In April 2002, CMS staff members were asked to recommend one book to students for outside reading.

Here are the results:

Title

Author

Recommended by

Tuesdays With Morrie

Albom, Mitch

Mrs. Bozzo

It’s Not About the Bike

Armstrong, Lance

Mr. Mayhew

Clan of the Cave Bear

Auel, Jean M.

Ms. Conklyn

Tangerine

Bloor, Edward

Ms. Whitlock

Dandelion Wine

Bradbury, Ray

Ms. Carr

The Secret Garden

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Ms. Hoffman

Danny, Champion of the World

Dahl, Roald

Mrs. Grant

My Side of the Mountain

George, Jean Craighead

Mr. Rainer

Lord of the Flies

Golding, William

Ms. Niewenhous

The Old Man and the Sea

Hemingway, Ernest

Mrs. Marden

The Outsiders

Hinton, S. E.

Ms. Rathman

The Poisonwood Bible

Kingsolver, Barbara

Mrs. Doby

Gift From the Sea

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Mrs. Anderson

The Golden Compass

Pullman, Phillip

Ms. Kendall

Homer Price

McCloskey, Robert

Mr. Stadille

The Golden Goblet

McGraw, Eloise Jarvis

Mrs. Elliott

Where the Red Fern Grows

Rawls, Wilson

Mrs. Bradley

Harry Potter

Rowling, J.K.

Mrs. Vivolo

Holes

Sachar, Louis

Ms. VanRooyen

Contact

Sagan, Carl

Ms. Lee

The Little Prince

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de

Mrs. Ferrante

The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales

Scieszka, Jon

Mrs. McLeod

Killer Angels

Shaara, Michael

Mr. Anderson

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Smith, Betty

Ms. Johnson

Naya Nuki Shoshone Girl Who Ran

Thomasma, Kenneth

Mrs. Wood

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Tolkein, J.R.R.

Mr. Mayer

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Tolkien, J.R.R.

Mr. Hohenberger

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Tolkien, J.R.R.

Mr. Whaley

The Samurai’s Garden

Tsukiyama, Gail

Ms. Levy

Tom Sawyer

Twain, Mark

Mrs. Morriss

Black Boy

Wright, Richard

Mr. Palshaw

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