1. Becky’s Booktalks
Historical Fiction
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Realistic Fiction
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Zach’s Lie by Roland Smith*
Shug by Jenny Han
Football Hero by Tim Green*
Scarlett by Cathy Cassidy
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger*
The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikelson* **
Alabama Moon by Watt Key* **
The Candymakers by Wendy Mass
Science Fiction
Surviving Antarctica Reality TV 2083 by White*
Molly Moon’s Incredibly Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau*
Fantasy
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud* **
Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Scepter of the Ancients (Skulduggery Pleasant) by Derek Landy*
The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
The Books of Elsewhere Bk 1 – The Shadows by Jacqueline West
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell
The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch*
The Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff – You Wish by Jason Lethcoe
The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone
Falling In by Francis O’Rourke Dowell
A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole
The Underneath by Kathy Appelt
*Books that will hook boy non-readers **Middle School Interest Level (7th/8th up)