Middle School Reading Challenge
NEW! The Middle School Reading Challenge is a self-paced reading program specifically for students entering grades 6-8.
The goal is to read 30 books before high school.
Those who participate each year vote on prizes and incentives.
Register anytime throughout the year at the Youth Services Reference Desk.
Questions? Comments?
Contact Tammy Wulf at twulf@egvpl.org.
Book List
What do you want to read? Select the 30 books you want to read from the following list of Middle School Reading Challenge books.
The list is sorted by author last name. Click on "Title" to sort A-Z or Z-A by book title. Click on "Author" to sort A-Z or Z-A by auther last name.
TITLE  |
AUTHOR |
|---|---|
| Crossover, the | Alexander, Kwame |
| Chains | Anderson, Laurie Halse |
| Speak | Anderson, Laurie Halse |
| Danger Box, the | Balliet, Blue |
| Hold Fast | Balliet, Blue |
| Girl Who Drank the Moon, the | Barnhill, Kelly |
| Boy Who Dared, the | Bartoletti, Susan Campbell |
| Doll Bones | Black, Holly |
| Ask Me No Questions | Budhos, Marina |
| Awkward | Chnakova, Svetlana |
| Face on the Milk Carton, the | Cooney, Caroline |
| Walk Two Moons | Creech, Sharon |
| Elijah of Buxton | Curtis, Christopher Paul |
| Mighty Miss Malone | Curtis, Christopher Paul |
| Watsons Go to Birmingham, the | Curtis, Christopher Paul |
| Under the Mambo Moon | Durango, Julia |
| Out of My Mind | Draper, Sharron |
| Wild Book, the | Engle, Margarita |
| Diary of a Young Girl, the | Frank, Anne |
| Coraline | Gaiman, Neil |
| Looking for Alaska | Green, John |
| Garvey's Choice | Grimes, Nikki |
| Outsiders, the | Hinton, S.E. |
| Roller Girl | Jamieson, Victoria |
| Kimchi and Calamari | Kent, Rose |
| Lion of Little Rock | Levine, Kristin Sims |
| Giver, the | Lowry, Lois |
| Ask Me How My Mood Ring Feels | Lopez, Diana |
| Snow Falling in Spring | Marcus, Moying Li |
| Echo | Ryan, Pam Munoz |
| Dreamer, the | Ryan, Pam Munoz |
| King of Mulberry Street, the | Napoli, Donna Jo |
| Night Divided, a | Nielsen, Jennifer |
| Cuba 15 | Osa, Nancy |
| Operation Oleander | Patterson, Valerie |
| As Brave as You | Reynolds, Jason |
| Ghost (Track) | Reynolds, Jason |
| Persepolis | Satrapi, Marjane |
| Beginning of Everything, the | Schneider, Robyn |
| Wednesday Wars, the | Schmidt, Gary |
| Okay for Now | Schmidt, Gary |
| Running Dream, the | VanDraanen, Wendelin |
| Paperboy | Vawter, Vince |
| So B It | Weeks, Sarah |
| One Crazy Summer | Garcia, Rita Williams |
| Brown Girl Dreaming | Woodsen, Jaqueline |
| Millicent Min Girl Genius | Yee, Lisa |
| I am Malala | Yousafzai, Malala |
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Last Updated: March 13, 2018