The 2011-2012 school year is here! Don’t let your students come in the doors without having fresh titles like the ones below waiting for them! The ones with asterisks are especially suitable for fifth and sixth grade students. I will add to the list as the school year progresses.
NEW YEAR!!!
January 2012 additions to 2011-2012 list:
Birthmarked, by Caragh O’Brien
*Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanhha Lai
The Pull of Gravity, by Gae Polisner
What Boys Really Want, by Pete Hautman
February additions
Ashfall by Mike Mullin
Playground by 50 cent
*The Case of the Deadly Desperadoes by Caroline Lawrence
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
April additions
After the Snow, by S. D. Crockett
Chomp, by Carl Hiaasen
Spirit’s Princess (Princesses of Myth), by Esther Friesner
The Difference Between You and Me, by Madeleine George
There is No Dog, by Meg Rosoff
The Wicked and the Just, by J. Anderson Coats
Books added September 2011:
* The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
*Junonia by Kevin Henkes
*The Absolute Value of Mike by Kathryn Erskine
*The Girl Who Could Fly (series) by Victoria Foster
Brothers of War by J. Marshall Martin
Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food by Charles Wilson and Eric Schlosser
Lockdown: Escape from Furnace (series) by Alexander Gordon Smith
Lunch-Box Dream by Tony Abbott
Missing on Superstition Mountain by Elise Broach
Now is the Time for Running by Michael Williams
The Tiger’s Curse (series) by Colleen Houck
October 2011 additions
Dead End in Norvelt, by Jack Gantos
Janitors*, by Tyler Whitesides
The Fox Inheritance, by Mary E. Pearson
You Against Me, by Jenny Downham
Wonderstruck*, by Brian Selznick
November 2011 additions
Everybody Sees the Ants, A.S. King
My Name is Not Easy, Debby Dahl Edwardson
The Apothecary, Maile Meloy
December 2011
Seriously Norman*, by Chris Raschka
Stalker Girl, by Rosemary Graham
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick, by Chris Van Allsburf
The Inquisitor’s Apprentice, by Chris Moriarty
Previous years’ lists:
JUNE 2011 additions
Nurse, Soldier, Spy, Marissa Moss
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland on a Ship of her own Making, Catherynne M. Valente
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything, Uma Krishnaswami
The Secret Journeys of Jack London, Christopher Golden & Tim Lebbon
13 Little Blue Envelopes, & The Last Little Blue Envelope, Maureen Johnson
When Bob Met Woody, Gary Golio
MAY 2011 additions
Case Closed: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science, Susan Hughes
Okay for Now, Gary Schmidt
Once, Morris Gleitzman
Swim the Fly and Beat the Band, Don Calame
APRIL 2011 additions
Death Cloud, Andrew Lane
Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest, Amos Oz
Trash, Andy Mulligan
MARCH 2011 additions
Inside Out and Back Again, Thanhha Lai
Matched, Ally Condie
Strings Attached, Judy Blundell
The Search for Wondla*, Toni Di Terlizzi
FEBRUARY 2011 additions
A Time of Miracles, Anne-Laure Bondoux
Bitter Melon, Cara Chow
Moon Over Manifest, Clare Vanderpool
The Unidentified, Rae Mariz
JANUARY 2011 additions
Cloaked in Red, Vivian Van Velde
Out of My Mind, Sharon Draper
The Boneshaker, Kate Milford & Andrea Offerman
The Dark Game, Paul B. Janeczko
NOVEMBER 2010 additions
A Tale Dark & Grim* Adam Gidwitz
Halo Alexandra Adornetto
The Fortune of Carmen Navarro Jen Bryant
OCTOBER 2010additions
Birth of a Killer, Darren Shan
Half Brother, Kenneth Oppel
The Genius Wars, Catherine Jinks
SEPTEMBER 2010 additions
Reckless Cornelia Funke
The Nine Pound Hammer* Jean Claude Bernis
School Year 2010-2011
Alligator Bayou, Donna Jo Napoli
Another Faust, Daniel & Dina Nayeri
As Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth, Lynne Rae Perkins
Cosmic, Frank Cottrell Boyce
Dark Life, Kat Falls
Elephant Run Roland Smith
Eli the Good, Silas House
Heist Society, Ally Carter
Monsters of Men, Patrick Ness
Payback Time, Carl Deuker
Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi
The Doom Machine, Mark Teague
The Dreamer,* Pam Munoz
The Sixty Eight Rooms,* Marianne Malone
Last Year’s Lists
May, 2010
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Card Turner, by Louis Sachar
The Jaguar Stone, Book One: Middleworld by J & P Voelkel
The Necromancer (Secrets of the Immortal) by Michael Scott
April, 2010
A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
*A Faraway Island by Annika Thor
*Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan
*Zoobreak by Gordon Korman
February 2010
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Riker’s High by Paul Volponi
Added to List After January 1, 2010
Captivate by Carrie Jones
Need by Carrie Jones
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-garcia
Thirst #1 and Thirst #2 by Christopher Pike
Added to List After November 10
*Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
New books added since October 17
All the Lovely Bad Ones, and Wait Til Helen Comes: A Ghost Story (scarey…) by Mary Downing Hahn
Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer
*Dog Days – Diary of a Wimpy Kid #4 by Jeff Kinney
Jumped by Rita Williams-garcia
Killer Pizza by Adam Rex
*Scat by Carl Hiaasen
*The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
New books added to the list below since August 24, 2009-
A Curse Dark As Gold, by Elizabeth C. Bunce
As You Wish, by Jackson Pearce
*Fiendish Deeds, by P.J. Bracegirdle
Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who’s Boss, by Danica McKellar
Leviathan by Scott Westerfield
*Silksinger (sequel to Blackbringer, by Laini Taylor
The Ask and the Answer, #2 in Chaos Walking Series, by Patrick Ness
*The Candy Shop War, by Brandon Mull
*The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, by Jacqueline Kelly
The Georges and the Jewels, by Jane Smiley
The Sorceress,#3 in The Secrets of the Immortal, by Michael Scott
When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead
July 2009 List
After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
Audrey, Wait, by Robin Benway
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins, sequel to Hunger Games
Child of Dandelions, by Shenaaz Nanji
Fire, by Kristin Cashore, companion to Graceling
Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, by Beth Fantaskey
*Missing and Sent, Margaret Peterson Haddix
*NERDS. By Michael Buckley
*Ranger’s Apprentice: The Siege of Macindaw, Book Six, by John Flanagan
*Roar, by Emma Clayton
*Savvy, by Ingrid Law
*The Dangerous Days of Daniel X, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
The Waters and the Wild, by Francesca Lia Block
This is What I Did, by Ann Dee Ellis
*Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt (author of Wednesday Wars)
Wings, by Aprilynne Pike
These books were the most popular among my middle school readers for the school year 2008/2009:
| Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging, series | Louise Rennison |
| Cirque du Freak, series | Darren Shan |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid, series | Jeff Kinney |
| Edge Chronicles, series | Paul Stewart |
| Gingerbread | Rachel Cohn |
| Keys to the Kingdom, series | Garth Nix |
| Maximum Ride, series | James Patterson |
| Mortal Instruments, series | Cassandra Clare |
| Percy Jackson and the Olympians, series | Rick Riordan |
| Twilight series | Stephenie Meyer |
-Gaby Chapman
