Each week, at the end of Middle School meeting, Ms. Kosberg (7th & 8th grade English teacher), Ms. Levin (Director of Research and Media), and a guest highlight young adult novels students might be interested in reading.
This terms special guests were Jack McSwain ’24, Timmy Brown ’25, Memo Flores ‘24, Mia Gordon ’24, Kayla Toussaint ’25, Chawanzi Muwina ’23, Lang Leonard ’23, Toby Otting ‘23, Sammy Skoler ’23, and Ann Bevan Hollos (Associate Director of the Middle School).
Here were the recommended books:
- The Magician and the Spirits by Deborah Noyes
- Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
- Open Net by George Plimpton
- March: Book 1 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, (Co-writer), Nate Powell (Artist)
- Before I Fall by Lauren OIiver
- Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
- A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine L’Engle and Hope Larson
- Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
- The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
- The Graveyard Book, Volume 1 (graphic novel edition) by Neil Gaiman
- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
- The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
- Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich
- Patina by Jason Reynolds
- Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Meltdown by Jeff Kinney
- Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor
- The UpSide of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
- The Playbook by Kwame Alexander
- Deacon Locke Went To Prom by Brian Katcher
- Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu
- Mosquitoland by David Arnold
- Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- An Encyclopedia of Strategy for Fortniters by Jason R. Rich
- Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
- What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera,
- Glimmer of Hope by the founders of March for our Lives
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas