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Grade 6: Possible English Course Books

Bloomability by Sharon Creech
Call Number: [REA] Fic CRE
ISBN: 006440823X
Publication Date: 2012-12-04
Holes by Louis Sachar
Call Number: [REA] Fic SAC
ISBN: 0374332657
Publication Date: 1998-08-20
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver; Geoff Taylor (Illustrator)
Call Number: [FAN] Fic PAV
ISBN: 9780060728274
Publication Date: 2006-02-21
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Call Number: [REA] Fic APP
ISBN: 0312367651
Publication Date: 2007-08-21
Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney
Call Number: [HIS} Fic COO
ISBN: 0385729456
Publication Date: 2002-06-11
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Call Number: [FAN] Fic RIO
ISBN: 9780786856299
Publication Date: 2005-06-28
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Call Number: [REA] Fic CRE
ISBN: 0064405176
Publication Date: 2011-12-27
Greek and Roman Mythology by Don Nardo
Call Number: 292.1 NAR
ISBN: 1560063084
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Call Number: [REA] Fic PAL
ISBN: 9780375869020
Publication Date: 2012-02-14
Casting the Gods Adrift by Geraldine McCaughrean; Patricia D. Ludlow (Illustrator)
Call Number: [HIS] Fic MCC
ISBN: 0812626842
Publication Date: 2003-05-15

Grade 7: Possible English Course Books

The Cross of Lead by Avi
Call Number: [HIS] Fic AVI
ISBN: 9780786808281
Publication Date: 2002-06-03
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
Call Number: [REA] Fic ELL
ISBN: 9780888994165
Publication Date: 2001-10-25
The Giver by Lowry Lois; Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator)
Call Number: [FAN] Fic LOW
ISBN: 9780547424774
Publication Date: 2011-10-25
Secrets in the House of Delgado by Gloria D. Miklowitz
Call Number: [HIS] Fic MIK
ISBN: 9780802852069
Publication Date: 2004-09-01
Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis
Call Number: [REA] Fic ELL
ISBN: 9780888995148
Publication Date: 2002-07-23
Mud City by Deborah Ellis
Call Number: [REA] Fic ELL
ISBN: 0888995423
Publication Date: 2004-06-20
Gathering Blue by Lowry Lois
Call Number: [FAN] Fic LOW
ISBN: 0618055819
Publication Date: 2000-09-25
Messenger by Lowry Lois
Call Number: [FAN] Fic LOW
ISBN: 0618404414
Publication Date: 2004-04-26
Son by Lowry Lois
Call Number: [FAN] Fic LOW
ISBN: 9780547887203
Publication Date: 2012-10-02

Grade 8: Possible English Coure Books

Chanda's Secrets by Allan Stratton
Call Number: [REA] Fic STR
ISBN: 155037835X
Publication Date: 2004-02-01
The Medici Seal by Theresa Breslin
Call Number: [HIS] Fic BRE
ISBN: 9780385610209
Duchessina by Carolyn Meyer
Call Number: [HIS] Fic MEY
ISBN: 9780152055882
Publication Date: 2007-06-01
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Call Number: [ADV] Fick MIK
ISBN: 038080560X
Publication Date: 2002-04-30
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Call Number: [FAN] Fic TOL
ISBN: 0395071224
Publication Date: 1938-01-01
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai; Patricia McCormick (As told to)
Call Number: 370.82095491 YOU
ISBN: 9780316327930
Publication Date: 2014-08-19
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Call Number: [FAN] Fic BRA
ISBN: 0345342968
Publication Date: 1987-08-12
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Call Number: [REA] Fic ORW
ISBN: 9780151072552
Publication Date: 1990-11-20
Falcon in the Glass by Susan Fletcher
Call Number: [HIS] Fic FLE
ISBN: 9781442429901
Publication Date: 2013-07-09
Leonardo's Shadow by Christopher Peter Grey; Christopher Grey
Call Number: [HIS] Fic GRE
ISBN: 141690543X
Publication Date: 2006-09-26
Primavera by Mary Jane Beaufrand
Call Number: [HIS] Fic BEA
ISBN: 0316016446
Publication Date: 2008-03-01

Transition Into Gr 6 Summer selection may include:

Skellig by David Almond
Call Number: [REA] Fic ALM
ISBN: 0435125141
Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
Call Number: [FAN] Fic OPP
ISBN: 1416949984
Publication Date: 2007-09-18
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Call Number: [REA] Fic DUP
ISBN: 9780375822742
Publication Date: 2004-05-25
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Call Number: [REA] Fic DRA
ISBN: 9781416971719
Publication Date: 2012-05-01
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba; Bryan Mealer; Elizabeth Zunon (Illustrator)
Call Number: 621.4 KAM
ISBN: 9780147510426
Publication Date: 2016-01-05
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
Call Number: 623.4 SHE
ISBN: 9781596434875
Publication Date: 2012-09-04

Transition Into Gr 7 Summer selection may include:

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Call Number: [REA] Fic PHI
ISBN: 9780590474122
Publication Date: 1993-10-01
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Call Number: [REA] Fic SPI
ISBN: 037582233X
Publication Date: 2002-05-14
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Call Number: [REA] Fic GRE
ISBN: 0525478817
Publication Date: 2012-01-10
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
Call Number: [REA] Fic PIT
ISBN: 9781444001839

Transition Into Gr 8 Summer selection may include:

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds; Brendan Kiely
Call Number: [REA] Fic REY
ISBN: 9781481463331
Publication Date: 2015-09-29
Samurai Shortstop by Alan Gratz
Call Number: [HIS] Fic GRA
ISBN: 0142410993
Publication Date: 2008-02-14
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Call Number: [FAN] Fic COL
ISBN: 0670899623
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Call Number: [FAN] Fic LEN
ISBN: 0374386137
Publication Date: 1962-01-01
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder; Michael French
Call Number: 920 FAR
ISBN: 0375990992
Publication Date: 2013-04-09
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Call Number: 920 BEA
ISBN: 9780374105235
Publication Date: 2007-02-13
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff; Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator)
Call Number: 299 HOF
ISBN: 0140067477
Publication Date: 1983-07-28
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong; Simon Boughton (Editor)
Call Number: 919.8 ARM
ISBN: 9780375810497
Publication Date: 2000-09-12
Phineas Gage by John Fleischman
Call Number: 362.1 FLE
ISBN: 9780618052523
Publication Date: 2002-03-25
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green; David Levithan
Call Number: [REA] Fic GRE
ISBN: 9780525421580
Publication Date: 2010-04-06

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