Interesting Reads for Middle School Book List.pdf - Deerlake Middle ...

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Life in the Wild: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts by Pamela S. Turner -
In this compelling biography, illustrated with Schaller's own photographs, Turner examines the
amazing life and groundbreaking work of the man International Wildlife calls "the world's
foremost field biologist." Schaller's landmark research revolutionized field biology,
demonstrating that it is possible to study dangerous animals in their own habitats.
Peak by Roland Smith - After Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper,
he goes to live with his long-lost father, who runs a climbing company in Thailand. But Peak
quickly learns that his father's interest in him has strings attached. He wants Peak to be the
youngest person to reach the Everest summit--and his motives are selfish at best. Even so, for a
climbing addict like Peak, tackling Everest is the challenge of a lifetime. But it's also one that
could cost him his life.
Probably Still Nick Swansen by Virginia Euwer Wolff - Sixteen-year-old Nick finds joy in life
despite his learning disability, the taunting of other kids, and the death of his sister.
STORM: The Infinity Code by E.L. Young - In London, the teenaged geniuses of STORM, a
secret organization dedicated to eliminating the world's misery through science and technology,
uncover plans for a deadly weapon and race to find and dismantle it, then confront the corrupt
scientist behind the scheme.
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer - A new series featuring Sherlock Holmes'
much-younger sister Enola begins. When her mother disappears, Enola is determined to find her
and sets out to the heart of London. There Enola becomes involved in the kidnapping of a young
marquess.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been
raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard. Newbery Award Winner
Science Fiction and Fantasy
A Matter of Profit by Hilari Bell - Sick of the horrors of conquering beings on other planets,
Ahvrem will end his service as a soldier and save his sister from an unhappy marriage if he can
discover who is behind a rumored plot to assassinate the Emperor.
Ender’s Game or Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card - End, who is the result of genetic
experimentation, may be the military genius Earth needs in its war against an alien enemy; OR
Bean must overcome his past and prove to the recruiters at the Battle School that he can help
save the planet from an alien invasion.
Fever Crumb by Phillip Reeve Foundling - Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although
females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought. But at age
fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while
facing danger in the present.
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