Check out this list of my favorite books that I have categorized by genre. Look for these books in the CRMS media center, in the 100 Book Challenge bins, or on the bookshelves in our classroom.
ADVENTURE
The Hatchet Series (Paulsen) Zach's Lie (Smith) Jake's Run (Smith) Alabama Moon (Key) My Side of the Mountain (George) The Young Man and the Sea (Philbrick)
ANIMALS/PETS Shiloh Vet Volunteers (Anderson) White Fang, Call of the Wild (London) My Friend Flicka- Mary O’Hara Misty of Chincoteague¬- Marguerite Henry No More Dead Dogs- Gordon Korman Julie of the Wolves (O'Dell)
FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION Beastly (Flinn) The Twilight Series (Meyer) A Wrinkle in Time (L'Engle) If I Stay (Forman) The Graveyard Book (Gaiman) Feed- M.T. Anderson The Barcode Tattoo- Suzanne Weyn The Hunger Games-Suzanne Collins Ender’s Game- Orson Scott Card Compound (Bodeen) Life as We Knew It (Pfeffer) In the Forest of the Night (Atwater-Rhodes)
HISTORICAL FICTION Fever 1793 (Anderson) Chained (Anderson) Eyes of the Emperor (Salisbury My Brother Sam is Dead All the Broken Pieces (Burg) Flygirl (Smith) The Boy Who Dared (Bartoletti) Al Capone Does My Shirts (Choldenko) Coal Black Horse (Olmstead) Catherine, Called Birdie (Cushman) Code Talker (Bruchac) Out of the Dust (Hesse)
SPORTS Peak (Smith) Heat and anything else by Lupica Maniac Magee (Spinelli) Cinderella in Cleats (Sims) Soul Surfer (Hamilton) Hoops (Myers) Throw Like a Girl (Finch) Baseball Great (Green) Black Star, Bright Dawn (O'Dell)
SERIES
The Lightning Thief- Rick Riordan
Hatchet- Gary Paulsen
Peeps- Scott Westerfeld
Gregor the Overlander-
Homecoming- Cynthia Voigt
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants- Ann Brashares
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod-
Alex Rider- Anthony Horowitz
A Series of Unfortunate Events- Lemony Snicket
Maximum Ride- James Patterson
Eragon- Christopher Paolini
The His Dark Materials Trilogy- Philip Pullman
The Uglies Trilogy- Scott Westerfeld
Twilight- Stephenie Meyer
Cirque du Freak- Darren Shan
MYSTERY/HORROR/THRILLER Red Kayak (Cummings) Tangerine (Bloor) The Mailbox (Shafer) The Face on the Milk Carton and anything else by Cooney Elsewhere- Zevin Wait 'Til Helen Comes and anything else by Hahn A Northern Light (Donnelly) Code Orange (Cooney) Coraline (Gaiman)
MYTHOLOGY The Percy Jackson Series
POETRY Bronx Masquerade (Grimes) Peace, Locomotion (Woodson) All the Broken Pieces (Burg) Shark Girl (Bingham)
Anything by Silverstein
REALISTIC FICTION Waiting for Normal (Conners) Twisted (Anderson) Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie (Sonnenblick) After Ever After (Sonnenblick, Sequel to Drums, Girls, Dangerous Pie) Jacob Have I Loved- Katerine Patterson First Part Last- Angela Johnson The Watsons Go to Birmingham- Christopher Paul Curtis Miracle’s Boys- Jacqueline Woodson A Ring of Perfect Light- Madeline L’Engle The Breadwinner- Deborah Ellis Stargirl- Spinelli
Check out this list of my favorite books that I have categorized by genre. Look for these books in the CRMS media center, in the 100 Book Challenge bins, or on the bookshelves in our classroom.
ADVENTURE
The Hatchet Series (Paulsen)
Zach's Lie (Smith)
Jake's Run (Smith)
Alabama Moon (Key)
My Side of the Mountain (George)
The Young Man and the Sea (Philbrick)
ANIMALS/PETS
Shiloh
Vet Volunteers (Anderson)
White Fang, Call of the Wild (London)
My Friend Flicka- Mary O’Hara
Misty of Chincoteague¬- Marguerite Henry
No More Dead Dogs- Gordon Korman
Julie of the Wolves (O'Dell)
FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION
Beastly (Flinn)
The Twilight Series (Meyer)
A Wrinkle in Time (L'Engle)
If I Stay (Forman)
The Graveyard Book (Gaiman)
Feed- M.T. Anderson
The Barcode Tattoo- Suzanne Weyn
The Hunger Games-Suzanne Collins
Ender’s Game- Orson Scott Card
Compound (Bodeen)
Life as We Knew It (Pfeffer)
In the Forest of the Night (Atwater-Rhodes)
HISTORICAL FICTION
Fever 1793 (Anderson)
Chained (Anderson)
Eyes of the Emperor (Salisbury
My Brother Sam is Dead
All the Broken Pieces (Burg)
Flygirl (Smith)
The Boy Who Dared (Bartoletti)
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Choldenko)
Coal Black Horse (Olmstead)
Catherine, Called Birdie (Cushman)
Code Talker (Bruchac)
Out of the Dust (Hesse)
SPORTS
Peak (Smith)
Heat and anything else by Lupica
Maniac Magee (Spinelli)
Cinderella in Cleats (Sims)
Soul Surfer (Hamilton)
Hoops (Myers)
Throw Like a Girl (Finch)
Baseball Great (Green)
Black Star, Bright Dawn (O'Dell)
SERIES
The Lightning Thief- Rick Riordan
Hatchet- Gary Paulsen
Peeps- Scott Westerfeld
Gregor the Overlander-
Homecoming- Cynthia Voigt
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants- Ann Brashares
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod-
Alex Rider- Anthony Horowitz
A Series of Unfortunate Events- Lemony Snicket
Maximum Ride- James Patterson
Eragon- Christopher Paolini
The His Dark Materials Trilogy- Philip Pullman
The Uglies Trilogy- Scott Westerfeld
Twilight- Stephenie Meyer
Cirque du Freak- Darren Shan
MYSTERY/HORROR/THRILLER
Red Kayak (Cummings)
Tangerine (Bloor)
The Mailbox (Shafer)
The Face on the Milk Carton and anything else by Cooney
Elsewhere- Zevin
Wait 'Til Helen Comes and anything else by Hahn
A Northern Light (Donnelly)
Code Orange (Cooney)
Coraline (Gaiman)
MYTHOLOGY
The Percy Jackson Series
POETRY
Bronx Masquerade (Grimes)
Peace, Locomotion (Woodson)
All the Broken Pieces (Burg)
Shark Girl (Bingham)
Anything by Silverstein
REALISTIC FICTION
Waiting for Normal (Conners)
Twisted (Anderson)
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie (Sonnenblick)
After Ever After (Sonnenblick, Sequel to Drums, Girls, Dangerous Pie)
Jacob Have I Loved- Katerine Patterson
First Part Last- Angela Johnson
The Watsons Go to Birmingham- Christopher Paul Curtis
Miracle’s Boys- Jacqueline Woodson
A Ring of Perfect Light- Madeline L’Engle
The Breadwinner- Deborah Ellis
Stargirl- Spinelli