Summer Book Recommendations for Middle Graders

We are very lucky at my school to have our local librarian, Kathy Jarombek, come to give the third - fifth graders a list of great summer reads. Here are the books the Perrot Library recommends for this summer:

DOLL BONES by Holly Black

DREAMER WISHER LIAR by Charise Mericle Harper

ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO’S LIBRARY by Chris Grabenstein

FLORA & ULYSSES by Kate DiCamillo

THE FORBIDDEN LIBRARY by Django Wexler

LANTERN SAM AND THE BLUE STREAK BANDITS by Michael Beil

ODD WEIRD AND LITTLE by Patrick Jennings

OPERATION BUNNY by Sally Gardner

ROOFTOPPERS by Katherine Rundell

TREASURE OF WAY DOWN DEEP by Ruth White

TRUE BLUE SCOUTS OF SUGAR MAN SWAMP  by Kathi Appelt

ZANE AND THE HURRICANE by Rodman Philbrick

I can't wait to get started reading! What would you add to the list? Any middle grade books you want to read this summer? 

How fast do you read?

My friends are always commenting on how fast I read. According to this test, I am extremely fast. At 1000 words correct per minute with 100% accuracy, I am only 500 words correct per minute less than a speed reader. 

How fast do you read? Do you think the speed a person reads matters?

Source: Staples eReader Department

Playing in the Sandbox

This weekend I joined my agent Linda Epstein and a number of her other clients at Glen Cove Mansion for a day of writing, critiquing, and practicing craft (while getting to know some really amazing people).

One of the topics of conversation was online presence, which was a timely topic for me since my domain name stacybarnettmozer.com was lost today due to a Google glitch. Instead you can now find my website at stacymozer.com and while this blog is mostly for writers and adults to read, the website will be my author page where I can put content for kids about my books.

And the best part about it - until I sell a book, it won't need updates. So let's hope I have to update it very, very soon.

Yes, I am holding someone's teeth.