing Stone(or any in the Arthur Trilogy) by Kevin Crossley-Holland(5.9) Hatching Magic by Ann Downer (6.2) So You Want to Be a Wizard(or any in the Young Wizard Series) by Diane Duane (7.0) The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau (6.2) Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (7.0) Kokopelli’s Flute by Will Hobbs(6.5) Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman(5.9) Into the Wild (or any from the Warriors Series) by Erin Hunter Redwall (or any from the Redwall series) by Brian Jacques(7.8) Circle of Doom by Tim Kennemore(5.8) Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine(4.2) Midnight for Charlie Bone(or any from the Charlie Bone series) by Jenny Nimmo (4.3) Eragon(or any in the series) by Christopher Paolini(7.5) Magic Steps by Tamora Pierce(6.8) The Dark Horse by Marcus Sedgwick(7.2) The Amulet of Samarkand(or any from Bartimaeus Trilogy) by Jonathan Stroud (5.5) The Tiger’s Apprentice(or any from tiger apprentice series) by Laurence Yep(6.8) Gossamer by Lois Lowry
Mystery/Suspense The Last Treasure by Janet Anderson(5.6) Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett(5.4) The Curse of the Blue Figurine by John Bellairs(5.4) The Mansion in the Mist by John Bellairs(5.7) Coffin on a Case by Eve Bunting (5.2) The Hockey Machine by Matt Christopher(4.6) The Terrorist by Caroline B. Cooney(5.7) Phoning a Dead Man by Gillian Cross(5.0) Locked in Time by Lois Duncan(7.4) The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke(6.8) Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters by Gail Giles The Mystery of Drear House:the conclusion of the Dies Drear Chronicle by Virginia Hamilton(5.1) Dew Drop Dead: a Sebastian Barth Mystery by James Howe (5.5) Nighty-nightmare by James Howe(5.0) Without a Trace by Carolyn Keene(6.0) Shadow Catcher by Betty Levin(7.0) The Flower Master by Sujata Massey (6.0) Someone was Watching by David Patneaude(4.5) The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (7.0) The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf by Wendelin Van Draanen(5.0) Trapped in Death Cave by Bill Wallace(4.5) The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright (5.0) Death on the Amazon by Paul Zindel(5.7)
Science Fiction The Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Galaxy (or the sequel) by Douglas Adams The Jedera Adventure by Lloyd Alexander(7.5) The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trent Lee Stewart (6.4) The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld The Kindling(or any from the Fire Us Trilogy) by Jennifer Armstrong Heartlight by T.A. Barron(6.2) Farhenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (9.0) Shape-changer by Bill Brittain (5.5) Ender’s Game(or any in the Ender’s Game series) by Orson Scott Card The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer Green Boy by Susan Cooper(5.8) Jurassic Park: a novel by Michael Crichton This Place Has No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger(4.6) The House of the Scorpion by N. Farmer(6.3) Among the Hidden(any from among the hidden series)by Margaret Peterson Haddix (4.7) Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix(6.0) The Merchant of Death(or any from the Pendgragon series) by D.J. MacHale (5.4) The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen(5.6) The Messenger by Lois Lowry(6.3) Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry(6.3) Songs of Power by Hilari Bell(6.4) Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements(7.3) Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville(4.9) I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X by Bruce Coville(4.9) Mind Games by Jeanne Marie Grunwell(6.8) Star Split by Kathryn Lasky(6.0) Lost in Cyberspace by Richard Peck(5.4) The Last book in the Universe by W.R. Philbrick(6.0) Parasite Pig by William Sleator Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde(7.6) Earthborn by Sylvia Waugh(6.7)
Classics Little Women by Louisa May Alcott(7.9) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte(8.8) A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett(4.8) The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Alice in Wonderland: and, Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll(6.9) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (6.0) The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle(6.8) King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard(7.0) The Three Musketeers by Jacques Le’Clercq (7.5) The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting (6.9) Anne of Avonlea: an Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery(7.8) Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (6.9) Heidi by Johanna Spyri(6.9) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson(7.0) Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain(6.8) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain(8.5) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (8.1) The Count of Monte Cristo by Robin Waterfield (7.5) The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss(8.9) GA Children’s Book Awards Nominees‘08-’09 Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts by Dowell (FIC DOW) Rules by Cynthia Lord (FIC LOR) Blood on the River James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone (FIC CAR) Journey to the Blue Moon by Rupp (FIC RUP) Truth and Salsa by Lowery (FIC LOW) Do Not Pass Go by Kirkpatric Hill (FIC HIL) Shield of Stars by Hilari Bell (FIC BEL) Way Down Deep by Ruth White (FIC WHI) The Amazing Flight of Darius Frobisher by Bill Harley (FIC HAR) Happy Kid by Gail Gauthier (FIC GAU) The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (FIC RIO) So B. It by Sarah Weeks (FIC WEE) Defiance by Valerie Hobbs (FIC HOB) Letters From Rapunzel by Holmes (FIC HOL) Peak by Roland Smith (FIC SMI) The Runaway Princess by Coombs (FIC COO) Heat by Mike Lupica (FIC LUP) Drita, My Homegirl by Lombard (FIC LOM) The Story of Jonas by Dahlberg (FIC DAH) The Thing About Georgie by Graff (FIC GRA)
Georgia Book Award Nominees 2009-2010 Trading Places by Mills (FIC MIL) Saving the Griffin by Nitz (FIC NIT) Uprising by Haddix (FIC HAD) The Wednesday Wars by Schmidt (FIC SCH) The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Berlin (FIC BER) The Rising Star of Rusty Nail by Blume (FIC BLU) Bearwalker by Bruchac (FIC BRU) The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous by Crowley (FIC CRO) Elijah of Buxton by Curtis (FIC CUR) Hiroshima Dreams by Easton (FIC EAS) The Entertainer and the Dybbuk by Fleishman (FIC FLE) The Sorta Sisters by Fogelin (FIC FOG) Football Genius by Tim Green (FIC GRE) Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Hahn (FIC HAH) Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra by Lichtman (FIC LIC) Greetings From Nowhere by O’Connor (FIC OCO) Billy Creekmore by Porter (FIC POR) Leepike Ridge by Wilson (FIC WIL) Someone Named Eva by Wolf (FIC WOL) Feathers by Woodson (FIC WOO)
Nonfiction Section 001.942 KRU What Really Happened in Roswell?: just the facts (plus the rumors) about the UFOs and aliens by Kathleen Krull (5.2) 004.1 MCC ENIAC, the Triumphs and Tragedies of the World’s first Computer by Scott McCartney (8.7) (92 BAR) Tasting the Palestinian Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat (031 IGG) The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden (92 MA) The Diary of Ma Yan by Ma Yan (92 JIA) The Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang 133.1 HOL The Haunted States of America--: haunted houses and spooky places in all 50 states—and Canada, too! by Joan Holub (4.9) (PBK 158 COV) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey (PBK 332 OLS) The Teenage Investor by Timothy Olsen 370 FEL Don’t Whistle in School: the History of America’s public schools by Ruth T. Feldman(8.1) 395 POS Emily Post’s Teen Etiquette by Elizabeth Post(8.5) 508.313 QUI The Case of the Monkeys that Fell through the Trees by Susan Quinlan (6.9) (597.3 WOJ) Shark Life by Peter Benchley (614.5 MUR) An American Plague by Jim Murphy 629.13 HAS Black Eagles: African Americans in Aviation by James Haskins (7.2) (646.7 BUC) The Daring Book for Girls by Buchanan and Peskowitz 688.7 WUL Toys: Amazing Stories Behind some great inventions by Don Wuffson(5.3) 796.357 RIT The Story of Baseball by Lawrence Ritter (8.0) 813 PAU How Angel Peterson got his name: and other outrageous tales about extreme sports by Gary Paulsen(6.3) 920 KRU Lives of the Presidents: fame, shame, and what the neighbors thought by Kathleen Krull (7.5) (940.54 FLE) Black and White Airmen: Their True History by John Fleischman |