This document provides a list of book recommendations organized into four genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Science Fiction, and Fantasy. Some of the book titles included are Chasing Lincoln's Killer, Code Talker, The Green Glass Sea, Flipped, Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, and The Amulet of Samarkand. A few books are marked as potentially appealing to boy non-readers or being at a middle school interest level.

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)