Recommended Reading for Middle School Leaders
Study Skill 14.1 Recommended Reading for Middle School Leaders
When your middle school students ask for book recommendations, you don't waste anytime getting back to them. After an inspiring visit with a group of Mizzou Global Scholars, Brian Stuhlman, our Middle School Coordinator, and Kathryn Fishman-Weaver, our Interim Executive Director, sat down to share some of their favorite reads for middle school leaders. We can't wait to hear what our middle grade scholars think of these titles and also what books they might add to our list.
Title |
Author |
Mizzou Global Scholars Themes |
A Brian Fave |
A Kathryn Fave |
Nothing But the Truth |
Avi |
X |
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Ender’s Game |
Orson Scott Card |
X |
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And Then There Were None |
Agatha Christie |
X |
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Zlata’s Diary |
Zlata Filipovic |
X |
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl |
Anne Frank |
X |
X |
X |
Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People |
Nikki Giovanni |
X |
X |
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The Outsiders |
S.E. Hinton |
X |
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Inside Out and Back Again |
Thanhhà Lai |
X |
X |
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The View from Saturday |
E.L. Konigsburg |
X |
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A Wrinkle in Time |
Madeleine L'Engle |
X |
X |
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The Giver |
Lois Lowry |
X |
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A Mango Shaped Space |
Wendy Mass |
X |
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Wonder |
R.J. Palacio |
X |
X |
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Hatchet |
Gary Paulsen |
X |
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A Long Way from Chicago |
Richard Peck |
X |
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The Last Book in the Universe |
Rodman Philbrick |
X |
X |
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With the Might of Angels |
Andrea Davis Pinkney |
X |
X |
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Various mythology series |
Rick Riordan |
X |
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Esperanza Rising |
Pam Muñoz Ryan |
X |
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The Little Prince |
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
X |
X |
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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition |
Margot Lee Shetterly |
X |
X |
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Stargirl |
Jerry Spinelli |
X |
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The Wave |
Todd Strasser |
X |
X |
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
Mildred Taylor |
X |
X |
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We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World *Note: Preview ahead of time. A couple chapters mention violence that will need to be processed compassionately with younger readers. |
Malala Yousafzai |
X |
X |