Middle School Reading List 2007-2008 Updated 11/8/06
Note: * indicate a new book to the list.
All Sunshine State Young Reader's Awards (SSYRA) books will also count as reading list books this trimester.
6th Grade Reading List Lexile; Point Value
1. Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery 990; 22 pts.
2. The Arkadians by Lloyd Alexander 780; 14 pts.
3. Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy. By Reit, Seymour. 830; 5 pts.
4. Both Sides of Time by Caroline Cooney 750; 12pts
5. Christy by Catherine Marshall 930; 28 pts.
6.. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 1020; 10 pts.
7. Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt 630; 24 pts.
8. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 760; 12 pts.
9. The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman 1240; 7 pts.
10. The Miracle Worker by William Gibson 7 pts.
11. Mystery of the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks 770; 12 pts.
12. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 670; 7 pts.
13. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 920; 11 pts.
14. The Red Pony by John Steinbeck 810; 9 pts.
15. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodges 970; 18 pts.
16. The Star Fisher by Lawrence Yep 850; 9 pts.
*17. The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars 830; 6 pts.
18. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls 700; 18 pts.
19. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 740; 12 pts.
20. Voices After Midnight by Richard Peck 660; 11 pts.
21. The Yearling by Marjorie Kennan Rawlings 750; 25 pts.
7th Grade Reading List Lexile; Point Value
1. Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt 1100; 15 pts.
2. All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot 1070; 32 pts.
3. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines 710; 19pts.
4. The Cay by Theodore Taylor 860; 6 pts.
5. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns 930; 29 pts.
*6. Dancing on the Edge by Han Nolan 850; 12 pts.
7. Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight 710; 17 points
8. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 990; 13pts.
9. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 780; 18 pts.
10. The Giver by Lois Lowery 760; 9 pts.
11. Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson 880; 11 pts.
12. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding 770; 11 pts.
13. Miles Song by Alice McGill 880; 12 pts.
14. My Brother Sam is Dead by Collier and Collier 770; 10 pts.
15. Nothing But the Truth by Avi (No Lexile); 10 pts.
16. October Sky by Homer H. Hickman Jr. 900; 25 pts.
17. Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred Taylor 920; 15 pts.
18. A Separate Peace by John Knowles 1110; 14 pts.
19. Shipwreck at the bottom of the world by Armstrong, Jennifer 1090; 10pts.
20. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene 800; 14pts.
21. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 1100; 17 pts.
*22. What Hearts by Bruce Brooks 900; 8 pts.
8th Grade Reading List Lexile; Point Value
1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1080; 25 pts.
2. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke 990; 16 pts.
*3. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper 920; 19 pts.
4. The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank 1080; 21 pts.
5. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 1160; 10 pts.
6. Farewell to Manzanar by J. Houston 1040; 11 pts.
7. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1090; 15pts.
8. The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorn 1320; 30 pts.
9. The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 950; 35 pts.
10. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 1350; 16 pts.
11. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 1300 39 pts.
12. My Antonia by Willa Cather 1010; 18 pts.
*13. A Night to Remember by Walter Lord 950; 11 pts.
14. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 990; 40 pts.
15. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 750; 10 pts.
16. The Pearl by John Steinbeck 1010; 7 pts.
17. Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 920; 16 pts.
18. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 1100; 28 pts.
*19. Rascal by Sterling North 1140; 12 pts.
20. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 1320; 34 pts.
21. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 1180; 30 pts.
22. Separate but Not Equal by Jim Haskins 1230; 8 pts.
23. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 1170; 15 pts.