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Suggested reading for students entering
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| REALISTIC FICTION | ||
| JF | Adler, C.S. | Always and Forever Friends |
| JF | Bauer, Joan | Sticks |
| JF, pbk | Birdseye, Tom | Just Call Me Stupid |
| JF, pbk | Bodett, Tom | Williwaw |
| JF | Bechard, Margaret | My Sister, My Science Report |
| JF | Brown, Susan | You're Dead David Borelli |
| JF, pbk | Bunting, Eve | Our Sixth Grade Sugar Babies |
| JF | Cottrell, Frank | Millions |
| JF, pbk | Creech, Sharon | Absolutely Normal Chaos |
| JF, pbk | Danziger, Paula | PS Longer Letter Later |
| JF, pbk | DiCamillo, Kate | Because of Winn Dixie |
| JF | Dowell, Frances | The Secret Language of Girls |
| JF, pbk | Ellis, Deborah | The Breadwinner |
| JF | Fine, Anne | Step By Wicked Step |
| JF, pbk | Gantos, Jack | Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key |
| JF, pbk | George, Jean | My Side Of The Mountain |
| JF | Getz, David | Thin Air |
| JF, pbk | Gutman, Dan | The Kid Who Ran For President |
| JF | Konigsburg, E.L. | Father's Arcane Daughter |
| JF, pbk | Korman, Gordon | Dive Series |
| Island Series | ||
| Everest Series | ||
| No More Dead Dogs | ||
| JF, pbk | Lowry, Lois | Anastasia Krupnik |
| JF, pbk | McKay, Hilary | The Exiles |
| JF, pbk | Mills, Claudia | Standing Up To Mr. O |
| JF, pbk | Myracle, Lauren | Eleven |
| JF, pbk | Naylor, Phyllis | Shiloh |
| JF | Park, Barbara | The Graduation Of Jake Moon |
| JF, pbk | Perkins, Lynne Rae | All Alone In the Universe |
| JF, pbk | Peters, Julie Ann | Revenge Of the Snob Squad |
| JF, pbk | Ruckman, Ivy | Nigh Of the Twisters |
| JF, pbk | Sachar, Louis | Dogs Don't Tell Jokes |
| JF, pbk | Snyder, Zilpha | Libby On Wednesday |
| JF | Turner, Ann | One Brave Summer |
| JF, pbk | Voigt, Cynthia | Bad Girls |
| JF, pbk | Wardlaw, Lee | Seventh Grade Weirdo |
| 101 Ways To Bug Your Parents | ||
| JF, pbk | Yee, Lisa | Millicent Min, Girl GeniusJF, pbk |
| JF, pbk | Yep, Laurence | Ribbons |
| HISTORICAL FICTION | ||
| JF, pbk | Alexander, Lloyd | The Illyrian Adventure |
| JF | Brandford, Henrietta | Fire, Bed and Bone |
| JF, pbk | Brink, Carolyn Ryrie | Caddie Woodlawn |
| JF, pbk | Burnett, Frances | A Little Princess |
| JF | Choldenko, Gennifer | Al Capone Does My Shirts |
| JF | Cushman, Karen | The Midwife's Apprentice |
| JF, pbk | DeFelice, Cynthia | The Apprenticeship Of Lucas Whittaker |
| JF | Dennenberg, Barry | When Will This Cruel War Be Over |
| JF | Enright, Elizabeth | The Saturdays |
| JF, pbk | Giff, Patricia Reilly | Lily's Crossing |
| JF | Giff, Patricia Reilly | Nory Ryan's Song |
| JF | Hesse, Karen | Out Of the Dust |
| JF, pbk | Lasky Katherine | The Ballad Of Lucy Whipple |
| JF | Levitin, Sonia | Journey To America |
| JF, pbk | Lord, Betty Bao | In the Year Of the Boar and Jackie Robinson |
| JF, pbk | Lowry, Lois | Number the Stars |
| JF | Maguire, Gregory | The Good Liar |
| JF | Orlev, Uri | Run, Boy Run |
| JF, pbk | Paulsen, Gary | Mr. Tucket |
| JF, pbk | Peck, Richard | A Long Way From Chicago |
| JF | Pryor, Bonnie | Thomas |
| JF, pbk | Salisbury, Graham | Under the Blood Red Sun |
| JF, pbk | Taylor, Mildred | Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
| JF | Updale, Eleanor | Montmorency: Liar, Thief, Gentleman |
| JF, pbk | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | Little House On the Prarie |
| FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION | ||
| JF, pbk | Avi | Poppy |
| JF, pbk | Banks, Lynne Reid | The Indian In the Cupboard |
| JF | Billingsley, Frannie | Well Wished |
| JF, pbk | Byng, Georgia | Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism |
| JSF, pbk | Cameron, Eleanor | The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet |
| JF, pbk | Dahl, Roald | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| JF | DiCamillo, Kate | The Tale of Despereaux |
| JF, pbk | Divakaruni, Chitra | The Conch Bearer |
| JF, pbk | DuPrau, Jeanne | City Of Ember |
| JF, pbk | Edwards, Julie | The Last Of the Really Great Whangdoodles |
| JF | Fletcher, Susan | Dragon's Milk |
| JF, pbk | Funke, Cornelia | Inkheart |
| JF, pbk | Gormley, Beatrice | Fifth Grade Magic |
| JF, pbk | Hunter, Erin | The Warriors Series |
| JF, pbk | Ibbotson, Eva | The Secret of Platform 13 |
| JF | Kesslet, Liz | The Tail of Emily Windsnap |
| JF, pbk | Levine, Gail Carson | Ella Enchanted |
| JF, pbk | Matas, Carol | A Meeting of Minds |
| JF, pbk | Nimmo, Jenny | Midnight for Charlie Bone |
| JF, pbk | Pearce, Phillipa | Tom's Midnight Garden |
| JF, pbk | Pearson, Kit | Awake and Dreaming |
| JF | Regan, Dian Curtis | Princess Nevermore |
| JF, pbk | Rowling, JK | Harry Potter Series |
| JF | Snicket, Lemony | A Series of Unfortunate Events |
| JF | Steward, Paul | The Edge Chronicles |
| JF, pbk | Waugh, Gloria | The Mennyms |
| JF, pbk | Woodruff, Elvira | the Summer I Shrank My Grandmother |
| JF, pbk | Yep, Laurence | Dragon of the Lost Sea |
| SPORTS STORIES | ||
| JF | Adler, CS | Winning |
| JF, pbk | Avi | S O R Losers |
| JF, pbk | Brooks, Bruce | Wolfbay Wings Series |
| JF | Bruchac, Joseph | Warriors |
| JF, pbk | Gutman, Dan | Baseball Card Adventures Series |
| JF, pbk | Hughes, Dean | Scrappers Series |
| JF, pbk | Hurwitz, Johanna | Baseball Fever |
| JF, pbk | Korman, Gordon | Toilet Paper Tigers |
| JF, pbk | Myers, Walter Dean | Me, Mop and Moondance |
| JF | Roberts, Kristi | My 13th Summer |
| JF, pbk | Ritter, John | The Boy Who Saved Baseball |
| JF | Russo, Marisabina | House of Sports |
| JF, pbk | Smith, Robert K. | Bobby Baseball |
| MYSTERIES | ||
| JM | Bellairs, John | House With a Clock in the Walls |
| JM, pbk | Byars, Betsy | The Dark Stairs |
| JM | Carris, Joan | Beward the Ravens Aunt Morbella |
| JM, pbk | Dixon, Franklin | Hardy Boys Series |
| JM | Fitzhugh, Louise | The Long Secret |
| JM | Gorman, Carol | Jennifer the Jerk Is Missing |
| JM, pbk | Gutman, Dan | Qwerty Stevens Series |
| JM, pbk | Haddix, Margaret | Running Out of Time |
| JM, pbk | Hahn, Mary | The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster |
| JM, pbk | Hahn, Mary | Wait Till Helen Comes |
| JM | Horowitz, Anthony | The Falcon's Malteser |
| JM, pbk | Keene, Carolyn | Nancy Drew Series |
| JM, pbk | Naylor, Phyllis | Jade Green |
| JM, pbk | Roberts, Willo Davis | The Absolutely True Story: How I Visited Yellowstone Park With the Terrible Rupes |
| JM, pbk | Skuryzinski, Gloria | Mysteries in Our National Parks |
| JM, pbk | Van Draanen, Wend | Sammy Keyes Series |
| JM, pbk | Wallace, Barbara | Sparrows in the Scullery |
| JM | Yep, Laurence | The Case of the Goblin Pearls |
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