Reluctant Reader Booklist

Think you don’t like to read? Do you have trouble finding a book that interests you?

Try one of these titles. They are all Accelerated Reader titles here at the Frolio Middle School Library.

Avi Don’t You Know There’s a War On (200 p.) – In wartime Brooklyn in 1943,

eleven-year-old How Crispers mounts a campaign to save his favorite teacher from being fired.

Babbitt Tuck Everlasting (139 p.) – Ten-year-old Winifred Foster’s encounter with the uncommon Tuck

family, their hidden spring, and their extraordinary secret transforms her life and leads her to make a noteworthy decision.

Bunting Blackwater (146 p.) – When a boy and girl are drowned in the Blackwater River, 13-year-old

Brodie must decide whether to confess that he may have caused the accident.

Clements The Janitor’s Boy (140 p.) – Fifth grader Jack finds himself the target of ridicule at school

when it becomes known that his father is one of the janitors.

Clements The Jacket (89 p.) – Phil is a 6th grader on a mission: to find his little brother and give

him his lunch money. But in the events that follow, Phil will be forced to examine his own racist thoughts

and how they play out in his life.

Creech Heartbeat (180 p.) – A novel in poem form about the year in the life of a 12 year old.

Creech Love That Dog (86 p.) – A novel in poem form about a young student who comes to love

poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him.

DiCamillo Because of Winn-Dixie (182 p.) – Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer

in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

Fogelin Crossing Jordan (140 p.) – Twelve-year-old Cass meets her new African-American neighbor,

Jemmie, and despite their families’ prejudices, they build a strong friendship around their mutual talent for

running and a pact to read Jane Eyre.

Gutman Jackie and Me (145 p.) – Little Leaguer Joe travels back in time via a baseball card and

meets Jackie Robinson. Read also; Shoeless Joe and Me and Babe and Me.

Haddix Among the Hidden (153 p) – Government regulations limit families to two children each, so Luke,

an illegal third-born, must live his life in secret, hidden in his family’s farmhouse. Then he joins Jen, another

”shadow child”, for chance to come out into the light. Followed by six additional books in the Shadow Children series.

Kehret Cages (150 p.) – After losing an acting role and fighting with her alcoholic stepfather, Kit is

arrested for shoplifting and ordered to work, as part of her sentence, at an animal shelter.

Kehret The Hideout (151 p.) – After his parents are both killed, Jeremy is on his way to live with his

Uncle when his train crashes. He finds a deserted cabin after wandering off which appears to be the perfect

hideout from his problems.

Mazer Boy at War (134 p.) – After his father is killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Adam, his mother,

and sister are evacuated from Hawaii, to California where he must deal with his feelings about the war,

Japanese internment camps, his father, and his own identity. Read also, A Boy No More and Heroes Don’t Run.

Naylor The Fear Place (118 p.) – When he and his brother Gordon are left camping alone in the

Rocky Mountains, 12-year-old Doug faces his fear of heights and his feelings about Gordon – with the

help of a cougar.

Naylor A Traitor Among the Boys (118 p.) – Despite a New Year’s resolution to be nice to their neighbors

the Malloy girls, the Hatford boys find themselves continuing their rivalry and war of practical jokes.