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Spectacular Summer Reads

Page history last edited by Lynell Butler-Williams 12 years, 9 months ago

 

 

 

 

If you are not sure what to read this summer, here are about 200 possibilities!  The category key is located at the bottom of the table. Some of the books have been favorites of SWA students this year, but if you don't see your favorite books or authors, please be sure to share them with us in the comment section at the bottom of this page.

 

 

Title

Author

Category

Storm Runners

Smith, Roland

B, A

The Adventures of Ook & Gluk

Pilkey, Dave

B, Humor

Battle of the Red-Hot Pepper Weenies: and other Warped and Creepy Tales

Lubar, David

B, Humor

NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue and Defense Society

Buckley, Michael

B, Humor

Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court 

Aronson, Mark & Charles R. Smith, Jr

B, Sports

Best of the Best The Big Time Rivals

Green, Tim

B, Sports

Extra credit

Clements, Andrew

BES10, RF

11 birthdays

Mass, Wendy

BES10, RF, G

Peace, Locomotion

Woodson, Jacqueline

BES10, RF

Compound, The

Bodeen, S. A.

BES10, SF

Boost

Mackel, Kathryn

BES10, RF

Every soul a star

Mass, Wendy

BES10, RF

When you reach me

Stead, Rebecca

BES10, F

Chasing Lincoln's Killer

Swanson, James L.

BES10, NF

The Hunger Games

Colins, Suzanne

BES10, SF

Gamer Girl

Mancusi, Mari

BES10, F

Flygirl

Smith, Sherri

BES10, HF

Case Of The Case Of Mistaken Identity.

Barnett, M.

BES11, RF

Girl Who Could Fly.

Forester, V.

BES11, F

Dream Of Night.

Henson, H.

BES11, RF, G

Turtle In Paradise.

Holm, Jennifer

BES11, RF, G

After All, You're Callie Boone

Mack, W.

BES11, RF, G

Everything For A Dog

Martin, Ann

BES11, RF

Emily's Fortune

Naylor, Patricia

BES11, HF

Long Walk To Water

Park, Linda

BES11, RF, MC

Gold Rush Kid

Waldorf, M.

BES11, HF, B

42 Miles

Zimmer, T.

BES11, RF, G

Cosmic

Cottrell Boyce, F.

BES11, SF

Out Of My Mind

Draper, Sharon

BES11, RF, G

Defense Of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter

Gosselink, J.

BES11, RF

Smoky Corridor

Grabenstein, C.

BES11, Scary

Closed For The Season

Hahn, Mary

BES11, Scary

Fish

Mone, Gregory

BES11, F

Trash

Mulligan, A.

BES11, RF, B

Half Brother

Oppel, Kenneth

BES11, RF, B

Bystander

Preller, J.

BES11, RF, B

One Crazy Summer

Williams-Garcia, R.

BES11, HF

Kiss In Time

Flinn, A.

BES11, HF

Rock And The River

Magoon, K.

BES11, HF

The BFG

Dahl, Roald

F

The Black Book of Buried Secrets

Kass, Mallory

F

Fever Crumb

Reeve, Phillip

F

Baseball Card Adventures

Gutman, Dan

F, A

The Ranger's Apprentice

Flanagan, John

F, A, Series

Riley Bloom books

Noel, Alyson

F, G

Ghost Girl

Hurley, Tonya

F, G

Switch Snap

Snow, Carol

F, G

H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villianous Education

Walden, Mark

F, Humor

Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

Fantaskey, Beth.

F, Series

Tales of Beedle the Bard

Rowling, J. K.

F, Series

Sardine in Outerspace

Guibert, Emmanuel

GN

Smile

Telgemeier, Raina

GN

Doodlebug: a novel in doodles

Young, Karen Romano

GN

Rapunzel's Revenge

Hale, Shannon

GN

Clan Apis

Hosler, Jay

GN

Laika

Abadzis, Nick

GN

Trickster: Native American Tales

Dembicki, Matt

GN

Blindspot

Pyle, Kevin

GN

Captured by Pirates

Fontes, Justine

GN

Copper

Kibuishi, Kazu

GN

Ghostopolis

TenNapel, Doug

GN

Mail Order Ninja

Elder, Joshua

GN

Storm in the Barn

Phelan, Matt

GN

Maximum Ride Daniel X Witch & Wizard

Patterson, James

GN F

Bone

Smith, Jeff

GN Series

City of Spies

Kim, Susan

GN, B

Chiggers

Larson, Hope

GN, G

Baby Mouse

Holm, Jennifer & Matthew Holm

GN, G

Baby-sitters club

Martin, Ann

GN, G

Pride & Prejudice

Butler, Nancy

GN, G

To Dance: A Memoir

Siegal, Sienna

GN, G

Alice

Dowling, Lela

GN, G

Queen Bee

Clugston-Major, Chynna

GN, G

Avalon High

Cabot, Meg

GN, G, Series

The Cartoon Chronicals of America: The Road to Revolution

Mack, Stanley

GN, NF

Mouse Guard

Peterson, David

GN, Series

Runaways

Weldon, Joss

GN, Series

Gear School

Galardo, Adam

GN, Series

Olympians

O'Connor, George

GN, Series

WJHC

Fisher, Jane Smith

GN, Series

Countdown

Wiles, Deborah

HF

Saving Zacha

Barrow, Randi

HF

The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 : a Novel Bud, Not Buddy

Elijah of Buxton

Curtis, Christopher Paul

HF

A Boy at War: a Novel of Pearl Harbor

Mazer, Harry

HF

Heart of a Samurai

Preus, Margi

HF, AW

A Whole Nother Story

Soup, Cuthbert

Humor

Baron the Cat Returns

Hiiragi, Aoi

M

Time Guardian

Kishi, Daimuro

M

Cowa!

Toriyama, Akira,

M

Dragon Ballz

 

M

Shabanu : daughter of the wind

Staples, Suzanne Fisher

MC

The Cruisers

Myers, Walter Dean

MC

Where the Streets Had a Name

Abdel-Fattah, Randa

MC

The skin I'm in

Flake, Sharon

MC, RF, G

Death Cloud 

Andrew Lane

Mystery

The Westing Game

Raskin, Ellen

Mystery

The Name of this Book is Secret This Book is Not Good For You If You're Reading This, It's too Late

Bosch, Pseudnymous

Mystery, Humor

Shipwreck at the bottom of the world : the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance

Armstrong, Jennifer

NF

Bound for the North Star : true stories of fugitive slaves

Fradin, Dennis B

NF

A Poke in the I : a Collection of Concrete Poems

Various Authors

NF

The greatest : Muhammad Ali

Myers, Walter Dean

NF

Carver, a life in poems

Nelson, Marilyn

NF

Gutsy Girls : Young Women who Dare

Schwager, Tina

NF

Well Defined: Vocabulary in Rhyme

Salinger, Michael, and Sam Henderson

NF

Great and Only Barnum: the Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum

Fleming, Candace.

NF

100 Most Awesome Things on the Planet

Claybourne, Anna

NF

Animals Close Up

Siwanowicz, Igor

NF

At War: Desert Storm 1990-1991

Evans, Anthony

NF

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

D'Aulaires

NF

Mysteries Unwrapped: The Secrets of Alcatraz

Sloate, Susan & Josh Cochran

NF

How the States Got Their Shapes

 

NF

Soul Surfer

Hamilton, Bethany

NF

World War II Fact Book

Darman, Peter

NF

The Year in Sports 2011

Scholastic

NF

The Dreamer

Ryan, Pam Munoz & Peter Sis

NF, AW

Would You Rather…? Radically Repulsive

Heimberg, Justin & David Gomberg

NF, B

Teen angst? Naaah-- a quasi-autobiography

Vizzini, Ned

NF, B

Deadly Perils: And How to Avoid Them

Turner, Tracey, and Ben Hasler

NF, B

100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet

Claybourne, Anna

NF, B

100 Most Disgusting Things on the Planet

Claybourne, Anna

NF, B

Deal with it! : a whole new approach to your body, brain, and life as a girl

Drill, Esther

NF, G

Rimshots : basketball pix, rolls, and rhythms

Smith, Charles R.

NF, Sports

Poison Apple

Various Authors

Poetry

Locomotion

Peace, Locomotion

If You Come Softly

Woodson, Jacqueline

RF

Dear Mr. Henshaw

Cleary, Beveryl

RF

A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray

Martin, Ann

RF

How I Nicky Flynn Finally Get a Life

Corriveau, Art

RF

How I Survived Being a Girl

Van Draanen, Wendelin

RF

I Survived

Trashis, Lauren

RF

Knots in my Yo-Yo String The Library Card

Spinelli, Jerry

RF

A Long Way from Chicago

Peck, Richard

RF

The Loser List

Kowitt, H.N.

RF

My Fake Boyfriend is Better than Yours

Springer, Kristina

RF

Old Yeller

Gipson, Frank

RF

Ruby Holler

Creech, Sharon

RF

Rules

Lord, Cynthia

RF

Trapped

Northrop, Michael

RF

Moon Over Manifest

Vanderpool, Clare

RF, AW

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Konigsburg, E.L.

RF, AW

The Moves Make the Man: a novel

Brooks, Bruce.

RF, B

Freak the Almighty

Philbrick, Rodman

RF, B

Million Dollar Throw Summer Ball Shoot-out Hero

Lupica, Mike

RF, B

Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie Zen and the Art of Faking It After Ever After

Sonnenblick, Jordan

RF, B

No Passengers Beyond This Point Al Capone Does My Shirts Al Capone Shines My Shoes

Choldenko, Gennifer

RF, B

Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol

Krieg, Jim

RF, B, Humor

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-Made Catastrophies

Look, Lenore

RF, B, Humor

The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda

Angleberger, Tom

RF, B, Humor

We Could be Brothers

Barnes, Derrick

RF, B, Humor

The Misfits

Howe, James

RF, B, Humor

Lawn Boy Lawn Boy Returns Tracker

Paulsen, Gary

RF, B, Humor SF

Big Nate

Peirce, Lincoln

RF, B, Humor, Series

A Good Long Way

Saldana, Rene

RF, B, MC

Squashed

Bauer, Joan

RF, G

All alone in the universe

Perkins, Lynne Rae

RF, G

Angus, Thongs, and Full-frontal Snogging

Rennison, Louise

RF, G

Firegirl

Abbott, Tony

RF, G

Close to Famous 

Joan Bauer

RF, G

Eleven

Giff, Patricia

RF, G

Finally

Mass, Wendy

RF, G

The Romeo & Juliet Code

Stone, Phoebe

RF, G

Confetti Girl

Lopez. Diana

RF, G

Deep Down Popular

Stone, Phoebe

RF, G

Wish I Might

Paratore, Coleen

RF, G

Sixth Grade Glommers, Norks, & Me

Papademetri, Lisa

RF, G, Humor

Breakaway

Montalbano, Andrea

RF, G, Sports

Pretty Tough

Tiglaar, Liz

RF, G, Sports

Soccer Chick Rules

Fitzgerald, Dawn

RF, G, Sports

Science Fair

Barry, Dave

RF, Humor

Liar, Liar

Paulsen, Gary

RF, Humor

My Life as a Book

Tashjian, Janet

RF, Humor

Words in the Dust

Reedy, Trent

RF, MC

Skeleton Man

Bruchac, Joseph

Scary

Coraline The Graveyard Book

Gaiman, Neal

Scary

Stolen Children

Kehret, Peg

Scary

Wait Till Helen Comes

Hahn, Mary Downing

Scary

Goosebumps Fear Street

Stine, R.L.

Scary, Series

Artemis Fowl

Colfer, Eoin

Series

Among the Hidden

Haddix, Margaret

Series

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Kinney, Jeff

Series

The 39 Clues

Various Authors

Series

My Sister the Vampire

Mercer, Sienna

Series

Skeleton Creek Trackers

Carman, Patrick

Series

Ten True Tales: The Secret Agent and other Kid Spies

Zullo, Allan

Series

Tomorrow Girls

Gray, Eva

Series

Joey Pigza

Gantos, Jack

Series, B

Candy Apple

Santana, Jenny

Series, G

Cinderella Cleaners

Gold, Maya

Series, G

Dork Diaries

Russell

Series, G

Swindle Zoobreak Framed The 6th Grade Name Game

Korman, Gordon

Series, Humor

Tomorrow, when the war began

Marsden, John

SF

The Clockwork Three

Kirby, Matthew

SF

The Clone Codes

McKissacks

SF

Found

Sabotaged

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

SF, Series

Gregor the Overlander

The Hunger Games

Catching Fire

Mockingjay

Collins, Suzanne

SF, Series

The Last Invisible Boy

Kuhlman, Evan

SF

The Suburb Beyond the Stars

Anderson, M.T.

SF

Heroes of the Valley

Stroud, Jonathan

SF, A

Alcatraz Verses the Evil Librarians

Sanderson, Brandon

SF, B, Series

The Kane Chronicles

Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Riordan, Rick

SF, Series

 

 

 

Key:

A - Adventure

 

 

AW - Award Winner

 

 

B - Boy interests

 

 

BES - Black-eyed Susan Nominees

 

 

F - Fantasy

 

 

GN - Graphic Novel

 

 

HF- Historical Fiction

 

 

M - Manga

 

 

MC - Multicultural

 

 

NF - Non-Fiction

 

 

RF - Realistic Fiction

 

 

SF - Science Fiction

 

 

 

 

Comments (1)

Lynell Butler-Williams said

at 9:01 pm on Jun 16, 2011

Just letting you all know that my first summer reading book is A Kiss In Time by Alex Flinn. It is one of next year's Black-eyed Susan Nominees. It is a re-write of Sleeping Beauty, but the main character, Talia has slept for 300 years is kissed by Jack in our modern time. Can't wait to start reading it!!

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