Pollard Summer Reading
2015 Summer Reading List by Author
One School, One Book: Everyone in the Pollard community (students, teachers and staff!) will read
Schooled by Gordon Korman over the summer. Copies should be distributed before the end of the
school year.
Rising 7th graders and rising 8th graders must also read one additional book of their choice. This list
has some suggested titles that might be of interest to our students. For more information, see the
parent letter attached.
Visit the Pollard Library website (pollardlibrary.weebly.com) to find alternate versions of this list:
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2015 Summer Reading List with Summaries & Book Covers – great to view online!
2015 Summer Reading List by Genre – focus on your favorite.
Note: If the first title of a series is included on the list, any of the subsequent titles in the series could
also be read. Please note that authors may also write for high school or adult readers so inclusion on
this list does not mean all their books are appropriate for a middle school reader.
Anderson, Kevin J. Enemies & Allies.
Angus, Sam. Soldier Dog.
Brennan, Herbie. The Secret Prophecy.
Carey, Benedict. Poison Most Vial.
Carson, Rae. The Girl of Fire and Thorns.
Carter, Ally. Heist Society.
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling.
Charbonneau, Joelle. The Testing.
Chima, Cinda Williams. The Demon King.
Chow, Cara. Bitter Melon.
Connor, Leslie. Waiting for Normal.
Crossan, Sarah. Breathe.
Dashner, James. The Eye of Minds.
Dowell, France O’Roark. Ten Miles Past Normal.
Duble, Kathleen Benner. Phantoms in the Snow.
Feinstein, John. Rivalry: Mystery at the Army-Navy Game.
Fisher, Catherine. The Obsidian Mirror.
Frost, Mark. The Paladin Prophecy.
Gagnon, Michelle. Don’t Turn Around.
Gier, Kerstin. Ruby Red.
Gonzalez, Christina Diaz. The Red Umbrella.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Uprising.
Hahn, Mary Downing. Closed for the Season: A Mystery Story.
Hale, Shannon. Dangerous.
Hartley, A. J. Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact.
Hartmann, Rachel. Seraphina.
Hawkins, Rachel. Hex Hall.
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Henry, April. The Night She Disappeared.
Herlong, M. H. Buddy.
Hiaasen, Carl. Chomp!
Hirsch, Jeff. The Eleventh Plague.
Hopkinson, Deborah. The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, The Blue Death, and A Boy Called
Eel.
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly. One for the Murphys.
Hyde, Catherine Ryan. Diary of a Witness.
Jury, Walter and Sarah Fine. Scan.
Kantor, Melissa. Maybe One Day.
Keller, Julia. Back Home.
Kincaid, S. J. Insignia.
Korman, Gordon. Ungifted.
Lu, Marie. Legend.
Lu, Marie. The Young Elites.
Lupica, Mike. True Legend.
Lynch, Chris. Hothouse.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. Kite Rider: A Novel.
Mould, Chris. Pip and the Wood Witch Curse.
Mulligan, Andy. Trash.
Myers, Walter Dean. Riot.
O’Brien, Caragh M. The Vault of Dreamers.
Paulsen, Gary. Liar, Liar.
Pearsall, Shelley. Jump Into the Sky.
Pratchet, Terry. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.
Roth, Veronica. Divergent.
Sanderson, Brandon. The Rithmatist.
Schmidt, Gary D. Okay for Now.
Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray.
Shusterman, Neal. Bruiser.
Sloan, Holly Goldberg. Counting by 7s.
Snicket, Lemony. Who Could That Be at This Hour?
Sonnenblick, Jordan. Curveball.
Trueman, Terry. Hurricane: A Novel.
White, Kiersten. Paranormalcy.
Willliams-Garcia, Rita. Jumped.
Yancey, Rick. The 5th Wave.
Young, E.L. STORM: The Infinity Code.
BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS
Blumenthal, Karen. Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different.
Gownley, Jimmy. The Dumbest Idea Ever. (Graphic Novel)
Greitens, Eric. The Warrior’s Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage.
Krull, Kathleen. Charles Darwin.
LeGrand, Eric. Believe: The Victorious Story of Eric LeGrand.
Leyson, Leon. The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Become Possible… on Schindler’s
List.
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Montgomery, Sy. Temple Grandin: How the Girl who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed
the World.
Moore, Wes. Discovering Wes Moore.
Patterson, James and Hal Friedman. Against Medical Advice: A True Story.
Sheinkin, Steve. The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery.
Solo, Hope. Hope Solo: My Story.
Yousafzai, Malala. I am Malala. (Young Readers Edition)
NONFICTION
Barton, Chris. Can I See Your ID?: True Stories of False Identities.
Bascomb, Neal. The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Catptured the World’s Most
Notorious Nazi.
Dendy, Leslie. The Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine.
Freedman, Russell. The War to End All Wars: World War I.
Gardner, Olivia. Letters to a Bullied Girl.
Janeczko, Paul B. The Dark Game: True Spy Stories.
Martin, Russell and Lydia Nibley. The Mysteries of Beethoven’s Hair.
Nelson, Kadir. We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball.
Sandler, Martin W. The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure.
Sheinkin, Steve. Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon.
Swanson, James L. “The President Has Been Shot!”: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Wittenstein, Vicki Oransky. Planet Hunter: Geoff Marcy and the Search for Other Earths.
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