7th/8th Grade Book Club

This is an alphabetical list by title of librarian recommended books for a 7th/8th grade book club. If the title is followed by a date in parenthesis that book was actually selected and read for the book club that I participated in.

After Ever After by Sonnenblick
American Born Chinese (Graphic Novel)
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Chris Crutcher
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
The Boneshaker by Milford (Steampunk)
Brain Camp by Susan Kim (graphic novel)
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (1/12)
Dark Lord of Dirkholm by Dianne Winn Jones
Death Benefits by Sarah Harvey (5/12)
Down the Rabbit Hole (An Echo Falls Mystery) by Peter Abrahams
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Hawksong by A. Atwater-Rhodes
If I Stay by Gayle Foreman (2/12)
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey (11/12)
Marcello in the Real World by Francisco Stork(10/11)
Many Stones by C. Coman
Notes from the Midnight Driver by Sonnenblick
Pirates! by Celia Rees (1/13)
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (11/11)
Seventeen Against the Dealer by Cynthia Voigt
Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher
Shipbreaker by by Paola Bacigalupi
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements (9/11)
Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima (12/12)
What I saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell (3/12)
Yummy the Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri
Z is for Zacariah by R. C. O'Brien (2/12)

3rd/4th Grade Book Club Books

This is an alphabetical list by title of librarian recommended books for a 3rd/4th grade book club. If the title is followed by a date in parenthesis then this book was selected and read in the book club that I participated in.

B is for Betsy by Carolyn Haywood
Bandit Moon(hist. fict.) by Fleischman
Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes (11/08)
Because of Winn-Dixie by DiCamillo (10/11)
Betsy-Tasy by Maud Hart Lovelace
The Beloved Dearly by Mary Jo Putney (11/10)
Castle in the Attic by Winthrop
The Cricket in Times Square by
The Enormous Egg by Butterworth (6/11)
Fat Men From Space by Daniel Pinkwater (6/09)
Flight of the Phoenix (Beastologist Book One) by Nathaniel Fludd
The Gadget War by Duffey (4/11)
The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle (10/10)
The Grand Escape by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (9/11)
Half-Magic by Edward Eager
Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library by Jo-Beth Clifford (10/08)
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater (9/08)
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
The Iron Giant by Ted Hughes (9/10)
Jack Plank Tells All by Natalie Babbitt (3/12)
Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville (12/08)
Keeper of the Doves by Byer
Knights of the Kitchen Table by Scieszka
Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park
Lumber Camp Library by Wardnock
The Magic Half by Annie Barrows
The Many Troubles of Andy Russell by D. Adler
Otis Spofford by Beverly Cleary
The Penderwicks by
Pippi Longstalking by Astrid Lindgren (3/11)
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park (5/11)
The Prince of the Pond by Donna Jo Napoli
Secret Science Alliance (graphic novel)
Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorris
Sing a Song of Tuna fish by Esme Raji Codell (1/09)
The Small Adventures of Popeye and Elvis by O'Conner
Snow Treasure by McSwigan (12/10)
Strawberry Hill by Hoberman (1/11)
There is a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sacher
The Time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Table by Scieszka
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm (2/12)
Whales on Stilts by M. T. Anderson
Wizards at Work by VanVelde
Yang the Youngest and Terrible Ear by Namioka
Year of the Dog by Grace Lin (1/12)
The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill