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Gates Chili Middle School
2 Spartan Way
Rochester, NY 14624
585.247.5050
585.340.5532 (fax)

updated 3/2/10
M. Meyer


Our Book List

Be a STAR Reader!!!I love to read! As a teacher and book-lover, it makes me really happy to see kids enjoying books. I hope to make this booklist one that will be useful for my students and their parents. Some books on the list will be teacher recommended--titles that I have read and loved. While others on the booklist will be selected by students in our class. So next time you're looking for a good book, browse through our booklist--I am sure you'll find one that you will enjoy!

Parent Resources
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The New York Times' Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children
by Eden Ross Lipson
 
Teacher's Choice
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Because of Winn Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
Easy Reading
Freak The Mighty
by Rodman Philbrick
Average
Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry
Challenging
Holes
by Louis Sachar
Average
Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
Average
Max The Mighty
by Rodman Philbrick
Average
On the Run: Chasing the Falconers
by Gordon Korman
Challenging
Rules
by Cynthia Lord
Average
The Egypt Game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Average
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
Challenging
The Great Gilly Hopkins
by Katherine Patterson
Easy Reading
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech
Average
 
Students' Choice
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Crispin
by Avi
Average
Goosebumps: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
by R.L. Stine
Average
Simply Alice
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Average
Sixth Grade Secrets
by Louis Sachar
Average
The Cay
by Theodore Taylor
Average
The Freaky Joe Club #6: The Case of the Singing Sea Dragons
by P.J. McMahon
Average
The Last Dog on Earth
by Daniel Ehrenhaft
Average
The Wish List
by Eoin Colfer
Average
Twilight
by Stephanie Meyer
Challenging
 
Scott Foresman Reading Unit 1
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Teammates
by Peter Golenback
Average
Windcatcher
by Avi
Average
 
Scott Foresman Reading Unit 2
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Drylongso
by Virginia Hamilton
Average
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
Average
The Tarantula in my Purse
by Jean Craighead George
Average
 
Scott Foresman Reading Unit 3
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Casey at the Bat
by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Average
 
Scott Foresman Reading Unit 4
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Bowman's Store:A Journey to Myself
by Joseph Bruchac
Average
Within Reach
by Pam Conrad
 
Scott Foresman Reading Unit 5
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El Guero
by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
Average
Life on Mars
by David Getz
Average
Over the Top of the World
by Will Steger and Jon Bowermaster
Average
The Adventures of Midnight Son
by Denise Lewis Patrick
Average
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
Challenging
 
Scott Foresman Reading Unit 6
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Louis Braille
by Stephen Keeler
Average
Sweetwater
by Laurence Yep
Average
The View from Saturday
by E.L. Konigsburg
Average
 
Poetry
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A Light in the Attic
by Shel Silverstein
Average
Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein
Easy Reading