Recommended Reading

Recommended Books for Middle Schoolers:

The Harry Potter books

Lord of the Rings trilogy

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Hatchet by Gary Paulson

Fever 1793

The Lightning Thief series

Uglies, Pretties, and Specials (a science fiction trilogy)

 

Mrs. Trial’s Favorite books (in case parents are looking for good reading, too)

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (and most other Irving books)

House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (and all other Allende books)

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

The Glass Castle

Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson (and other Erik Larson books)

The Kite Runner

Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

anything by humorist Dave Barry

Roots by Alex Haley

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

The Harry Potter books

Lord of the Rings by Tolkien

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

In the Heart of the Sea:  The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex  by Nathaniel Philbrick

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen