BOOK BUDDY FAVORITES

Suggested reading for the Book Buddy Program

F. H. Tuttle Middle School Library

Armstrong, William SOUNDER
The great coon dog, Sounder, has a great loyalty to the black sharecropper and his family. But not even Sounder can save his master when hunger drives the man to steal food.

Blos, Joan A GATHERING OF DAYS
In diary format, this is the story of two years in the life of Catherine Cabot Hall, 13 years old, of Meridith, New Hampshire.

Cooper, Susan THE BOGGART
After visiting the castle in Scotland that her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.

Coville, Bruce JENNIFER MURDLEY’S TOAD
When an ordinary looking fifth grader purchases a talking toad, she embarks on a series of extraordinary adventures.

Creech, Sharon WALK TWO MOONS
Sal travels with Gram and Gramps for a birthday visit to Momma. During that memorable car trip, she relates the fascinating story of Phoebe and her family.

Curtis, Christopher P. BUD, NOT BUDDY
Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell runs away from a foster home and begins an unforgettable journey in search of his father. His only clues are old flyers left by his now-deceased mother that point to a legendary jazz bandleader.

Cushman, Karen THE MIDWIFE’S APPRENTICE
She was known only as Brat or Beetle but she longed for a real name. Through hard work, a sense of humor and sheer grit, she becomes Alyce, complete with a proud, new identity.

Hesse, Karen OUT OF THE DUST
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family’s wheat farm in Oklahoma in the Dust Bowl years of the Depression.

Kehret, Peg SMALL STEPS: THE YEAR I GOT POLIO
The author describes her battle against polio when she was twelve and thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.

Konigsburg, E.L. THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY
Four students with their own individual stories develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.

Levine, Gail Carson ELLA ENCHANTED
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

Lowry, Lois THE GIVER
At the age of twelve, Jonas discovers his seemingly contented community is not what he has always accepted it to be.

MacLachlan, Patricia SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL
Sarah comes from Maine to a pioneer family for a month’s trial in response to a newspaper ad for a wife and mother.

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds SHILOH
A young boy risks the wrath of his parents to shelter a dog that is abused by its owner.