Reading Ideas for 9th Grade

Harry Potter (second time reading the series)

Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing (had to read for school, but it was pretty good)

House of Secrets, by Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini
House of Secrets: Battle of the Beasts

Five Kingdoms: Sky Raiders, by Brandon Mull
Five Kingdoms: Rogue Knight

Todhunter Moon Series: Pathfinder, by Angie Sage

Dragon Lance Chronicles: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Dragon Lance Chronicles: Dragons of Winter Night
Dragon Lance Chronicles: Dragons of Spring Dawning

Books We Read in January and February 2014

The 13th Reality: Journal of Curious Letters, by James Dashner
The 13th Reality: The Hunt for Dark Infinity
The 13th Reality: The Blade of Shattered Hope
The 13th Reality: The Void of Mist and Thunder

The False Prince, by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Runaway King

Dark is Rising Sequence, by Susan Cooper
Over Sea, Under Stone
The Dark is Rising
Greenwitch
The Grey King
Silver on the Tree

The Seeing Stone, by Kevin Crossley-Holland

The Rift War Saga: by Raymond E. Feist
Magician: Apprentice
Magician: Master
Silverthorn
A Darkness at Sethanon

The Once and Future King, by T.H. White

Spirit Animals: Wild Born, by Brandon Mull
Spirit Animals: Hunted, by Maggie Stiefvater

All Creatures Great and Small, by James Herriot

Books Our 3rd Grade Brother is Reading

Jack Gets a Clue, by Nancy Krulik
The Secrets of Droon, by Tony Abbott
Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by William Steig
Molly's Magic Carpet Ride, by Emma Fischel (Usborne Young Puzzle Adventures)
If You Give a Moose a Muffin and If You Take a Mouse to School, by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Stink The Incredible Shrinking Kid, by Megan McDonald
Cam Jansen: The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds, by David A. Adler
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor, by Donald J. Sobol
Pokemon, adapted by Tracey West
Usborne Young Reading: Stories of Pirates, by Russell Punter
Club Penguin Comics
Horrible Harry, by Suzy Kline

Our Latest Books

Here are the latest books we have read:

Trouble Twisters, by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
Trouble Twisters: The Monster
Trouble Twisters: The Mystery

Red Wall, by Brian Jacques

Ulysses Moore: The Door of Time (A Scholastic Book)
Ulysses Moore: The Long-Lost Map
Ulysses Moore: The House of Mirrors

Falcon Quinn and The Black Mirror, by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Falcon Quinn and The Crimson Vapor

The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks
The Elfstones of Shannara
The Wishsong of Shannara

Harry Potter Series, by J.K Rowling

Janitors: Curse of the Broom Staff, by Tyler Whitesides

A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle

George Washington Spymaster, by Thomas B. Allen

The Gideon Trilogy: The Time Travelers, by Linda Buckley-Archer (we did not enjoy this series)

Books we read in 6th/7th Grade:

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, by Diana Wyne Jones

Floors, by Patrick Carman

Three Below

Drizzle, by Kathleen Van Cleve

Lark Light, by Philip Reeve

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The Alchemyst, The Magician, The Sorceress, The Necromancer,  The Warlock, The Enchantress.  By Michael Scott

Gregor the Overlander, by Suzanne Collins

Adventurers Wanted: Slathbog’s Gold, The Horn of Moran, Albreck’s Tomb, by M. L. Forman

Dark Lord of Derkholm, by Diana Wynne Jones

Year of the Griffin

The Floating Island, by Elizabeth Haydon

Septimus Heap: Magyk, Flyte, Physik, Queste, Syren, Darke, and Fyre, by Angie Sage 

Children of the Lamp, by Kerr

The Magic Thief series, by Prineas

Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes, by Jonathan Auxier

The Emerald Atlas, by John Stephens

Chrestomanci, by Diana Wynne Jones

The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Jester

The Familiars, by Adam Jay Epstein

Silver Wing, by Kenneth Oppel

Dragon Rider, by Cornelia Funke

Over Sea and Under Stone, by Susan Cooper

One Hundred Cupboards series, by N.D. Wilson

Masterpiece ,by Elise Broach

Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest, by Matt Haig

The Seven Keys of Balabad, by Paul Haven

City of Fire, by Laurence Yep

Muddle Earth, by Paul Stewart

Beyonders: A World without Heroes, Seeds of Rebellions, Chasing the Prophesy, by Brandon Mull

Fablehaven series, by Brandon Mull

Mysterious Benedict Society series, byTrenton Lee Stewart

Janitors, by Tyler Whitesides

Janitors: Secrets of New Forest Academy

Candy Shop Wars, by Brandon Mull

Candy Shop Wars: Arcade Catastrophe

The Secret Series: The Name of this Book is Secret, by Pseudonymous Bosch

Children of the Red King series, by Jenny Nimmo

A Whole Nother Story, Another Whole Nother story, No Other Story, by Dr. Cuthburt Soup

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, by Rick Riordon

The Heroes of Olympus series, by Rick Riordon

The Kane Chronicles series, by Rick Riordon

Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites series, by Chris Heimerdinger

Warriors series , by Erin Hunter

Lord of the Rings series, by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien

Peter and the Star Catchers series, by Dave Barry

Escape from Zarahemla, by Chris Heimerdinger

Grey Griffins series:  The Revenge of the Shadow King, The Rise of the Black Wolf, The Fall of the Templar, by Derek Benz & J.S. Lewis

The clockwork chronicles:  The Brimstone Key,

Simon Bloom series:  Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper, Simon Bloom: The Octopus Effect, by Michael Reisman

The Wednesday tales:  The Palace of Laughter, The Tigers Egg, The Lightning Key, by Jon Berkeley

Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest, by Matt Haig

Samuel Blink and the Runaway Troll

The Secrets of Platform 13, by Eva Ibbotson

Erec Rex: The Dragon’s Eye, The Monsters of Otherness, The Search for Truth, The Three Furies, The Secret of Ashona, by Kaza Kingsley

Books we read in 5th Grade (at least the ones we can remember):

Lowthar’s Blade: The Forging of the Blade, by R.L. LaFevers

Lowthar’s Blade: The Secrets of the Grim Woods

Lowthar’s Blade: The True Blade of Power

The Eidolon Chronicles: The Secret Country, by Jane Johnson

The Eidolon Chronicles: The Shadow World

Book of the Stars: Quadehar the Sorcerer, by Erik L’Homme

Missing Magic, by Emma Laybourn

The Magic Hat of Mortimer Wintergreen, by Myron Levoy

The Guardians of Ga’Hoole

Castle in the Attic, by Elizabeth Winthrop (192 pg.)

The World According to Humphrey, by Betty G. Birney (130 pgs.)

Adventure According to Humphrey, etc...,

How to Train your Dragon, by Cressida Cowell

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Half Magic, by Edward Eager (208 pgs.)

My Curious Uncle Dudley, by Barry Yourgrau (224pg.)

From the mixed up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankwieler, by E.L. Konigsburg