Summer Reading 2016

This year, to meet the summer reading requirement, students must select and read one book and be prepared
to share information about their book in class by September 23rd. Students will participate in a detailed book
talk which will be included in their first quarter language arts grade. This is an open ended assignment. Just
read, enjoy, and be prepared to discuss your book. Students may prepare visuals to support their presentation
if they choose. Students may select any book they like, but it should be a book they’ve never read before and
at their reading level.
In this packet, you will find book recommendations from Pikesville Middle School language arts and reading
teachers and recommendations from the Baltimore County Public Library. Please visit readkiddoread.com for
more book recommendations organized by age level.
Nimona , by Noelle Stevenson is the first graphic novel I ever read and I
loved it! I’ve also had many students tell me that it is one of their
favorite books. The main character, Nimona, is a shapeshifter who is
funny and loves trouble. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a
vendetta. Together Nimona and Lord Blackheart wreak havoc!
Mrs. Grogin
Ms. Getty
I love The Limit by Kristen Landon. It is a thrilling adventure in which
Matt is taken away from his family and placed in a workhouse to pay off
his family’s debts. He has a great time working on computers until he
realizes he trapped and figures out why he’s really there. Exciting!
Another favorite is The Stratford Zoo Midnight Review Presents
Macbeth by Ian Lendler and Zach Giallongo. It’s a fantastic, funny
graphic novel about a zoo whose animals come out after midnight and
perform Shakespeare’s play. I can’t wait for the sequel coming out soon
in which the animals put on Romeo and Juliet!
Among the Hidden, the first
book in the Shadow
Children series by Margaret
Peterson Haddix, is a great
read for lovers of dystopian
fiction and suspense. It plays
with the question of
population control: what
happens when families are
only allowed to have two
children, and third children, or
“shadow children,” have to
lead secret lives away from
the rest of the world or risk
being killed?
Mrs. Hendrix-Martin
Ms. Morlock
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Random Riggs is the first in a trilogy of books following
children who are, well, peculiar! They all have different abilities: some physical, some mental, but their kind
is being hunted down. What makes this book even better is that there are authentic pictures that inspired
the stories so you can see what the original inspiration was! If none of these things interest you, Tim Burton
has started directing the movie version of this novel and it is set to come out in theaters next year.
2016 Pikesville Middle School Recommended Summer Reading List
Incoming 6th Grade
Incoming 6th Grade
Self-Discovery
Anything But Typical
El Deafo ◊
The Penderwicks*
Al Capone Does My Shirts*
Raymie Nightingale
Out of My Mind
The Skin I’m In
The Dumbest Idea Ever! ◊
The Nest
Public School Superhero
Pax
As Brave as You
Counting by 7s
Bigger Than a Breadbox
Stargirl
Goodbye Stranger
Smile ◊
Sisters ◊
One Crazy Summer*
The War That Saved My Life
Baskin
Bell
Birdsall
Choldenko
DiCamillo
Draper
Flake
Gownley
Oppel
Patterson
Pennypacker
Reynolds
Sloan
Snyder
Spinelli
Stead
Telgemeier
Telgemeier
Williams
Bradley
Fantasy
The Iron Trial
The Sisters Grimm*
The School for Good and Evil*
Gregor the Overlander*
Isle of the Lost (Descendants)*
The City of Ember*
The Graveyard Book
A Tale Dark and Grimm*
Princess Academy*
Monster on the Hill ◊
The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom*
Dragon Slippers*
The Unwanteds*
Sky Raiders (Five Kingdoms)*
The Magic Thief*
Percy Jackson*/Olympus*/Kane*
Bone: Out from Boneville* ◊
Black & Clare
Buckley
Chainani
Collins
de la Cruz
Duprau
Gaiman
Gidwitz
Hale
Harrell
Healy
George
McMann
Mull
Prineas
Riordan
Smith
Sports
Humor
Any book by
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda*
The Terrible Two*
The Worst Class Trip Ever
NERDS*
Joey Pigza*
Any children’s book by
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny*
Ungifted
The True Meaning of Smekday*
Astronaut Academy* ◊
Angleberger
Barnett
Barry
Buckley
Gantos
Dan Gutman
David Lubar
James Patterson
Horvath
Korman
Rex
Roman
Booked
Strike Three You’re Dead
Say it Ain’t So
Roller Girl ◊
Tim Green
Dan Gutman
Mike Lupica
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Alexander
Berk
Berk
Jamieson
Students may also choose any Newbery, Coretta Scott King or Black-Eyed Susan Nominee
or any grade level appropriate novel of more than 100 pages.
*Denotes a series; students may choose any title in the series
◊ Graphic novel format
2016 Pikesville Middle School Recommended Summer Reading List
Incoming 6th Grade
Incoming 6th Grade
Adventure/Mystery
Brixton Brothers*
Doll Bones*
The Gollywhopper Games*
Under the Egg
My Side of the Mountain*
Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer*
Alex Rider*
Shipwreck*
Dive*
I, Q.*
Peak
Storm Runners*
any Enola Holmes mystery*
Sammy Keyes*
Barnett
Black
Feldman
Fitzgerald
George
Grisham
Horowitz
Korman
Korman
Smith
Smith
Smith
Springer
Van Draanen
Students may also choose any Newbery, Coretta Scott King or Black-Eyed Susan Nominee
or any grade level appropriate novel of more than 100 pages.
*Denotes a series; students may choose any title in the series
◊ Graphic novel format
2016 Pikesville Middle School Recommended Summer Reading List
Incoming 7th Grade
Incoming 6th Grade
Self-Discovery
Anything But Typical
El Deafo ◊
The Penderwicks*
Al Capone Does My Shirts*
Out of My Mind
The Skin I’m In
The Dumbest Idea Ever! ◊
See You at Harry’s
We Are All Made of Molecules
The Nest
Public School Superhero
As Brave as You
Counting by 7s
Bigger Than a Breadbox
Stargirl
Goodbye Stranger
Drama◊
One Crazy Summer*
Baskin
Bell
Birdsall
Choldenko
Draper
Flake
Gownley
Knowles
Nielsen
Oppel
Patterson
Reynolds
Sloan
Snyder
Spinelli
Stead
Telgemeier
Williams
Fantasy
The Sisters Grimm*
The School for Good and Evil*
The Roar*
Gregor the Overlander*
The City of Ember*
The Graveyard Book
A Tale Dark and Grimm*
Princess Academy*
Monster on the Hill ◊
The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom*
The Last of the Sandwalkers◊
Dragon Slippers*
The Unwanteds*
Sky Raiders (Five Kingdoms)*
The Magic Thief*
Percy Jackson*/Olympus*/Kane*
Bone: Out from Boneville* ◊
Buckley
Chainani
Clayton
Collins
Duprau
Gaiman
Gidwitz
Hale
Harrell
Healy
Hosler
George
McMann
Mull
Prineas
Riordan
Smith
Humor
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda*
The Terrible Two*
The Worst Class Trip Ever
NERDS*
Joey Pigza*
The Genius Files
The Homework Machine
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny*
Ungifted
Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental
Zombie*
Middle School*, I Funny*, Jacky Ha-Ha
The True Meaning of Smekday*
Astronaut Academy* ◊
Angleberger
Barnett
Barry
Buckley
Gantos
Gutman
Gutman
Horvath
Korman
Lubar
Sports
Any book by
Booked
Strike Three You’re Dead
Say it Ain’t So
Roller Girl ◊
Tim Green
Dan Gutman
Mike Lupica
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Alexander
Berk
Berk
Jamieson
Patterson
Rex
Roman
Students may also choose any Newbery, Coretta Scott King or Black-Eyed Susan Nominee
or any grade level appropriate novel of more than 100 pages.
*Denotes a series; students may choose any title in the series
◊ Graphic novel format
2016 Pikesville Middle School Recommended Summer Reading List
Incoming 7th Grade
Incoming 6th Grade
Adventure/Mystery
Brixton Brothers*
Doll Bones
The Iron Trial
Gallagher Girls series*
Under the Egg
My Side of the Mountain*
Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer*
Skink: No Surrender
Young James Bond*
Alex Rider*
Shipwreck*
Dive*
I, Q.*
Peak
Storm Runners*
The Mysterious Benedict Society*
Sammy Keyes*
Wildwood*
Barnett
Black
Black & Clare
Carter
Fitzgerald
George
Grisham
Hiassen
Higson
Horowitz
Korman
Korman
Smith
Smith
Smith
Stewart
Van Draanen
Melloy
Students may also choose any Newbery, Coretta Scott King or Black-Eyed Susan Nominee
or any grade level appropriate novel of more than 100 pages.
*Denotes a series; students may choose any title in the series
◊ Graphic novel format
2016 Pikesville Middle School Recommended Summer Reading List
Incoming 8th Grade
Incoming 6th Grade
Self-Discovery
Wintergirls/Speak/Impossible Knife
Al Capone Does My Shirts*
The Skin I’m In
Paper Towns (or any book by)
Monster/Lockdown
When I Was the Greatest
All American Boys
Eleanor and Park
Are You Experienced*
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie*
Drama ◊
American Born Chinese ◊
One Crazy Summer*
If You Come Softly
Anderson
Choldenko
Flake
Green
Myers
Reynolds
Reynolds/Kiely
Rowell
Sonnenblick
Sonnenblick
Telgemeier
Yang
Williams
Woodson
Sports
Any book by
Booked
Boy 21
The Final Four
Adventure/Mystery/Thriller
Also Known As*
The Compound*
All Fall Down*
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Fantasy
Ender’s Game*
The Girl of Fire and Thorns*
The School for Good and Evil*
Matched*
Princess of the Midnight Ball*
Seraphina*
Illuminae*
The Limit
Legend*
The Unwanteds*
Sky Raiders (Five Kingdoms)*
Birthmarked*
Shadowshaper
Percy Jackson*/Olympus*/Kane*
Nimona◊
Daughter of Smoke and Bone*
Uglies*
Card
Carson
Chainani
Condie
George
Hartman
Kaufman
Landon
Lu
McMann
Mull
O’Brien
Older
Riordan
Stevenson
Taylor
Westerfeld
Tim Green
Carl Deuker
John Feinstein
Mike Lupica
Alexander
Quick
Volponi
The Enemy*
Young James Bond*
Alex Rider*
We Were Liars
Legend*
Delirium*
Life As We Knew It*
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar
Children*
Full Tilt
Unwind*
Lockdown: Escape from Furnace*
Peak
I, Q.*
X: A Novel (Malcolm X)
Boxers/Saints ◊
The Book Thief
Benway
Bodeen
Carter
Duncan
Higson
Higson
Horowitz
Lockheart
Lu
Oliver
Pfeffer
Riggs
Shusterman
Shusterman
Smith
Smith
Smith
Shabazz
Yang
Zusak
Students may also choose any Newbery, Coretta Scott King or Black-Eyed Susan Nominee
or any grade level appropriate novel of more than 100 pages.
*Denotes a series; students may choose any title in the series
◊ Graphic novel format