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The Giver by Lois Lowry
* This book is a recommended reading for any student who is new to CMS. This recommendation is made due to the fact that there are two companion novels that are taught in 8th grade and the background knowledge is needed from this book.
Students entering 7th Grade must read one book from the list below: 
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Schooled by Gordon Korman
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
A Step From Heaven by An Na
Gone by Michael Grant
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Students entering 7th Grade must read one book from the list below: 
Downriver by Will Hobbs
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Students entering 12th Grade must read one book from the list below: 
Deadline by Chris Crutcher
Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI by Ryan Smithson
Students entering 11th Grade must read one book from the list below: 
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
Deception by Dan Brown
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Students entering 10th Grade must read one book from the list below: 
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Students entering 9th Grade must read one book from the list below: 
Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
POP by Gordon Korman
Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald
Best Foot Forward by Joan Bauer
Students entering 9th Grade must read one book from the list below: 
It's Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong
Night Hoops Carl Deuker
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
Blood Secret by Kathryn Lasky
A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success by David Sampson
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais
Sleeping Freshman Never Lie by David Lubar
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
Annexed by Sharon Dogar
Students entering 8th Grade must read one book from the list below: Realistic Fiction
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Ironman by Chris Crutcher
Slam by Walter Dean Myers
Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voight
Students entering 7th Grade must read one book from the list below:Fantasy Books:
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer
Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Adventure Books:
My Side of the Mountain by Jeab Craighead George
So. B. It by Sarah Weeks
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Bary & Ridley Pearson
Historical Fiction
A Boy Called Slow by Joseph Bruchac
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Curtis
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Realistic Fiction
Loser by Jerry Spinelli
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
Bloomability by Sharon Creech
Sports Books:
Last Shot by John Feinstein
or ANY book by Mike Lupica
