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SUMMER FUN READING LIST 2007

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Awards and Honors Winners
Classics and Favorites
Mystery and Adventure
Study Skills

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AWARDS AND HONORS WINNERS

YOUNG READERS

DT-HR711 Alexander and the wind-up mouse, by Leo Lionni
DT-HA007 Cook-a-doodle-doo!, by Janet Stevens
DT-GQ607 The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: an illuminating history of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins,
artist and lecturer, by Barbara Kerley
DT-GQ521 Goin' someplace special, by Pat McKissack
DT-HT342 Pompeii lost & found, by Mary Pope Osborne
DT-HK065 The stray dog, by Marc Simont
DT-GV592 Talkin' about Bessie: the story of aviator Elizabeth Coleman, by Nikki Grimes
DT-HM843 Tops and bottoms, by Janet Stevens
DT-HA008 Verdi, by Janell Cannon
DT-HP583 Zin! Zin! Zin! a violin, by Lloyd Moss

PRE-TEENS

DT-GV099 Crispin: the cross of lead, by Avi
DT-HT441 Each little bird that sings, by Deborah Wiles
DT-HS681 Fairest, by Gail Carson Levine
DT-HR380 Fly by night, by Frances Hardinge
DT-HT336 The ghost's grave, by Peg Kehret
DT-HS854 Heat, by Mike Lupica
DT-HV487 The higher power of Lucky, by Susan Patron
DT-HM355 The Penderwicks: a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very
interesting boy, by Jeanne Birdsall
DT-HP880 Ptolemy's gate, by Jonathan Stroud
DT-HT329 Who stole Halloween?, by Martha Freeman

TEENS AND ADULTS

DT-HG797 1776, by David McCullough
DT-HM999 At Canaan's edge: America in the King years, 1965-68, by Taylor Branch
DT-HF997 Blink: the power of thinking without thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell
DT-HH724 Bury the chains: prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves, by Adam Hochschild
DT-HT294 Fiasco: the American military adventure in Iraq, by Thomas E. Ricks
DT-HJ181 Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
DT-HV347 An inconvenient truth: the planetary emergency of global warming and what
we can do about it, by Albert Gore
DT-GY113 The kite runner, by Khaled Hosseini
DT-HP062 Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog, by John Grogan
DT-HT272 Suite française, by Irène Némirovsky
DT-HH951 The world is flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century, by Thomas L. Friedman

CLASSICS AND FAVORITES

YOUNG READERS

DT-HT152 The adventures of Captain Underpants: an epic novel, by Dav Pilkey
DT-HT357 Amelia Bedelia 4 mayor, by Herman Parish
DT-GX075 The cat in the hat, by Dr. Seuss
DT-GY630 Corduroy, by Don Freeman
DT-HQ050 Curious George, by H. A. Rey
DT-GQ342 The fall of Freddie the leaf: a story of life for all ages, by Leo F. Buscaglia
DT-HM928 Henry and Mudge and the great grandpas: the twenty-sixth book of their adventures, by Cynthia Rylant
DT-GY817 Madeline's rescue, by Ludwig Bemelmans
DT-HW122 The magic school bus on the ocean floor, by Joanna Cole
DT-GR942 Strega Nona: her story, by Tomie De Paola

PRE-TEENS

DT-HV782 Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo
DT-GW086 Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
DT-GW026 The cay, by Theodore Taylor
DT-MM087 Charlie and the chocolate factory, by Roald Dahl
DT-MM030 The giver, by Lois Lowry
DT-HD520 Harry Potter and the half-blood prince, by J.K. Rowling
DT-GT220 Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen
DT-HC536 Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
DT-GW085 Tuck everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
DT-GW074 Where the red fern grows: the story of two dogs and a boy, by Wilson Rawls

TEENS AND ADULTS

DT-HA606 20,000 leagues under the sea, by Jules Verne
DT-MM826 The adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (Intellectual level grades 6-12;
reading level grades 6-7) by Arthur Conan Doyle
DT-GX578 All quiet on the western front, by Erich Maria Remarque
DT-GW054 The call of the wild and White Fang, by Jack London
DT-MM586 The diary of a young girl, by Anne Frank
DT-HD456 Go tell it on the mountain, by James Baldwin
DT-HF168 Little women; Little men ; Jo's boys, by Louisa May Alcott
DT-HT354 Of mice and men, by John Steinbeck
DT-GS434 The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton
DT-HG791 A raisin in the sun: the unfilmed original screenplay, by Lorraine Hansberry
DT-GW062 Things fall apart, by Chinua Achebe
DT-MM012 The things they carried: a work of fiction, by Tim O'Brien

MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE

YOUNG READERS

DT-HS276 Cam Jansen and the mystery of the monster movie, by David A. Adler
DT-HV092 The deserted library mystery, by Gertrude Chandler Warner
DT-HG820 Dracula, by Stephanie Spinner
DT-GW447 Horrible Harry and the dungeon, by Suzy Kline
DT-HA012 How I became a pirate, by Melinda Long
DT-HB741 Junie B. Jones and some sneaky peeky spying, by Barbara Park
DT-HH038 Mr. Putter & Tabby fly the plane, by Cynthia Rylant
DT-HG784 My life with the wave, by Catherine Cowan
DT-GY627 Nate the great, by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
DT-HA604 Stage fright on a summer night, (Magic Tree House), by Mary Pope Osborne

PRE-TEENS

DT-MM103 The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain; abridged and adapted by
Janice Greene (Intellectual level grades 5-12; Reading level grades 6-7)
DT-HK394 Lake Rescue, (Beacon Street Girls) by Annie Bryant
DT-HB936 The case of the dognapped cat, by Milly Howard
DT-HR041 Danger on Vampire Trail, by Franklin W. Dixon
DT-HC766 Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the treasure hunt, by Donald J. Sobol
DT-GR689 The house on Hackman's Hill, by Joan Lowery Nixon
DT-HF977 The last treasure, by Janet Anderson
DT-MN798 Skateboard tough, by Matt Christopher
DT-HB703 Tales of mystery and terror, by Marjorie P. Katz
DT-HB733 Trapped in Death Cave, by Bill Wallace
DT-MM085 Walkabout, by James Vance Marshall

TEENS AND ADULTS

DT-HK969 Acts of faith, by Philip Caputo
DT-HA096 Extreme indifference, (features dyslexic trial attorney, Jackie Flowers), by Stephanie Kane
DT-HT089 Farewell summer, by Ray Bradbury
DT-HS772 The mission song, by John Le Carré,
DT-HS703 On beauty: a novel, by Zadie Smith
DT-HH766 Saturday, by Ian McEwan
DT-HN639 Saving fish from drowning, by Amy Tan
DT-HJ010 State of fear: a novel, by Michael Crichton
DT-HP865 Terrorist, by John Updike
DT-HN389 A wedding in December: a novel, by Anita Shreve

STUDY SKILLS

DT-HP055 5 steps to a 5. 11 practice tests for the AP exams, by McGraw-Hill
DT-HG502 Becoming a master student, by David B. Ellis
DT-HM001 E-learning companion: a student's guide to online success, by Ryan Watkins
DT-HQ305 GRE exam: comprehensive program, by the staff of Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
DT-HN434 A guide to high school success for students with disabilities, edited by Cynthia Ann Bowman
DT-HP485 Programmed college vocabulary, by George W. Feinstein