Grade 6: Choose two
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
The Batboy by Mike Lupica
Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Gifted by Beth Evangelista
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Grade 7: Choose two
Gym Candy by Carl Deuker
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Miss Spitfire-Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller
Peak by Roland Smith
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
Grade 8
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (mandatory)
Pick One:
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Romiette and Julio by Sharon M. Draper
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Twisted Summer by Willow Davis Roberts
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Messenger by Lois Lowry
The Contender by Robert Lipsyte