Reading+List

= Homepage Summer Reading List  = ** Alexander, Lloyd. **  The Arkadians. Three Arkadians wander through a fantasy land from one misadventure to another. An out-of-work bean counter, a young woman of mysterious talents, and a poet try to escape the wicked King Bromios and his crooked soothsayers.

** Armstrong, Jennifer. **  Steal Away. Two women, one white and one black, tell the story of their escape from a southern farm during the 1850s and of their difficult journey north to freedom.

** Banks, Lynne Reid. **  Mystery of the Cupboard. After moving to a home his mother recently inherited, Omri uncovers the mystery of the house and its link to a magic cupboard. A sequel to Indian in the Cupboard. ** Beller, Susan. **  Cadets At War: The True Story of Teenage Heroism at the Battle of New Market. The story of 280 schoolboys who fought during the Civil War to stop the Union troops.

** Bruchac, Joseph. **  A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull. The true story of a child so deliberate and methodical he was called Slow; he turns out to be Sitting Bull, the Lakota's greatest leader.

** Bruchac, Joseph. **  The Boy Who Lived with the Bears and Other Iroquois Stories. Six Iroquois stories illustrated with dramatic scratchboard.

** Byars, Betsy. **  The Moon and I.  The author describes her hilarious adventures with a black snake and some comical stories about her first attempts at becoming a professional writer.

** Collier, James L. and Christopher. **  With Every Drop of Blood. Although Johnny promises his dying father he will not dessert the family to fight for the rebel cause, the lure of adventure and financial gain are strong. The book realistically focuses on the reasons the Civil War was fought as well as the enormity of the suffering of soldiers and civilians.

** Cooney, Caroline. **  Among Friends. Six high school juniors discover surprising things about themselves and their friends in the diaries they are asked to keep as a three-month English assignment.