Summer Reading for Middle School: Matthew Reilly

Scarecrow Series.
A team of divers is mysteriously killed in the process of uncovering possibly the greatest discovery in history, something metal, trapped under a 100-million-year-old layer of ice in Antarctica, and the U.S. Marines are then sent on a dangerous mission to secure the discovery for the United States.

Scarecrow series.
The President of the United States travels to the remote Utah desert to inspect the secret base known as Area 7, but he gets more than he bargained for when he learns hostile forces have taken over the base.

Hover car racer series.
Fourteen-year-old Jason Chaser races hover cars. Jason and his brother, "the Bug," have been accepted to the International Race School, where they race against great difficulties.

Hover car racer series.
Hover car racing phenomenon Jason Chaser tries to stay focused and heed his instructor's advice after he arrives in Italy for the Italian Run and is caught up in the frenzy of race fever.

Hover car racer series.
After his accident, it looks like Jason doesn't have a chance on the professional race circuit, but tries to overcome his misfortune and rivals and become one of the top four students at the International Race School, giving him a chance to compete in the New York Masters.

Jack West Jr., series.
Australian soldier Jack West Jr. leads a team of operatives from a coalition of seven non-superpower nations in a quest to find the pieces of the Golden Capstone for the Great Pyramid at Giza which legend claims will prevent worldwide flooding and solar damage during the Tartaus Rotation--a solar event that occurs once every 4,500 years--and grant the person who places the Capstone on the pyramid absolute power over Earth for the next one thousand years.

Jack West Jr., series.
Soldier Jack West Jr. and his loyal team must travel to all corners of the earth in search of six fabled Sacred Stones, which are the only thing that can save the world from certain destruction.

Jack West Jr., series.
In their race to rebuild the final pieces of the Machine and save the world, soldier Jack West Jr. and his team discover an ancient inscription containing a rhyme about five mysterious warriors who possess knowledge that is vital for unlocking the secrets of the machine and its powerful pillars.

Scarecrow series.
Captain Shane Schofield and four Special Forces units parachute onto a secret island where a classified government experiment has gone horribly wrong and discover a testing ground for a deadly breed of genetically enhanced super-soldiers.