S.A.M. Summer Reading

I know, I know, summer is the time when many of you put away all thoughts of anything to do with school. But there are some of us who look at summer as a chance to catch up on the reading we didn’t get to do throughout the year. Summer is the time when there are no assigned books to read, and we can read the books we choose. Having said that, here is a list of books that I would have liked to have read this year. All of these books are available in the SAM library (in case you don’t get to them over the summer)

General Fiction:
Revolution’s Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine
Off to War: Voices of Soldier’s Children by Deborah Ellis
The Garbage Kings
Red Sky in the Morning by Elizabeth Laird
Initiation by Virginia Frances Schwartz
Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Little Leap Forward by Guo Yue

Teen Fiction:
On Thin Ice by Jamie Bastedo
I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

Adventure Fiction:
Young James Bond Series by Charlie Higson
Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz
Pendragon: The Travelers by
Vampirates by Justin Sompe
Five Ancestors Series by Jeff Stone

Fantasy Fiction:
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Noble Warriors Trilogy by William Nicholson
Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud

Science Fiction:
The Roar by Emma Clayton
The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau
Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras by Scott Westerfeld

Historical Fiction:
The Sea of Trolls
Land of Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer
Bound by Donna Jo Napoli
Blood Red Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick
Rebel Cargo by James Riordan

Horror Fiction:
The Saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan