Dear Students and Parents,
The temperature is getting warmer and the days are getting longer...a
sign that summer is almost here! I can’t think of a better time to read , read ,
read . Not sure where to start? Try some of these titles and drop by the
Whippanong or Morris County Libraries to browse the shelves. Make sure to fill
out the attached form so we can celebrate your reading adventures when you
return in September. As Joseph Addison once said, “reading is to the mind what
exercise is to the body.” So give your mind a workout and start your reading
list today. Have a wonderful summer!
Mrs. Kiff
Library Media Specialist at MJS
Mrs. Kiff’s Picks
Wonder... R.J. Palacio
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart ...Candace Fleming*
The President has been shot! The Assassination of John F. Kennedy...James Swanson*
The Fourth Stall (series)...Chris Ryland
Every Soul a Star...Wendy Mass
Sports
New Kid...Tim Green
QB 1...Mike Lupica
Believe, The Victorious Story of Eric LeGrand...Eric LeGrand*
The Sports Pages... Jon Scieszka
The Running Dream...Wendelin Van Draanen
Outcasts United (Young Reader’s Edition)...Warren St. John*
Historical Fiction
Chains...Laurie Halse Anderson
Prisoner B-3087...Alan Gratz
Between Shades of Gray...Ruta Sepetys
Code Talker: a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War
II...Joseph Bruchac
Uprising...Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Romeo and Juliet Code...Phoebe Stone
King of the Mound: my summer with Satchel Paige...Wes Tooke
One Came Home...Amy Timberlake
(* = non-fiction)
“Books make great gifts
because they have whole
worlds inside of them.”
Neil Gaiman
National Book Award
for Young People
The Thing about Luck
By Cynthia Kadohata
Schneider Family Book
Award for Expression
of the Disability
Handbook for Dragon
Slayers
YALSA Award for
National Excellence in
Non-Fiction for Young
Adults
Coretta Scott King Book
Award
Scott O’Dell Award
for Historical Fiction
Bo at Ballard Creek
The Nazi Hunters*
P.S. Be Eleven
By Neal Basacomb
By Rita Williams-Garcia Golden Kite Award for
Fiction
Newbery Award
2014
Better Nate than Ever
Flora & Ulysses
By Tim Federle By Kate DiCamillo By Kirkpatrick Hill The 2014 Garden
State Teen Book
Award
(As selected by
NJ teens)
Legend
By Marie Lu By Merrie Haskell
FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION
Doll Bones...Holly Black
The Name of this Book is Secret (series)...Pseudonymous Bosch
The Lightning Thief (series); The Lost Hero (series); The Red Pyramid
(series)...Rick Riordan
Artemis Fowl (series)...Eoin Colfer
The Maze Runner (series)...James Dashner
Divergent (series)...Veronica Roth
The City of Ember (series)...Jeanne DuPrau
Matched (series)...Allyson Condie
M y stery
Gallagher Girls (series)...Ally Carter
Theodore Boone (series)...John Grisham
The House on the Gulf...Margaret Peterson Haddix
Chasing Vermeer...Blue Balliett
Try these authors: Caroline Cooney, Lois Duncan,
Carolyn Keene, Franklin Dixon, Joan Lowry Nixon
Make it a Movie Night!
Consider reading and watching these titles:
Harry Potter...J.K. Rowling
Holes...Louis Sachar
The Hunger Games...Suzanne Collins
The Invention of Hugo Cabret...Brian Selznick
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants...Ann Brashares
Divergent...Veronica Roth (to be released to DVD August 5, 2014)