:: Contemporary/Elite 36 Book List 6-8 Grades 2019-20 ::

Author Title
Abbott, Tony Firegirl
Avi The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Choldenko, Gennifer Al Capone Does My Shirts
DuPrau, Jeanne City of Ember: The First Book of Ember
Fleishman, Sid The 13th Floor
Frank, Anne Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
Freedman, Russell Lincoln: A Photobiography
Giff, Patricia R. Nory Ryan’s Song
Gutman, Dan Abner and Me
Haugaard, Erik Christian The Samurai’s Tale
Hillendrand, Laura Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly Fish in a Tree
Jimenez, Francisco Breaking Through
Kadohata, Cynthia Kira-Kira
Korman, Gordon Restart
L’Amour, Louis Last of the Breed
Larson, Kirby Hattie Big Sky
Latham, Jean Lee Carry on Mr. Bowditch
London, Jack Call of the Wild
Lupica, Mike Heat
Mikaelsen, Ben Touching Spirit Bear
Morpurgo, Michael War Horse
O’Dell, Scott Black Star, Bright Dawn
Palacio, R.J. Wonder
Paterson, Katherine Bridge to Terabithia
Paulsen, Gary Woodsong
Paver, Michelle Wolf Brother
Peck, Richard The Teacher’s Funeral
Rylant, Cynthia Missing May
Schmidt, Gary D. Wednesday Wars
Sheikin, Steve Bomb
Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped
Ten Boom, Corrie The Hiding Place
Winterfeld, Henry Mystery of the Roman Ransom
Yep, Laurence Dragonwings: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1903
Yolen, Jane Devil’s Arithmetic

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