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Arcady’s Goal by Eugene Yelchin
Arcady’s Goal by Eugene Yelchin. Henry Holt, 2014. 234 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10 Maturity Level: 3 (ages 8-10) and up Bottom Line: Arcady’s Goal exposes the fear and bleakness of...
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*Rise by Trip Lee
*Rise: Get Up and Live in God’s Great Story by Trip Lee. Thomas Nelson, 2014. 240 pages. Reading Level: Young Adults, ages 12-15 and up Maturity Level: 4 (ages 11-12) and up Bottom Line: Trip Lee’s...
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*You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang
*You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang, illustrated by Christopher Weyant. Two Lions (Amazon), 2014. 30 pages. Reading Level: Easy Readers, ages 4-8 Recommended For: ages 0-4 Bottom Line: Beginning readers...
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Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff. Penguin, 2014, 305 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Bottom Line: Absolutely Almost is a reassuring tale for middle graders who fear they are hopelessly...
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Bible Review: The Action Bible ESV
The Action Bible Study Bible ESV, edited by Catherine deVries, illustrated by Sergio Cariello. David C. Cook, 2015. 1248 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 9-13...
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Guts & Glory: The American Civil War by Ben Thompson
Guts & Glory: The American Civil War by Ben Thompson. Little, Brown, 2014. 317 pages, including index. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-14 (especially boys) Bottom...
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Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James Swanson
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson. Scholastic Press, 2009. 194 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-14 Bottom Line: The young reader’s version of the...
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Lucky Strike by Bobby Pyron
Lucky Strike by Bobby Pyron. Scholastic (Arthur Levine), 2015. 263 pages Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10 Recommended for: ages 8-12 Bottom Line: A “lucky” lightning strike changes a lonely boy...
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*Tiger Boy by Mitali Perkins
*Tiger Boy by Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Jamie Hogan. Charlesbridge, 2015. 410 pages, including author note and glossary Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 8-10 Recommended for: ages 8-12 Bottom...
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Wilder Boys by Brandon Wallace
Wilder Boys by Brandon Wallace. Aladdin, 2015. 220 pages Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-14 (especially boys) Bottom Line: Questionable premises aside, Wilder Boys is...
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The Fog Diver by Joel Ross
The Fog Diver by Joel Ross. Harper, 2015. 323 pages. Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-16 Bottom Line: The Fog Diver imagines a dystopian world of Haves and Have-nots,...
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Fort by Cynthia DeFelice
Fort by Cynthia DeFelice. Farrar Strauss Giroux, 2015. 200 pages Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10 Recommended for: ages 10-12 (especially boys and reluctant readers) Bottom Line: Sweet-but-rough...
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SIX by M. M. Vaughan
SIX by M. M. Vaughan. Simon & Shuster (Margaret K. Elderberry Books), 2015. 361 pages Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: Ages 10-14 Bottom Line: SIX, a science-fiction novel...
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Reading Outside Your Preferred Genre
As a teacher, I’ve had various conversations with parents about how to get their children engaged in reading. The flip side of that conversation comes when a student is interested in reading, but...
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My Life in Pictures by Deborah Zemke
My Life in Pictures (Bea Garcia #1) by Deborah Zemke. Dial, 2016, 134 pages Reading Level: Chapter Books, ages 4-8 Recommended for: ages 6-10 Bottom Line: Bea Garcia learns to deal with disappointment...
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Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm, illustrated by Matthew Holm. Scholastic Graphix, 2015, 216 pages Reading Level: 8-10 Recommended for: 8-12 Bottom Line: In this graphic novel with a bittersweet twist,...
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Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key
Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key. Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2015, 224 pages. Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 12-15, especially boys Bottom Line: In a fast, thrilling...
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McBroom series by Sid Fleischman
This post is part of our “Summer of Great Family Reads” series. Don’t miss the initial post full of more excellent recommendations! McBroom’s Wonderful One-Acre Farm: Three Tall Tales by Sid...
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The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett and Jory John
The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett and Jory John. Amulet, 2015, 217 pages Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10 Recommended for: ages 8-12, especially boys Bottom Line: A fifth-grade prankster meets...
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Frank Einstein and the Anti-Matter Motor by Jon Schieszka
Frank Einstein and the Anti-Matter Motor (Frank Einstein #1) by Jon Schieszka. Amulet, 2015, 180 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10 Recommended for: ages 8-12, especially boys Bottom Line:...
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