I asked my sixth grade students to do book talks on their favorite novel of the year. The only caveats I gave them were that the books must be appropriate for their age range (middle grade) and not have been made into a movie in their lifetime. I loved the choices they made!
| Abbott, Tony | Firegirl |
| Anderson, Laurie Halse | Fever 1793 |
| Asher, Jay | Thirteen Reasons Why *** |
| Bauer, Joan | Close to Famous |
| Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker | The War that Saved My Life |
| Burkhart, Jessica | Canterwood Crest series |
| Byng, Georgia | Molly Moon series |
| Clements, Andrew | Things Not Seen |
| Condie, Ally | Matched series |
| Constable, Cathryn | The Wolf Princess |
| Costew, Lori | Sherpa’s Adventure |
| Craw, Gloria | Atlantis Rising |
| Dashner, James | Maze Runner series |
| DeStefano, Lauren | Wither |
| DiCamillo, Kate | The Tale of Desperaux |
| DiCamillo, Kate | Flora and Ulysses |
| Dionne, Erin | Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking |
| Draper, Sharon | Stella by Starlight |
| Draper, Sharon | Out of My Mind |
| Erskine, Kathryn | Mockingbird |
| Funke, Cornelia | Inheart |
| Gemienhart, Dan | The Honest Truth |
| Graff, Lisa | Absolutely Almost |
| Green, John | Paper Towns *** |
| Gruener, Gruener, and Gatz | Prisoner B-3087 |
| Haddix, Margaret Peterson | Among the Hidden |
| Harrison, Lisi | Revenge of the Wannabes |
| Henkes, Kevin | Junonia |
| Hiassen, Carl | Flush |
| Hunt, Lynda Mullaly | One for the Murphys |
| Kessler, Jessica | Has Anyone Seen Jessica Jenkins? |
| LaFleur, Suzanne | Eight Keys The Lions of Little Rock |
| Levine, Kristin | |
| Littman, Sarah Darer | Backlash *** |
| Lord, Cynthia | Touch Blue |
| Lu, Marie | Legend series |
| Martin, Ann | Rain Reign |
| Messner, Kate | Wake Up Missing |
| O’Dell, Scott | Island of the Blue Dolphins |
| Palacio, R.J. | Wonder |
| Patterson, James | Maximum Ride |
| Riordan, Rick | The Lost Hero |
| Russell, Renee | The Dork Diaries series |
| Sloan, Holly Goldberg | Counting by 7s |
| Spinelli, Jerry | Stargirl |
| Stein, Garth | Racing in the Rain, My Life as a Dog Drama |
| Telgemier, Raina | |
| Telgemier, Raina | Smile |
| Turetsky, Bianca | The Time Traveling Fashionista series |
| Van Draanen, Wendelin | The Running Dream |
| Verne, Jules | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
| Woods, Brenda | The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond |
| Zusak, Marcus | The Book Thief |
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