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Middle School Summer Reading List: Back-To-School Countdown (Day 11)

This is the 10th posting in a 41-day effort that gives you news you can use as you count down the days before the opening bell of the 2011-12 school year. Hillsborough County schools reopen Aug. 23.

The Brandon Patch Back-To-School Countdown proceeds with this Day 11 report on news useful to know as the opening bell of the first day of classes approaches.

Teachers in the Hillsborough County School District go back to school August 15 to prepare for the first day of school for students, August 23.

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The incentive to read is best felt from within and that is best accomplished when kids get to read things they like, and not just for a grade or a contest.

Recognizing the adults who want to see kids working at reading over the summer, and the kids who want to enjoy the break in formal studies, we offer here a list of suggested titles, by grade level, as offered through the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative.

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Our aim is for readers at all levels to tap into a book that piques their interest — and read for fun this summer. The HCPLC offers, as well, lists for children readers, high school readers and adults.

Care to suggest any titles yourself? Do so in the “Call for Comments” box below.

SUGGESTED SUMMER READING FOR MIDDLE- SCHOOL-AGED TEENS:

SIXTH GRADE

  • “Alibi Junior High” / By Greg Logsted
  • “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” / By Grace Lin
  • “National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society / By Michael Buckly / Illustrated by Ethen Beavers
  • “Million-Dollar Throw” / By Mike Lupica
  • “The Strange Case of Origami Yoda” / By Tom Angleberger
  • “Peace, Locomotion” / By Jacqueline Woodson
  • “The Call of the Wild” and “White Fang” / By Jack London

SEVENTH GRADE

  • "Sucks To Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (Maybe)” / By Kimberly Pauley
  • “Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow” / By Jessica Day George
  • “Ghostopolis” / By Doug TenNapel / Illustrated by Doug TenNapel
  • “Mudville” / By Kurtis Scaletta
  • “The Hollow Bettle” / By Susannah Appelbaum / Illustrated by Jennifer Taylor
  • “Return to Sender” / By Julia Alvarez
  • “Keeper of the Grail” / By Michael P. Spradlin
  • “The Call of the Wild” and “White Fang” / By Jack London

EIGHTH GRADE

  • “Flygirl” / By Sherri L. Smith
  • “Beautiful Creatures” / By Kami Garcia / Author, Margaret Stohl
  • “Pop” / By Gordon Korman
  • “Killer Pizza” / By Greg Taylor
  • “Maus: A Survivor’s Tale” / By Art Spiegelman
  • “Heat” / By Mike Lupica
  • “Milkweed” / By Jerry Spinelli
  • “Small Steps” / By Louis Sachar

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ABOUT THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL COUNTDOWN:

This is the 11th posting in a 41-day effort that counts down the days before the opening bell of the 2011-12 school year for the Hillsborough County School District.


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