- Hamilton Middle School
- Book Suggestions
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"Until I feared I might lose it, I did not love reading. One does not love breathing." -Scout, To Kill a Mockingbird
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If you're looking for a book to read, take a look. These are some of my favorite middle-school level books.
The Fault in our Stars or anything by Tim Green
Wonder- Palacio
Life as we Knew It- Pfeffer
Ender's Game- Orson Scott Card
Crash, Stargirl, Maniac Magee, or whatever else by Jerry Spinelli
Swear to Howdy Wedelin Van Draanen
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Savvy and Scumble by Ingrid Law
The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake.
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Walk Two Moons, Love That Dog, Heartbeat, Chasing Redbird, or pretty much everything by Sharon Creech
My Side of the Mountain by Jean George
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ella Enchanted and Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
Bull Run- Paul Fleischman,
Nightjohn, Soldier’s Heart, The Rifle, Tracker, Hatchet, the Brian Books – all by Gary Paulson,
Series (For those who hate for a book to end):
The Enemy- Higson
The Hunger Games series- Suzanne Collins
Divergent series- Veronica Roth
City of Bones series- Cassandra Clare
Maximum Ride series- James Patterson
Fablehaven series and The Beyonders- Brandon Mull
The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials- James Dashner
Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series- Michele Paver
Stormbreaker series- Anthony Horowitz
Bloody Jack by LA Meyer
Lightening Thief series- Rick Riordan
Eragon series- Christopher Paolini
On the Run series - Gordan Korman
Gregor, the Overlander series- Suzanne Collins
Spiderwick Chronicles- DiTerlizzi/Black
Diary of a Wimpy Kid- Jeff Kinney
Artemis Fowl series and The Supernaturalists- Eoin Colfer
The Silverwing series- Kenneth Oppel
A Child Called It series- Dave Pelzer
Deltora Quest and Dragons of Deltora- Emily Rodda
Full Tilt- Shusterman
First Sight- Walter Sorrells
The Ranger's Apprentice series- John Flanagan
If you liked the Divergent and Hunger Games series, (dystopian fiction), try one of these series:
Maximum Ride (genetically engineered kids)
The Maze Runner (dystopia)
Matched (dystopia)
City of Bones (vampires/magical creatures)
The House of Power (dystopia)
The Enemy (zombies)
Savvy/Scumble (magic powers)
Gone (dystopia)
Eighth Grade Bites (vampires)
Cirque Du Freak (vampires)
High School level/ Teen Drama
Paper Towns or anything by John Green
Speak- Anderson
The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Chbosky
The Book Thief- Zuzak
13 Reasons Why- Asher
If I Stay- Forman
Shatter Me- Mafi