The Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel Non-fiction: Lincoln’s Graverobbers by Steve Sheinkin I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Young Readers’ Edition) by Malala Yusafzai, Christina Lamb Colin Fischer by Ashley Miller Non Fiction: Boy on a Wooden Box by Leon Leyson Warrior's Heart by Eric Greiten 8th Grade Required: Choose one fiction AND one Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Bruiser by Neal Shusterman Non-fiction: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story by Ben Carson and Cecil Murphy Required: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain How To Read Literature Like a Professor (for Kids) by Thomas C. Foster Hodges Bend Middle School On Level PreAP/GT 6th Grade Recommended: Read from the current or past Texas Library Association Lone Star Award Lists. You can see the lists at or Required: Read from the current or past Texas Library Association Lone Star Award Lists. You can see the lists at or 7th Grade Recommended: Read from the current or past Texas Library Association Lone Star Award Lists. You can see the lists at or Required: Read from the current or past Texas Library Association Lone Star Award Lists. You can see the lists at or 8th Grade Recommended: Read from the current or past Texas Library Association Lone Star Award Lists. You can see the lists at or Required: Read from the current or past Texas Library Association Lone Star Award Lists. You can see the lists at or Lake Olympia Middle School On Level PreAP/GT 6th Grade Required: Choose one of the following: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Heaven by Angela Johnson Zack Delacruz: Me and My Big Mouth by Jeff Anderson No Talking by Andrew Clements Zack Delacruz: Just My Luck by Jeff Anderson Required: Heaven by Angela Johnson Hatchet by Gary Soto 7th Grade Required: Choose one of the following: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Required: Choose one of the following: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
neighborhood of Fresno, California. pitting young people against one another;. her leg, and in trying to adapt to living in the United States. Holy Grail, and Morgana le Fay *Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Phillip Hoose Presents an account of 15 year old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case. Romiette and Julio Sharon Draper An African-American girl and a Latino boy fall in love after meeting on the Internet, but a gang who objects to their interracial dating harasses them. *Three Cups of Tea The Young Reader’s Edition Greg Mortenson and David Relin One man's journey to change the world-- one child at a time. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town as he plays hooky on an island, witnesses a crime, hunts for pirate's treasure, and becomes lost in a cave. *Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Ben Carson and Cecil Murphy Captures Dr. Ben Carson's fight to beat the odds, the secret behind his accomplishments as a pediatric neurosurgeon, and what drives him to take risks. Shabanu:Daughter of the Wind Suzanne Fisher Staples In a year that brings a sandstorm, a feud with a rich landowner, and other disasters, the daughter of a nomad in the Pakistan desert, becomes a victim of her people's views of gender roles and marriage. Touching Spirit Bear Ben Mikaelsen In order to avoid going to prison Cole agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a bear changes him. * denotes nonfiction