CHCCS Summer Reading List Bundle #13. Middle School gr 6-8. Softcover (YA)

Bundle includes 5 softcover titles from the Chapel Hill - Carrboro Schools 2025 Summer Reading List. for students in middle school gr 6-8.

Ban This Book by Alan Gratz. A 4th grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books that will make you laugh and pump your fists as they start a secret banned books locker library, make up ridiculous reasons to ban every single book in the library to make a point, and take a stand against censorship.

Drama by Raina Telgemeier. Full color graphic novel. Collie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon Over Mississippi as various relationships start and end and others never quite get going.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In the ruins of North America lies the nation of Panem where the capital keeps the districts in line by forcing teenage representatives to battle in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. 16 yr old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games.

March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. Graphic Novel format depicting the first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights. The volume covers his early life in rural Alabama, meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. lunch counter sit-ins, and continuing efforts for racial equality.

Wrecker by Carl Hiaasen. When 15 yrs old Valdaz Jones VIII, a.k.a. Wrecker, unwittingly becomes entangled with a group of smugglers and grave robbers, he must deep-dive into their shady dealings in order to escape their twisted net.