What Should I Read? Book Talks and More

Here is a list. Will add some descriptions later! 2009-2010 Battle of the Books List Title Author Airborn Kenneth Oppel Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis Castaways of the Flying Dutchman Brian Jacques Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett Chicken Boy Frances O’ Roark Dowell Code Talker Joseph Bruchac Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie Jordan Sonnenblick Esperanza Rising Pam Muñoz Ryan Flush Carl Hiaasen Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman Invitation to the Game Monica Hughes Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Wendy Mass Just Ella Margaret Peterson Haddix The Kite Rider Geraldine McCaughrean The Lottery Rose Irene Hunt Peak Roland Smith Peter and the Starcatchers Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Phineas Gage John Fleischman Storm Warriors Elisa Carbone Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz Summer of My German Soldier Bette Greene The

I finished reading the first two books in the Cirque Du Freak series by Darren Shan . I was curious about this Vampire Series because so many Hadley students have been reading it. I really liked them! The protagonist is an eleven year old boy. So far, the second in the series, The Vampire's Assistant , was BETTER than the first one! It is nice to have the vampire excitement without the romance. Ha! I will be reading the rest of the series throughout the summer--I think there are about 13 in all. We have them all in our library, and I have ordered some that were missing from our collection. They should be on our shelves by October! Here is a link to his site: http://www.darrenshan.com/index.html I just finished Chris Crutcher's Ironman . Crutcher's books are often on banned lists because of the content. And, frankly, most of them are not really appropriate for a middle school library. But, I do like every one of his I have read! We have a couple in our library. Often the

What are you reading this summer. So far I have read Jack and Jill by James Patterson, Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney. Currently I am reading Dan Brown's Angels and Demons. I have heard it is better than The DaVinci Code , but I haven't decided yet. Angels and Demons is pretty good, but isn't quite as compelling as DVC.