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Recommended New Novelsfor the Middle School Classroom

Antsy Does TimeNeal Shusterman

In this sequel to The Schwa Was Here, Antsy, 14,

is known as the Master o Time ater donating a

month o his lie to his dying classmate Gunnar.

Amidst his own amily issues and dating Gunnars

sister, Antsy learns things with Gunnars amilyarent what they seem.

IL 68, RL 5.7, LEX 890

National Awards: ALA Best Book for Young

Adults, Junior Library Guild selection

State Lists: OK, PA, TX, VT

Themes and Genres: humor, riendship, amily

Free Teacher Resource available at perfectionlearning.com/trlibrary

I loved the authors quirky storytelling style and irreverent sense of humor.

Im an English teacher, and I read excerpts of this book to teach voice and

humor in writing. My students love it!English teacher on a popular

review site

PB LCL2653301 Price: $6.99 $ 4.89

The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had

Kristine LevineWhen Harry Dit Sims, who is growing up in a

small Alabama town in 1917, befriends Emma,

the daughter o the new postmaster, the racism

o their community creates diculties or them.

When the town barber, who is black, is put on trial

for a terrible crime, Dit and Emma come up with

a daring plan to save him from the unthinkable.

Inspired by the authors true family history.

IL 58, RL 4, LEX 680

National Awards: ALA Best Book for

Young Adults, Junior Library Guild selection

State Lists: VA

Themes and Genres: multicultural (Arican American), racial prejudice,

riendship


This is a good book on the value of friendship without boundaries.PB LCL2165401 Price: $6.99 $4.89 CC LCL2165402 Price: $15.85 $11.10

ChainsLaurie Halse Anderson

Sold as a slave to an inuential New York Tory family,

13-year-old Isabel spies for the Patriot side during

the American Revolution in a desperate hope to

gain freedom for herself and her ve-year-old sister.

IL 610, RL 4.5, Lexile 780

National Awards: CBC/NCSS Notable

Social Studies Trade Book, ALA Notable

Childrens Books, ALA Best Books for

Young Adults, National Book Award nalist,

IRA Teachers Choices, Rodda Book Award

nominee, Scott ODell Award

State Lists: AK, AR, AZ, CT, DC, IL, IN, ME, MI, MO, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OR, PA, RI,SC, TN, TX, UT

Themes and Genres: multicultural (African American), American Revolution,

slavery


This is a really good middle school book about the Revolutionary War

thats not only historically accurate, but also fast-paced and kid-friendly,

while still revealing the heartaches and struggles of the time, including

those of slaves ghting for freedom. This well-researched book includes

extensive back matter that addresses many questions about history for

readers to discuss.

PB LCL2079501 Price: $6.99 $ 4.89 CC LCL2079501 Price: $16.10 $11.27

FlygirlSherri L. SmithIda Mae, an 18-year-old light-skinned African American,passes hersel of as a white woman in order tobe allowed to y as a member of the WomensAirforce Service Pilots during World War II.

IL 712, RL 4, Lexile 680 National Awards: ALA Best Books for YoungPeople, Notable Social Studies, CooperativeChildrens Book Center Choices Selection,Washington Post Best Kids Books of the Year

State Lists: CA, DC, IL, KS, SC, TN, TX, UT Themes and Genres: World War II,

multicultural (Arican American), prejudice(racial and gender)

Free Teacher Resource available at perfectionlearning.com/trlibrary An afterword lls in the history of the Womens Airforce Service Pilots

(WASP), which notes that while records do not show that there were anyblack female pilots during World War II, those records do not tell the truth

about pilots like Ida Mae in Flygirl.


The Great Wide SeaM.H. HerlongStill mourning the death o their mother, threebrothers go with their father on an extendedsailing trip o the Florida Keys, and have aharrowing adventure at sea.

IL 610, RL 4, Lexile 660 National Awards: ALA Best Books for Young

Adults, ALA Top Ten State Lists: FL, IL, KS, KY, ME, NM, TX, VT Themes and Genres: survival, adventure, grief

family, bonds of brotherhood Free Teacher Resource available at

perfectionlearning.com/trlibrary


The Hunger GamesSuzanne CollinsIn a future North America, where the rulers ofPanem maintain control through an annualtelevised survival competition pitting youngpeople from each of the twelve districts againstone another, 16-year-old Katnisss skills are put tothe test when she voluntarily takes her youngersisters place.

IL 812, RL 4.8, GRL Z, Lexile 810 National Awards: ALA Best Books for

Young Adults, ALA Top Ten for Young Adults,ALA Notable Books, ALA Quick Picks forReluctant Readers, Publishers Weeklys Best

Books of the Year: Childrens Fiction, New York Times Notable ChildrensBook, Cybil AwardFantasy & Science Fiction, Childrens Choice BookAward Teen Choice Book of the Year nalist, CCBC Choices, Kirkus BestYoung Adult Books, Horn Book Fanfare, School Library Journal Best Book

State Lists: AK, AR, AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MO, NC, NE, NY, OK,OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, UT, VT, WA, WY

Themes and Genres: science ction (dystopian society), survival, suspenseadventure

Free Teacher Resource available at perfectionlearning.com/trlibrary This book, the rst in The Hunger Games trilogy, shares similarities with

Lord of the Flieswriting style, suspense, action, and survival. The HungerGames would work for upper middle school, maybe eighth grade, as studentsyounger than that may not understand the depth of the book. In addition,there is some violence, albeit not explicit, that might not be appropriate fo

younger middle grades.


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LeviathanScott Westerfeld

In an alternate history o World War I where

engineered beasts are pitted against machines,

orphaned Prince Alek is hidden away or his own

protection. He meets up with Deryn, a girl who

has disguised herself as a boy so she can join the

British Air Service.

IL 710, RL 5, Lexile 790, GRL J

National Awards: ALA Notable Childrens

Books for Young Adults, ALA Best Book for

Young Adults, Bank Street Best Books of the Year

with Merit, Kirkus Best Young Adult Book,

School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

Themes and Genres: Science ction, steam-punk ction, adventure,

suspense, World War I

The rst book in a new series, Leviathan is a very good, unique book that

will appeal to girls and boys (especially boys) in middle school and the rst

few years of high school. Steam-punk ction is becoming a hot genre and

this book represents the genre well. It also has really good characterization

and is very fast-paced and exciting reading. The black-and-white illustrations

(at least one to two per chapter) are an added bonus. Lastly, it is squeaky

clean in terms o language.


The Rock and the RiverKekla Magoon

Fourteen-year-old Sam is caught in a conictbetween his fathers nonviolent approach to seeking

civil rights for African Americans and his older

brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.

IL 510, RL 3.9, Lexile 680

National Awards: ALA Notable Childrens

Books, ALA Coretta Scott King John Steptoe

New Talent Award, ALA Best Books for Young

Adults, Bank Street Best Books of the Year,

CCBC Choices

State Lists: DC

Themes and Genres: multicultural (African Americans), Civil Rights

movement, racism


The Snow Baby: The Arctic

Childhood of Admiral E. Pearys

Daring DaughterKatherine Kirkpatrick

When Marie Ahnighito Peary, daughter o

the famous explorer, was six weeks old, her

mother wrapped her in a caribou skin bag,

furs, and an American ag. Young Marie

had a childhood like no other. Called Snow

Baby by the Inuit, who had never seen a

blonde, blue-eyed child, she moved back

and forth between the icy domains whereher father kept camp as he continued his expeditions and the United States,

where her mothers relatives led a genteel life. Illustrated with captivating

black-and-white photographs. Includes a solid bibliography.

IL 47, RL 8, LEX 1050

Awards: Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Title, Booklist Top 10 Biographies

for Youth, Booklist Editors Choice Book, Cooperative Childrens Book Cente

Choice Book, James Madison Book Award Honor Book

Themes and Genres: biography, adventure, Native Americans/Inuit,

womens experiences in history, American exploration

PB LCL2133401 Price: $9.45 $ 6.62

Snow Falling in Spring:

Coming of Age in China

During the Cultural Revolution

Moying LiA compelling memoir that brings to life a dark time

in Chinas history. During the summer of 1966 when

Red Guards launched brutal assaults and forced

confessions, a young girl is able to nd solace and

learning when her ather smuggles a reading list o

banned books to her from labor camp.

IL 712, RL 6

National Awards: NCSS/CBC Notable Trade

Book in the Field of Social Studies, IRA Childrens

Book Award, Bank Street Childrens Book of the Year, CBBC Choice

State Lists: MA

Themes and Genres: memoir, world literature (China), Cultural Revolution,

amily


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