Summer Reading Lists 2010
Middle School Summer 2010 Reading Project [For ONE Book Only]
PART 1: Please choose ONE of your two books to complete your reading project.
Incoming Grade 8 Students
Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Harry Mazer
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by Ann Bausum
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Under a War-torn Sky by Laura Elliot
Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl by Pierre Haski
Bird by Angela Johnson
The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis
Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson
Hush by Jacqueline Woodson
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Incoming Grade 7 Students
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
Snatched by Carl Hiaasen
Flushed by Carl Hiaasen
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Blood on the River: Jamestown 1607 by Elisa Lynn Carbone
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques
The Wreckers by Iainn Lawrence
Incoming Grade 6 Students
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Virginia Bound by Amy Butler
Marie Curie by Vicki Cobb
Around the World in A Hundred Years from Henry the Navigator to Magellan by Jean Fritz
Heat by Mike Lupica
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Scarecrow and his Servant by Phillip Pullman
Inventions of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
PART 2: Click here for the project instruction document. It is due the first day of school.
INCOMING 5th GRADE
Fifth grade students are required to read James and the Giant Peach. They are also required to read two other books off the list below.
Book Selections:
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Boy in the Stiped Pajamas by John Boyne
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine
* James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Journey to America by Sonia Levitin
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Giff
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Shoeshine Girl by Clyde Robert Bulla
Sounder by William Armstrong
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
* Required Reading
INCOMING 4th GRADE
Fourth graders are required to read 2 books over the summer. They MUST read the following book:
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Once students read Sarah, Plain and Tall, I would like them to fill out this story chart.
Book Selections:
Sheep by Valerie Hobbs
Clementine by Louise Fitzhugh
Harriet the Spy by Jacqueline Davies
A Year Down Under by Richard Peck
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
American Girls Series by many different authors
Dear America Series by many different authors
Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Willow Run by Patricia Reilly Giff
Water Street by Patricia Reilly Giff
Penny from Heaven by Jennifer Holm
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer Holm
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
Crispin: At the Edge of the World by Avi
Don't You Know There's a War On? by Avi
The Fighting Ground by Avi
Poppy by Avi
Poppy and Rye by Avi
Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Postcard by Tony Abbott
Encyclopedia Brown Series by Donald J. Sobol
Who Was Ben Franklin? by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Who Was Sacagawea? by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Who Was Anne Frank? by Ann Abramson
Who Was Claude Monet? by Ann Waldron
Who Was Marco Polo? by Joan Holub
Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.? by Bonnie Bader
Baseball Card Adventure Series (many titles) by Dan Gutman
Capital Mystery Series (many titles) by David Adler
Marvin Redpost Series (many titles) by Louis Sachar
Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimo
Charlie Bone and the Time Twister by Jenny Nimo
Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy by Jenny Nimo
Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors by Jenny Nimo
Charlie Bone and the Hidden King by Jenny Nimo
Charlie Bone and the Beast by Jenny Nimo
Charlie Bone and the Shadow by Jenny Nimo
INCOMING 3rd GRADE
Third grade students are required to read Sylvester and the Magic Pebble over the summer. The other books on the list are suggested reading to enhance your child's reading performance.
* Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Amelia's Road by Linda Altman
An Octopus is Amazing by Patricia Lauber
Archaeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Duke
Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Children: A First Art Book by Lucy Micklethwait
Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Gingerbread boy by Richard Egielski
Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson
How Much is a Million by David Schwartz
How We Crossed the West:Adventures of Lewis and Clark by Schanzer
King Who Rained by Fred Gwynn
Lionel in the Fall by Stephen Krensky
Little Bear's Friend by Else Minarik
Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man by David Adler
Madeline by Bemelmans
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
Now One Foot, Now the Other by Tomie dePaola
One Grain of Rice by Demi
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle
Pizza the Size of the Sun by Prelutsky
Rapunzel by Zelinsky
Sam the Minuteman by Nathan Benchley
Smallest Cow in the World by Katherine Paterson
Say Hola To Spanish by Susan Elya
What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You? by Steve Jenkins
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull
* Required Reading
INCOMING 2nd GRADE
Second grade students are required to read Flat Stanley. They are also required to read six other books from the list.
For three of the books, they are to complete book report forms to be in turned in the first week of school.
Book Report Form
Book Selections:
* Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Amelia Bedelia and the Cat by Peggy Parish
Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping by Peggy Parish
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel
Bed Full of Cats by Holly Keller
Big Brown Bear by David McPhail
Caps for Sale by Slobodkina
Catch Me if You Can by Bernard Most
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs by Barrett
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald Sobol
Fireflies at Midnight by Marilyn Singer
Frog & Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel
Frog & Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
George and Martha by James Marshall
George and Martha Encore by James Marshall
Green Light Reader: Enormous Turnip by Tolsty
Green Light Reader: Where Do Frogs Come From? by Alex Vern
Harold & the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Henry and Mudge In the Green Time by Cynthia Rylant
Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge by Joanna Cole
Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip by Joanna Cole
Magic Tree House #38:Monday with a Mad Genius by Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Tree House #40: Eve of the Emperor Penguin by Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Tree House #42:A Good Night for Ghosts by Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Tree House #43:Leprechaun in Late Winter by Mary Pope Osborne
Nate the Great Goes Undercover by Marjorie Sharmat
Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective by Marjorie Sharmat
Polkabats and Octopus Slacks:14 Stories by Calef Brown
Stellaluna by Jannel Cannon
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairy Stupid Stories by Jon Sciezska
Too Many Tamales by Soto
Verdi by Jannel Cannon
You Are Special by Max Lucado
*Required Reading
INCOMING 1st GRADE
First grade students are asked to choose one book from the list of titles. They are to read over the summer and then draw a picture to go along with the book they chose. Summer reading assignments are due the first week of school.
Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
Curious George by Rey
Today I Will Fly! (Elephant & Piggie) by Mo Willems
Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems
I am Invited to a Party! by Mo Willems
Frog & Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff
If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Little Bear by Else Minarik
Little Engine that Could by Piper
Madeline by Bemelmans
Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Burton
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
Mysterious Tadpole by Steven Kellogg
Olivia by Ian Falconer
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Three Billy Goats Gruff by Asbjornsen
Thunder Cake by Polacco
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Mosel
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
