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Common Study Novels - Middle School
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| Title | Author | Resource |
| Across Five Aprils | Irene Hunt | Teaching Guide |
| The Art of Keeping Cool |
Janet Taylor Lisle | Literature Circle Guide |
| Blue Heron | Avi | Booktalk |
| The Cay |
Theodore Taylor | Questions |
| Charley Skedaddle |
Patricia Beatty |
Activities |
| Freak the Mighty |
Rodman Philbrick |
Teaching Guide |
| Frindle |
Andrew Clements |
Website |
| House of Dies Drear |
Virginia Hamilton | Novel Guide |
| Johnny Tremain |
Esther Forbes | Study Guide |
| Julie of the Wolves |
Jean Craighead George | Teaching Guide |
| King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table |
Various authors |
CyberGuide |
| Lost in the War |
Nancy Antle | Book Review |
| Maniac Magee |
Jerry Spinelli |
Study Guide |
| My Brother Sam Is Dead |
Patti M. Blome |
Lesson Plan |
| Root Cellar |
Janet Lunn |
About This Book |
| The Secret Garden |
Frances Hodgson Burnett | Resources |
| Slake's Limbo |
Felice Holman |
Review |
| Soldier's Heart |
Gary Paulsen |
Teacher's Guide |
| The Slave Dancer |
Paula Fox |
Literature Unit |
| Sounder |
William H. Armstrong |
Study Guide |
| Witness | Karen Hesse | Discussion Questions |
| Title | Author | Resource |
| A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens | All About |
| Downriver |
Will Hobbs |
Teacher's Guide |
| Holes |
Louis Sachar |
Teacher's Guide |
| Let the Circle Be Unbroken |
Mildred D. Taylor |
Guide |
| A Long Way Home |
Nancy Graff | Review |
| Lyddie |
Katherine Patterson |
Teacher's Guide |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream |
William Shakespeare |
Study Guide |
| Out of the Dust |
Karen Hesse |
Teacher's Guide |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
Mildred D. Taylor | Sparknotes |
| Rules of the Road |
Joan Bauer |
Teacher's Guide |
| Rumble Fish |
S.E. Hinton | Teacher's Guide |
| Shane |
Jack Schaefer |
Study Guide |
| A Single Shard |
Linda Sue Park | Teacher's Guide |
| That Was Then, This Is Now |
S.E. Hinton |
Resources |
| Wish You Well |
David Baldacci |
Lesson Plans |
| Z for Zachariah | Robert O' Brien | Guide |
| Title | Author | Resource |
| Brian's Song | William Binn | CyberGuide |
| A Day No Pigs Would Die |
Robert Peck |
Literature Unit |
| The Cage |
Ruth Minsky Sender |
Review |
| The Diary of Anne Frank |
Anne Frank |
Museum Exhibit |
| Farewell to Manzanar | Jeanne W. and James D. Houston | Novel Guide |
| Flowers for Algernon |
Daniel Keyes |
Notes on Novel |
| Gentlehands |
M. E. Kerr |
Author Profile |
| The Hiding Place |
Corrie ten Boom |
Background |
| Hiroshima | John Hersey | Background |
| Hounds of the Baskerville |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
Teacher's Guide |
| I Am the Cheese |
Robert Cormier |
Reader's Guide |
| Jacob Have I Loved |
Katherine Patterson |
Lesson |
| Nothing But the Truth | Avi | Novel Guide |
| The Outsiders |
S.E. Hinton |
Lesson Plan |
| The Pigman |
Paul Zindel |
Activities |
| The Tempest |
William Shakespeare |
Teacher's Guide |
| Tom Sawyer |
Mark Twain | Study Guide |
| Treasure Island |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
Website |
| White Fang |
Jack London |
Notes on Novel |
| Zlata's Diary | Zlata Filipovic | Book Review |
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