Summer Reading List for Middle Grade and Young Adult
I’ve been so busy working on my next two books that it’s always a pleasant surprise when someone emails me and asks for an author visit for MYSTIC. I get to be surrounded by happy kids and talk about two of my favorite subjects reading and writing.  I have three visits in the next two weeks. Woohoo! I’m ready!

During my author visits I always share some of my favorite books.  I tell the students that I’d love for them to enjoy, MYSTIC, but I know my story isn’t for everyone. The goal is to find what you love to read. Please feel free to leave a comment with your favorite MG or YA. I’ll add them to my reading list. Thanks! What am I currently reading? THE IMPOSSIBLE KNIFE OF MEMORY by Laurie Halse Anderson and MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN by Ransom Riggs

Middle Grade

WRINGER by Jerry Spinelli. I used to read this to my 3rd grade class.

THE UNDERNEATH by Kathi Appelt

BEEN TO YESTERDAYS by Lee Bennett Hopkins

SEE YOU AT HARRY’S by Jo Knowles

STARGIRL by Jerry Spinelli

UGLY by Donna Jo Napoli

BUD, NOT BUDDY by Christopher Paul Curtis

NUMBER THE STARS by Lois Lowry

THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN by Katherine Applegate

YOUNG ADULT BOOKS

LIVING WITH JACKIE CHAN by Jo Knowles
ENDANGERED BY Eliot Schrefer


TILT by Ellen Hopkins

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green

BOUND by Donna Jo Napoli

GRACELING by Kristen Cashore