FICTION The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Patterson Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke The Real Boy by Anne Ursu Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff Peak by Roland Smith Firegirl by Tony Abbot Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan Wonder by RJ Palacio Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn
NONFICTION How They Choked by Georgia Bragg How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg Horrible Histories by Terry Deary The Time Warp Trio by Joe Scieszka
Books students have recommended: Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper Loot by Jude Watson Ungifted by Gordon Korman Septimus Heap Book One: Magyk by Angie Sage Bridge of Terabithia by Katherine Patterson Drama by Raina Telgemeier Smile by Raina Telgemeier Almost Home by Joan Bauer Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan Amulet by Kazu Kabuishi I Survived series Flush by Carl Hiaasen The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Wonder by RJ Palacio Maze Runner by James Dashner The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare The Quilt Walk by Sandra Dallas The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Ghost Over Boulder Creek by Elaine Pease The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis