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Recreational Reading for Junior High

Adventure and Survival

-Aiken, Joan

Is Underground

-Avi *Crispin

The Cross Of Lead

The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle

-Barry, Dave

*Peter And The Starcatchers

-Bateman, Colin

*Running With The Reservoir Pups

-Bodett, Tom

Williwaw!

-Buckley-Archer, Linda

*Gideon, The Cutpurse

-Calhoun, Dia

Firegold

-Campbell, Eric

The Shark Callers

-Carbone, Elisa

Storm Warriors

-Carter, Alden

Between A Rock and A Hard Place

-Colfer, Eoin

*Artemis Fowl

-Cooney, Caroline

Flight #116 Is Down

-Cottonwood, Joe

Quake!

-Cross, Gillian

*The Dark Ground

-Farmer, Nancy

A Girl Named Disaster

-Fox, Paula

Monkey Island

-Garland, Sherry

The Silent Storm

-Grant, K.

M. How The Hangman Lost His Heart

-Gregory, Kristiana

Earthquake At Dawn

-Hale, Marian

Dark Water Rising

-Harper, Jo

Delfino’s Journey

-Hart, Lenore

The Treasure Of Savage Island

-Hausman, Gerald

Escape From Botany Bay

-Hawes, Charles

The Dark Frigate

-Hesse, Karen

Stowaway

-Higson, Charlie

Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure

-Hobbs, Will

*Downriver

Crossing The Wire

-Hokenson, Terry

The Winter Road

-Holm, Anne

I Am David

-Holman, Felice

Slake's Limbo

-Houston, James

Frozen Fire

-Jacques, Brian

*Castaways Of The Flying Dutchman

-Laird, Elizabeth

Kiss The Dust

-Lawrence, Iain

*The Wreckers

-London, Jack

White Fang

-Lowry, Lois

*Messenger

-Marsden, John

*Tomorrow When The War Began

-Marshall, James

White-Out

-Mathieson, David

Trial By Wilderness

-Mazer, Harry

Wild Kid

-McCaughrean, Geraldine

The Kite Rider

-McKernan, Victoria

Shackleton’s Stowaway

-Mikaelsen, Ben

Red Midnight

-Moore, Robin

Man With The Silver Oar

-Morgan, Clay

The Boy Who Spoke Dog

-Morgan, Nicola

The Highwayman’s Footsteps

-Murphy, Claire

To The Summit

-Naylor, Phyllis

Blizzard’s Wake

-Nelson, Theresa

The Beggars’ Ride

-O'Brien, Robert

Z For Zachariah

-Oppel, Kenneth

*Airborn

-Paulsen, Gary

Brian’s Hunt

-Peck, Robert Newton

Nine Man Tree

-Pfeffer, Susan

Life As We Knew It

-Philbrick, Rodman

The Young Man And The Sea

-Phleger, Marjorie

Pilot Down, Presumed Dead

-Riordan, Rick

*The Lightning Thief

-Roth, Arthur

The Iceberg Hermit

-Ruckman, Ivy

No Way Out

-Salisbury, Graham

Night Of The Howling Dogs

-Selznick, Brian

The Invention Of Hugo Cabret

-Shusterman, Neal

Everlost

-Smith, Roland

Peak

-Spinelli, Jerry

Maniac Magee

-Stewart, Trenton Lee

The Mysterious Benedict Society

-Strasser, Todd

The Diving Bell

-Sutcliff, Rosemary

The Shining Company

-Taylor, Theodore

Sniper

-Temple, Frances

Grab Hands And Run

-Thal, Lilli

Mimus

-Trueman, Terry

Hurricane

-Turner, Megan

*The Thief

-Updale, Eleanor

*Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman?

-Ure, Jean

Plague

-Voigt, Cynthia

Wings Of A Falcon

-Weaver, Will

Memory Boy

-Wein, Elizabeth

The Lion Hunter

-Westall, Robert

Kingdom By The Sea

-Whitesel, Cheryl

Blue Fingers

-Wilson, Diane Lee

I Rode A Horse Of Milk White Jade

-Yancey, Rick

*The Extraordinary Adventures Of Alfred Kropp

-Young, E. L.

STORM: The Infinity Code

Animal Stories

-Adler, C.S.

Carly's Buck

-Armstrong, William

Sounder

-Bagnold, Enid

National Velvet

-Booth, Martin

War Dog

-Brenner, Barbara

The Gorilla Signs Love

-Burnford, Sheila

The Incredible Journey

-Calvert, Patricia

The Snowbird

-Campbell, Eric

Papa Tembo

-Cavanna, Betty

Wanted: A Girl For The Horses

-Corbett, W.J.

*The Song Of Pentecost

-DiCamillo, Kate

Because of Winn-Dixie

-Eckert, Allan

*Incident At Hawk's Hill

-Edwards, Julie A.

Dragon, Hound Of Honor

-George, Jean C.

*Julie Of The Wolves

-Harlow, Joan

Star In The Storm

-Hinton, S.E.

Taming The Star Runner

-Kadohata, Cynthia

Cracker! The Best Dog In Vietnam

-Kjelgaard, James

Big Red

-Lester, Alison

The Snow Pony

-London, Jack

The Call Of The Wild

-Mikaelsen, Ben

Stranded

-Morey, Walt

Gentle Ben

-Mowat, Farley

Never Cry Wolf (599.7)

-Naylor, Phyllis

*Shiloh

-North, Sterling

Rascal (599)

-Paulsen, Gary

Woodsong (796.5)

-Peyton, K.M.

Blind Beauty

-Rawls, Wilson

Where The Red Fern Grows

-Roberts, Katherine

I Am The Great Horse

-Savage, Deborah

To Race A Dream

-Siegel, Robert

Whalesong

-Snyder, Zilpha K.

A Fabulous Creature

-Westall, Robert

Blitzcat

-Wilson, A.N.

Stray

-Wilson, Diane

Lee Firehorse

The Classics

-Alcott, Louisa May

*Little Women

-Barrie, James

Peter Pan

-Bronte, Charlotte

Jane Eyre

-Burnett, Frances H.

The Secret Garden

-Cooper, James F.

The Last Of The Mohicans

-Crane, Stephen

The Red Badge Of Courage

-Defoe, Daniel

Robinson Crusoe

-Dickens, Charles

David Copperfield

Oliver Twist

A Tale Of Two Cities

-Dumas, Alexandre

The Count Of Monte Cristo

The Three Musketeers

-Gipson, Fred

Old Yeller

-Grahame, Kenneth

The Wind In the Willows

-Kipling, Rudyard

Captains Courageous

-Mitchell, Margaret

*Gone With The Wind

-Montgomery, L.M.

*Anne Of Green Gables

-Nordhoff, Charles

Mutiny On The Bounty

-Rawlings, Marjorie

The Yearling

-Stevenson, Robert

Kidnapped

Treasure Island

-Twain, Mark

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

-Verne, Jules

Around The World In Eighty Days

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea

-Wyss, Johann

The Swiss Family Robinson

Connections

-Allen, M. E.

Gotta Get Some Bish Bash Bosh

-Anonymous

Go Ask Alice

-Avi

Nothing But The Truth

-Bach, Alice

Waiting For Johnny Miracle

-Bat-Ami, Miriam

Two Suns In The Sky

-Bonham, Frank

Durango Street

-Brande, Robin Evolution,

Me And Other Freaks Of Nature

-Bridgers, Sue Ellen

Keeping Christina

-Budhos, Marina

Ask Me No Questions

-Bunting, Eve

Jumping The Nail

-Byars, Betsy

Cracker Jackson

-Calonita, Jen

*Secrets Of My Hollywood Life

-Carmi, Daniella

Samir and Yonatan

-Carter, Alden

R. Up Country

-Clavell, James

The Children's Story

-Clements, Bruce

Tom Loves Anna Loves Tom

-Cole, Brock

Celine

-Colman, Hila

Nobody Told Me What I Need To Know

-Cooney, Caroline

Driver’s Ed

Hit The Road

-Cormier, Robert

*The Chocolate War

-Covington, Dennis

Lasso The Moon

-Creech, Sharon

Bloomability

-Crew, Linda

Children Of The River

-Crutcher, Chris

The Sledding Hill

-Deaver, Julie Reece

Say Goodnight, Gracie

-DeFelice, Cynthia

Under The Same Sky

-Deuker, Carl

Runner

-Dickinson, Peter

A Bone From A Dry Sea

-Doherty, Berlie

Dear Nobody

-Ferris, Jean

Invincible Summer

-Fleischman, Paul

Whirligig

-Fletcher, Ralph

Flying Solo

-Fogelin, Adrian

Crossing Jordan

-Grimes, Nikki

Bronx Masquerade

-Guccione, Leslie

Tell Me How The Wind Sounds

-Guy, Rosa

The Ups And Downs Of Carl Davis III

-Hahn, Mary

December Stillness

-Hentoff, Nat

The Day They Came To Arrest The Book

-Hesse, Karen

The Music Of Dolphins

-Hewett, Lori

Lives Of Our Own

-Hicyilmaz, Gaye

The Frozen Waterfall

-Holman, Felice

Secret City, U.S.A.

-Hughes, Monica

Hunter In The Dark

-Irwin, Hadley

Abby, My Love

-Kass, Pnina

Real Time

-Kerr, M.E.

Gentlehands

-Kim, Helen

The Long Season Of Rain

-Kincaid, Jamaica

Annie John

-Klass, Sheila

S. Kool Ada

-Knowles, John

A Separate Peace

-Konigsburg, E. L.

T-Backs, T-Shirts, Coat, And Suit

-Kurtz, Jane

The Storyteller’s Beads

Biography

-Beals, Melba

Warriors Don’t Cry

-Dahl, Roald

*Boy

-Fleischman, Sid

The Abracadabra Kid

-Garner, Eleanor

Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl In Hitler’s Germany

-Gilbreth, Frank

*Cheaper By The Dozen

-Gunther, John

Death Be Not Proud

-Harrison, John

The Longitude Prize

-Hautzig, Esther

The Endless Steppe

-Herriot, James

*All Creatures Great And Small

-Hickam, Homer

*October Sky

-Paulsen, Gary

How Angel Peterson Got His Name

-Pfetzer, Mark

Within Reach: My Everest Story

-Sacks, Oliver

Uncle Tungsten

-Zindel, Paul

The Pigman And Me

A day no pigs would die by Robert Newton Peck

To a thirteen-year-old Vermont farm boy whose father slaughters pigs for a living, maturity comes early as he learns "doing what’s got to be done," especially regarding his pet pig who cannot produce a litter.

The sign of the beaver by Elizabeth George Spear

Left alone to guard the family’s wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.

Park’s Quest by Katerine Paterson

Eleven-year-old Park makes some startling discoveries when he travels to his grandfather’s farm in Virginia to learn about his father who died in the Vietnam War.

The pinballs by Betsy Byars

Three lonely foster children learn to care about themselves and each other.

Sarah, plain and tall by Patricia MacLachian

When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.

The crossing by Gary Paulsen

Thirteen-year-old Manny, a street kid fighting for survival in a Mexican border town, develops a strange friendship with an emotionally disturbed American soldier who decides to help him get across the border.

Julie of the wolves by Jean Craighead George

While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.

Dollhouse murders by Betty Ren Wright

A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night and dolls that have moved from where she last left them lead Amy and her retarded sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago.

A gift of magic by Louis Duncan

Until she learns to control it, Nancy’s gift of extrasensory perception brings her more trouble than she can handle.

From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.

Devil’s arithmetic by Jane Yolen

Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland.

A family apart by Joan Lowery Nixon

In 1860, when their widowed mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent on the orphan train by the Children’s Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri.

Number the stars by Lois Lowry

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.