Recommended Reading in French

Middle School Reading List
Summer 2013
Dear Middle School Students and Parents,
Summer is a great time to relax and read! The English teachers and librarians have compiled
this list carefully, combining classics with contemporary novels, a number of which are
Newbery Medal‐winners.
Parents, we appreciate your support in helping your child find a summer reading routine so
that he/she can read at least three novels over the two‐month vacation.
Be sure to choose novels that you have not already read. As you read, use post‐it notes or
pencil (if it’s your own copy) to note memorable passages in the books. Bring the books with
you when we start school in August.
Virtually all of these books can be ordered on line from www.amazon.com or www.amazon.fr.
(click on “livres en anglais”), or visit one of the English language bookstores in Paris:
W.H. Smith
248 rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris
métro: Concorde
tel: 01.44.77.88.99
Brentanoʹs
37 avenue de lʹOpéra
75002 Paris
métro: Opéra
tel: 01.42.61.52.50
To find out more about any of these books, go online to the American School of Paris website.
 Go to the “Quicklinks” drop down menu and click on the Destiny Library Catalog.
 Click on LA BIBLIOTHEQUE to find the catalog.
Enjoy a summer full of great reading! See you in August.
Sincerely,
The Middle School English teachers and librarians
Middle School Reading List
Summer 2013
Requirements for each grade level:
Rising 8th graders: Read three (or more) titles from three different categories on this list.
Rising 7th graders:
Required novel: Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
In addition, read two (or more) titles from two different categories on this list.
Rising 6th graders:
Required novel: Loser by Jerry Spinelli
In addition, read two (or more) titles from two different categories on this list.
Underlined titles are more suitable for older students.
* = award (Newbery Medal, Newbery Honor, Carnegie)
ADVENTURE
FANTASY
Tim Bowler, Storm Catchers
Eoin Colfer, Airman
*Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain
Gordon Korman, The Contest (Everest series)
Geraldine McCaughrean, Plundering Paradise
*Gary Paulsen, Hatchet
*Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee
Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society
Chris Bradford, Young Samourai (series)
Zizou Corder, Lion Boy (series)
Tobias Druitt, Corydon and Siege of Troy (series)
John Flanagan, Ranger’s Apprentice (series)
Cornelia Funke, Inkheart (series)
*Neil Gaiman,The Graveyard Book
*Shannon Hale, Princess Academy
Derek Landy, Skulduggery Pleasant (series)
*Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted
D. J. MacHale, The Merchant of Death (Pendragon
series)
Garth Nix, The Keys to the Kingdom (series)
Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson
series)
ANIMALS TELL THE STORY
Kathi Appelt, The Underneath
Erin Hunter, Warriors (series)
Ann M. Martin, A Dog’s Life
REALISTIC FICTION
REALISTIC FICTION
Friendship
James Howe, The Misfits
Jaclyn Moriarty, Feeling Sorry for Celia
Rodman Philbrick, Freak the Mighty
*Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me
Paul Zindel, The Pigman
Self-Discovery/Facing Changes
Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian
*David Almond, Skellig
Malorie Blackman, Pig Heart Boy
Judy Blume, Deenie
Robin Brande, Evolution, Me & Others Freaks of
Nature
Cathy Cassidy, Indigo Blue
Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons
Gennifer Choldenko, If a Tree Falls at Lunch
Period
*Kate DiCamillo, Because of Winn-Dixie
Gayle Forman, If I Stay
*Jack Gantos, Dead End in Norvelt
Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in
the Nighttime
*Kevin Henkes, Olive's Ocean
Nigel Hinton, Time Bomb
*Jennifer L. Holm, Turtle in Paradise
Gabrielle Zevin, Elsewhere
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Alice the Brave
Jacqueline Wilson, Dustbin Baby
Family Life
*Patricia Reilly Giff, Pictures of Hollis Woods
*Cynthia Kadohata, Kira-kira
Rose Kent, Kimchi & Calamari
Hilary McKay, Saffy’s Angel (sequels)
*Richard Peck, A Long Way From Chicago
*Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest
*Rita Williams-Garcia, One Crazy Summer
School Stories
Paula Danziger, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
Gordon Korman, No More Dead Dogs
E. Lockhart, The Disreputable History of Frankie LandauBanks
Louis Sachar, Pig City
Lauren Tarshis, Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree
Set in Middle East, Africa and Asia
S Sports
Daniella Carmi, Samir and Yonatan
Mick Cochrane, The Girl Who Threw Butterflies
Eoin Colfer, Benny and Omar
Tim Green, Football Genius (collection)
Chitra Divakakaruni, Sister of my Heart
Ron Koertge, Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner
Robert Lipsyte, The Contender
Jamila Gavin, The Wheel of Surya
Mike Lupica, Summer Ball
Sally Grindley, Spilled Water
*Beverley Naidoo, The Other Side of Truth
Lensey Namioka, Ties that Bind, Ties that Break
Naomi Shihab Nye, Habibi
Linda Sue Park, When My Name was Keoko
*Suzanne Fisher Staples, Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
(trilogy)
SCIENCE FICTION/FUTURISTIC
Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (series)
Edward Bloor, Taken
Joe Craig, Jimmy Coates (series)
Michael Grant, Gone (series)
Margaret Peterson Haddix, Found
Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go
Mary E. Pearson, The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life As We Knew It
Nancy Werlin, Double Helix
HISTORICAL FICTION
MYSTERY/THRILLER/INTRIGUE
Laurie Halse Anderson, Fever (American Revolution)
Avi, Midnight Magic (Renaissance Italy)
Gary Blackwood, The Shakespeare Stealer (Elizabethan
England)
John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (WWII,
Germany)
Henrietta Branford, Fire, Bed and Bone (Medieval
England)
Christopher Paul Curtis, The Watsons Go To
Birmingham (U.S. Civil Rights movement)
Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution (French Revolution)
Anne Fine, The Road of Bones (Russian Revolution
and communism)
Sally Gardner, The Red Necklace (French Revolution)
Adèle Geras, Troy (Ancient Greece)
Eva Ibbotson, The Secret Countess (Russian
Revolution)
Julius Lester, Day of Tears (19th century American
slavery)
Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella (WWII, China)
Michael Morpurgo, Warhorse (WWI, England)
Walter Dean Myers, Fallen Angels (the Vietnam War)
Marcus Sedgwick, The Foreshadowing (WWI, France)
Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth (Roman
Britain)
*Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
(Depression Era in the U.S.)
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief (WWII in Germany)
Kevin Brooks, Kissing the Rain
Robert Cormier, Rag and Bone Shop
Lois Duncan, Stranger with my Face
John Grisham, Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
M.G. Harris, The Joshua Files (series)
*Carl Hiaasen, Hoot
Charlie Higson, Silverfin (Young Bond series)
Anthony Horowitz, Alex Rider (series)
Robert Muchamore, The Recruit (Cherub
series)
*Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game
Willo Davis Roberts, The View from the Cherry
Tree
CLASSICS
William H. Armstrong, Sounder
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
Roald Dahl, Danny, the Champion of the World
*Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia (series)
Jack London, The Call of the Wild
Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days
Recommended Reading in French (on to next page)
Recommended Reading in French
Your French teachers have chosen a varied selection of books ranging from beginners’ to native
speakers’ level. You are not required to read any number of books in particular but the teachers
recommend that you read for pleasure and at your own pace and level, over the summer.
Even if you’re a complete beginner in French you could explore the magazines or leveled books and see
how much you can figure out on your own.
If you already have studied French, you will be able to find a suitable book among any of the leveled
series listed below.
No matter what your level is, if you have a particular interest in sports, computers, etc., then pick up a
French specialist magazine in this field and have some fun.
Profitez bien de vos vacances. Rendezvous à la rentrée!
Cordialement,
Lara Baill, Sylvie De Oliveira, Pascale Doyle, Valérie Jackson
French as a Foreign Language List (Liste Français Langue Étrangere)
Collection
Lire le Français
(Clé International)
Découverte
(Clé International)
Les Mini Syros
(Syros)
Lecture Jeunesse
(Copp Clark Pitman Ltd.)
Lire en français facile
(Hachette, FLE)
Titre
Levels : Beginners (bleu), Intermediate (vert), Advanced
(rouge)
Levels : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Mini Souris
Série Jeunesse
Levels : 1, 2
Advanced French and Native-Speakers List (Liste Avancé/Francophone)
Underlined titles are more suitable for very good readers and native speakers.
Les titres soulignés sont plus adaptés pour les bons lecteurs et les francophones.
Auteur
Arrou-Vignod
Asklund, J.
Bordage, P.
Bottero, P.
Brisou-Pellen, E.
Buzzati, D.
Danzigues, P.
Daudet, A.
Fresse, G.
Friot, B.
Gautier, T.
Gilberte Niquet
Giono, G.
Giorda
Hassan, Y.
Jay, A.
Joly, D.
Kérillis, H.
Kessel, J.
L’instit.
Lavolle , L.N.
Le Clézio, JM
Titre
Le collège fantôme
Un trésor dans l’ordinateur
Ceux qui sauront
Les mondes d’Ewilan
Deux graines de cacao
Les cinq Ecus de Bretagne
La fameuse invasion de la Sicile par les ours
Moi, Lili Graffiti
Lili Graffiti
La rentrée de Lili
Le petit chose
Sale temps pour les grenouilles
Histoire pressée
Le roman de la momie
Le jour du match
L’homme qui plantait des arbres
La plante mystérieuse
Un grand-père tombé du ciel
Complot à Versailles
Sous la Révolution française
La classe de 6ème découvre l’Europe
La classe de 6ème tourne un film
Le lion
Concerto pour Guillaume
Lesrévélations
Menteur !
L’acrobate de Minos
Lefevre, T.
Voyage au pays des arbres
Celui qui n’avait jamais vu la mer
Le voleur de Noël
Léourier, C.
Le chemin de Rungis
Martel, Y.
Maupassant, G.
L’histoire de Pi
Une partie de campagne
Neuf contes et nouvelles
Histoires fantastiques
Rendez-vous au collège
La 6ème
Le royaume de Kensuke
L’enfant Océan
Des crimes comme ci comme chat
Les belles lisses poires de France
Cabot-Caboche
Méliade, S.
Morgenstern, S.
Morpugo, M.
Mourlevat, J-C.
Nozière, J.P.
Pef
Pennac, D.
Petit, X.-L.
Pinguilly, Y.
Prévert, J.
Renard, J.
Sand, G.
Sempé
Shangdi, F.
Slocombe, R
Smadja, B.
Tournier, M.
Uhlman, F.
Valdès, Z.
Vasconcelos, J.M. de
Vernes, J.
Zenatti, V.
L’évasion de Kamo
Kamo, l’idée du siècle
Kamo et moi
Le col des milles larmes
Manèges dans le désert
Le secret de la falaise
Le ballon d’or
Contes pour enfants pas sages
Poil de Carotte
Le chêne parlant
Le petit Nicolas
Thimothée découvre l’Inde
Le détectice du Palace Hôtel
Il faut sauver Saîd
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
Sept contes
L’ami retrouvé
Au clair de Luna
Mon bel oranger
Le tour du monde en 80 jours
Adieu mes 9 ans.