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Middle School Reading List


Shapeshift by Sherwin Bitsui

Poetry for Young People Poems by William Blake

Red Hot Salsa edited by Lori Marie Carlson

My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Sandra Cisneros

The Trouble with Poetry by Billy Collins

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner DVD

Poetry Dictionary by John Drury

I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You edited by Naomi Shihab Nye

An Invitation to Poetry edited by Robert Pinksy and Maggie Dietz

Big Talk: Poems for Four Voices by Paul Fleishman

Ego Tripping by Nikki Giovanni

The Hedgehog by Hilda Doolittle

Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling

Wishes, Lies, and Dreams by Kenneth Koch

Poetry for Young People Poems by William Carlos Williams

Present Company by W.S. Merwin

Poetry Comics by Dave Morice

The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda

What Have You Lost? edited by Naomi Shihab Nye

The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body by Alberto Rios

Say Uncle by Kay Ryan

A Fire in My Hands by Gary Soto

Grass Sandals by Dawnine Spivak

Ocean Power by Ofelia Zepeda

Stanza Bonanza Middle School Reading Challenge!
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Townsend Middle School
...winner with 3,876 books of poetry!

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Wakefield Middle School
...runner-up with 1,164 books of poetry!

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Imago Dei Middle School
...finished with 249 books of poetry!

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Doolen Milddle School
...finished with 100 books of poetry!

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Gridley Middle School
...finished with 90 books of poetry!

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Safford Middle School
...finished with 34 books of poetry!