2007 Summer Reading Lists

Here are some reading suggestions for your Summer 2007 vacation:

READING...

Books COMING SOON

These books are coming Summer or Fall of 2007! If you haven't started reading these book series, start now to be ready when the new books arrive.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, J.K. Rowland

Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, by James Patterson
Extras, by Scott Westerfeld (Uglies Trilogy)

Clash of the Galleons, by Paul Stewart (Edge Chronicles Series)

Eclipse, by Stephanie Meyer (Twilight series)

READING...If you like SUMMER 2007 MOVIES

If you like Pirates of the Carribean, you might like...

Pirates, by Celia Rees

Bloody Jack, by L.A. Meyer

Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie

Peter and the Starcatchers, by Dave Barrie

Castaways of the Flying Dutchman, by Brian Jaques

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson

If you like Spiderman or the Fantastic Four, you might like...
Maximum Ride: Angel Experiment, by James Patterson
Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale, by Art Spiegelman

Bone, by Jeff Smith
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, by Scott McCloud

If you like Transformers, you might like...
Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve

The White Mountains, by John Christopher

War of the Worlds, by Orson Wells

Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card

If you like Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, you might like...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling (of course!)

The Golden Compass, by Phillip Pullman

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis

Eragon, by Christopher Paolini

The Amulet of Samarkand, by Jonathan Stroud

Sea of Trolls, by Nancy Farmer

Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke

The Princess Bride, by William Goldman

READING...because POETRY is FUN!

Heartbeat, by Sharon Creech

The Rose that Grew from Concrete, by Tupac Shakur
Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth Century American Art, edited by Jan Greenberg
Keesha's House, by Helen Frost
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East

READING...for SPORT!

Friday Night Lights: a Town, a Team, and a Dream, by H.G. Bissinger

Tangerine, by Edward Bloor
Ball Don't Lie, by Matt de la Pena
Shoeless Joe, by W.P. Kinsella
Hoops, by Walter Dean Myers

READING...voices of WAR
Troy, Adele Geras
Private Peaceful, by Michael Morpurgo
Soldier X, by Don Wulffson
Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
Flags of Our Fathers, by James Bradley

READING...

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS

Persepolis, by Maryjane Satrapi
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Mark Haddon
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
Sarah, by Orson Scott Card
Bee Season, Myla Goldberg
Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier
Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom

How to Read Literature Like a Professor: a Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, by Thomas Foster

Brooklyn Junior High's Media Center staff hope that all staff and students have a wonderful summer and look forward to seeing everyone again in the fall. We hope that you will make use of your local library and the many programs they offer during the summer. Visit the Hennepin County Library's teen website for more information: www.hclib.org/teens