Ms. Yingling Reads

The last order of the (school!) year. Sigh. 46 books, over half of which are already checked out. There were a few I didn't read, so I s...

Need a ginormous fantasy series to keep your avid readers happy? Magyk, the first Septimus Heap book, weighs in at 564 pages, and I admitted...

All older titles, these. Sheldon, Tall, Thin and Blonde 1993. One of this excellent authors first books, this story of a girl who is growin...

A friend loaned me a battered copy of Margaret Maze Craig's Trish which I enjoyed tremendously. In fact, it's what motivated me to...

This sequel to Money Hungry (which I keep ordering and not getting in the shipment) has been a successful read for my students who want fi...

Although I very vividly remember checking this out of the library in 3rd grade, I decided to reread it, since my comprehension after 30 odd...

A couple of good posts on this topic: http://alixwrites.livejournal.com/84704.html http://bloodyyank.blogspot.com/2007/12/but-my-child-is-so...

Smith, Marya. Winter-Broken . (1990) This hasn't seen much circulation, but this story of a girl living with an abusive father, abetting...

Translated from the ancient Greek: A big book is a great evil. Not always, but I had a pile of very thick books to slog through. Some of the...

There are four books in this series: Virtual War (1997), The Clones (2002), The Revolt( 2005) and The Choice (2006). They follow the advent...

Guilty confession-- read Sister of the Bride AGAIN over the weekend because nothing sounded good. This still goes out well in my libra...

Mary Hershey's book has a title that is much too long (... and lands in California), and has a premise I wouldn't normally find app...

The Able and Talented coordinator sent me a copy of this book (subtitled Guiding Gifted Readers from Preschool to High School), so I felt co...

This Sterling Publishing reprint of the 1965 title by Richard Wheeler was difficult for me to read. The true story of this man's involve...

Shusterman's The Dark Side of Nowhere was intriguing. What if you and most of your friends are really aliens who have subsumed human DN...

Finally got a my hands on a copy, and dedicated the whole evening to reading it slowly and savoring it. Just fabulous. How can you not like...

The flunking of Joshua T. Bates by Susan Shreve is a bit low for middle school students, since it is about a boy repeating third grade. It ...

L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables My very favorite book in middle school. Set in 1890's Canada, this tale of an orphan who ge...

This is my favorite vampire book for many reasons. Appeals to both boys and girls, is funny, doesn't take itself too seriously, and does...

Warning: not a middle school book. Unclad frolicking on page 119. This was a surprise from this author, who usually writes for a much younge...