My students have suggested a list of good books to read:
The Rainmaker and A Painted House by John Grisham, The Tower
Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon, Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott
O'Dell, Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Curtis, Sisterhood of the
Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares, Stargirl by Jerry Spindler, Petals
Blowing in the Wind by VC Andrews, The Storm Breaker Series of Alex
Rider by Anthony Horowitz, Chicken Soup for the Pre-teen Soul by
Canfield, Hanser, Hansen & Dunlap, The Harry Potter Series by JK
Rowling, The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pulman, The DaVinci Code & Angels and
Demons by
Dan Brown , The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot - Immortal Series by
Tamara Pierce , California Blue by David Klass, Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster,
12 again by Sue Corbett, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dracula by Bram Stoker,
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
