5th/6th Grade List

• Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Di Camillo
• Conversations with J.K. Rowlings by Lindsey Fraser
• Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman
• Dragon and Thief by Timothy Zahn
• Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
• Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• Lemonade War by Jaqueline Davies
• Max and the Gatekeeper by James Todd Cochrane
• Monsters of Morley Manor by Bruce Colville
• Out of Patience by Brian Meehl
• Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin
• Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Toughboy and Sister by Kirkpatrick Hill
• Wizard's Map by Jane Yolen

7th/8th Grade List

• Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
• Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Cracker! Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata
• Far North by Will Hobbs
• Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman
• Hidden Talents by David Lubar
• I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
• Juvie Three by Gordon Korman
• Shipwrecked!: True Adventures of a Japanese Boy by Rhoda Blumberg
• Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
• Three Cups of Tea by Sarah Thompson
• True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex