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 |