Sorry about the attachment - I forgot that I couldn't send one. Here's the list.
Redwall (Brain Jacques)
Magicians Nephew (CS Lewis)
Holes (Louis Sachar)
The Single Shard (Linda Sue Park)
The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boon)
The Hobbit (JR Tolien)
Girl Named Disaster (Nancy Farmer)
The Tequila Worm (Viola Canales)
Invisible (Pete Hautman) - older students
Private Peaceful (Michael Morpugo) - WWI
Remberance (Teresa Breslin) -WWI
Kipling's Choice (Geert Spillbean) - WWI
Lord of the Nutcracker Men (Ian Lawrence) - WWI
SO B. It
Chu Ju's House
Al Capone Does by Shirts
Peter and the Starcatchers (Dave Barry)
The Giver by Lois Lowry
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminister Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
The Miraculous journey of Edward Tulane
The Silver Donkey
The Watsons go to Birmingham
The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
The Outsiders
To Kill a Mockingbird
Tears of a Tiger
Forged by Fire
Darkness Before Dawn
The boy in the Stripped Pajamas
Diary of a Young Girl
Whale Talk.
Novels Taught in MS Language Arts and Social Studies 2003-2004
American School in Japan Middle School *
indicates novel read by all at grade level
Grade 6
Novels -- LA/SS
Author
Genre
*Chain of Fire
Beverley Naidoo
Historical Fiction
Journey to Jo'burg
Beverley Naidoo
Historical Fiction
*The Master Puppeteer
Katherine Paterson
Historical Fiction
*Countdown
Ben Mikaelsen
Adventure
*The Clay Marble
Minfong Ho
Historical Fiction
Habibi
Naomi Nye
Realistic
*Green Thumb
Rob Thomas
Adventure
*The White Mountain
John Christopher
Science Fiction
The City of Gold and Lead
John Christopher
Science Fiction
The Pool Fire
John Christopher
Science Fiction
Sign of the Chrysanthemum
Katherine Paterson
Historical Fiction
No Turning Back
Beverley Naidoo
Realistic
Yanomami
David Schgwartz
Non-fiction
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
Adventure
Amazon Diary
Hudson Talbott
Diary, fiction
Grade 7
Novels and texts -- Language Arts
Author
Genre
*The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
Realistic
*Summer of My German Soldier
Bette Greene
Historical Fiction
*Hiroshima
Laurence Yep
Non-fiction
*Greek Mythology
various
Mythology
*The Red Pony
John Steinbeck
Realistic
* Impact: Fifty Short Short Stories
HBJ Publisher
various short stories
Novels -- Social Studies
*The Trojan War OR Adventures of Ulysses
Bernard Evslin
*The Samurai's Tale OR
Erik Haugaard
Adventure
*The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
Dorothy Hoobler
Mystery/Adventure
Novels read for 7th grade literature circles or independent reading
Among the Hidden
Margaret Haddix
Future
Chasing Redbird
Sharon Creech
Realistic
Death Be Not Proud
John Gunther
Non-fiction
The Duplicate
William Sleator
Science fiction
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
Nancy Farmer
Future
Enchantress from the Stars
Sylvia Engdahl
Science fiction
Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow
Orson S. Card
Science fiction
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye
Lois Lowry
Realistic
The Hobbit
JRR Tolkien
Fantasy
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
Non-fiction
Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli
Adventure
My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell
Non-fiction
The Pigman
Paul Zindel
Realistic
Shabanu
Suzanne Staples
Realistic
Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli
Realistic
Touching Spirit Bear
Ben Mikaelsen
Realistic
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Avi
Adventure
Walk Two Moons
Sharon Creech
Realistic
Weasel
Cynthia DeFelice
Adventure
Wringer
Jerry Spinelli
Future
Z for Zachariah
Robert O'Brein
Future
Novels read for 7th grade independent reading for war unit
Behind the Bedroom Wall
Laura Williams
Historical Fiction
The Bomb
Theodore Taylor
Historical Fiction
The Cage
Sender
Non-fiction
Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
Non-fiction
Hiroshima
John Hersey
Non-fiction
I Have Lived a Thousand Years
L. Bitton-Jackson
Non-fiction
Journey to Topaz
Yoshiko Uchida
Historical Fiction
Kinderstransport
Olga Drucker
Historical Fiction
The Last Mission
Harry Mazer
Historical Fiction
Night
Elie Wiesel
Non-fiction
Stepping on the Cracks
Mary Hahn
Historical Fiction
Under the Blood Red Sun
Graham Salisbury
Historical Fiction
Wish Me Luck
James Heneghan
Historical Fiction
Grade 8
Novels and Texts -- Language Arts
Author
Genre
*Heaven
Angela Johnson
Realistic
*When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Kimberly Willis Holt
Realistic
*Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred Taylor
Historical
*The Pearl
John Steinbeck
Realistic
*Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
Science Fiction
*Short Stories: Characters in Conflict
John E. Warriner
Short Stories
Poetry USA
Paul Molloy
Poetry
Poetry for Young People: Walt Whitman
Jonathan Levin
Poetry
The Usborne World of Shakespeare
A Claybourne
Poetry
Novels -- Social Studies
*Animal Farm (forms of government)
George Orwell
Fable/Historical
*My Brother Sam Is Dead (revolution, begin nation)
James Lincoln, Chris Collier
Historical
*Warriors Don't Cry (civil rights, Brown vs. Bd of Ed)
Melba Beals
Historical
*Fast Food Nation (industry, technology, assembly lines)
Eric Schlosser
Non-fiction
Independent Reading/Literature Circles
I Am the Cheese
Robert Cormier
Suspense
Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli
Realistic
Monster
Walter Dean Myers
Screen Play
Hope Was Here
Joan Bauer
Realistic
Bless Me, Ultima
Rudolfo Anaya
Historical
The Chocolate War
Robert Cormier
Suspense
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Nature
Shizuko's Daughter
Kyoko Mori
Realistic
Speak
L.H. Anderson
Realistic
Joy Thomas
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