Summer Reading 2020 - Middle School: Recommended Books

Black and White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor by Larry Dane Brimner

Bomb by Steve Sheinkin

Boxers and Saints Boxed Set by Gene Luen Yang (Illustrator); Lark Pien

Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes

Monster by Walter Dean Myers; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)

Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz

The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Scott McKowen (Illustrator); Arthur Conan Doyle

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas; Robin Buss (Introduction by, Notes by, Translator)

Deep Down Dark by Héctor Tobar

The Firm by John Grisham

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne; Scott McKowen (Illustrator); Arthur Pober (Afterword by)

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Animal Farm by George Orwell; Russell Baker (Preface by); C. M. Woodhouse (Introduction by)

The Arabian Nights by Kate Douglas Wiggin; Nora Archibald Smith; Maxfield Parrish (Illustrator)

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis; Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)

The Hobbit: Pocket Edition by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

The Case of the Deadly Desperados by Caroline Lawrence

Double Vision by F. T. Bradley

Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams

The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy

Conspiracy 365 - January by Gabrielle Lord

The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart; Carson Ellis (Illustrator)

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy

The Rivalry by John Feinstein

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

Swindle by Gordon Korman

Kid Lawyer by John Grisham

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

If You Find This by Matthew Baker

Boy21 by Matthew Quick

Chomp by Carl Hiaasen

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel

Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos

The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson; Chris Tebbetts; Laura Park (Illustrator)

Slob by Ellen Potter

The 10 PM Question by Kate De Goldi

The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo

Ungifted by Gordon Korman

Wonder by R. J. Palacio

The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel; Jim Tierney (Illustrator)

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Far North by William Hobbs; W. Hobbs

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Mr. Tucket by Gary Paulsen

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Peak by Roland Smith

Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick

The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio by Lloyd Alexander

Dodger by Terry Pratchett

Believe by Eric LeGrand; Mike Yorkey

The Last Hero by Howard Bryant

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by James Cross Giblin

Music Was IT by Susan Goldman Rubin

The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin

Satchel Paige by James Sturm; Rich Tommaso (Illustrator); Gerald Early (Introduction by)

Temple Grandin by Sy Montgomery; Temple Grandin

Unconditional Surrender by Albert Marrin

Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow; Nathan Whitaker

Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy; Nathan Whitaker (As told to); Denzel Washington (Foreword by)

Bone Detective by Lorraine Jean Hopping

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose

Courage Has No Color by Tanya Lee Stone

The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko

Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo; Lynn Vincent (As told to); Colton Burpo; Sonja Burpo

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Most Dangerous by Steve Sheinkin

Titanic by Deborah Hopkinson

Abner and Me by Dan Gutman

The Big Time by Tim Green

Crash by Jerry Spinelli

The Greatest by Walter Dean Myers

Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker

Heat by Mike Lupica

Hero by Mike Lupica

Inside the Helmet by Michael Strahan; Jay Glazer

One-Handed Catch by M. J. Auch

Payback Time by Carl Deuker

Qb 1 by Mike Lupica

Rush for the Gold by John Feinstein

Samurai Shortstop by Alan Gratz

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ronald Koertge

Unstoppable by Tim Green

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac

An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo

Jump into the Sky by Shelley Pearsall

The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier; Christopher Collier

No Man's Land by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

Airman by Eoin Colfer

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

The Amulet of Samarkland by Jonathan Stroud

The Outcasts by John Flanagan

Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Dormia by Jake Halpern; Peter Kujawinski

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull; Brandon Dorman (Illustrator)

Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke

Gregor - The Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Joshua Dread by Lee Bacon

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld; Keith Thompson (Illustrator)

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

The Lost Years by T. A. Barron

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry; Ridley Pearson; Greg Call (Illustrator)

Pillage by Obert Skye

The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan

Redwall by Brian Jacques

The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Adventurers Wanted, Book 1 by M. L. Forman

The Name of This Book Is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch

This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel

The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann

The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Illustrator)