Edinger House members are \u00a0great readers who, when I asked for some summer reading suggestions for their peers, had a great time. \u00a0The rules were they had to come from their independent reading choices; that meant they couldn’t list books I’d read to them or others they’d read for class projects. \u00a0Being avid readers, this wasn’t a problem. In fact, what was a problem for some was limiting their list to ten! \u00a0What I love is how the lists show what wide-ranging readers they are. You will see that one moment they are reading very sophisticated books and at the next something young and light. The following are only a few from each child’s list (which, by the way, they annotated beautifully) to give you a taste of their wide reading range and to use when looking for books for children in your own environment.<\/p>\n
I recommends Jeanne Birdsall’s\u00a0Penderwick<\/em>\u00a0series, Wendy Wan-Long Shang’s\u00a0The Great Wall of Lucy Wu<\/em>, Linda Sue Park’s\u00a0A Single Shard<\/em>, Sarah Week’s\u00a0So B. It<\/em>, and Christopher Paul Curtis’s\u00a0The Mighty Miss. Malone<\/em>.<\/p>\n J1 recommends Michael Buckley’s\u00a0Nerds<\/em>\u00a0series and Orson Scott Card’s\u00a0Ender’s Game<\/em>.<\/p>\n J2\u00a0recommends Cornelia Funke’s\u00a0Inkheart<\/em>\u00a0series, Eoin Colfer’s\u00a0Artemis Fowl<\/em>, Suzanne Collin’s\u00a0The Hunger Games<\/em>, Chris Grabenstein’s\u00a0Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library<\/em>, and\u00a0Ruth Stiles Gannett’s\u00a0My Father’s Dragon<\/em>.<\/p>\n N recommends Gordon Korman’s Ungifted<\/em>, Lemony Snicket’s\u00a0File\u00a0Under 13 Suspicious Incidents,\u00a0<\/i>Louis Sachar’s Holes<\/em>, Kate DiCamillo’s Flora & Ulysse<\/em>s, and Nancy Farmer’s House of the Scorpion<\/em>.<\/p>\n H recommends Philip Pullman’s I Was a Rat!<\/em>, Adam Gidwitz’s A Tale Dark and Grimm<\/em>, and Roald Dahl’s Danny, the Champion of the World<\/em>.<\/p>\n M recommends J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/em>, Pittacus Lore’s I Am Number Four,<\/em> and Rick Riordon’s Percy Jackson<\/em> series.<\/p>\n W recommends Anthony Horowitz’s Scorpia<\/em>, Kevin Henke’s The Year of Billy Miller<\/em>, Jeffrey Brown’s Jedi Academy<\/em>, and Joseph Bruchac’s Code Talker<\/em>.<\/p>\n J3 recommends Jane Smiley’s A Good Horse<\/em>, Brian Farrey’s The Vengekeep Prophecie<\/em>s, Shannon Hale’s Princess Academy<\/em>, and\u00a0Lauren Myracle’s Twelve<\/em>.<\/p>\n C recommends Jeff Kinney’s Dog Days<\/em>,\u00a0Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise’s Regarding the Fountain<\/em>, and\u00a0Raina\u00a0Telgemeier’s Smile<\/em>.<\/p>\n A1 recommends Joan Aiken’s The Wolves of Willoughby Chase<\/em>, Cynthia Lord’s Rules<\/em>, Holly Goldberg Sloan’s Counting By Sevens<\/em>, Carl Hiaasen’s Hoot<\/em>, and Clare Vanderpool’s Navigating Early<\/em>,<\/p>\n J4 recommends Tommy Greenwald’s Charlie Joe Jackson<\/em> series,\u00a0Lincoln Peirce’s Big Nat<\/em> series, and\u00a0W.C. Mack’s\u00a0Athlete vs Mathlete: Double Dribble.<\/em><\/p>\n A 2 recommends Stephan Pastis’s second Timothy Failure<\/em> book, James Patterson’s I Funny<\/em>, and\u00a0Tone Almhjell’s The Twistrose Key<\/em>.<\/p>\n B recommends Andy Griffiths’ 13 Story Tree Hous<\/em>e, Ellen Potter’s Otis Dooda<\/em>, and Louis Sachar’s Wayside School<\/em>.<\/p>\n G recommends a whole bunch of\u00a0Lauren Myracle’s books including Violets in Bloom<\/em>,\u00a0R.J Palacio’ Wonder<\/em>, and\u00a0Ceelo Green’s\u00a0Everybody’s Brother.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n L recommends\u00a0Adam Rex’s The True Meaning of Smekday<\/em>,\u00a0Tui T Sutherland’s Wings of Fire<\/em>, \u00a0and Carl\u00a0Hiaasan Flush<\/em> and Chomp<\/em>.<\/p>\n R1 recommends\u00a0Eleanor Estes’s The Hundred Dresses<\/em>,\u00a0Whoopi Goldberg’s\u00a0Sugar Plum Ballerinas,\u00a0<\/em>Andrew Clement’s Lunch Money<\/em>,\u00a0and Joan Bauer’s \u00a0Hope Was Here<\/em><\/p>\n A3 recommends\u00a0Christopher Paolini’s Eragon<\/em> series,\u00a0Chris Rhylander’s The Fourth Stall<\/em>,\u00a0Cressida Cowell ‘s How to Train Your Dragon<\/em>, and\u00a0Kate O\u2019Hearn’s Pegasus<\/em>.<\/p>\n R2 recommends Wendy Mass’s A Mango-Shaped Space<\/em>,\u00a0Melissa J. 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