Saturday, September 19, 2009

7TH AND 8TH GRADERS RECOMMEND ...

School has started and I’ve got a whole new batch of 8th and some 7th graders, too. Here’s a great list of books they heartily recommend.

HAUNTED by Meg Cabot (and the whole Mediator series)
JUST LISTEN by Sarah Dessen
ONE OF THOSE HIDEOUS BOOKS WHERE THE MOTHER DIES by Sonya Sones
CRANK by Ellen Hopkins
TWILIGHT series by Stephenie Meyer
RESPONSE by Paul Volponi
TANTALIZE by Cynthia Leitich Smith
HARRY POTTER by J. K. Rowling
MODERN FAERIE TALE series by Holly Black
SIDE EFFECTS by Amy Goldman Koss
WHITE IS FOR MAGIC by Laurie Faria Stolarz
TITHE by Holly Black
CHARLIE BONE series by Jenny Nimmo
UGLIES by Scott Westerfeld
BIG RED by Jim Kjelgaard
SMALL STEPS by Louis Sachar
WHAT MY MOTHER DOESN’T KNOW by Sonya Sones
BRAS AND BROOMSTICKS by Sarah Mlynowski
WHERE I’D LIKE TO BE by Frances O’Roark Dowell
BARN BURNER by Patricia Willis
ON THE DEVIL’S COURT by Carl Deuker

1 comment:

Emily said...

I love the variety of books they came up with, it certainly seems like there's something for everyone there. I also wanted to share that your layout is too cute and that I'm now a follower- thanks for some great reviews!

Emily
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