Bullitt County Public Library / Bullitt County Public Schools
Summer Reading List 2015, Grades 6–8
Lexile Level: BR–300
AD=Adult Directed
BR=Beginning Reader
GN=Graphic Novel
HL=High-Low (high interest books for older, low-level readers; good for reluctant readers)
Fiction
Crash by Mary Kate Doman (HL40L), The Heights series CALL# J DOMA
Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish (50L) CALL# E PARR
Taking Control by Katherine Hengel (HL60L), District 13 series CALL# J HENG
The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein (AD100L) CALL# J SILV
Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (130L) CALL# E SHAR/E-book/E-audiobook
Scooby Doo! Howling on the Playground by Gail Herman (140L) CALL# E HERM
River by Mary Kate Doman (HL150L), The Heights series CALL# J DOMA
Dive by Mary Kate Doman (HL180L), The Heights series CALL# J DOMA
The Golly Sisters Go West by Betsy Byars (210L) CALL# E BYAR
Zebrafish by Sharon Emerson (GN230L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 EMER
Into the Volcano by Don Wood (GN240L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 WOOD
Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo (AD270L), Bink and Gollie series #1 CALL# J DICA
Caleb’s Story by Patricia MacLachlan (290L), Sarah, Plain and Tall series #3 CALL# J MACL/E-audiobook
Pirates Past Noon by Mary Pope Osborne (290L) CALL# J OSBO/E-book
A Wish in the Woods by Beth Bracken (290L), Faerieground Series #1 CALL# J BRAC
Nonfiction
Goal by Robert Burleigh (BR) CALL# E 811 BURL
Whales and Dolphins by Peter Roop (70L) CALL# E 599.5 ROOP
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes by Joseph Bruchac (AD260L) CALL# E 398.24 BRUC /J 398.24 BRUC
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Maira Kalman (AD280L) CALL# J 974.7 KALM
All call numbers are for Bullitt County Public Library
Bullitt County Public Library Locations
Ridgway Memorial Library
127 N. Walnut Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7675
Hillview Library
155 Terry Boulevard
Hillview, KY 40229
502-957-5759
Lebanon Junction Library
11382 S. Preston Highway
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
502-833-4648
Mt. Washington Library
311 Snapp Street
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
502-538-7560
Contact: Tracy Weikel (Public Relations Coordinator) at [email protected] or 543-7675 ext. 2003
www.bcplib.org
Bullitt County Public Library / Bullitt County Public Schools
Summer Reading List 2015, Grades 6–8
Lexile Level: 300–400
GN=Graphic Novel
HL= High-Low (high interest books for older, low-level readers; good for reluctant readers)
NC=Nonconforming Text
Fiction
Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol (GN300L) CALL# J 741.5 BROS
Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel (GN300L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 TENN
Cardboard by Doug TenNapel (GN300L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 TENN
The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi (GN310L), Amulet Vol. 1 CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 KIBU
Jellaby: The Lost Monster by Kean Soo (GN320L), Jellaby Vol.1 CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 SOO
Westward to Home: Joshua's Diary by Patricia Hermes (320L) CALL# J HERM
Bad Island by Doug TenNapel (GN340L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 TENN
Battling Boy by Paul Pope (GN390L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 POPE
Sidekicks by Doug Santat (340L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 SANT
Define “Normal” by Julie Anne Peters (350L) CALL# J PETE
*Candor by Pam Bachorz (350L) CALL# J BACH
Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith (GN360L), Bone series #1 CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 SMIT
Mercury by Hope Larson (GN370L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 LARS
Bluffton by Matt Phelan (GN370L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 PHEL
*Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (HL380L) CALL# J
SAEN/E-audiobook
Wilderness by Roddy Doyle (NC380L) CALL# J DOYL
Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks (GN390L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 HICK
Nonfiction
The Donner Dinner Party by Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #3 (GN330L) CALL# Graphic
Novel: J 741.5 HALE
The Hunt for Hidden Treasure by Lynda Beauregard (350L) CALL# J 741.5 BEAU
Laika by Nick Abadzis (GN370) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5973 ABAD
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss (380L) CALL# J 940.5315 REIS
*Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (NC380L) CALL# Graphic Novel: 741.5 SATR
*Title may not be appropriate for all ages
All call numbers are for Bullitt County Public Library
Bullitt County Public Library Locations
Ridgway Memorial Library
127 N. Walnut Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7675
Hillview Library
155 Terry Boulevard
Hillview, KY 40229
502-957-5759
Lebanon Junction Library
11382 S. Preston Highway
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
502-833-4648
Mt. Washington Library
311 Snapp Street
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
502-538-7560
Contact: Tracy Weikel (Public Relations Coordinator) at [email protected] or 543-7675 ext. 2003
www.bcplib.org
Bullitt County Public Library / Bullitt County Public Schools
Summer Reading List 2015, Grades 6–8
Lexile Level: 400–500
GN=Graphic Novel
HL=High-Low (high interest books for older, low-level readers; good for reluctant readers)
Fiction
Drama by Raina Telgemeier (GN400L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 TELG
*Breaking Point by Alex Flinn (410L) CALL# J FLIN
*Don’t Even Think About It by Sarah Mylnowski (HL410L) CALL# J MYLN
*Miles from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams (HL419L) CALL# J WILL
Wild River by P.J. Peterson (420L) CALL# J PETE
Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood by Tony Lee (GN420L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 LEE
Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes (430L) CALL# J RHOD
The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan (GN430L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 PHEL
The Headless Ghost by R.L. Stine (440L), Goosebumps series #37 CALL# J STIN
It Came from Beneath the Sink by R.L. Stine, Goosebumps series #30 (430L) CALL# J STIN
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar (460L) CALL# J SACH/E-audiobook [included in Wayside Stories
Collection]
Foiled by Jane Yolen (GN460L), Foiled series #1 CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 YOLE
*Blood Red Road by Moira Young (HL460L), Dustlands Trilogy #1 CALL# J YOUN
The Last Martin by Jonathan Friesen (HL470L) CALL# J FRIE
*Annexed by Sharon Dogar (HL470L) CALL# J DOGA/E-book
The Boy from the Basement by Susan Shaw (470L) CALL# J SHAW
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter (470L) CALL# J PORT/LT PORT/E-book/E-audiobook
How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story by Tim Tingle CALL# J TING
Virals by Kathy Reichs (HL480L), Virals series #1 CALL# J REIC/E-book/E-audiobook
*The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams (HL480L) CALL# J WILL
*Clay by David Almond (490L) CALL# J ALMO
Skellig by David Almond (490L) CALL# J ALMO/E-book/E-audiobook
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar (490L) CALL# J SACH/E-book/E-audiobook
Crunch by Leslie Connor (HL490L) CALL# J CONN
Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli (HL490L) CALL# J SPIN/E-book/E-audiobook
*Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (HL490L) CALL# J SEPE/J SEPE [Large-type copy]/FIC SEPE/E-book/Eaudiobook
One Day at HorrorLand by R.L. Stine (490L), Goosebumps series #16 CALL# J STIN/E-book
Nonfiction
Smile by Raina Telgemeier (GN410L) CALL# J 617.6 TELG
*Title may not be appropriate for all ages
All call numbers are for Bullitt County Public Library
Bullitt County Public Library Locations
Ridgway Memorial Library
127 N. Walnut Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7675
Hillview Library
155 Terry Boulevard
Hillview, KY 40229
502-957-5759
Lebanon Junction Library
11382 S. Preston Highway
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
502-833-4648
Mt. Washington Library
311 Snapp Street
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
502-538-7560
Contact: Tracy Weikel (Public Relations Coordinator) at [email protected] or 543-7675 ext. 2003
www.bcplib.org
Bullitt County Public Library / Bullitt County Public Schools
Summer Reading List 2015, Grades 6–8
Lexile Level: 500–600
GN=Graphic Novel
HL=High-Low (high interest books for older, low-level readers; good for reluctant readers)
Fiction
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer (500L) CALL# J BAUE
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself by Lincoln Pierce (500L), Big Nate series #1 CALL# J PIER/E-audiobook
Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale (GN500L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 HALE
The Boxer and the Spy by Robert B. Parker (500L) CALL# J PARK/E-book/E-audiobook
*Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn (510L) CALL# J FLIN/E-audiobook
Need by Carrie Jones (HL510L), Need series #1 CALL# J JONE/CD J BOOK JONE/E-book
Borrowed Children by George Ella Lyon CALL# J LYON
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli (510L) CALL# J SPIN/CD J BOOK SPIN/E-book/E-audiobook
A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Harry Mazer CALL# J MAZE
Into the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst (HL530L) CALL# J DURS
*Wake by Lisa McMann (530L), Wake Trilogy #1 CALL# J MCMA/E-audiobook
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (GN530L) CALL# Graphic Novel: J 741.5 YANG
Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans (550L), Michael Vey #1 CALL: J EVAN
Starters by Lissa Price (550L), Starters Duet #1 CALL# J PRIC/CD J BOOK PRIC/E-book
The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse (560L) CALL# J HESS/E-audiobook
*Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar (560L) CALL# J LUBA/E-audiobook
*The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (560L), Jenna Fox Chronicles #1 CALL# J PEAR/E-audiobook
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (560L) CALL# J TURN/CJ J BOOK TURN/E-book/E-audiobook
*And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (570L) CALL# Mystery: FIC CHRI/E-book/E-audiobook
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor (570L) CALL# J CONN/E-book
No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis (580L) CALL# J ELLI/E-book
Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (580L) CALL# J ANDE/E-book/E-audiobook
Perfect by Natasha Friend (590L) CALL# J FRIE/E-book
*Shattering Glass by Gail Giles (590L) CALL# J GILE
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (590L), Stargirl series #1 CALL# J SPIN/CD J BOOK SPIN/E-book
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (HL590L) CALL# J OKOR
Texting the Underworld by Ellen Boorawm (HL590L) CALL# J BOOR
Nonfiction
*Night by Elie Wiesel, translation by Marion Wiesel (570L) CALL# 940.53 WIES/LT B WEIS/CD BOOK WIES/E-audiobook
*Title may not be appropriate for all ages
All call numbers are for Bullitt County Public Library
Bullitt County Public Library Locations
Ridgway Memorial Library
127 N. Walnut Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7675
Hillview Library
155 Terry Boulevard
Hillview, KY 40229
502-957-5759
Lebanon Junction Library
11382 S. Preston Highway
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
502-833-4648
Mt. Washington Library
311 Snapp Street
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
502-538-7560
Contact: Tracy Weikel (Public Relations Coordinator) at [email protected] or 543-7675 ext. 2003
www.bcplib.org
Bullitt County Public Library / Bullitt County Public Schools
Summer Reading List 2015, Grades 6–8
Lexile Level: 600–700
HL=High-Low (high interest books for older, low-level readers; good for reluctant readers)
Fiction
*The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (600L) CALL# J ALEX/CD J BOOK ALEX
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (600L), Tales from Alcatraz #1 CALL# J CHOL/CD J BOOK CHOL/EAudiobook
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (600L), Artemis Fowl series #1 CALL# J COLF/J COLF [Large-type copy]/E-book/E-audiobook
Jefferson’s Sons by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (600L) CALL# J BRAD/E-book/E-audiobook
The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman (HL600L) CALL# J SHUL/E-book/E-audiobook
See You at Harry’s by Jo Knowles (HL600L) CALL# J KNOW/E-book
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman (610L) CALL# J KORM
Jinx by Sage Blackwood (HL620L), Jinx Trilogy #1 CALL# J BLAC
The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney (HL620L) CALL# J PINK
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins (630L), Underland Chronicles #1 CALL# J COLL/CD J BOOK COLL/E-audiobook
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd (640L) CALL# J DOWD/E-book
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney (660L), Janie Johnson series #1 CALL# J COON/E-book
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (660L) CALL# J FARM/CD J BOOK FARM/E-audiobook
Holes by Louis Sachar (660L) CALL# J SACH/CD J BOOK SACH/CAS J SACH/E-book/E-audiobook
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (670L) CALL# J LEVI/E-book/E-audiobook
*Monster by Walter Dean Myers (670L) CALL# FIC MYER/E-audiobook
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (670L), Alex Rider Adventures #1 CALL# J HORO/CD J BOOK HORO/E-book/EAudiobook
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (680L), Books of Ember #1 CALL# J DUPR/CD J BOOK DUPR/E-book/E-audiobook
A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd (680L) CALL# J LLOY/E-book/E-audiobook
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (680L), Discworld/Tiffany Aching #1 CALL# J PRAT/E-book/E-audiobook
Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith (680L) CALL# J SMIT
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (690L), Song of the Lioness series #1 CALL# J PIER/E-audiobook
*Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (HL690L), Ship Breaker series #1 CALL# J BACI/E-audiobook
Tangerine by Edward Bloor (690L) CALL# J BLOO/E-book
*Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (690L) CALL# J ANDE/E-book/E-audiobook
Nonfiction
Black Whiteness: Admiral Byrd Alone in the Antarctic by Robert Burleigh (650L) CALL# JB BYRD
Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison (660L) CALL# 379.2 MORR
*Title may not be appropriate for all ages
All call numbers are for Bullitt County Public Library
Bullitt County Public Library Locations
Ridgway Memorial Library
127 N. Walnut Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7675
Hillview Library
155 Terry Boulevard
Hillview, KY 40229
502-957-5759
Lebanon Junction Library
11382 S. Preston Highway
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
502-833-4648
Mt. Washington Library
311 Snapp Street
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
502-538-7560
Contact: Tracy Weikel (Public Relations Coordinator) at [email protected] or 543-7675 ext. 2003
www.bcplib.org
Bullitt County Public Library / Bullitt County Public Schools
Summer Reading List 2015, Grades 6–8
Lexile Level: 700–800
HL=High-Low (high interest books for older, low-level readers; good for reluctant readers)
Fiction
*Divergent by Veronica Roth (HL700), Divergent Trilogy #1 CALL# J ROTH/J ROTH [Large-type copy]/CD J BOOK ROTH/E-book/Eaudiobook
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper (700L) CALL# J DRAP/E-audiobook
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (710L), Ascendance Trilogy #1 CALL# J NIEL/E-book/E-audiobook
*The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines (710L) CALL# FIC GAIN/E-audiobook
Eragon by Christopher Paolini (710L), Inheritance Trilogy #1 CALL# J PAOL/CD J BOOK PAOL/E-book/E-audiobook
*Legend by Marie Lu (HL710L), Legend Trilogy #1 CALL# J LU/J LU [Large-type copy]/E-book/E-audiobook
*The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (720L) CALL# J ZUSA/CD J BOOK ZUSA/E-book/E-audiobook
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens (720L), Books of Beginning series #1 CALL# J STEP/E-book/E-audiobook
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen (720L) CALL# J VAND, CD J BOOK VAND/E-book
*Graceling by Krisitn Cashore (730L), Seven Kingdoms Trilogy #1 CALL# J CASH/E-book/E-audiobook
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (730L) CALL# J NESS/CD J BOOK NESS/E-book
The Thickety: A Path Begins (730L), Thickety series #1 CALL# J WHIT/E-book/E-audiobook
Slob by Ellen Potter (HL740L) CALL# J POTT
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (740L), Percy Jackson and the Olympians series #1 CALL# J RIOR, CD J BOOK RIOR/Ebook/E-audiobook
Schooled by Gordon Korman (740L) CALL# J KORM
Unwind by Neal Shusterman (HL740L) CALL# J SHUS/E-audiobook
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (750L) CALL# J RASK/E-book/E-audiobook
*A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (760L), Gemma Doyle Trilogy #1 CALL# J BRAY/E-book/E-audiobook
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (760L) CALL# J HIAA/CD J BOOK HIAA/E-book/E-audiobook
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (760L), Skulduggery Pleasant series #1 CALL# J LAND/J LAND [Large-type copy]/E-audiobook
The Giver by Lois Lowry (760L), Giver Quartet #1 CALL# J LOWR/CD J BOOK LOWR/E-book/E-audiobook
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan (770L) CALL# J SLOA/E-audiobook
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (770L), Uglies #1 CALL# J WEST
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (770L) CALL# J CREE/CD J BOOK CREE/E-book/E-audiobook
The Maze Runner by James Dashner (HL770L), Maze Runner Trilogy #1 CALL# J DASH/E-book/E-audiobook
*Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (780L), Ender Wiggin series #1 CALL# Science Fiction: FIC CARD/CD BOOK CARD/E-book/Eaudiobook
Wonder by R.J. Palacio (790L) CALL# J PALA/PALY J PALA/E-book
Into the Wild by Erin Hunter (790L), Warriors series #1 CALL# J HUNT/E-book
Nonfiction
The Diary of Ma Yan by Ma Yan, edited by Pierre Haski (720L) CALL# J 951.05 MA
Spirit of Endurance: The True Story of the Shackleton Expedition to the Antarctic by Jennifer Armstrong (790L) CALL# J 919.8
ARMS
*Title may not be appropriate for all ages
All call numbers are for Bullitt County Public Library
Bullitt County Public Library Locations
Ridgway Memorial Library
127 N. Walnut Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7675
Hillview Library
155 Terry Boulevard
Hillview, KY 40229
502-957-5759
Lebanon Junction Library
11382 S. Preston Highway
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
502-833-4648
Mt. Washington Library
311 Snapp Street
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
502-538-7560
Contact: Tracy Weikel (Public Relations Coordinator) at [email protected] or 543-7675 ext. 2003
www.bcplib.org
Bullitt County Public Library / Bullitt County Public Schools
Summer Reading List 2015, Grades 6–8
Lexile Level: 800–900
Fiction
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (800L), Howl’s Moving Castle series #1 CALL# J JONE/CD J BOOK
JONE/PLAY FIC JONE/E-audiobook
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (800L), Shadow Children series #1 CALL# J HADD
*The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (810L), Hunger Games Trilogy #1 CALL# J COLL/CD J BOOK COLL/E-book/Eaudiobook
I’ll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan (810L) CALL# J SLOA
*West of the Moon by Margi Preus (810L) CALL# J PREU/CD J BOOK PREU
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (820L) CALL# J GAIM/CD J BOOK GAIM/PLAY J GAIM/E-book
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (820L) CALL# J SELZ/CD J BOOK SELZ/E-audiobook
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (820L) CALL# FIC BRAD/ LT BRAD/E-audiobook
The Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George (830L), Princess Books #1 CALL# J GEOR/E-book
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (830L), Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1 CALL# J WRED/E-audiobook
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani (830L), School for Good and Evil series #1 CALL# J CHAI
Doll Bones by Holly Black (840L) CALL# J BLAC/E-audiobook
Revolution by Deborah Wiles (840L) CALL# J WILE/E-book
Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick (840L) CALL# J SONN/E-book/E-audiobook
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen (84OL), Sammy Keyes Mysteries #1 CALL# J VAND/E-book
*The Accidental Genius of Weasel High by Rick Detorie (850L) CALL# J DETO/E-book
*The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (860L), Lord of the Rings Trilogy #1 CALL# Science Fiction: FIC TOLK/Ebook/E-audiobook
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (870L) CALL# FIC LEE/LT LEE/CD BOOK LEE/E-book/E-audiobook
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (870L) CALL# FIC GOLD/E-book
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (880L) CALL# J ROWL/CD J BOOK ROWL/E-book/E-audiobook
*The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (890L) CALL# J LOCK/E-book/E-audiobook
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (890L), Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series #1 CALL# J SCOT/CD BOOK J
SCOTT/E-book/E-audiobook
Nonfiction
*Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos (840L) CALL# B GANT/LT B GANT/E-audiobook
*Dear Bully edited by Carrie Jones & Megan Kelley Hall (850L) CALL# J 302.3 DEAR
*In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke with Jennifer Armstrong (890L) CALL# J 940.53
OPDY/E-book
*Title may not be appropriate for all ages
All call numbers are for Bullitt County Public Library
Bullitt County Public Library Locations
Ridgway Memorial Library
127 N. Walnut Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7675
Hillview Library
155 Terry Boulevard
Hillview, KY 40229
502-957-5759
Lebanon Junction Library
11382 S. Preston Highway
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
502-833-4648
Mt. Washington Library
311 Snapp Street
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
502-538-7560
Contact: Tracy Weikel (Public Relations Coordinator) at [email protected] or 543-7675 ext. 2003
www.bcplib.org
Bullitt County Public Library / Bullitt County Public Schools
Summer Reading List 2015, Grades 6–8
Lexile Level: 900–1000
Fiction
*Endangered by Eliot Schrefer (900L) CALL# J SCHR
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (920L) CALL# J GANT/CD J GANT/E-audiobook
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean (920L) CALL# J MCCA/E-audiobook
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (920L), Logan Family series #2 CALL# J TAYL/CD J BOOK TAYL/E-audiobook
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (920L), Queen’s Thief series #1 CALL# J TURN
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan (920L), Ranger’s Apprentice #1 CALL# J FLAN/CD J BOOK FLAN/E-book
*Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher (920L) CALL# J CRUT
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (930L), Artemis Fowl series #1 CALL# J COLF/J COLF [Large-type copy]/E-audiobook
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle (930L), Nate series #1 CALL# J FEDE/E-audiobook
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman (930L), His Dark Materials series #1 CALL# J PULL/ J PULL [Large-type copy]/CD J BOOK
PULL/E-book/E-audiobook
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick (940L) CALL# J SONN/E-audiobook
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal by Jeff Kinney (950L), Diary of a Wimpy Kid series #1 CALL# J KINN/CD J BOOK
KINN
The Pigman by Paul Zindel (950L), Pigman #1 CALL# J ZIND
My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara (960L) CALL# FIC OHAR
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos (970L), Joey Pigza series #1 CALL# J GANT/E-audiobook
Beauty by Robin McKinley (970L) CALL# J MCKI/E-book
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (990L), Anne of Green Gables series #1 CALL# FIC MONT/LT MONT/J MONT/Ebook/E-audiobook
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (990L) CALL# J SCHM/E-book/E-audiobook
Nonfiction
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems About the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye (910L) CALL# J 811 NYE
Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin (920L) CALL# 623.4 SHEI/Eaudiobook
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg (950L) CALL# J 920 BRAG
The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming (950L) CALL# 947.08 FLEM/E-book
Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton (960L) CALL# JB HAMI/E-audiobook
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson (980L) CALL# JB BOOT/E-audiobook
Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust by Ruth Thompson (980L) CALL# J 940.53 THOM
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (990L) CALL# JB WOOD/E-book/E-audiobook
The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin (990L) CALL# JB ARNO
*Title may not be appropriate for all ages
All call numbers are for Bullitt County Public Library
Bullitt County Public Library Locations
Ridgway Memorial Library
127 N. Walnut Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7675
Hillview Library
155 Terry Boulevard
Hillview, KY 40229
502-957-5759
Lebanon Junction Library
11382 S. Preston Highway
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
502-833-4648
Mt. Washington Library
311 Snapp Street
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
502-538-7560
Contact: Tracy Weikel (Public Relations Coordinator) at [email protected] or 543-7675 ext. 2003
www.bcplib.org
Bullitt County Public Library / Bullitt County Public Schools
Summer Reading List 2015, Grades 6–8
Lexile Level: 1000–1100
Fiction
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick (1000L) CALL# J PHIL/E-book/E-audiobook
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (1000L) CALL# J JUST/FIC JUST (annotated edition)/E-book
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (1000L) CALL# J CURT/E-book/E-audiobook
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell (1000L) CALL# J ODEL/J ODEL [Large-type copy]/CD J BOOK ODEL/E-book/Eaudiobook
*Nothing by Janne Teller (1000L) CALL# J TELL/CD J BOOK TELL
The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien (1000L) CALL# Science Fiction: FIC TOLK/LT TOLK/E-book
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (1010L), Looking Glass Wars Trilogy #1 CALL# J BEDD/E-audiobook
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (1010L), A Series of Unfortunate Events #1 CALL# J SNIC/E-book/E-Audiobook
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (1010L) CALL# J CREE/E-audiobook
The Egypt Game by Zlipha Keatley Snyder (1010L) CALL# J SNYD
*Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (1020L) CALL# J WEIN/CD J BOOK WEIN
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (1020L), Brian’s Saga #1 CALL# J PAUL/CD J BOOK PAUL/E-audiobook
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (1030L), Prequel to The Hero and the Crown CALL# J MCKI
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (1030L) CALL# J VERN/FIC VERN [included in Three Novels by Jules
Verne]/E-book/E-audiobook
Sabriel by Garth Nix (1060L), Old Kingdom Trilogy #1 CALL# J NIX/CD J BOOK NIX/E-book/E-audiobook
Savvy by Ingrid Law (1070L) CALL# J LAW/J LAW [Large-type copy]/CD J BOOK LAW
*Dracula by Bram Stoker (1070L) CALL# FIC STOK/LT STOK/823 STOK/E-book/E-audiobook
*The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (1080L) CALL# J BOYN/E-audiobook
Nonfiction
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Philip Hoose (1000L) CALL# JB COLV/E-audiobook
Hello, I’m Johnny Cash by Greg Neri (1020L) CALL# JB CASH
We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham’s Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson (1020L) Call#
J 323.1196 LEVI
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science by John Fleischman (1030L) Call# B GAGE/E-book
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (1050L) CALL# J 943.086 BART/E-audiobook
Blizzard! by Jim Murphy (1080L) CALL# J 974.7 MURP/E-audiobook
Courage Has No Color by Tanya Lee Stone (1090L) CALL# 940.54 STON/E-book
Woodsong by Gary Paulsen (1090L) CALL# J 796.5 PAUL
*Title may not be appropriate for all ages
All call numbers are for Bullitt County Public Library
Bullitt County Public Library Locations
Ridgway Memorial Library
127 N. Walnut Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7675
Hillview Library
155 Terry Boulevard
Hillview, KY 40229
502-957-5759
Lebanon Junction Library
11382 S. Preston Highway
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
502-833-4648
Mt. Washington Library
311 Snapp Street
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
502-538-7560
Contact: Tracy Weikel (Public Relations Coordinator) at [email protected] or 543-7675 ext. 2003
www.bcplib.org
Bullitt County Public Library / Bullitt County Public Schools
Summer Reading List 2015, Grades 6–8
Lexile Level: 1100–1200
Fiction
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (1100L) CALL# J HUNT/E-book/E-audiobook
Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Eleanor Updale (1100L), Montmorency series #1 CALL# J UPDA
*Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1100L) CALL# FIC MITC/E-book
Call of the Wild by Jack London (1120L) Call# J LOND/CD J BOOK LOND/E-book/E-audiobook
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (1120L) CALL# J MCKI
*Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer, Bloody Jack Adventures #1 (1120L) CALL# J MEYE/CD J BOOK MEYE/E-book/E-audiobook
The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill (1140L), Icemark Chronicles #1 CALL# J LT HILL
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman (1170L) CALL# J CUSH/E-book
*Animal Farm by George Orwell (1170L) CALL# FIC ORWE/LT ORWE/E-book/E-audiobook
Larklight by Philip Reeve (1170L), Larklight Series #1 CALL# J REEV/CD J BOOK REEV/E-book/E-audiobook
Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (1170L) CALL# 813.4 TWAI [in Historical Romances anthology; please note that the
Great Illustrated Classics edition in Juvenile Fiction has a lower Lexile measure of 890L]/E-book/E-audiobook
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1190L) CALL# J WIGG/E-book/E-audiobook
Nonfiction
Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design by Chip Kidd (1100L) CALL# 740 KIDD
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman (1110L) CALL# J 323.1196 FREE
Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—And Won! by Emily Arnold McCully (1120L) CALL# JB TARB
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy (1130L) CALL#
614.5 MURP
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy (1130L) CALL# J 977.3 MURP/E-audiobook
*The Odyssey by Homer, translation by Stanley Lombardo (1130L) CALL# 883 HOME [Epic Poem]
West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder to Almanzo Wilder, San Francisco 1915 by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1140L)
CALL# JB WILD
Moonbird by Phillip Hoose (1150L) CALL# J 598.072 HOOS/PLAY J HOOS
Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck by Margarita Engle (1170L) CALL# J 811 ENGL
Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial by Penny Colman (1190L) CALL# 393.09 COLM
A Lion Called Christian by John Rendall and Anthony Bourke (1190L) CALL# 599.757092 BOUR/E-book/E-audiobook
*Title may not be appropriate for all ages
All call numbers are for Bullitt County Public Library
Bullitt County Public Library Locations
Ridgway Memorial Library
127 N. Walnut Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7675
Hillview Library
155 Terry Boulevard
Hillview, KY 40229
502-957-5759
Lebanon Junction Library
11382 S. Preston Highway
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
502-833-4648
Mt. Washington Library
311 Snapp Street
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
502-538-7560
Contact: Tracy Weikel (Public Relations Coordinator) at [email protected] or 543-7675 ext. 2003
www.bcplib.org
Bullitt County Public Library / Bullitt County Public Schools
Summer Reading List 2015, Grades 6–8
Lexile Level: 1200–1300
NC=Nonconforming Text
Fiction
Incident at Hawk’s Hill by Allan W. Eckert (1200L) CALL# J ECKE/J ECKE [Large-type copy]
The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly (1200L) CALL# J KELL
Dodger by Terry Pratchett (1210L) CALL# J PRAT
Men of Iron by Howard Pyle (1210L) CALL# FIC PYLE/E-book/E-audiobook
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (1210L) CALL# J SWIF/E-book/E-audiobook
Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley (1220L) CALL# J MCKI/E-book
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1230L) CALL# FIC ALCO/LT ALCO/J ALCO/E-book/E-audiobook
Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley (1230L) CALL# J MCKI/E-book
The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman (1240L) CALL# J CUSH/E-book
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1270L) CALL# FIC BURR/J BURR/E-book/E-audiobook
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (1290L) CALL# J ROWL
Nonfiction
The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from the Revolution to the 21st Century by Paul B. Janeczko (1200L) CALL# J 327.73
JANE
Beyond: A Solar System Voyage by Michael Benson (1210L) CALL# J 523.2 BENS
Harlem Hellfighters by Patrick Lewis (1210L) CALL# J 940.54 LEWI
*An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank by Elaine Marie Alphin (1210L) CALL# J 364.152
ALPH
Harlem Hellfighters by Patrick Lewis (1210L) CALL# J 940.54 LEWI
A Passion for Victory: A Story of the Olympics in Ancient and Early Modern Times by Benson Bobrick(1220L) CALL# J
796.4 BOBR
The War to End All Wars: World War I by Russell Freedman (1220L) CALL# J 940.3 FREE/E-audiobook
Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books by Gary Paulsen (NC1230L) CALL# J 813.54 PAUL/CD J BOOK
PAUL/E-book
Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1260L) CALL# J 398.2 HAWT/E-book
Building Big by David McCauley (1260L) CALL# 720 MACA
In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights by Russell Freedman (1270L) CALL# J 342.73 FREE
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle (1270L) CALL# J 398.2 PYLE/E-book/E-audiobook
The Impossible Rescue by Martin W. Sandler (1270L) CALL# J 979.803 SAND/E-book
The Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement by Rick
Bowers (NC1290L) CALL# J 323.1196 BOWE/PLAY J BOWE
*Title may not be appropriate for all ages
All call numbers are for Bullitt County Public Library
Bullitt County Public Library Locations
Ridgway Memorial Library
127 N. Walnut Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7675
Hillview Library
155 Terry Boulevard
Hillview, KY 40229
502-957-5759
Lebanon Junction Library
11382 S. Preston Highway
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
502-833-4648
Mt. Washington Library
311 Snapp Street
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
502-538-7560
Contact: Tracy Weikel (Public Relations Coordinator) at [email protected] or 543-7675 ext. 2003
www.bcplib.org
Bullitt County Public Library / Bullitt County Public Schools
Summer Reading List 2015, Grades 6–8
Lexile Level: 1300+
NC=Nonconforming Text
Fiction
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford (1320L) CALL# FIC BURN, CD J BOOK BURN, E-audiobook
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1360L) CALL# FIC DEFO/E-book/E-audiobook
Frenchtown Summer by Robert Cormier (1380L) CALL# E-book
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1420L) CALL# FIC HAWT/LT HAWT/CD BOOK HAWT/Ebook/E-audiobook
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (1440L) CALL# J IRVI/E-book/E-audiobook
Alida’s Song by Gary Paulsen (NC1460L) CALL# J PAUL/PLAY J PAUL/E-book
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Edith Grossman (1480L) CALL# 863.3 CERV
The Rifle by Gary Paulsen (1480L) CALL# J PAUL
*The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (1530L) CALL# FIC BUCK/E-book/E-audiobook
*How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (NC1620L) CALL# FIC ROSO/E-book/E-audiobook
Nonfiction
Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl (1310L) CALL# J 910.45 HEYE, 910.45 HEYE
*Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (1320L) CALL# 796.5 KRAK/E-book
Muhammad Ali: The World's Champion by John Tessitore (1330L) CALL# J 796.83 TESS
Honey Bees: Letters from the Hive by Stephen Buchmann (NC1340L) CALL# J 638 BUCH
Calamity Jane: Her Life and Her Legend by Doris Faber (1340L) CALL# J 978 FABE
*Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson (NC1420L) CALL# 371.823 MORT, LT 371.823 MORT, PLAY
371.823 MORT/E-book/E-audiobook
The Declaration of Independence (1570L) CALL# J 973.3 DECL [complete-text edition illustrated by Sam
Fink]
*Title may not be appropriate for all ages
All call numbers are for Bullitt County Public Library
Bullitt County Public Library Locations
Ridgway Memorial Library
127 N. Walnut Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7675
Hillview Library
155 Terry Boulevard
Hillview, KY 40229
502-957-5759
Lebanon Junction Library
11382 S. Preston Highway
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
502-833-4648
Mt. Washington Library
311 Snapp Street
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
502-538-7560
Contact: Tracy Weikel (Public Relations Coordinator) at [email protected] or 543-7675 ext. 2003
www.bcplib.org