2009_Summer_Reading_List

=DRAFT= =Elementary K-1= __Fiction__ Snow by Cynthia Rylant Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus Old Bear by Kevin Henkes Say Hello by Jack & Michael Foreman Wave by Suzy Lee Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson One Boy by Laura Vaccaro Seeger Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo The Three Bears and Goldilocks by Margaret Willey Traction Man Meets TurboDog by Mini Grey Max's Dragon by Kate Banks

__Nonfiction__ The Wolves are Back by Jean Craighead George On the Farm by David Elliott Lightship by Brian Floca

__Authors and Series__ Jan Brett Lois Ehlert Mo Willems Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems Minnie and Moo series by Denys Cazet Fly Guy series by Tedd Arnold

=Elementary 2-3= = __Fiction__ = = = = A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee = = Snow by Cynthia Rylant = = Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus = = Old Bear by Kevin Henkes = = Fishing in the Air by Sharon Creech = = Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski = = The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson = = Blackie: The Horse Who Stood Still by Christopher Cerf and Paige Peterson  = = Thank you, Aunt Tallulah! by Carmela LaVigna Coyle = = My Friend, the Starfinder by George Ella Lyon  = =  = =   = = = = __Nonfiction__ = = Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator by Sarah C. Campbell = = Looking for Miza: the True Story of the Mountain Gorilla Family Who Rescued One of Their Own by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu = = Absolutely Wild poems by Dennis Webster = = Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme poems selected by Jack Prelutsky = = = __Authors and Series__ Arnold Lobel = Cynthia Rylant = = Mo Willems = = Babymouse series by Jennifer L. Holm and Matt Holm = = Ivy + Bean series by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall = = Ruby and the Booker Boys series by Derrick Barnes = = = = = =Elementary 4-5= __Fiction__ Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff Savvy by Ingrid Law ** Alvin Ho: Allergic to girls, school, and other scary things ** by Lenore Look How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor Sunny Holiday by Coleen Paratore (Local Author) The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank You Notes by Peggy Gifford Hate That Cat by Sharon CreechWhere I Live by Eileen Spinelli

__Nonfiction__ Sisters & Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman United Tweets of America: 50 State Birds, Their Stories, Their Glories by Hudson TalbotThe Book of Time-Outs by Deb Lucke River of Dreams: the Story of the Hudson River Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face and other poems by Jack Prelutsky

Authors: Kate DiCamillo, Sharon Creech.

=Middle School= __Fiction__ Six Innings by James Preller Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse I'd Tell You I Love You but then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Schooled by Gordon Korman Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd Winning Words by Charles R. Smith, Jr. Savvy by Ingrid Law The Young Bond series by Charlie Higson (Silver Fin, Blood Fever, Double or Die) Demonkeeper by Royce Buckingham Swindle by Gordon Korman The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Peeled by Joan Bauer Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff Amulet, Book One, The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi Trading Faces by Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy

__Nonfiction__ Knucklehead; Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex Cool Stuff Exploded: Get Inside Modern Technology by Chris Woodford What the World Eats by Peter Menzel Science Warriors:The Battle against Invasive Species by Sneed B. Collard III Washington at Valley Forge by Russell Freedman

Authors: Anthony Horowitz, Mike Lupica, Meg Cabot, Dan Gutman, Jonathan Stroud, Jennifer Roy. = = **  __Fiction__  Alexie, Sherman. __The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian__. 229 p. BBYA Barlow, Toby. __Sharp Teeth.__ Alex Award Winner & Best Genre Fiction 2008 Benioff, David. __City of Thieves: a novel.__ 258 p. BBYA & Alex Award Winner Bradbury, Jennifer. __Shift//.//__ 245 p. BBYA Bunce, Elizabeth. __A Curse Dark as Gold__. 395 p. BBYA & Bulletin Blue Ribbon Fiction ‘08 Cashore, Kristin. __Graceling//.//__ 471 p. Numerous awards including BBYA Collins, Suzanne. __The Hunger Games__. 374 p. QPRR & BBYA de la Pena, Matt//.// __Mexican WhiteBoy__//.// 249 p. BBYA & Bulletin Blue Ribbon Fiction ‘08 Gaiman, Neil. __The Graveyard Book__. 312 p. BBYA & Newbery Winner Gruen, Sara. __Water for Elephants__. 335p. Bestselling – Printz Honor Hemphill, Stephanie. __ Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath .__ 261 p. BBYA Printz Honor King, Stephen. __Just After Sunset: Stories.__ 367 p. Alex Award Winner Korman, Gordon. __The Juvie Three__ 249 p Meyer, Stephenie. __Hos__t. 619 p. BBYA & Booklist Adult Books for YA Reinhardt, Dana. __How to Build a House__ 227 p. BBYA Smith, Roland. __Elephant Run.__ 318 p. BBYA Wroblewski, David. __The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.__ 566 p. NY Times Bestseller Venkatraman, Padma. __Climbing the Stairs.__ 247 p. BBYA
 * High School

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Crutcher, Chris. Werlin, Nancy. Westerfeld, Scott
 * Any works by the following authors:**

** Aronson, Marc and Campbell, Patty. __War Is...Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk About War__ 200 p. BBYA Aronson, Marc __Race : a History Beyond Black and White__ 322 p. Bowden, Mark. __The best game ever : Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the birth of the modern NFL__. 279 p. Engle, Margarita//.// __The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom.__ 169 p. Multi-award winning book – BBYA & Newbery Honor Fleischman, Sid. __The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West.__ 224 p. BBYA & Best Books of the Year Heiligman, Deborah.__Charles and Emma : the Darwins' Leap of Faith__ 268 p. Nelson, Scott Reynolds. __Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry.__ 64 p. Shields, Charles J. __I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee__. BBYA Swanson, James L. __Chasing Lincoln's Killer__ 194 p. Wendel, Tim and Villegas, Jose Luis. __Far From Home: Latino Baseball Players in America__. 159 p. BBYA
 * __Nonfiction__