You must read 2 books from the list. One book must be from the required list. The other book may be from either list (required or optional).
REQUIRED (MUST CHOOSE 1):
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
OPTIONAL (CHOOSE 1):
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Kid in the Red Jacket by Barbara Park
A Dog’s Life: the autobiography of a stray by Ann M. Martin
The Birthday Room by Kevin Henkes
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
Darby by Jonathon Scott Fuqua
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Conner |
