Middle School Reading List
Literary Fiction
- The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
- Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
- Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper
- Eleven, Tom Rogers
- The Five People You Meet In Heaven, Mitch Albom
- Life of Pi, Yan Martel
- The Bridge Home, Padma Venkatraman
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
- Freak the Mighty, Rodman Philbrick
- Hatchet, Gary Paulsen
- A Separate Peace, John Knowles
- Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis
- Amina’s Voice, Henna Khan
- Tears of a Tiger, Sharon M. Draper
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
- Abduction!, Peg Kehret
- When Dimple Met Rishi, Sandhya Menon
- Clara Luz, Jorge Eliécer Pardo
- Tree of Dreams, Lisa Resau
- The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
- Amal Unbound, Aisha Saeed
Historical Fiction
- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
- Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O’Dell
- The Night Diary, Veera Hiranandani
- Monster, Walter Dean Myers
- Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan
- Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
- The War That Saved My Life, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson
- A Night Divided, Jennifer A. Nielsen
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963, Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
- Sophia’s War: A Tale of the Revolution, Avi
Non-Fiction
- The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
- Free Lunch, Rex Ogle
- All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team, Christina Soontornvat
- Ugly by Robert Hoge
- Seed Folks by Paul Fleischman
- Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt
- A Long Walk to Water By Linda Sue Park
- White Bird By R.J. Palacio
- Brown Girl Dreaming By Jacqueline Woodson
- The Night Diary By Veera Hiranandani
- New Kid By Jerry Craft
- The Stars Beneath Our Feet By David Barclay Moore
- Where Am I Wearing?: A Global Tour of the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes, by Kelsey Timmerman
- I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World, Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick
- Bomb: The Race to Build–and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon, Steve Sheinkin
