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Summer Reading
Suggestions

It REALLY Happened: Great Non-Fiction

Alexander the Great Rocks the World by Vicky Alvear Shecter
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie,
Escape! The Story Of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleishman
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer,
The Freedom Writers Diary by the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell.
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy
Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan
Mysteries of the Mummy Kids by Kelly Milner Halls
Secrets, Lies, Gizmos, and Spies by Janet Wyman Coleman

These are just a few suggestions for your summer reading. Ask for them at the public library and while you are there check out the 2012 Summer Reading Program Here are some of their suggestions!

*All of these titles are somehow connected to New York state and our rich and vast history.
A Tugging String by David Greenberg Water Street by Patricia Giff Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire by Donna Getzinger All the Way Home by Patricia Giff My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Benedict Arnold: Patriot or Traitor? By Ann Graham Gaines Under the Same Sky by Cynthia DeFelice The Seer of Shadows by Avi The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld by Herbert Asbury, Two Suns in the Sky by Miriam Bat-Ami

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LMS

Summer

Reading

Compiled by Mrs. Parks, Librarian
06/10

Summer 2012

Studies have shown that students who read during the summer perform better in school in the fall.

Realistic Fiction: Bystander by James Preller Claudia Cristina Cortez (series) by Diana Gallagher Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) by Jeff Kinney Flip by Martin Bedford Joey Pigza (series) by Jack Gantos Peeled by Joan Bauer So B. It by Sarah Weeks
Especially For Boys: Dude!: Stories and Stuff for Boys ed. by Sandy Asher and David L. Harrison Football Genius, Football Hero, Football Champ and Baseball Great by Tim Green Go Big or Go Home by Will Hobbs The Million Dollar Throw or anything by Mike Lupica The Baseball Card Adventures (series) by Dan Gutman Swindle, Zoobreak and Schooled by Gordon Korman Taking Sides by Gary Soto Under the Baseball Moon by John H. Ritter
Summer Fun:
Bloody Jack (series) L.A. Meyer A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin Full Tilt by Neil Shusterman Hoot, Flush and Scat by Carl Hiaasen Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (series) by Ann Brashares Vladmir Todd (series) by Heather Brewer

Action, Adventure and Mystery:
Arthur and the Forbidden City by Luc Besson Echo Falls Mysteries: Down the Rabbit Hole, Behind the Curtain, Into the Dark by Peter Abrahams The Thirty Nine Clues (series) various authors Maxiumum Ride (series) by James Patterson The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Travel Back in Time: Al Capone Does My Shirts; Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko Chains & Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson Incantation by Alice Hoffman Nory Ryan’s Song by Patricia Reilly Giff The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline Cooney Sisters of the Sword and Chasing the Secret by Mya Snow Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Science Fiction & Fantasy: Airborne (series) by Ken Oppel Artemis Fowl (series) by Eoin Colfer Charlie Bone (series) by Jenny Nimmo Eragon, (series) by Christopher Paolini
Grey Griffins (series) Derek Benz & J. S. Lewis Hunger Games, Catching Fire & Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Icefire (and others in the series) by Chris D’Lacey The Mysterious Benedict Society (series) by Trent Lee Stewart Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series) by Rick Riordan
Animal Stories: Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata How to Steal a Dog Barbara O’Connor Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby The Racing to Freedom Trilogy: Gabriel’s Horses, Gabriel’s Triumph and Gabriel’s Journey by Alison Hart Taming the Star Runner S.E. Hinton Vet Volunteers Series by Laurie Halse Anderson
Graphic Novels: Baby Mouse (series) by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm Bone (series) by Jeff Smith Amulet: The Stone Keeper & The Stone Keepers’ Curse by Kazu Kibuishi In the Small by Michael Hague Kingdom Hearts (series) by Shiro Amano “Oldies But Goodies” These have been around a while, but are still GREAT READS! Anne Of Green Gables (series) by L.M. Montgomery The Chronicles of Narnia (series) by C.S. Lewis The Outsiders by SE Hinton Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself by Judy Blume The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare Trumpet of the Swan by EB White Redwall (series) by Brian Jacques The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle