SUMMER READING LIST SELECTIONS Students will be assigned a mandatory project during the first few weeks of school in their Language Arts classes.
Summer of grade 5-6: Choices below:
The Tree of Life, Rochelle Strauss (available)
Summer of the Swans, Betsy Byars (available)
Brian’s Winter, Gary Paulsen (available)
The Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O’Dell (available)
No Talking, Andrew Clements (available)
Bridge to Terabithea, Katherine Paterson (available)
Summer of grade 6-7: Choices below:
My Life with the Chimpanzees, Jane Goodall (available)
King of Shadows, Susan Cooper (available)
Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse
A Wrinkle In Time, Madeleine L’Engle (available)
Steal Away Home, Lois Ruby (available)
The Contender, Robert Lipsyte
Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls (available)
Sea of Monsters, (Book 2 - Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series) Rick Riordan
Summer of grade 7-8: Choices below:
Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon, Steven Sheinkin (available)
The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin (available)
Summer of My German Soldier, Betty Greene (available)
A Separate Peace, John Knowles (available)
Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman (available)
True Stories of the Second World War, Paul Dowswell (available)
The Chronicles of Vladmir Tod: 8th Grade Bites, Heather Brewer
The Maze Runner, James Dashner
Among The Imposters, (Book 2-Shadow Children Series) Margaret Peterson Haddix (available)