Novels for 6-8th Grades
a bibliography by Susie Wilde
(starred books require a more mature reader)
Adventure/Suspense
Friendship
Humor
Growing Up
Science Fiction & Fantasy
History
All Kinds of Family
Adventure/Suspense
Avi.
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
;
Wolf Rider
and
Beyond the Western Seas
Caroline Cooney.
The Face on the Milk Carton
Gillian Cross.
On the Edge
Lois Duncan.
Summer of Fear
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Stranger with My Face
and
Locked in Time
Robin McKinley.
The Outlaws of Sherwood
Theodore Taylor.
The Cay
and
The Sniper
Cynthia Voigt.
Jackeroo
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Friendship
Jennifer Armstrong.
Steal Away
*Betsy Byars.
Cracker Jackson
S.E. Hinton.
The Outsiders
*Myron Levoy.
Alan and Naomi
*Michelle Magoriam.
Goodnight Mr. Tom
Jerry Spinelli.
Maniac Magee
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Humor
Betsy Byars. Bingo Brown series
Gary Paulsen.
Harris and Me
Lee Wardlaw.
101 Ways to Bug Your Parents
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Growing Up
Brock Cole.
The Goats
Robert Cormier.
The Chocolate War
Margaret Mahy.
The Changeover
Cynthia Voigt.
Izzy Willy Nilly
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Science Fiction and Fantasy
Nancy Bond.
A String in the Harp
Ursula LeGuin.
The Wizard of Earthsea
Madeline L'Engle.
A Wrinkle in Time
(series)
Lois Lowry.
The Giver
Patricia McKillip.
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
Robin McKinley.
The Hero and the Crown
and
Blue Sword
Robert O'Brien.
Mrs. Frisbee and the Rat of Nimh
and
The Silver Crown
*Philip Pullman.
The Golden Compass
and
The Subtle Knife
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History
Sook Nyul Choi.
Year of the Impossible Goodbyes
and
Echoes of the White Giraffe
Pam Conrad.
Prarie Songs
Karen Cushman.
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
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The Midwife's Apprentice
and
Catherine Called Birdy
Michael Dorris.
Morning Girl
and
The Guests
Paul Fleischman.
Bull Run
and
The Borning Room
Paula Fox.
The Slave Dancer
Bette Greene.
Summer of My German Soldier
and
Morning is a Long Time Coming
Karen Hesse.
Letters from Rifka
Irene Hunt.
Across Five Aprils
Katherine Paterson.
Lyddie
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Jip, His Story
and
Of Nightingales That Weep
Ann Rinaldi.
Wolf by the Ears
and
The Quilt Trilogy
Margaret Rostkowski.
After the Dancing Days
Ouida Sebestyen.
Words By Heart
Laurence Yep.
Dragonwings
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All Kinds of Family
Judy Blume.
Just as Long as We're Together
Bruce Brooks.
Midnight Hour Encores
Beverly Cleary.
Strider
Mary Downing Hahn.
Stepping on the Cracks
and
Following My Own Footsteps
Madeline L'Engle.
Meet the Austins
(series)
Lois Lowry.
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye
Walter Dean Myers.
Somewhere in Darkness
Suzanne Newton.
I Will Call It Georgie's Blues
Katherine Paterson.
Jacob Have I Loved
Rodman Philbrick.
Fire Pony
Cynthia Voigt.
Dicey's Song
Jean Webster.
Daddy Long Legs
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©Susie Wilde 1998