Recommended Reading for 6-8 Graders
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posted to YALSA-BK, Oct 2000 
by Gwendolyn Davis (dr.book@planet.nl)

ALL THE ANSWERS by Anne C. Lemieux 
AMONG THE HIDDEN  by
JACKAROO by Cynthia Voigt
BLITZCAT by Robert Westall
MIDNIGHT BLUE by Pauline Fisk (British)
THE CRY OF THE WOLF by Melvin Burgess (British)
STRIKING OUT by Will Weaver (great followup to the World Series 
when you just can't get the taste of a ball hitting wood/leather out of 
your mouth)
EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED (Minis, maxis, pads with wings, 
things with strings, all spoken about in class without embarrassment 
by River's Human Interaction teacher, Mrs. Gladys B. Furley, R.N. 
who turns something as annoying as getting your period into a 
party!)
COMING-AND-GOING MEN: FOUR TALES  by Paul Fleischman
BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE by Annette Curtis Klause (the #1, 
undisputed, all-time favorite of my 7th-8th grade GIFTED class last 
year)
THE BABY AND FLY PIE by Melvin Burgess (whatta beaut Brit he is)
MIDNIGHT HOUR ENCORES by Bruce Brooks (told me it is his most
cherished book of all he's written)
TANGERINE by Edward Bloor (great pace--reveals cruelty to 
siblings in dramatic form, laying down clue after careful clue)
RULES OF THE ROAD by Joan Bauer (MY favorite...cannot get any
female teen to rate it anywhere near as high as I have, though)