Ms. Seidl's Book Recommendations ​

6th Grade/7th Grade
  1. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  2. I Hate Shakespeare by Step DeFiere
  3. View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg    
  4. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
  5. The Phantom Tollbooth by Juster Norton (The book and the play)
  6. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
  7. Crash by Jerry Spinelli     
  8. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
  9. Poetry for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe by B. Bagert    
  10. If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold
  11. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
  12. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
  13. Holes by Lewis Sacher
  14. Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson
  15. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
  16. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
  17. Ask the Bible Geek series by Mark Hart
  18. Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters or Less by Mark Hart ​
7th Grade /8th Grade    
  1. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan            
  2. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien               
  3. Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson            
  4. Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
  5. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
  6. The Shack by Wm. Paul Young
  7. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
  8. The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
  9. Jesus Freaks by DC Talk
  10. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  11. Al Capone Does My Shirts, Al Capone Shines My Shoes, Al Capone Does My Homework and Al Capone Throws Me A Curve by Gennifer Choldenko
  12. Maze Runner by James Dashner
  13. Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
  14. Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
  15. Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
  16. Night by Elie Wiesel
  17. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
  18. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
  19. So Not Ok Series by Nancy N. Rue
  20. Blessed are the Bored in Spirit: A Young Catholic’s Search for Meaning by Mark Hart
  21. Ask the Bible Geek series by Mark Hart
  22. The “R” Father by Mark Hart
AP Team
  1. The Great Gatsby by Scott F. Fitzgerald
  2. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (with parent permission only- mature themes)
  3. A Doll’s House  by Henrik Ibsen                
  4. The Poetry of John Paul II: Roman Triptych Meditations  John Paul II                    
  5. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
  6. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
  7. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (No Fear version)
  8. The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
  9. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (with parent permission only- mature themes)
  10. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
  11. The Freedom Writers Diary by the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell
  12. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain (with parent permission only- mature themes)
  13. Wicked By Gregory Maguire ​