Required Reading: (An in-class essay will be written!)

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick


Recommended Reading: (Do a Project!)

Messenger
by Lois Lowry

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J. K. Rowling

Bloomability
by Sharon Creech

The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norman Juster

The Twenty-One Balloons
by William du Bois

The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin

City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrall

The Wish List
by Eoin Colfer

Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke

Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson