미국 중학 7 - 8 학년 ( 중 2 - 3 ) 여름 방학 책 읽 기 목록 입니다 . 이 리스트 는 사실 작년 여름 에 미국 갈 준비 하 면서 미리 조금 씩 읽힐 목적 으로 검색 해서 저장 해 놓 은 것 입니다 . 당시 엔 새미 네 학교 엔 시작 단계 의 고학년 이 많 은 상황 이 어서 올리 려니 , 부담 백배 였 는데요 , 지금 은 불과 1 년 사이 에 충분히 골라 읽 을 아이 들 이 많 겠 다 생각 되 어요 . 원본 이 보 기 에 뒤죽박죽 , 문단 구분 이 없 어 , 제 가 번호 매기 고 다시 편집 했 는데요 , 책 이름 엔 실수 가 없 어야 할텐데요 . .^^:; 우선 참고 로 인쇄 해 두 셨 다가 , 리뷰 보고 아이 랑 하나 씩 골라 읽 어 보 시 는 것 도 좋 을 것 같 구요 , 예 * 24 등 에서 영어 로 제목 치 시 면 , 한글 로 번역 된 번역 서 도 함께 뜨 니까 참고 로 하 시 면 좋 겠 어요 . 그간 한국 의 인터넷 서점 을 통해 이미 많이 알려진 책 들 도 많이 포함 되 어 있 네요 . ( 총 18 장 입니다 . ㅋㅋ ) Middle School Summer Reading List for Grades 7 & 8 1 . Albom , Mitch . Five people you meet in heaven . A bitter eighty - three - year - old war veteran who believes his life is meaningless dies while trying to save a little girl ' s life and finds himself in heaven , where five people from his past -- some loved ones , some strangers -- explain what his years on Earth really meant , and whether or not he succeeded in saving the child . ( F Alb ) ; 2 . Tuesdays with Morrie . Mitch Albom , Schwartz ' s one - time student , herein chronicles his last days with his dying mentor , a sociologist who courageously studied his own degeneration from Lou Gehrig ' s disease . ( 921 Alb ) 3 . Allende , Isabel . City of the Beasts . . Fifteen - year - old Alexander Cold leaves his home and family to join his fearless grandmother , a magazine reporter , on an epic voyage with magical realism to a dangerous , remote part of the Amazon . ( F All ) 4 . Alvarez , Julia . Before We Were Free . In the early 1960 s in the Dominican Republic , twelve - year - old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator , General Trujillo . ( F Alv ) 5 . Al - Windawi , Thura . Thura ' s Diary : My Life in Wartime Iraq . Presents an English translation of the diary entries of nineteen - year - old Thura Al - Windawi , the oldest daughter in a middle - class Shia Muslim family living in Baghdad . She shares her thoughts , emotions , and experiences throughout the war in Iraq , from March 15 through June 2003 . ( 956 . 7044 AL ) 6 . Anderson , Laurie Halse . Speak . A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda ' s freshman year in high school . ( F And ) 7 . Bauer , Joan . Stand Tall . Tree , a six - foot - three - inch twelve - year - old , copes with his parents ' recent divorce and his failure as an athlete by helping his grandfather , a Vietnam vet and recent amputee , and Sophie , a new girl at school . ( F Bau ) 8 . Bell , Hilari . A Matter of Profit . Sick of the horrors of conquering beings on other planets , Ahvrem will end his service as a soldier and save his sister from an unhappy marriage if he can discover who is behind a rumored plot to assassinate the Emperor . ( F Bel ) 9 . Blackwood , Gary . The Shakespeare Stealer . A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare ' s acting troupe in order to steal the script of Hamlet . ( F Bla ) 10 . Bloor , Edward . Tangerine . Twelve - year - old Paul ' s family revolves around his football - hero brother and doesn ' t notice as Paul fights for the right to play soccer when disqualified due to his bad eyesight . ( F Blo ) 11 . Brashares , Ann . The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . What happens when one pair of ordinary jeans fits four different girls perfectly ? What happens when these magic pants are shared over a summer ? The lives of four best friends are changed in ways they could not have predicted . ( F Bra ) 12 . Cabot , Meg . All - American Girl . Sophomore Samantha Madison stops a presidential assassination attempt , is appointed teen ambassador to the United Nations , and catches the eye of the very cute First Son . ( F Cab ) 13 . Cadnum , Michael . Ship of Fire . In 1587 , sailing to Spain on board Sir Francis Drake ' s ship " Elizabeth Bonaventure , " seventeen - year - old surgeon ' s apprentice Thomas Spyre finds that , with the sudden death of his master , he must take over as ship ' s surgeon and prove his skill not only as a doctor but also as a fighter when he is enlisted by Drake to face battle . ( F Cad ) 14 . Cameron , Ann . Colibr ί . Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money , a twelve - year - old Mayan girl endures an abusive life , always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember . ( F Cam ) 15 . Canfield , Jack , ed . Chicken soup for the teenage soul . Shares anecdotes about friendship , family life , love , kindness , success , learning , and ambition ( 158 . 1 Can ) 16 . Card , Orson Scott . Ender ' s Game . An expert at simulated war games , Andrew " Ender " Wiggin believes that he is engaged in one more computer war game when , in truth , he is commanding the last Earth fleet against an alien race seeking Earth ' s complete destruction . Also read Ender ' s Shadow , parallel novel to Ender ' s Game . ( F Car ) 17 . Cart , Michael ( compiler ) . Tomorrowland : 10 Stories About the Future . Favorite young adult authors Katherine Paterson , Rodman Philbrick , and others explore a variety of thought - provoking themes in future settings . ( F Tom ) 18 . Choldenko , Gennifer . Al Capone Does My Shirts . A twelve - year - old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards ' families were housed there , and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister . ( F Cho ) 19 . Clement - Davies , David . Fire Bringer . In ancient Scotland , a tyrannical new lord of the herd plans complete dominion over the animal world , but deer lore promises a hero who has a unique bond with all creatures , including man , and who will ignite an epic battle and free the herd forever . ( F Cle ) 20 . Coelho , Paulo . The Alchemist . A parable about a boy who must learn to listen to his heart before he can find his treasure . ( F Coe ) 21 . Colfer , Eoin . Supernaturalist . Hyperion , 2004 . In the futuristic Satellite City , Cosmo Hill escapes from an orphanage , teams up with three other teens and tries to determine what the swarming blue creatures are that no one else seems to be able to see . ( F Col ) 22 . Cooper , Susan . The Dark is Rising . On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones , destined to seek the six magical signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark . ( F Coo ) 23 . Corder , Zizou . Lion boy : the first book in a trilogy . In the near future , a boy with the ability to speak the language of cats sets out from London to seek his kidnapped parents and finds himself on a Paris - bound circus ship learning to train lions . ( F Cor ) 24 . Cormier , Robert . The Chocolate War . A high school freshman is shunned and abused by faculty and peers when he refuses to join the school ' s annual fund raising drive . ( F Cor ) 25 . Courtenay , Bryce . The Power of One . Peekay learns to think with his head and then with his heart . He discovers that nothing can defeat the determination to be true to yourself . ( F Cou ) 26 . Creech , Sharon . Bloomability . When her aunt and uncle take her from New Mexico to Switzerland to attend an international school , thirteen - year - old Dinnie discovers an expanding world and her place in it . ( F Cre ) ; 27 . Creech , Sharon . Chasing Redbird . Joanna Cotler Books , 1997 . Thirteen - year - old Zinnia Taylor uncovers family secrets and self truths while clearing a mysterious settler trail that begins on her family ' s farm in Kentucky . ( F Cre ) ; 28 . Creech , Sharon . Walk Two Moons . Thirteen - year - old Sal and her loving , eccentric grandparents retrace the route taken by her mother to try and understand why Sal ' s mother left . Newbery Medal 1995 ( F Cre ) ; 29 . Creech , Sharon . The Wanderer . Thirteen - year - old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer , a forty - five foot sailboat , which , along with uncles and another cousin , is en route to visit their grandfather in England . ( F Cre ) 30 . Crew , Linda . Children of the River . Seventeen - year - old Sundara escapes from the Khmer Rouge , travels as a refugee , and finally settles in Oregon , where she is torn between her family ' s Cambodian traditions and her desire to fit in at her new school . ( F Cre ) 31 . Crichton , Michael . Andromeda Strain . Four American scientists race against an atomic deadline fighting a contaminating agent from outer space . ( F Cri ) Timeline . A new thriller by the best - selling author combines suspense with the latest in scientific knowledge . ( F Cri ) 32 . Crutcher , Chris . Whale Talk . T . J . Jones is black , Japanese , and white . He is everyman and no - man . He is also tired of the school jocks making fun of everyone and anyone who is not like them . So he forms a swim team , even though his school doesn ' t have a pool . This is a great book about dealing with differences . ( F Cru ) 33 . Dessen , Sarah . Keeping the Moon . Fifteen - year - old Colie , a former fat girl , spends the summer working as a waitress , staying with her eccentric aunt , and trying to explore her sense of self . ( F Des ) 34 . Deuker , Carl . High Heat . When sophomore Shane Hunter ' s father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership , the star pitcher ' s life of affluence and private school begins to fall apart . ( F Deu ) 35 . Dickinson , Peter . The Ropemaker . A magic spell that has protected a forest village for centuries starts to fail , and Tilja and her friends must travel to an evil empire to restore its power . ( F Dic ) 36 . Doyle , Sir Arthur Conan . The Hound of the Baskervilles . First published 1901 . While solving the murder of Sir Charles Baskerville , Sherlock Holmes and Mr . Watson help a young nobleman face the curse that has terrified his family for generations . ( F Doy ) 37 . Draper , Sharon M . Double Dutch . Three eighth - grade friends cope with problems while preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition . ( F Dra ) 38 . Duncan , Lois . A Gift of Magic . Bantam , 1999 . A young girl , gifted with extrasensory perception , struggles to cope with her unusual ability ( F Dun ) ; Killing Mr . Griffin . Little , Brown , 1978 . A demanding teacher is kidnapped with disastrous consequences . ( F Dun ) 39 . Elish , Dan . Born too short . Thirteen - year - old Matt is so envious of his best friend Keith that he wishes things would go badly for him , and when Keith ' s fortune changes while at the same time Matt finds his first true girlfriend , Matt is overcome with guilt . ( F Eli ) 40 . Farmer , Nancy . A Girl Named Disaster . The exciting tale of eleven - year - old Nhamo as she struggles to survive and to escape present - day Zimbabwe . Newbery Honor 1997 ( F Far ) ; 41 . Farmer , Nancy . The House of the Scorpion . In a future where humans despise clones , Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón , the 142 - year - old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States . National Book Award Winner , 2002 . ( F Far ) ; 42 . Farmer , Nancy . The Sea of Trolls . After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard , he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half - troll queen , leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim , home of the trolls . ( F Far ) 43 . Fletcher , Susan . Shadow Spinner . Marjan , a 13 - year - old girl , joins the harem in Ancient Persia , to help Shahrazad find tales to entertain the Sultan . ( F Fle ) 44 . Fox , Helen . Eager . Eager , the Bell family ' s new robot is very different from all the other new robots in that it does learn from its experiences and it looks like the Michelin Man instead of all the sleek , but somewhat sinister robots that seem to be taking over . ( F Fox ) 45 . Frank , Anne . The Diary of a Young Girl , the definitive edition . This edition contains all of the writings of Anne Frank , including some short passages in the diary that had formerly been suppressed . ( 921 Fra ) 46 . Franklin , Kristine L . The Grape Thief . Fourteen - year - old Cuss , so nicknamed for his ability to swear in fourteen different languages , is faced with having to leave school in the seventh grade in order to help support his family in a 1920 s Washington State mining town . ( F Fra ) 47 . French , Jackie . Hitler ' s Daughter . After hearing a fictional tale about Hitler ' s daughter , Mark , an Australian boy , wonders what it would be like if someone he loved and trusted turned out to be evil . ( F Fre ) 48 . Gilmore , Kate . The Exchange Student . When her mother arranges to host one of the young people coming to Earth from Chela , Daria is both pleased and intrigued by the keen interest shown by the Chelan in her workd breeding endangered species . ( F Gil ) 49 . Go ask Alice . The painful diary of a young girl when she accidentally falls into the contemporary drug scene . ( F Go ) 50 . Golding , William . The Lord of the Flies . After a plane crash strands them on a tropical island while the rest of the world is ravaged by war , a group of British schoolboys attempts to form a civilized society but descends into brutal anarchy . ( F Gol ) 51 . Gordon , Ruth . Peeling the Onion . This offers an international anthology of poems about a variety of subjects . ( 808 . 81 Pee ) 52 . Griffin , Adele . The Other Shepards . Teenage Holland and her younger sister Geneva , having always lived under the shadow of siblings who died before they were born , struggle to establish separate identities and escape from the oppressive weight of their parents ' continuing grief . ( F Gri ) 53 . Haddix , Margaret . Takeoffs and landings . An overweight , timid fifteen - year - old boy and his popular fourteen - year - old sister begin to overcome their guilt over their father ' s death and reconnect with each other and their emotionally - distant mother when they accompany her on a two - week speaking tour . ( F Had ) 54 . Hautzig , Esther . The endless steppe : growing up in Siberia The autobiography of the Polish girl who with her family was exiled to Siberia during World War II . ( 940 . 548 HAU ) 55 . Hesse , Karen . Phoenix Rising . Thirteen - year - old Nyle is less fearful of radiation in the fields and farm animals than she is of getting close to a mother and teenage son sickened by fallout from a nuclear power plant disaster . ( F Hes ) 56 . Hesse , Karen . Out of the Dust . In a series of poems , fifteen - year - old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family ' s wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression . Newbery Medal 1998 . ( F Hes ) 57 . Hobbs , Will . Wild Man Island . After fourteen - year - old Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist father ' s death , a storm strands him on Admiralty Island , Alaska , where he manages to survive , encounters unexpected animal and human inhabitants , and looks for traces of the earliest prehistoric immigrants to America . ( F Hob ) 58 . Hoffman , Mary . Stravaganza : City of Masks . While sick in bed with cancer , Lucien begins making journeys to a place in a parallel world that resembles Venice , Italy , and he becomes caught up in the political intrigues surrounding the Duchessa who rules the city . ( F Hof ) 59 . Hoffman , Mary . Stravaganza : City of Stars . Fifteen - year - old Georgia , who loves horses as much as she hates her bullying stepbrother , buys a figurine of a winged horse and finds it has magical powers that transport her from present - day London to the sixteenth - century world of Talia where , in the city of Remora , similar to Sienna , Italy , she finds danger and intrigue as well as friendship and a chance to perfect her riding skills . ( F Hof ) 60 . Holbrook , Sara . I never said I wan ' t difficult . A collection of poems about feelings . See also Am I naturally this crazy ? , Dog ate my homework , By definition : poems of feelings . ( 811 HOL ) 61 . Holt , Kimberly Willis . Keeper of the Night . Isabel , a thirteen - year - old girl living on the island of Guam , and her family try to cope with the death of Isabel ' s mother who committed suicide . ( F Hol ) 62 . Horowitz , Anthony . Stormbreaker . After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian , fourteen - year - old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle ' s dangerous work for Britain ' s intelligence agency , MI 6 . ( F Hor ) 63 . Hughes , Dean . Soldier Boys . Two boys , one German and one American , are eager to join their respective armies during World War II , and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge . ( F Hug ) 64 . Hughes , Monica . Invitation to the Game . In this futuristic novel , teenagers play virtual reality games . ( F Hug ) 65 . Jacques , Brian . The Redwall Series . This fantasy adventure tells the story of the mice of Redwall whose peaceful life is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes . Students may choose any one of the Redwall series books to read . ( F Jac ) 66 . Janeczko , Paul B . Top Secret : a handbook of codes , ciphers , and secret writing . Presents a guide to codemaking , codebreaking , and their role in history , describing different types of codes and ciphers , discussing codebreaking and concealment techniques , and including brief stories about exciting moments in the history of the art . ( 652 Jan ) Stardust otel . This series of poems describes a boy ' s life with his flower children parents , friends , and neighbors . ( 811 Jan ) 67 . Jiang , Ji - li . Red scarf girl ; a memoir of the Cultural Revolution . . Provides the story of Ji - li Jiang a twelve - year - old girl growing up in China in 1966 , the year that Chairman Mao launched the Cultural Revolution , and the changes it brought to her and her family . ( 951 . 05 Jia ) 68 . Jordan , Sherryl . The Hunting of the Last Dragon . In England in 1356 , as a monk records his every word , a young peasant tells of his journey with a young Chinese noblewoman to St . Alfric ' s Cove and the lair of a fire - breathing dragon . ( F Jor ) 69 . Klause , Annette . The Silver Kiss . A teenage girl , beset with personal problems , meets a silver - haired boy who is a vampire in this suspenseful , sometimes gory , novel . ( F Kla ) 70 . Konigsburg , E . L . Silent to the Bone . When he is wrongly accused of gravely injuring his baby half - sister , thirteen - year - old Branwell loses his power of speech and only his friend Connor is able to reach him and uncover the truth about what really happened . ( F Kon ) 71 . Koss , Amy Goldman . The Girls . Individually the girls are proud to be part of the " in " clique , but some of them question the benefits of belonging to the group when they see through the charming but manipulative leader . ( F Kos ) 72 . Laird , Elizabeth . Kiss the Dust . A docunovel about a refugee Kurdish teen caught up in the 1984 Iran - Iraq War . ( F Lai ) 73 . Lawrence , Iain . B for Buster . Sixteen - year - old Kak , escaping his tyrannical parents , lies about his age and enlists in the Canadian Royal Air Force and soon finds himself based in England flying bombing raids over Germany . ( F Law ) 74 . LeGuin , Ursula K . Gifts When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of " unmaking "-- a violent talent shared by members of his family -- he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival , feuding families , each of which has a strange and deadly talent of its own . ( F Leg ) ; 75 . . LeGuin , Ursula K . The Wizard of Earthsea . After pride causes him to unleash a demon , Zed is compelled to chase or escape from the ever - pursuing shadow . ( F Leg ) 76 . L ' Engle , Madeleine . A Ring of Endless Light . Vicky ' s telepathic communication with dolphins comforts her during the time her grandfather is dying from leukemia . Newbery Honor 1980 ( F Len ) 77 . Letts , Billie . Where the Heart Is . An unusual , humorous novel about a pregnant teenager who finds herself stranded outside a Wal - Mart in Sequoyah , Oklahoma , and is adopted and helped by an unlikely group of local inhabitants . ( F Let ) 78 . Levine , Gail Carson . Dave at Night . When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly , he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music - and culture - filled world of the Harlem Renaissance . ( F Lev ) ; 79 . Levine , Gail Carson The Wish . HarperCollins , 1999 . When granted her wish to be the most popular girl in school , Wilma , an eighth grader , forgets that she will graduate in three weeks and her popularity will vanish . ( F Lev ) 80 . Levitin , Sonia . Escape from Egypt : A Novel . When Moses comes to the Promised Land , Jesse , a Hebrew slave , finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his friendship with half - Egyptian , half - Syrian Jennat . Also , consider The Return , a fictional tale of the Ethiopian Jews ' return to Israel . ( F Lev ) 81 . London , Jack . The Call of the Wild . Set during the Gold Rush , this is the story of Buck , a dog stolen from his home and transported to Alaska where he must survive in a pack of wolves . ( F Lon ) 82 . Magorian , Michelle . Good night , Mr . Tom . A badly battered and frightened young boy evacuated from London during World War II fills an empty void in the heart of a dour old man . ( F Mag ) 83 . Mankell , Henning . Secrets in the Fire . Presents a fact - based novel that explores the experiences of Sofia , a young girl from southern Africa who must struggle to rebuild her life after losing her legs in a land mine explosion . ( F Man ) 84 . Marsden , John . Tomorrow , When the War Began . When they return from a wilderness camping trip , Ellie and her friends are shocked to discover Australia has been invaded and soon find fighting and surviving have become their way of life . Also read the rest of the books in this series . ( F Mar ) ; 85 . Marsden , John . Winter . Sixteen - year - old Winter returns to her family ' s cattle ranch after twelve years in the care of unloving relatives in hopes of learning the truth about the death of her parents . ( F Mar ) 86 . Mazer , Harry . Boy at War : A Novel of Pearl Harbor . While fishing with his friends off Honolulu on December 7 , 1941 , teenaged Adam is caught in the midst of the Japanese attack and , through the chaos of the subsequent days , tries to find his father , a naval officer who was serving on the U . S . S . Arizona . ( F Maz ) 87 . Mazer , Norma Fox . Good Night , Maman . After spending years fleeing from the Nazis in war - torn Europe , twelve - year - old Karin Levi and her older brother , Marc , find a new home in a refugee camp in Oswego , New York . ( F Maz ) ; 88 . Mazer , Norma Fox . Missing Pieces . Morrow , 1995 . As she watches her friends and their fathers , fourteen - year - old Jessie decides she needs to find out about her father who left while she was a baby . ( F Maz ) 89 . McCaughrean , Geraldine . The kite rider : a novel . In thirteenth - century China , after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous second marriage , twelve - year - old Haoyou has life - changing adventures when he takes to the sky as a circus kite rider and ends up meeting the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan . ( F McC ) 90 . McKinley , Robin . Rose Daughter . This retelling of the tale of Beauty and the Beast is elegant and haunting , as well as perceptive and thought provoking . ( 398 . 2 McK ) ; 91 . McKinley , Robin . Spindle ' s End . The infant princess Briar Rose is cursed on her name day by Pernicia , an evil fairy , and then whisked away by a young fairy to be raised in a remote part of a magical country , unaware of her real identity and hidden from Pernicia ' s vengeful powers . ( F McK ) 92 . Meyer , Carolyn . White Lilacs . In 1921 Dillon , Texas , twelve - year - old Rose Lee sees trouble threatening her black community when the whites decide to take their land for a city park . ( F Mey ) 93 . Mikaelsen , Ben . Touching Spirit Bear . After his anger erupts into violence , Cole in order to avoid going to prison , agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice , and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life ( F Mik ) 94 . Miklowitz , Gloria . Secrets in the House of Delgado . In Spain in 1492 , fourteen - year - old Maria , a Catholic orphan , becomes a servant to a wealthy family of Conversos , converted Jews , at a time when the Jews are being expelled from the country and when the Inquisition is diligently searching for religious heretics . ( F Mik ) 95 . Morris , Gerald . The squire ' s tale . In medieval England , 14 - yr . - old Terence finds his tranquil existence suddenly changed when he becomes the squire of the young Gawain of Orkney and accompanies him on a long quest . ( F Mor ) 96 . Mowat , Farley . Never Cry Wolf . A true narrative of the hilarious and heart - warming adventures of Canadian naturalist Mowat studying the wolf and caribou populations northwest of Hudson Bay . ( 599 . 74 Mow ) 97 . Murphy , Jim . An American Plague : The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 . In 1793 , a yellow fever epidemic swept through Philadelphia , creating chaos as people began evacuating in droves , leaving the city without government , goods , or services . Physicians , the Free African Society , and others stayed on to care for the sick . ( 614 . 5 Mur ) 98 . Naido , Beverly . The Other Side of Truth . Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother ' s murder , Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport , and they are fearful of their new surroundings and of what may have happened to their journalist father . ( F Nai ) 99 . Namioka , Lensey . Ties That Bind , Ties That Break . Ailin , rebelling against the ancient Chinese tradition of binding girls ' feet , loses her family ' s support and makes a new life in the United States . ( F Nam ) 100 . Napoli , Donna Jo . Zel . A brilliant reworking of the Rapunzel fairy tale told from 3 different points of view . ( F Nap ) 101 . Nicholson , William . The Wind Singer : An Adventure . After Kestrel Hath rebels against the stifling rules of Amaranth society and is forced to flee , she , along with her twin brother and a tagalong classmate , follow an ancient map in quest of the legendary silver voice of the wind singer , in an attempt to heal Amaranth and its people . Also read the rest of The Wind on Fire Series . ( F Nic ) 102 . Nix , Garth . Sabriel . Sabriel , daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen , must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead . ( F Nix ) ; 103 . Nix , Garth . Abhorsen . Abhorsen - in - Waiting Lirael and Prince Sameth , a Wallmaker , must confront and bind the evil spirit Oranis before it can destroy all life . Sequel to : Sabriel and Lirael ( F Nix ) 104 . Nye , Naomi Shihab , editor . The Space Between Our Footsteps , Poems and Paintings from the Middle East . Translations of a variety of Middle Eastern and North African poets are offered here in artful layout juxtaposed with stunning artwork by Middle Eastern artists . The combination provides Western readers insight into this mysterious part of the world . ( 808 . 81 Spa ) 105 . Oppel . Kenneth , Airborne . Matt , a young cabin boy aboard an enormous airship , and Kate , a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone , team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures and to fight pirates . ( F Opp ) 106 . Paolini , Christopher . Eragon . In Aagaesia , a fifteen - year - old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny , magic , and power , peopled with dragons , elves , and monsters . ( F Pao ) 107 . Paterson , Katherine . The sign of the crysanthemum . A twelfth - century Japanese boy comes to know himself through contacts with social ills and political unrest while searching for his father whom he has never seen . ( F Pat ) 108 . Paulsen , Gary . My Life in Dog Years . Delacorte Press , 1988 . The author describes some of the dogs that have had special places in his life , including his first dog , Snowball , in the Philippines ; Dirk , who protected him from bullies ; and Cookie , who saved his life . ( 921 Pau ) 109 . Peck , Richard . The River Between Us . Dial , 2003 . During the early days of the Civil War , the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois . Scott O ' Dell Historical Fiction Award . ( F Pec ) 110 . Peck , Robert . A Day No Pigs Would Die . Knopf , 1972 . A Shaker farm boy in Vermont must give up his pet pig to help his family . ( F Pec ) 111 . Philbrick , Rodman . Freak the Mighty . Blue Sky , 1993 . At the beginning of eighth grade , learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak , whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind , find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team . ( F Phi ) ; 112 . Philbrick , Rodman . The Young Man and the Sea . Blue Sky Press , 2004 . Motherless Skiff Beaman embarks alone on a dangerous trip to catch a giant blue fin tuna in order to earn enough money to buy a new engine for his father ' s boat . ( F Phi ) 113 . Pierce , Tamora . Alanna : The First Adventure . Atheneum , 1983 . Eleven - year - old Alanna , who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl , disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page , learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure . Also read the rest of the books in the Song of the Lioness series about this heroic fighter . ( F Pie ) ; 114 . Pierce , Tamora . Trickster ' s Choice . Random House , 2003 . Alianne , kidnapped and put into slavery , calls forth her mother ' s courage and her father ' s spying skills in order to survive on the Copper Isles in a royal court rife with political intrigue and murderous conspiracy . Sequel : Trickster ' s Queen ( F Pie ) 115 . Pratchett , Terry . Wee Free Men . HarperCollins , 2003 . Tiffany Aching , a budding witch , teams up with the Wee Free Men to rescue her brother and to ward off an invasion from Fairyland . ( F Pra ) 116 . Pryor , Boori ( Monty ) . Maybe Tomorrow . Penguin Books , 1998 . With writer and photographer Meme McDonald , Boori leads the reader along the paths he has travelled , pausing to meet his family and friends , while sharing the story of his life , his pain and his hopes , with humour and compassion . ( 921 Pry ) 117 . Rees , Celia . Sorceress . Candlewick , 2003 . Eighteen - year - old Agnes , a Mohawk Indian descended from a line of shamanic healers , uses her own newly - discovered powers to uncover the story of her ancestor , a seventeenth - century New England English healer who fled charges of witchcraft . Sequel to Witch Child ( F Ree ) 118 . Rennison , Louise . Angus , Thongs , and full - frontal snogging : confessions of Georgia Nicolson . Harper Collins , 2000 . Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen - year - old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose , stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals , and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie . ( F Ren ) 119 . Rinaldi , Ann . Wolf by the Ears . Scholastic , 1991 . Harriet Hemmings , rumored to be the daughter of Thomas Jefferson , struggles to decide whether to escape or remain a slave at Monticello . ( F Rin ) 120 . Roberts , Willo Davis . Twisted Summer . Atheneum , 1996 . Fourteen - year - old Cici looks forward to summer at Crystal Lake , until she learns of the murder of another young girl . ( F Rob ) 121 . Rodowsky , Colby . Remembering Mog . A teenager tries to recover from her older sister ' s death , killed in a car jacking on the eve of her high school graduation . ( F Rod ) 122 . Rowling , J . K . Harry Potter and the Sorcerer ' s Stone . Harry Potter ' s aunt and uncle , aghast at having a wizard for a nephew , raise him in a closet under the stairs while his lazy cousin leads a life of indulgence upstairs . His life takes a dramatic turn for the better when he is rescued and enrolled in the prestigious Hogwart ' s School for Wizards and Witches . ( F Row ) 123 . Ryan , Pam Munoz . Esperanza Rising . Esperanza is forced to leave her life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to work in the labor camps of Southern California . ( F Rya ) 124 . Schwartz , Virginia . Send one angel down . A young slave tries to hide the horrors of slavery from his younger cousin , a light - skinned slave who is the daughter of the plantation owner . ( F Sch ) 125 . Sleator , William . The Boxes . Annie opens two mysterious boxes and unleashes a swarm of telepathic creatures that can slow down time . ( F Sle ) ; The Night the Heads Came . Dutton , 1996 . Sixteen - year - old Leo must explain that space aliens kidnapped his best friend Tim , and then must rescue him . ( F Sle ) 126 . Smith , Roland . Thunder Cave . After his mother ' s death , fourteen - year - old Jacob travels to a remote area of Kenya in search of his father , a biologist doing research on elephants . ( F Smi ) 127 . Soto , Gary . Crazy Weekend . Two young boys ' photographs of a robbery are published in a newspaper which results in their pursuit by the two bungling thieves . ( F Sot ) 128 . Spinelli , Jerry . Stargirl . Stargirl , a teen who animates quiet Mica High with her colorful personality , suddenly finds herself shunned for her refusal to conform . ( F Spi ) 129 . Staples , Suzanne Fisher . Haveli . Having followed Pakistani tradition and marrying a rich older man , Shabanu and her young daughter are now the victims of the malice of his other wives and his family ' s blood feud . Sequel to Shabanu , Daughter of the Wind which was a Newbery Honor Book in 1990 . ( F Sta ) 130 . Stoker , Bram . Dracula . A courageous band of men and women vow to destroy the sinister and brilliant vampire Count Dracula . ( F Sto ) 131 . Stroud , Jonathan . Amulet of Samarkand . Nathaniel , a young magician ' s apprentice , calls up the djinni Bartimaeus to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from another magician , and they both get caught up in a vast conspiracy of treason and murder . First in a trilogy : The Bartimaeus Trilogy ( F Str ) 132 . Taylor , Mildred . Roll of Thunder , Hear My Cry . A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930 s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand . ( F Tay ) 133 . Taylor , Theodore . The Cay . Blinded when his ship is torpedoed , Philip is marooned on an island with an elderly West Indian who shows him how to survive and helps him to acquire a new kind of vision . ( F Tay ) 134 . Temple , Frances . The Ramsay Scallop . At the turn of the fourteenth century in England , fourteen - year - old Elenor finds her betrothal to an ambitious lord ' s son launching her on a memorable pilgrimage to far off Spain . ( F Tem ) 135 . Tolkien , J . R . R . The Hobbit . Bilbo Baggins ' adventures with the wandering wizard Gandalf offers readers a classic fantasy . ( F Tol ) 136 . Trueman , Terry . Stuck in Neutral . Fourteen - year - old Shawn McDaniel , who suffers from severe cerebral palsy and cannot function , relates his perceptions of his life , his family , and his condition , especially as he believes his father is planning to kill him . Michael L . Printz Honor Book Award , 2001 . ( F Tru ) 137 . Turner , Megan Whalen . The Thief . Hired by the king ' s magus to steal an ancient treasure , Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief throughout this mythic tale . Newbery Honor 1997 . ( F Tur ) 138 . Updale , Eleanor . Montmorency , Thief , Liar , Gentleman ? In Victorian London , after his life is saved by a young physician , a thief utilizes the knowledge he gained in prison and from scientific lectures he attended as the physician ' s case study exhibit to create a new , highly successful , double life for himself . ( F Upd ) 139 . Vande Velde , Vivian . Heir Apparent . In a futuristic setting , a girl is involved playing a " total immersion " video game in which her mind is integrated with the game . What she soon discovers is that the game is broken , and she can only withdraw her mind and survive if she wins . ( F Van ) 140 . Verne , Jules . 20 , 000 Leagues under the Sea . A nineteenth century science fiction tale of an electric submarine , its eccentric captain , and undersea world , which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century . ( F Ver ) 141 . Voigt , Cynthia . Dicey ' s Song . The sequel to Voigt ' s Homecoming reveals how a grandmother ' s love can change the lives of four abandoned children . ( F Voi ) ; 142 . Voigt , Cynthia Izzy , willy - nilly . Socially conscious Izzy dates Marco , a senior , to enhance her popularity , but this mistake results in the painful and tragic loss of her leg when a drunken Marco crashes his car into a tree after a party . ( F Voi ) 143 . Warren , Andrea . Surviving Hitler : A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps . This is a biography of Jack Mandelbaum , from his teenage years starting as a twelve - year - old in Poland in 1939 , to the end of the World War II , three years of which he spent in concentration camps . ( 921 Man ) 144 . Watkins , Yoko . So Far from the Bamboo Grove . Eleven - year - old Yoko escapes with her family from Korea to Japan at the end of World War II . ( F Wat ) 145 . Weeks , Sarah . So B . It . After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor , twelve - year - old Heidi sets out from Reno , Nevada , to New York to find out who she is . ( F Wee ) 146 . Werlin , Nancy . Double Helix . Eighteen - year - old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize - winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering . ( F Wer ) 147 . Whelan , Gloria . Homeless Bird . Thirteen - year - old Koly faces the harsh life of a widow in India and must embroider saris in order to survive . National Book Award for Young Adult Literature 2000 . ( F Whe ) 148 . Wiesel , Elie . Night . The true account of the author ' s experiences as a teenage prisoner in a Nazi death camp . ( F Wie ) 149 . Wittlinger , Ellen . Gracie ' s girl . As she starts middle school , Bess volunteers to work on the school musical in hopes of fitting in , but when she and a friend get to know an elderly homeless woman , Bess changes her mind about what is really important . ( F Wit ) 150 . Wolff , Virginia . Make Lemonade . In order to earn money for college , fourteen - year - old LaVaughn makes the life - altering decision to baby - sit for the children of a teenage mother . Sequel is True Believer . ( F Wol ) 151 . Woodson , Jacqueline . Hush . Twelve - year - old Toswiah finds her life changed when her family enters the witness protection program . ( F Woo ) 152 . Wrede , Patricia . Sorcery & Cecelia , or , the Enchanted Chocolate Pot . In 1817 two cousins , one in London and one in the country write to each other about their exploits , when they are both threatened by wizards . ( F Wre ) 153 . Yep , Laurence . Dragonwings . Instead of a life of ease on the Golden Mountain , Moon Shadow encounters hard work in the Company ' s Chinese laundry business , an opium - addicted cousin hunted by rival gang members , and terrorizing and kind " white demons " when he joins his flying - obsessed father in California in 1903 . Newbery Honor 1976 ( F Yep ) 154 . Yolen , Jane . Girl in a Cage . Marjorie Bruce , daughter of Robert the Bruce of Scotland , has been captured in 1306 by Edward I ( Longshanks ) of England and placed in a cage on public display for months . ( F Yol ) 155 . Zindel , Paul . The Pigman . A teenage boy and girl , high school sophomores from unhappy homes , describe their bizarre relationship with an old man . ( F Zin ) - 끝 ! -