Thursday, December 6, 2012

2012 Recommended Books for Middle Schoolers

Adventure/Mystery

Poison Most Vial by Benedict Carey
Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon
Safekeeping by Karen Hesse
Tokyo Heist by Diana Renn
Secret Letters by Leah Scheier
Double by Jenny Valentine

Realistic Fiction
Laugh with the Moon by Shana Burg
See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by
Jennifer E. Smith
Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick

Humorous
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Ungifted by Gordon Korman
Cat Girl's Day Off by Kimberly Pauley

Historical Fiction
The Wicked and the Just by Jillian Anderson Coats
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
For What It's Worth by Janet Tashjian
Tracks by Diane Lee Wilson
The Last Song by Eva Wiseman
Crow by Barbara Wright

Graphic Novels
Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks
Ichiro by Ryan Inzana
The Girl Who Owned a City by Dan Jolley
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Cardboard by Doug TenNapel
Pandemonium by Chris Wooding

 Fantasy
 Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
 Arthur Quinn and the World Serpent by Alan Early
 Seraphina by Rachel Hartman*
 The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen*
 Winterling by Sarah Prineas
 The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Horror/ Supernatural
Long Lankin by Lindey Barraclough
The Demon Catchers of Milan by Kat Beyer
Fracture by Megan Miranda
Transcendence by C.J. Omololu
Ripper by Stefan Petrucha
The Dead of Winter by Chris Priestley

Science Fiction
The Obsidian Blade by Pete Hautman
A Year without Autumn by Liz Kessler
Insignia by S.J. Kincaid
The Vindico by Wesley King
A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Biographies & Nonfiction
His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg: Courage, Rescue,
and Mystery during World War II by Louise Borden
Teen Cuisine: New Vegetarian by Matthew Locricchio
The Fairy Ring, or, Elsie and Frances Fool the World by Mary Losure
Zombigami: Paper Folding for the Living Dead by Duy Nguyen
 The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity by Elizabeth Rusch
Art Lab for Kids by Susan Schwake

Poetry
Eva of the Farm by Dia Calhoun
The Arrow Finds Its Mark: A Book of Found Poems by Georgia Heard
Sisters of Glass by Stephanie Hemphill
Running with Trains by Michael J. Rosen

*I've read this book myself and liked it.