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TAB for Middle Schoolers is a book club that meets to eat lunch together in the library every other Friday. Middle Schoolers who want to lead online discussions can set up with Maggie a TAB Canvas Course! TAB began 27 years ago as a partnership between the Arlington County Public Library and Arlington Public Schools. Begun as a Middle School program, it was designed to get student input and involvement in the selection of books by the libraries and as a resource for committees making recommendations on “best books.” This successful program now has a High School component which meets at the Central Library once a month. In 2000, we received a national award form the American Library Association honoring our partnership. |
TAB students read and review new titles provided by the public library, many of which end up on the annual award lists. The reviews are sometimes posted on the county and school websites, along with profiles of some of our students. (Check out the County TAB site.) Each year, students spend the school year reading selected novels. In the Spring, they vote on their “Top 10” titles, creating a list for each school. From time to time, we are able to offer special activities, such as author visits or field trips to area conventions. The Middle School club meets Fridays at lunchtime throughout the year. High School students meet for TAB at the Central Library the first Tuesday evening each month at 5 pm.
Don’t forget to check out the other public library websites, including TATAL Online.
The 2018-2019 “TOP 10” Picks:
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
The Cardboard KIngdom by Chad Sell
My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero with Erica Moroz
The Rule of One by Ashley and Leslie Saunders
No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
Breakout by Kate Messner
Crush by Svetlana Chmakova
Making Friends by Kristen Gudsnuk
Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan tied with Takedown by Laura Shovan
The 2017-2018 “TOP 10” Picks:
All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson
Real Friends by Shannon Hale
Restart by Gordon Korman
Swing it Sunny by Jennifer Holm
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Warcross by Marie Lu
The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Brave by Svetlana Chmakova
First Rule of Punk by Cecilia Perez
Solo by Kwame Alexander
THE 2016-17 “TOP 10” PICKS
Ashes by La
urie Halse Anderson
As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds
The Best Man by Richard Peck
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
It’s not so Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas
Lodestar by Shannon Messenger
Nothing But Trouble by Jaqueline Davies
Unplugged by Donna Freitus
THE 2015-16 “TOP 10” PICKS
Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks
Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko
Apple and Rain: A Story to Fix a Broken Heart by Sarah Crossan
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
“Masterminds” series by Gordon Korman
“The Young Elite” series, including Rose Society by Marie Lu
I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest
Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
“The Sword of Summer series, including Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
THE 2014-2015 “TOP 10” PICKS
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey by Nick Bertozzi
A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord
Greenglass House by Kate Milford
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
“The Blood of Olympus” (series) by Rick Riordan
Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
She is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick
The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer Smith
THE 2013-2014 “TOP 10” PICKS
“Hunger Games” series by Suzanne Collins
“Lunar Chronicles” series by Marissa Meyer
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
“Heroes of Olympus” series by Rick Riordan
“Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
“Divergent” series by Veronica Roth
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
“The Uglies” series by Scott Westerfeld
Everything by John Green
THE 2012-2013 “TOP 10” PICKS
“Hunger Games” series by Suzanne Collins
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
I am Number 4 (Lorien Legacies) by Pittacus Lore
Divergent and Insurgent by Veronica Roth
“Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
Marvel Comics
“Percy Jackson” and “Lost Hero” series by Rick Riordan
“Artemis Fowl” series by Eoin Colfer
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster
Trapped by Michael Northrup
THE 2011-2012 “TOP 10” PICKS
The Adventure of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
“Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
“Hunger Games” series by Suzanne Collins
Everything by Rick Riordan
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
“Eragon” series by Christopher Paolini
The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine
THE 2010-2011 “TOP 10” PICKS
“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series by Rick Riordan
Lost Hero and “The Heroes of Olympus” series by Rick Riordan
Red Pyramid and the “Kane Chronicles” by Rick Riordan
“Hunger Games” series by Suzanne Collins
“Artemis Fowl” series by Eoin Colfer
“Maximum Ride” series by James Patterson
“Shadow Children” series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
Book Thief by Markus Zusak
THE 2009-2010 “TOP 10” PICKS
“Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series by Rick Riordan
Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
“Artemis Fowl” series by Eoin Colfer
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
“Mysterious Benedict Society” series by Trenton Lee Stewart
“Series of Unfortunate Events” by Lemony Snicket
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
“Maximum Ride” series by James Patterson
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
THE 2008-2009 “TOP 10” PICKS
“Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
Two Princesses of Bamarre, Fairest and Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
All books by Tamora Pierce
The Giver by Lois Lowry
“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series by Rick Riordan
“Chronicles of Narnia” series by C.S. Lewis
Hope Was Here, Rules of the Road, and Peeled by Joan Bauer
“Twilight” series by Stephenie Meyer
“Maximum Ride” series by James Patterson
All books by Terry Pratchett
“Mysterious Benedict Society” series by Trenton Lee Stewart
THE 2007-2008 “TOP 10” PICKS
“Twilight” series by Stephenie Meyer
“Harry Potter” by J.K. Rowling
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Night by Elie Wiesel
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Downsiders by Neal Shusterman
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
Holes by Louis Sachar
Looking for Alaska by John Green
“Maximum Ride” series by James Patterson
“Warriors: The New Prophecy” series by Erin Hunter
THE 2006-2007 “TOP 10” PICKS
“Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
The Cat in the Hat and all things Seuss
“Calvin & Hobbes” books by Bill Watterson
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
“Curious George” series by H.A. Rey
“Tintin” series by Herge
1984 by George Orwell
“Warriors: The New Prophecy” series by Erin Hunter
“Cirque Du Freak” series by Darren Shan
Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Mugglenet.com’s What Will Hppen in Harry Potter 7: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Falls in Love and How the Adventure Will Finally End by Ben Shoen, et. al.
Saffy’s Angel by Hilary McKay
THE 2005-2006 “TOP 10” PICKS
“Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
Charlie Bone and the Hidden King by Jenny Nimmo
Phoenix Dance by Dia Calhoun
Which Witch? by Eva Ibbotson
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay
What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones
Everything by Tamora Pierce
Code Orange by Caroline Cooney
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
THE 2004-2005 “TOP 10” PICKS
Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz
Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sones
People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
Double Helix by Nancy Werlin
Never Mind! by Avi and Rachel Vail
Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Eleanor Updale
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
Trickster’s Queen by Tamora Pierce
THE 2003-2004 “TOP 10” PICKS
All books by Dr. Seuss
Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
“Wayside School” series by Louis Sachar
George W. Bushisms by George W. Bush
“Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
The Giver by Lois Lowry
“Lord of the Rings” series by J.R.R. Tolkien
All books by Tamora Pierce
All books by Madeleine L’Engle
THE 2002-2003 “TOP 10” PICKS
“Chronicles of Narnia” series by C.S. Lewis
Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
All books by Tamora Pierce
“Dark is Rising” sequence by Susan Cooper
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
“Lord of the Rings” series, including The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
All books by Terry Pratchett
All books by Orson Scott Card
Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
THE 2001-2002 “TOP 10” PICKS
“Lord of the Rings” series by J.R.R. Tolkien
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood by Meredith Ann Pierce
All books by Tamora Pierce
Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine
“Wayside School” series by Louis Sachar
D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d’Aulaire
“His Dark Materials” series by Philip Pullman
“Enchanted Forest Chronicles” by Patricia Wrede
I am Morgan Le Fay by Nancy Springer
THE 2000-2001 “TOP 10” PICKS
“Chronicles of Narnia” series by C.S. Lewis
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Ten Little Indians (or And Then There Were None) by Agatha Christie
“Nimh” series by Robert C. O’Brien and Jane Leslie Conly
“Song of the Lioness Quartet” by Tamora Pierce
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
“Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
“His Dark Materials” series by Philip Pullman
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
“Redwall” series by Brian Jacques
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
HS TAB generally meets the first Tuesday night, 5pm at Central Library (during the school year.)
Middle School TAB Calendar:
(Most Friday lunches, 11:50 – 12:20)
May 3: grades 6-8 (Vote Top Ten)
May 17: grades 6-8 (Last Meeting Party!)
