BOOKS FOR ADVANCED READERS

NORTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS & STUDENTS ASSIST IN SELECTING BOOKS FOR ADVANCED READERS!

With the advances in the publishing world, this is an exciting time to be a middle grades educator and reading promoter. In recent years, progress has been made with the publication of high quality literature appropriate for advanced middle grades readers. Through this literature, the unique intellectual, emotional and literary needs of middle grades readers reading above grade level are met. Through the Books for Advanced Middle Grades Readers project, a committee consisting of middle grades educators and students committed to find a way to meet the important needs of this group of students who have been historically overlooked by publishers and educators alike. Traditionally, it was assumed these students could manage on their own, but that is not a fair or equal assumption. Advanced readers need as much personalized time and attention selecting appropriate reading materials as do struggling readers.

To that end, a committee of library media specialists, in cooperation with classroom teachers and advanced readers in grades 6-8 throughout Indiana collaborated to develop a list of recommended books for advanced readers in the middle school. Begun in 2005, the committee’s work is ongoing, and the list is continually changing and evolving as the publishing world and advanced readers continue to change.

It is the committee’s goal to provide intellectually stimulating and high reading level books that have been reviewed and recommended by students, educators, and committee members. Books were selected for review based on Lexile, a published reading level, and/or the intellectually stimulating nature of the reading, which taps the imagination, both intellectually and in an entertaining fashion.

The committee strongly recommends that when selecting a book for yourself, your students, or your child, please keep in mind that children mature at different rates. Not every book is appropriate for every child at every age. When choosing a book, always rely on your wisdom and good judgment. Continue to encourage students and parents to read together as a family and enjoy lively discussions about they are reading.

ADVANCED READERS READING LISTS

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Author	Adam	Alexie	Alphin	Anderson	Anderson	Anderson	Anderson	Anderson	Avi	Bartoletti	Bass	Bauer	Bauer	Beddor	Bell	Bissinger	Bodeen	Bray	Brian	Brown	Bryson	Buckley-Archer	Carvell	Chabon	Clancy	Clements	Collins	Connor	Cormier	Crutcher	Curry	Curtis	Curtis	Curtis	Cushman	Cushman	Delaney	Denenberg	Dhami	Dickinson	Draper	Draper	Elliott	Ellis	Ende	Farmer	Farmer	Feinstein	Flamel	Fleischman	Fletcher	Follett	Frost	Frost	Frost	Funke	Gantos	Gilmore	Gordon	Gottleib	Green	Grimes	Gruber	Haddon	Hannigan	Hardinge	Hesse	Hoffman	Hoffman	Horvath	Hosseini	Houston
Tilte	Hitchhiker's Guide SERIES	Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian	Ghost Soldier	Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing	Chains	Pox Party	Speak	Wintergirls	True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle	Boy Who Dared	Sign of the Qin SERIES	Am I Blue? Coming out of the Silence	Rules of the Road	Looking Glass Wars SERIES	Nick of Time	Friday Night Lights	Compound	Going Bovine	Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys	DaVinci Code	Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail	Gideon SERIES	Sweetgrass Basket	Summerland	Hunt for Red October	Things Not Seen SERIES	Hunger Games SERIES	Miss Birdie Chose a Shovel	Chocolate War	Athletic Shorts: six short stories	Black Canary	Bucking the Sarge	Elijah of Buxton	Watsons Go to Birmingham	Catherine, called Birdy	Midwife's Apprentice	Last Apprentice SERIES	Pandora of Athens: 399 BC	Bindi Babes	Ropemaker	Fire From the Rock	Just Another Hero	Give Me Liberty	Breadwinner	Neverending Story	House of Scorpion	Land of the Silver Apples, The	Cover-Up	Secrets of the Immortal SERIES	Bull Run	Shadow Spinner	Pillars of the Earth	Braid, The	Crossing Stones	Keesha's House	Inkheart SERIES	Joey Pigza SERIES	Exchange Student	Deeper SERIES	Stick Figure: a Diary of My Former Self	An Abundance of Katherines	Jazmin's Notebook	Witch's Boy	Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night	Ida B	Fly by Night	Out of the Dust	Indigo SERIES	Water Tales SERIES	Vacation	Kite Runner	New Boy

CONTEMPORARY

Author	Alcott	Alcott	Austen	Austen	Barrett	Baum	Buck	Christie	Cooper	Craven	Defoe	Dickens	Dickens	Dickens	Dickens	Dickens	Dickens	Doyle	Fitzgerald	Fitzgerald	Forbes	Frank	Frank	Gaines	Golding	Hawthorne	Herbert	Hinton	Hughes	Hugo	Hunt	Hunt	Huxley	Irving	Kipling	Kipling	Knowles	Lee	LeGuin	Lewis	London	London	Miller	Miller	Mitchell	Montgomery	O'Dell	O'Neill	Orczy	Orwell	Orwell	Poe	Poe	Sewell	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	Shelley	Steinbeck	Stevenson	Stowe	Steinbeck	Tolkein	Tolkein	Twain	Twain	Twain	Upton	Verne
Title	Eight Cousins	Little Women SERIES	Pride and Prejudice	Sense and Sensibility	Lilies of the Field	Wizard of Oz SERIES	Good Earth	Then There Were None	Last of the Mohicans	I Heard the Owl Call My Name	Robinson Crusoe	Christmas Carol	David Copperfield	Great Expectations	Hard Times	Oliver Twist	Tale of Two Cities	Adventures of Sherlock Holmes SERIES	Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Great Gatsby	Johnny Tremain	Alas, Babylon	Diary of Anne Frank	Lesson Before Dying	Lord of the Flies	Scarlet Letter	Dune	Outsiders	Raisin in the Sun	Hunchback of Notre Dame	Lottery Rose	Up a Road Slowly	Brave New World	Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Captains Courageous	Jungle Book	Separate Peace	To Kill a Mockingbird	Screwtape Letters	Screwtape Letters	Call of the Wild	White Fang	Crucible	Death of a Salesman	Gone with the Wind	Anne of Green Gables SERIES	Island of the Blue Dolphins	Long Day's Journey into Night	Scarlet Pimpernel	1984	Animal Farm	Pit and the Pendulum	Tell-tale Heart	Black Beauty	Hamlet	History Plays	Macbeth	Midsummer Night's Dream	Romeo and Juliet	Twelfth Night	Frankenstein	Of Mice and Men	Treasure Island	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Pearl	Hobbit	Lord of the Rings SERIES	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court	Jungle	20,000 Leagues under the Sea

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BOOKS FOR ADVANCED READERS

NORTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS & STUDENTS ASSIST IN SELECTING BOOKS FOR ADVANCED READERS!

ADVANCED READERS READING LISTS

CLASSICS

CONTEMPORARY