Students: Read these books, and see
the rewards on the back of this page!
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson
Haddix
Temple Grandin by Sy Montgomery
Kokopelli’s Flute by Will Hobbs
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Charlie’s Raven by Jean Craighead George
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by
Mildred Pitts Walter
The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell
Boyce
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg
Kehret
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer
The Not-Just-Anybody Family by Betsy Byars
The Landry News by Andrew Clements
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
Holes by Louis Sachar
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine
Applegate
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack
Gantos
Room One by Andrew Clements
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by
Jacqueline Kelly
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Heat by Mike Lupica
The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher
Paul Curtis
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
The Great Cake Mystery by Alexander
McCall Smith
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas
Benedict by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
Precious Bones by Mika Ashley-Hollinger
Blubber by Judy Blume
Ragweed by Avi
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
Rewards for reading from this list:
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Read 1 book: new pencil
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Read 3 books: READ wristband
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by
Christopher Paul Curtis
Read 5 books: 3d bookmark and invitation to
end of the year party
El Deafo by CeCe Bell
Read 10 books: Your picture in the hallway
and/or on our website with your favorite book
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Paperboy by Vince Vawter
Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
Read 15 books: t-shirt and End-of the Year
party: games, popcorn, drawings for posters
and books, vote for favorite book from list
Read 25 books: Get your very own paperback
copy of your favorite Mustang List book
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of Migrant
Child by Francisco Jimenez
Read 30 books: Get your name engraved on
our Mustang Reader Star plaque…a forever
tribute to YOU
Ruby on the Outside by Nora Raleigh Baskin
To prove you have read the book:
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Answer the following questions on a
piece of paper with your name and
your teacher’s name, and turn it in to
the library staff:
Operation Yes by Sara Lewis Holmes
The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Classics:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson
Burnett
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
1. What was the main problem or
conflict in the book?
2. How was this problem or
conflict resolved?
3. Which character did you find
the most interesting and why?
4. What is your reaction to this
book? Would you recommend
it and why?