The Summer Before 8th grade

Close to Famous
Peeled
Rules of the Road
Boy
More about Boy
Going Solo
The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New world
Marching for Freedom

The Summer before High School

Speak
Catalyst
Where she went
What happened to goodbye
Just listen
Wil Grayson, Will Grayson
Fire
Incarceron
Sapphique
Eon
Eona
Between Shades of Gray


Looking for Alaska
Change-up
The Contender
Stuck in Neutral
Despicable History of Frankie Landau Banks
Madeline L'Engle Wrinkel in Time
Pendragon series by D.J. McHale
Maximum Ride books by Patterson
Eragon series by Paolini
Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Books by T.A. Barron
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Stewart
Chasing Vermeer and Calder Game by Blue Balliett
Hatchet, Brian's Winter, The Haymeadow by Gary Paulsen
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
City of Ember series (DuPrau),
Sea of Trolls series and The Ear, the Eye and the Arm (Farmer)
Peter and the Starcatchers series (Barry)
Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain, beginning with The Book of
Three
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
Anything by Avi
Inkheart, Inkdeath, Dragon Rider, Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett
Enders's Game (and others) by Orson Scott Card
Maximum Ride series by Patterson
Secrets of Droon series by Abbott
Wizard of Oz series by Baum
The Children of the Red King series by Jenny Nimmo
Ranger's Apprentice by John Flannaghan
Alex Rider series by Horowitz