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middle school reading list

The following is a suggested reading list for middle school students.

Click the grade level links below to go to that listing or scroll down the page to view all suggested reading lists. Click here for a printable version of the middle school reading list. This file is provided in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, click here for a FREE download.

Grade Six | Grade Seven | Grade Eight | Sunshine State Reading List

Title	Author	Lexile Level
Grade Six
Absolutely Normal Chaos	Sharon Creech	900
Among the Hidden	Margaret Peterson Haddix	800
Brian's Return	Gary Paulsen	1030
Brian's Winter	Gary Paulsen	1140
Chasing Vermeer	Blue Balliett	770
Esperanza Rising	Pam Munoz Ryan	750
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule	Harriette Gillem Robinet	610
Freak the Mighty	Rodman Philbrick	1000
Hatchet	Gary Paulsen	1020
Hoot	Carl Hiaasen	760
House of Dies Drear	Virginia Hamilton	670
Into the Land of Unicorns	Bruce Colville	850
Island of Blue Dolphin	Scott O'Dell	1000
James and the Giant Peach	Roald Dahl	870
Joey Pigz Swallowed the Key	Jack Gantos	970
Julie of the Wolves	Jean Craighead George	860
Loser, Inc.	Claudia Mills	720
Maniac Magee	Jerry Spinelli	820
Matilda	Roald Dahl	840
Max the Mighty	Rodman Philbrick	930
Redwall	Brian Jacques	800
Song of the Wanderer	Bruce Colville	810
Sounder	William H. Armstrong	900
The Dark is Rising series	Susan Cooper	920
The Egypt Game	Zilpha Keatley Snyder	1010
The Music of Dolphins	Karen Hesse	560
Walk Two Moons	Sharon Creech	900
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Grade Seven
Title	Author	Level
A Child Called "It"	Dave Pelzer	850
A Week in the Woods	Andrew Clements	820
Becoming Naomi Leon	Pam Munoz Ryan	830
Blitzcat	Robert Westall	760
Caddie Woodlawn	Carol Ryrie Brink	890
California Blue	David Klass	820
Hoops Walter	Dean Myers	740
Hoot	Carl Hiaasen	760
No More Dead Dogs	Gordan Korman	610
Number the Stars	Lois Lowry	670
Pictures of Hollis Woods	Particia Reily Giff	650
Scorpions	Walter Dean Myers	610
Slam!	Walter Dean Myers	750
Stargirl	Jerry Spinelli	590
Tangerine	Edward Bloor	680
The Bone and the Rag Shop	Robert Camier	730
The Devil's Arithmetic	Jane Yolen	730
The Moves Make the Man	Bruce Brooks	1150
The Young Man and the Sea	Rodman Philbrick	800
Tuck Everlasting	Natalie Bablitt	770
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Grade Eight
Title	Author	Level
Bud, Not Buddy	Christopher Paul Curtis	950
Catalyst	Laurie Halse Anderson	580
Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul	Jack Canfield	780
Dealing with Dragons	Patricia Wrede	830
Dicey's Song	Cynthia Voight	710
Dogsong	Gary Paulson	930
Fallen Angel	Walter Dean Myers	650
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriette Tubman	Dorothy Sterling	910
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story	Dr. Ben Carson	950
Holes	Louis Sachar	660
Jacob Have I Loved	Katherine Paterson	880
Last Book in the Universe	Rodman Philbrick	740
My Brother Sam is Dead	Chris Collier	770
My Side of the Mountain	Jean Craighead George	810
Outsiders	S.E. Hinton	750
Romiette and Julio	Sharon Draper	610
Scorpions	Walter Dean Myers	610
Someone is hiding on Alcatraz Island	Eve Bunting	630
Speak	Laurie Halse Anderson	690
That was Then, This is Now	S. E. Hinton	780
The Dark side of Nowhere	Neal Shusterman	850
The Giver	Lois Lowery	760
The Lost Boy	Dave Pelzer	720
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle	Avi	740
Watson's Go to Birmingham	Christopher Paul Curtis	1000
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Sunshine State Reading List, Grades 6 - 8
Title	Author
Doing Time Online	Jan Siebold
A Face First	Priscilla Cummings
Hoot	Carl Hiaasen
Miracle's Boys	Jacqueline Woodson
No More Dead Dogs	Gordon Korman
Playing for Keeps	Joan Lowery Nixon
Regular Guy	Sarah Weeks
Ruby Holler	Sharon Creech
Silver Dollar Girl	Katherine Ayers
Stick and Whittle	Sid Hite
Storm Warriors	Elisa Carbone
Three Days	Donna Jo Napoli
Things Not Seen	Andrew Clements
Touching Spirit Bear	Ben Mikaelsen
Wild Man Island	Will Hobbs
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