Sunday, July 24, 2011

The List

Here's the book list from our Favorite Middle Grade Books transcript! Apologies for any typos or missed recommendations. 

HOLES by Louis Sachar
THE GIRL WHO COULD FLY by Victoria Forester
JULIA GILLIAN (AND THE QUEST FOR JOY) by Allison McGhee
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE by Kate DiCamillo
THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY by Trenton Lee Stewart




LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE by Laura Ingalls Wilder
REAL MERMAIDS DON'T WEAR TOE RINGS by Helene Boudreau
MASTERPIECE by Elise Broach
SHAKESPEARE'S SECRET by Elise Broach
THE YEAR THE SWALLOWS CAME EARLY by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

TURTLE IN PARADISE by Jennifer L . Holm
THE UNWANTEDS by Lisa McMann
TOALLY JOE by James Howe
FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER by E. L. Konigsburg
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA by C. S. Lewis

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES by L. M. Montgomery
ALCATRAZ VS. THE EVIL LIBRARIANS by Brandon Sanderson
THE PLANT THAT ATE DIRTY SOCKS by Nancy McArthur
WHISPERING TO WITCHES by Anna Dale
THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET by Pseudonymous Bosch

THE UNDERNEATH by Kathi Appelt
WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE by Joan Aiken
HOOT by Carl Hiaasen
MOON OVER MANIFEST by Clare Vanderpool
THE DETENTION CLUB by David Yoo

DANI NOIR by Nova Ren Suma
AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS by Gennifer Choldenko
NOTES FROM A LIAR AND HER DOG by Gennifer Choldenko
GILDA JOYCE, PSYCHIC INVESTIGATOR by Jennifer Allison
WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead

THE GIRL WHO CIRCUMNAVIGATED FAIRY LAND IN A SHIP OF HER OWN MAKING by Catherynne M. Valente
ANY WHICH WALL by Laurel Snyder
BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX by Laurel Snyder
THE ENCHANTED FOREST CHRONICLES by Patricia C. Wrede

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE by Diana Wynne Jones
THE EMERALD ATLAS by John Stephens
THE JOY OF SPOOKING by P.J. Bracegirdle
CHASING VERMEER by Blue Balliett
THE STRANGE CASE OF ORIGAMI YODA by Tom Angleberger

FLIPPED by Wendelin Van Draanen
NIM'S ISLAND by Wendy Orr
CORALINE by Neil Gaiman
THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman
GREGOR THE OVERLANDER by Suzanne Collins

TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING by Judy Blume
SUPERFUDGE by Judy Blume
ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET by Judy Blume
THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin
THE WITCHES by Roald Dahl

THE BFG by Roald Dahl
THE BORROWERS by Mary Norton
UNDER TWELVE NOT ALLOWED by Page McBrier
THE BABYSITTER'S CLUB by Ann M. Martin
THE BABYSITTER'S CLUB graphic novels by Raina Telgemeier

THE NEVERENDING STORY by Michael Ende
THE CLOCKWORK THREE by Matthew Kirby
THE MAGIC HALF by Annie Barrows
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick
SQUASHED by Joan Bauer

BETSY-TACY by Maud Hart Lovelace
JUNIPER BERRY by M. P. Kozlowsky
NIGHTMARE AT THE BOOK FAIR by Dan Gutman
GENIUS FILES by Dan Gutman
ONE CRAZY SUMMER by Rita Williams-Garcia

COSMIC by Frank Cottrell Boyce
KING MATT THE FIRST by Janusz Korczak
JEREMY FINK AND THE MEANING OF LIFE by Wendy Mass
DORK DIARIES: TALES FROM A NOT-SO-FABULOUS LIFE by Rachel Renee Russell
HOW LAMAR'S BAD PRANK WON A BUBBA-SIZED TROPHY by Crystal Allen
THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE by Jacqueline West

TOUCH BLUE by Cynthia Lord
OUT OF MY MIND by Sharon M. Draper
HATCHET by Gary Paulsen
MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN by Jean Craighead George
JULIE OF THE WOLVES by Jean Craighead George

WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN by Louis Sachar
THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE by Jacqueline Kelly
HOWLIDAY INN (BUNNICULA SERIES) by James Howe
THE LIGHTNING THIEF by Rick Riordan
WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON by Grace Lin

I, EMMA FREKE by Elizabeth Atkinson
SMALL STEPS by Louis Sachar
SOMEDAY ANGELINE by Louis Sachar
DOODLEBUG: A NOVEL IN DOODLES by Karen Romano Young
THE PISTACHIO PRESCRIPTION by Paula Danziger

THE GIVER by Lois Lowry
TRUE (...SORT OF) by Katherine Hannigan
OKAY FOR NOW by Gary D. Schmidt
11 BIRTHDAYS by Wendy Mass
INTO THE LAND OF THE UNICORNS by Bruce Coville

A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeline L'Engle
THE THIRTEEN CLOCKS by James Thurber
PENNY DREADFUL by Laurel Snyder
IS THERE LIFE ON A PLASTIC PLANET by Mildred Ames
WAIT TILL HELEN COMES by Mary Downing Hahn

DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS by Mary Downing Hahn
ALLIE FINKLE'S RULES FOR GIRLS by Meg Cabot
THE FAIRY TALE DETECTIVES (SISTERS GRIMM SERIES) by Michael Buckley
TUCK EVERLASTING by Natalie Babbit
LEON AND THE SPITTING IMAGE by Allen Kurzweil

STONEWORDS by Pam Conrad
ALIENS ON VACATION by Clete Barrett Smith
EMMA-JEAN LAZARUS FELL OUT OF A TREE by Lauren Tarshis
PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
THE PENDERWICKS by Jeanne Birdsall

A MANGO-SHAPED SPACE by Wendy Mass
THE CANDYMAKERS by Wendy Mass
MANIAC MAGEE by Jerry Spinelli
NUMBER THE STARS by Lois Lowry
ACCIDENTAL HERO by Matt Myklusch

JACK BLANK AND THE SECRET WAR by Matt Myklusch
CHOOSING SIDES by John Ritter
THE THIEF by Megan Whelan Turner
JACOB HAVE I LOVED by Katherine Paterson
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA by Katherine Paterson

A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE by Ann M. Martin
TIME WINDOWS by Kathryn Reiss
KARMA BITES by Stacy Kramer and Valerie Thomas
LOVE, AUBREY by Suzanne LaFleur
THE PIGMAN by Paul Zindel

WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson Rawls
CHARLOTTE'S WEB by E. B. White
THE STARLIGHT CRYSTAL by Christopher Pike
DICEY'S SONG by Cynthia Voigt
HOMECOMING by Cynthia Voigt

DEAR DUMB DIARY by Jim Benton
FRANNY K STEIN, MAD SCIENTIST by Jim Benton
FREAK THE MIGHTY by Rodman Philbrick
GOSSIP FROM THE GIRLS ROOM by Rose Cooper
ARTEMIS FOWL by Eoin Colfer

DEAR MR. HENSHAW by Beverly Cleary
DRUMS, GIRLS, AND DANGEROUS PIE by Jordan Sonnenblick
MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN by Bruce Coville
SAVVY by Ingrid Law
SCUMBLE by Ingrid Law

RONIA, THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER by Astrid Lindgren
WAITING FOR NORMAL by Leslie Connor
LUNCH MONEY by Andrew Clements
FRANNY PARKER by Andrew Clements
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame

MOCKINGBIRD by Kathryn Erskine
SKINNYBONES by Barbara Park
BORN TO BE A DRAGON by Eisley Jacobs
THE TANGLEWOOD TERROR by Kurtis Scaletta
MAMBA POINT by Kurtis Scaletta

BREADCRUMBS by Anne Ursu
THE BRILLLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z by Kate Messner
SKELLIG by David Almond
JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE KEY by Jack Gantos
ALABAMA MOON by Watt Key

CRACKER!: THE BEST DOG IN VIETNAM by Cynthia Kadohata
TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR by Ben Mikaelsen
THE RUINS OF GORLAN by John Flanagan
YESTERDAY'S MAGIC by Pamela F. Service
JOHNNY TREMAIN by Esther Forbes

SO BE IT by Sarah Weeks
THE MOSTLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF HOMER P. FIGG by Rodman Philbrick
STARGIRL by Jerry Spinelli
REDWALL by Brian Jacques
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS by Lemony Snicket

FRINDLE by Andrew Clements
LUNCH LADY graphic novels by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
THE MAGIC THIEF by Sarah Prineas
THE WISH GIVER by Bill Brittain
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID by Jeff Kinney

NO TALKING by Andrew Clements
HARRY POTTER series by J. K. Rowling
THE GREAT WALL OF LUCY WU by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
BIRD IN A BOX by Andrea Davis Pinkney
THE STORM BEFORE ATLANTA by Karen Schwabach

THE WEDNESDAY WARS by Gary Schmidt
ALIBI JUNIOR HIGH by Greg Logsted
STORMBREAKER by Anthony Horowitz
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON by Cressida Cowell
DILLON DILLON by Kate Banks

THE SECRET LIFE OF MS. FINKLEMAN by Ben H. Winters
THE FOURTH STALL by Chris Rylander
CAMO GIRL by Kekla Magoon
MYSTERIES IN OUR NATIONAL PARKS by Gloria Skurzynski
A CIRCLE OF TIME by Marisa Montes

RUBY RED by Kerstin Gier
WALK TWO MOONS by Sharon Creech
SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD series (various authors, nonfiction)
CITY OF EMBER by Jeanne DuPrau
BALLET SHOES by Noel Streatfeild

SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT by Derek Landy
AFTER EVER AFTER by Jordan Sonnenblick
ONE DAY AND ONE AMAZING MORNING ON ORANGE STREET by Joanne Rocklin
YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE ... (Various topics/authors, nonfiction)
THE REINVENTION OF EDISON THOMAS by Jacqueline Houtman

THE GREEN GLASS SEA by Ellen Klages
THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Jester
UP AND DOWN THE SCRATCHY MOUNTAINS by Laurel Snyder

6 comments:

  1. Wonderful list Rachel, thanks for taking the time to go through the transcript and pull all of the titles. Off to print the list!

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  2. Is it possible to still add some...just in case I forgot any? Or did you giys want to strictly keep it as the books mentioned last Thursday?

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  3. Nice!!! Can't wait to join up on Thursdays.

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  4. Hey Kelly, for simplicity we are keeping it just to books mentioned in the transcript-- though there are definitely many more awesome books, and I forgot to mention a bunch, too!

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