Hillcrest Middle School

Carter, Ally. I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, Bk. 1)

Craig, Joe. Jimmy Coates…Assassin? (Bk. 1)

Flanagan, Jonathan. The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger’s Apprentice series, Bk. 1)

Gilman, David. The Devil’s Breath (Danger Zone, Bk. 1)

Golding, Julia. The Diamond of Drury Lane (Cat Royal Adventure, Bk. 1)

Gutman, Dan. Getting Air

Henry, April. Shock Point

Higgins, Jack. Sure Fire (Bk. 1)

Higson, Charlie. Silverfin (Young Bond series, Bk. 1)

Horowitz, Anthony. Stormbreaker (Alex Rider series, Bk. 1)

Key, Watt. Alabama Moon

Key, Watt.  Terror at Bottle Creek

Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob

Mikaelson, Ben. Touching Spirit Bear

Moodie, Craig. Seaborn

Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet

Smith, Roland. Zach’s Lie

Sorrells, Walter. The Silent Room

Dokey, Cameron. Beauty Sleep (Once Upon a Time series – many different authors in series)

Dokey, Cameron. Golden.

Dokey, Cameron. The Storyteller’s Daughter

George, Jessica Day. Princess of the Midnight Ball

George, Jessica Day. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow

Jones, Frewin. The Faerie Path (Bk. 1)

Leavitt, Martine. Keturah and Lord Death

Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted

Levine, Gail Carson. Ever

Livingston, Lesley. Wondrous Strange (Bk. 1)

Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood Dancing (and sequel, Cybele’s Secret)

Fantasy            Return to Top

Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson. Peter and the Starcatchers (Bk. 1)

Bray, Libba. A Great and Terrible Beauty (Bk. 1)

Billingsley, Franny.  Chime

Carey, Janet Lee. Dragon’s Keep

Childs, Tera Lynn.  Sweet Venom (Bk. 1)

Chima, Cinda Williams. The Warrior Heir (Bk. 1)

Chima, Cinda Williams.  The Demon King (Seven Realms, Bk. 1)

Coburn, Ann. Glint.

Constable, Kate. The Singer of All Songs (Chanters of Tremaris trilogy, Bk. 1)

DiMari, Silvana. The Last Dragon

Dixon, Heather.  Entwined

Landy, Derek. Skulduggery Pleasant (Bk. 1)

Law, Ingrid.  Savvy

Meyer, Marissa.  Cinder

Mull, Brandon. Fablehaven (Bk. 1)

Nielsen, Jennifer A.  The False Prince

Nix, Garth. Mister Monday (Keys to the Kingdom series, Bk. 1)

Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn (Bk. 1)

Paolini, Christopher. Eragon (Alageisia trilogy, Bk. 1)

Paver, Michelle. Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, Bk. 1)

Pierce, Tamora. First Test (Protector of the Small, Bk. 1)

Pratchett, Terry. The Wee Free Men (Tiffany Aching (Discworld) series, Bk. 1)

Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, Bk. 1)

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter series

Scott, Michael. The Alchemyst (Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Bk. 1)

Skye, Obert. Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo (Bk. 1)

Stroud, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus trilogy, Bk. 1)

Stroud, Jonathan. Heroes of the Valley

Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere

Historical Fiction           Return to Top

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Chains

Avi. Crispin: the Cross of Lead

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The Boy Who Dared

Boyne, John. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Bruchac, Joseph. The Winter People

Compestine, Ying Chang. Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party

Forrester, Sandra. Leo and the Lesser Lion

Henderson, Aileen Kilgore. Hard Times for Jake Smith

Kadohata, Cynthia. Weedflower

Lasky, Kathryn. Ashes

Lester, Julius. Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue

Lisle, Janet Taylor. Black Duck

Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars

McCaughrean, Geraldine. The Kite Rider

Sharenow, Rob.  The Berlin Boxing Club

Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl

Spradlin, Michael. Keeper of the Grail (Youngest Templar, Bk. 1)

Wolf, Allan. New Found Land

Yolen, Jane. The Devil’s Arithmetic

Horror/Scary/Creepy            Return to Top

Becker, Tom. Darkside (Bk. 1)

Grabenstein, Chris. The Crossroads (Bk. 1)

Grant, Michael. Gone (Gone series, Bk. 1)

Horowitz, Anthony. Groosham Grange (Bk. 1)

Horowitz, Anthony. Horowitz Horror

Horowitz, Anthony. Raven’s Gate (Gatekeepers, Bk. 1)

Klavan, Andrew. The Last Thing I Remember (Homelanders, Bk. 1)

Machale, D.J. The Light (Morpheus Road, Bk. 1)

Nayeri, Daniel and Dina Nayeri. Another Faust

Plummer, Louise. Finding Daddy

Poblocki, Dan.  The Ghost of Graylock

Poblocki, Dan.  The Nightmarys

Richardson, E.E. The Intruders

Richardson, E.E. The Devil’s Footsteps

Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak (Bk. 1)

Shusterman, Neal. Everlost (Bk. 1)

Shusterman, Neal. Unwind

Vande Velde, Vivian. All Hallows’ Eve

Wooding, Chris. Malice (Bk. 1)

Wooding, Chris. Poison

Humorous Fiction              Return to Top

Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton

Gantos, Jack.  Dead End in Norvelt

Gephart, Donna. How to Survive Middle School

Ignatow, Amy.  The Popularity Papers:  Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lyda Goldblatt & Julie Graham-Chang (Bk. 1)

Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob

Korman, Gordon.  Ungifted

Kowitt, H.N.  The Loser List (Bk. 1)

Lubar, David. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie

Mass, Wendy.  Finally

Paulsen, Gary. Amazing Life of Birds: the Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech

Paulsen, Gary. Harris and Me

Paulsen, Gary. How Angel Peterson Got His Name

Paulsen, Gary. Mudshark

Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate: In a Class By Himself (Bk. 1)

Petty, J.T. Clemency Pogue: Fairy Killer (Bk. 1)

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Notes from the Midnight Driver

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Zen and the Art of Faking It

Urban, Linda. A Crooked Kind of Perfect

Vernon, Ursula.  Dragonbreath (Bk. 1)

Abrahams, Peter. Down the Rabbit Hole: an Echo Falls Mystery (Bk. 1)

Adam, Paul.  Max Cassidy:  Escape from Shadow Island

Allison, Jennifer.  Gilda Joyce:  Psychic Investigator (Bk. 1)

Berk, Josh.  The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin

Broach, Elise. Shakespeare’s Secret

Cabot, Meg. Shadowland (Mediator series, Bk. 1)

Carter, Ally. Heist Society (Bk. 1)

Christie, Agatha. And Then There Were None

Duncan, Lois.  Ranom

Feinstein, John. Last Shot: a Final Four Mystery (Bk. 1)

Grisham, John.  Theodore Boone:  Kid Lawyer (Bk 1.)

Hiaasen, Carl. Flush

Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot

Hiaasen, Carl. Scat

Hiaasen, Car.  Chomp

Karbo, Karen. Minerva Clark Gets a Clue (Bk. 1)

Rabb, M.E. The Rose Queen (Missing Persons series, Bk. 1)

Roberts, Willo Davis. The View from the Cherry Tree

Turnage, Sheila.  Three Times Lucky

Mythology                Return to Top

Childs, Tera Lynn. Oh.My.Gods (Bk. 1)

Childs, Tera Lynn. Forgive My Fins (Bk. 1)

Cooney, Caroline. B. Goddess of Yesterday

Deary, Terry. The Fire Thief (Bk. 1)

Druitt, Tobias. Corydon and the Island of Monsters (Bk. 1)

Farmer, Nancy. The Sea of Trolls (Bk. 1)

Friesner, Esther. Nobody’s Princess

Friesner, Esther. Temping Fate

Halam, Ann. Snakehead

Harris, Joanne. Runemarks

LaFevers, R.L. Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (Bk. 1)

Riordan,Rick. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Bk. 1)

Riordan, Rick. Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles, Bk. 1)

Riordan, Rick. The Hidden Oracle (Trials of Apollo, Bk. 1)

Scott, Michael. The Alchemyst (Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Bk. 1)

Ursu, Anne. The Shadow Thieves (Cronus Chronicles, Bk. 1)

 

Nonfiction                                         Return to top

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.  Terrible Typhoid Mary:  the True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America

Bragg, Georgia.  How They Croaked:  the Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

Fleischman, John.  Phineas Gage: a Gruesome But True Story about Brain Science

Marrin, Albert.  Black Gold:  the Story of Oil in Our Lives

Montgomery, Sy.  Temple Grandin:  How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World

Moore, Wes.  Discovering Wes Moore

Pollan, Michael (adapted by Richie Chevat).  The Omnivore's Dilemma:  the Secrets Behind What You Eat

Raczka, Bob.  The Vermeer Interviews:  Conversations with Seven Works of Art

Schlosser, Eric and Charles Wilson.  Chew on This:  Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food

Schwartz, John.  Short:  Walking Tall When You're Not at All

Sheinkin, Steve.  Bomb:  the Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Singh, Simon.  The Code Book:  How To Make It, Break It, Hack It, Crack It

Swanson, James L.  Chasing King's Killer: the Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin

Swanson, James L.  Chasing Lincoln's Killer

Swanson, James L.  "The President Has Been Shot!": the Assassination of John F. Kennedy 

Takaki, Ronald (adapted by Rebecca Stefoff).  A Different Mirror for Young People:  a Young People's History of Multicultural America

Tunnell, Michael O.  Candy Bomber:  the Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot"

Novels in Verse                  Return to Top

Adoff, Jaime. Jimi & Me

Bingham, Kelly. Shark Girl

Brown, Susan Taylor. Hugging the Rock

Bryant, Jennifer. Pieces of Georgia

Bryant, Jennifer. The Trial

Burg, Ann E.  All the Broken Pieces

Creech, Sharon.  Heartbeat

Creech, Sharon. Love That Dog (and sequel, Hate That Cat)

Frost, Helen.  Crossing Stones

Frost, Helen.  Hidden

Grimes, Nikki.  Planet Middle School

Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust

Hilton, Marilyn.  Full Cicada Moon

Koertge, Ron. Shakespeare Bats Cleanup

Reynolds, Jason.  Long Way Down

Roy, Jennifer. Yellow Star

Sandell, Lisa Ann. Song of the Sparrow

Bodeen, S.A.  The Compound

Carey, Janet Lynn. Wenny Has Wings

Coman, Carolyn. What Jamie Saw

Creech, Sharon. Granny Torrelli Makes Soup

DeFelice, Cynthia. Weasel

Dorris, Michael. Sees Behind Trees

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

Harrison, Lisi. The Clique (Clique series, Bk. 1)

Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders

Kelly, Katy. Lucy Rose: Here’s the Thing About Me (Bk. 1)

Key, Wyatt. Alabama Moon

Key, Watt.  Fourmile

Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Bk. 1)

Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob

Kuipers, Alice. Life on the Refrigerator Door

Mazer, Harry. A Boy at War: a Novel of Pearl Harbor (Bk. 1)

Meade, Alice. Junebug

Neri, G. Chess Rumble

Parks, Barbara. Skinnybones

Paulsen, Gary. The Schernoff Discoveries

Paulsen, Gary. How Angel Peterson Got His Name

Peters, Julie Ann. Define “Normal”

Plummer, Louise. Finding Daddy

Shaw, Susan. The Boy from the Basement

Sorrells, Walter. The Silent Room

Vernon, Ursula. Dragonbreath (Bk. 1)

Weeks, Sarah. Regular Guy

Realistic Fiction               Return to Top

Cooner, Donna D.  Skinny 

Cummings, Priscilla. Red Kayak

Dionne, Erin. The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet

Draper, Sharon M. Out of My Mind

Flake, Sharon. The Skin I’m In

Friend, Natasha. Lush

Friend, Natasha. Perfect

Friend, Natash. Bounce

Headley, Justina Chen.  North of Beautiful

Henkes, Kevin. Olive’s Ocean

Henry, April. Shock Point

Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders

Hobbs, Valerie. Tender

Key, Watt. Alabama Moon

Lubar, David. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie

McCormick, Patricia. My Brother’s Keeper

Moses, Shelia. Joseph

Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Dairy Queen  (Bk. 1)

Palacio, R.J.  Wonder

Peters, Julie Ann. Define “Normal”

Rue, Ginger. Brand New Emily

Sandell, Lisa Ann. A Map of the Known World

Schumacher, Julie. Black Box

Shreve, Susan. Blister

Sloan, Holly Goldberg. Counting by 7s

Smelcer, John. The Trap

Sorrell, Walter. The Silent Room

Van Draanen, Wendelin. Runaway

Van Draanen, Wendelin.  The Running Dream

Romance                Return to Top

Abbott, Hailey. The Bridesmaid

Bauer, Joan. Thwonk

Birdsall, Olivia. Notes on a Near-Life Experience

Brande, Robin. Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature

Brande, Robin. Fat Cat

Brashares, Ann. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood series, Bk. 1)

Cabot, Meg. Avalon High

Calonita, Jen. Secrets of My Hollywood Life (Bk. 1)

Dessen, Sarah.  What Happened to Goodbye

Dokey, Cameron. How Not to Spend Your Senior Year

Freitas, Donna. The Possibilities of Sainthood

Guarente, G.P.   Hook, Line & Sinker

Harper, Suzanne. The Juliet Club

Harper, Suzanne. The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney

Kantor, Melissa. If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince?

Kosolov, Jacqueline. A Sweet Disorder

Leavitt, Lindsey.  Sean Griswold's Head

Maclean, Sarah. The Season

Mackey, Weezie Kerr. Throwing Like a Girl

Marillier, Juliet. Cybele’s Secret

Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight (Bk. 1)

Mosher, Richard. Zazoo

Paratore, Coleen Murtagh. The Wedding Planner’s Daughter (Bk. 1)

Parker, Jade. To Catch a Pirate

Perez, Marlene. Dead Is the New Black  (Bk. 1)

Romano, Christy Carlson. Grace’s Turn

Shulman, Polly. Enthusiasm

Smith, Jennifer E.  The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

Sonnenblick, Jordan.  Curveball:  the Year I Lost My Grip

Sparks, Nicholas. A Walk to Remember

Sad Stories/Tear-Jerkers            Return to Top

Blume, Judy. Tiger Eyes

Carey, Janet Lee. Wenny Has Wings

Couloumbis, Audrey. Getting Near to Baby

Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons

DiCamillo, Kate. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Hunt, Lynda Mullaly.  One for the Murphys

Kuipers, Alice.  Life on the Refrigerator Door

Knowles, Johanna.  See You at Harry's

LaFleur, Suzanne M.  Love, Aubrey

Lowry, Lois. A Summer to Die

McDaniel, Lurlene. (anything by Lurlene McDaniel)

Nichols, Sally. Ways to Live Forever

Park, Barbara. Micke Harte Was Here

Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia

Schafer, Audrey. The Mailbox

Sonnenblick, Jordan. After Ever After

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie

Science Fiction/Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic              Return to Top

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451

Clayton, Emma. The Roar (Bk. 1)

Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games (Bk. 1)

Condie, Allyson.  Matched (Bk. 1)

Dashner, James. The Maze Runner (Bk. 1)

DuPrau, Jeanne. The City of Ember (Bk. 1)

Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion

Goodman, Allegra. The Other Side of the Island

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Hidden (Bk. 1)

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Double Identity

Halam, Ann. Dr. Franklin’s Island

Hirsch, Jeff. The Eleventh Plague

Lowery, Lois. The Giver (and companion books Gathering Blue, The Messenger, and Son)

Lu, Marie.  Legend (Bk. 1)

Patterson, James. The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (Bk. 1)

Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: the Angel Experiment (Bk. 1)

Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life as We Knew It

Pfeffer, Susan Beth. The Dead and the Gone

Philbrick, Rodman. The Last Book in the Universe

Reeve, Philip. Mortal Engines (Bk. 1)

Stahler, David. Truesight (Bk. 1)

Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies (Bk.1)

Weyn, Suzanne. The Bar Code Tattoo  (Bk. 1)

Sports Fiction                Return to Top

Corbett, Sue.   Free Baseball

Green, Tim. Baseball Great

Green, Tim. Football Genius (Bk. 1)

Gratz, Alan. The Brooklyn Nine: a Novel in Nine Innings

Koertge, Ron. Shakespeare Bats Cleanup

Lupica, Mike. The Big Field

Lupica, Mike. Heat

Lupica, Mike. Million Dollar Throw

Lupica, Mike. Miracle on 49^th Street

Lupica, Mike. Travel Team

Myers, Walter Dean.  Slam!

Rallison, Jannette. Playing the Field

Ritter, John H. Choosing Up Sides

Weaver, Will. Striking Out (Billy Baggs series, Bk. 1)

Steampunk (and related)                Return to Top

Beddor, Frank. The Looking Glass Wars  (Bk. 1)

Cameron, Sharon.  The Dark Unwinding

Colfer, Eoin. Airman

Harland, Richard. Worldshaker

Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn (Bk. 1)

Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass (Bk. 1)

Reeve, Philip. Larklight (Bk. 1)

Slade, Arthur. Hunchback Assignments

Stroud, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus trilogy, Bk. 1)

War Fiction               Return to Top

Avi. Iron Thunder: the Battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac: a Civil War novel

Bruchac, Joseph. Code Talker: a Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War II

Bruchac, Joseph. The Winter People

Elliott, L.M. Under a War-Torn Sky (Bk. 1)

Hughes, Dean. Missing in Action

Hughes, Dean. Search and Destroy

Hughes, Dean. Soldier Boys

Kadohata, Cynthia. Cracker: the Best Dog in Vietnam

Kadohata, Cynthia. A Million Shades of Gray

Lasky, Kathryn. Ashes

Lawrence, Iain. B for Buster

Mazer, Harry. A Boy at War (Bk. 1)

Morpurgo, Michael. Private Peaceful

Myers, Walter Dean. The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: a World War II Soldier

Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise Over Fallujah

Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front

Salisbury, Graham. Under the Blood-Red Sun (Bk. 1)

Wells, Rosemary. Red Moon at Sharpsburg