Students: You must wear your monogrammed uniform shirt in order to have your School ID picture made.
Books will be checked out to you using your ID.
Parents: The school fee is $35.00 Please bring cash or check made payable to NMS.
In the memo line of your check please put your child's name and orientation fee.
Mrs. Brian and Mrs. Thompson attend a lecture by renowned author Richard Peck
You are about to Enter……
THE NMS READING ZONE!!!
Northwestern Middle School
2008
Our outgoing sixth, seventh, and eighth grade reading students have said that these books TOTALLY transported them to the “Reading Zone.“ If you want to see if they work for you, check your local library or bookstore for any of the following…..
Sixth Grade
Seventh Grade
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid I and II-Jeff Kinney
Tex-S.E. Hinton
Suitcase-Mildred Pitts Walter
Scorpions-Walter Dean Myers
The Jacket-Andrew Clements
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town-Kimberly Willis Holt
Drive-By-Lynne Ewing
Bud, Not Buddy-Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wedding Planner’s Daughter-Colleen Murtagh Paratore
Belle Prater’s Boy-Ruth White
Cupid’s Chronicles-Colleen Murtagh Paratore
Drive-By-Lynne Ewing
Matilda-Roald Dahl
I’ll Be Seeing You-Lurlene McDaniel
Ella Enchanted-Gail Carson Levine
Shadow Club Series-Neal Shusterman
The Westing Game-Ellen Raskin
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story-Mary Downing Hahn
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian-C.S. Lewis
Any Sports Novels-Matt Christopher
Tiger Rising-Kate Dicamillo
Two Minute Drill-Mike Lupica
No More Dead Dogs-Gordon Korman
The Third Eye-Lois Duncan
Shiloh-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Séance-Joan Lowery Nixon
Walk Two Moons-Sharon Creech
The Dream Bearer-Walter Dean Myers
Holes-Louis Sachar
Guts-Gary Paulsen
A Crooked Kind of Perfect-Linda Urban
Eighth Grade
Cirque du Freak Series-Darren Shan
Locked in Time-Lois Duncan
Heart of a Champion-Carl Deuker
Deep, Dark, and Dangerous: A Ghost Story-Mary Downing Hahn
The Dark Fusion Series-Neal Shusterman
Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury*
Bluford High Series-Various Authors
1984-George Orwell*
Witch Catcher-Mary Downing Hahn
Hatchet-Gary Paulsen*
Heat-Mike Lupica
Lord of the Flies-William Golding*
Alex Rider Adventures-Anthony Horowitz
Night-Elie Wiesel*
*These books will get you ready for the cool books you will read in class!
