 | Page Turners for 6th to 8th Graders |
| This list includes books for children whose reading level is below his/her interest level and may need extra motivation to read. Many of the fiction titles will also be found with the J and Y paperbacks. For more ideas, look at More Rip-Roaring Reads at PT J016 AM or High/Low Handbook at J Ref 016 LI. | |
Children’s Fiction (J)
| J (various) | Dear America (Some titles can be found in Y Fiction.) |
| Barshaw | Ellie McDoodle : Have Pen, Will Travel (Others in series by same author) |
| Branford | White Wolf (Also Y Branford) |
| Fleischman | Seedfolks |
| Gallagher | Camp Can't (Others in series by same author) |
| Gutman | The Million Dollar Shot |
| Kinney | Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Greg Heffley's Journal (Others in series by same author) |
| Levine | Ella Enchanted |
| Maddox | Speedway Switch (Others by same author) |
| Petersen | White Water |
| Rodgers | Freaky Friday |
| Selznick | The Invention of Hugo Cabret : A Novel in Words and Pictures (Also in Y) |
| Skurzynski | Wolf Stalker (Others in series by same author) |
Junior High Fiction (Y)
| Y (various) | Royal Diaries (Some titles can be found in J fiction.) |
| Applegate | Home of the Brave |
| Barnes | Tattoo |
| Bennett | Coverup |
| Brewer | Eighth Grade Bites |
| Bunting | Blackwater |
| Cooney | Flash Fire |
| Ellis | I Am a Taxi |
| Ellis | This Is What I Did |
| Fields | Holdup |
| Frizzell | Chill (Paperback only) |
| Gantos | Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (Others in series by same author. Some can be found in J paperbacks.) |
| Glenn | Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? A Mystery in Poems |
| Grant | Pigboy |
| Hobbs | Downriver |
| Holm | Middle School Is Worse than Meatloaf : A Year Told Through Stuff |
| Hoobler | The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn |
| Horowitz | Stormbreaker (Others in series by same author) |
| Johnson | The First Part Last |
| Kehret | Cages |
| Korman | No More Dead Dogs |
| Landy | Skulduggery Pleasant |
| Maddox | On the Line (Others by same author) |
| Mercati | The Secret Room |
| Mishkin | The Forest King. Woodlark's Shadow |
| Myers | Monster |
| Nance | Daemon Hall |
| Naylor | Jade Green : A Ghost Story |
| Neale | Lost at Sea |
| Park | The Graduation of Jake Moon |
| Paulsen | Lawn Boy |
| Riordan | The Lightning Thief |
| Roberts | The Kidnappers : A Mystery |
| Sachar | Holes |
| Siebold | My Nights at the Improv |
| Smith | Peak |
| Soto | Taking Sides |
| Walters | Juice |
| Welvaert | The Curse of the Wendigo |
| Wolff | Make Lemonade |
| Worley | Heir to Fire |
| Zucker | The Bombed House (Others by same author) |
Nonfiction, Folktales & Poetry
| J133.1 Maynard | Ghosts |
| J502.82 Snedden | Yuck! A Big Book of Little Horrors |
| J551.46 Earle | Dive: My Adventures in the Deep Frontier |
| J574.999 Mitton | Aliens |
| J591 Pringle | Animal Monsters: The Truth About Scary Creatures |
| J599 George | Animals Who Have Won Our Hearts |
| J599.5 Lauber | Great Whales |
| J609 Wulffson | The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle: And Other Surprising Stories About Inventions |
| J612 Janulewicz | Yikes! : Your Body, Up Close! |
| J791.06 Cook | Roller Coasters, Or, I Had So Much Fun I Almost Puked |
| J810.9 Pfeffer | Who Were They Really? : The True Stories Behind Famous Characters |
| J973.8 Krehbiel | Little Bighorn |
| Y629.227 Smedman | From Boneshakers to Choppers : The Rip-roaring History of Motorcycles |
| Y795 Hess | A Practical Guide to Monsters |
| Y796.4 Paulsen | Woodsong |
| Y811 Grandits | Blue Lipstick : Concrete Poems |
| Y904 Scandiffio | Escapes! (Others in True Stories from the Edge series) |
| Y921 Lewin | I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler |
| Y973.7 Murphy | The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the War |
| Y973.91 King | Al Capone and the Roaring Twenties |
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Wilmette Public Library Youth Department
www.wilmettelibrary.info/kids Last Updated 12/08 |