As a 6th grade Language Arts teacher, I am always trying to give my students new suggestions on really good books to read. At the end of the school year, I provide them with a list of Recommended Summer Reading. I'm sharing that list with you! Please keep in mind that I attempt to keep the list as clean as possible and I also try to stay away from really popular titles in hopes that you might discover little diamonds waiting for you!
Today's post is our final post in this series. If you're still searching for a good book, then check out some of these great authors!
Mike Lupica has a lot
of well-written sports novels. A
newspaper columnist, Mr. Lupica has been writing sports commentary for
years. He has appeared on ESPN and
writes for the Daily News. In addition to his nonfiction books, he began
writing young adult fiction with Travel
Team and added a few more to the list.
Suzanne
Collins is well known for her recent Hunger
Games trilogy, but before Hunger
Games there was The Underland Chronicles. Check them out!
Judy Blume is always
hilarious with Freckle Juice, Blubber, Fudge, and so many more! She
also some older books geared towards issues girls might face in high school.
Patricia
Reilly Giff has so many books about kids from all different walks of life. For
example, Nory Ryan’s Song is a
historical fiction and then Pictures of
Hollis Woods is about an orphan who remembers her past foster homes.
Still looking? There book lists everywhere! Here are two sources to check out.
Junior Library Guild lists
Lists of
books at different levels, for different topics, put out by different
organizations.
International Literacy Association
There are
links to three different lists here: Children’s Choices, Teachers’ Choices,
Young Adults’ Choices.
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