Edgewood ISD-Suggested Summer Reading List

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1 Edgewood ISD-Suggested Summer Reading List May 2016 Dear Parents, This list includes titles of books that your child will enjoy. These titles were selected by the Language Arts Department of the Edgewood Independent School District because they are interesting, engaging, and award winning books. Independent reading is one of the most influential factors for student educational success. For preschoolers, an indicator of their future school success is the involvement of parents reading to their children. In high school independent reading produces increases in vocabulary, which in turn improves student performance and helps them to meet the demands of college. We are providing this list as a starting point to assist you in selecting grade appropriate books for your child. Please help your child select several of these books to read throughout the summer. Your involvement and review of their selections is also an important factor in a successful reading experience. This summer we our asking our students to READ! READ! READ! This will assist in effective literacy development and lifelong learning. Please help us. Encourage your child to read every day. It really does make a difference! Sincerely, The Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Department of the Edgewood Independent School District

2 Edgewood ISD- Lista sugerida de lectura mayo de 2016 Estimados padres, Adjunto verá una lista de libros que creemos que su hijo disfrutará leyendo. Esta lista fue confeccionada por el Departamento de Lenguaje del Distrito y contiene libros que los niños encontrarán interesantes. Algunos de ellos han ganado premios por su calidad. La lectura personal es uno de los factores más importantes del proceso educativo. Uno de los indicadores más claros del éxito escolar es la experiencia de la lectura con los padres a edad temprana. En la educación secundaria, la lectura personal ayuda a incrementar el vocabulario, lo cual es un elemento que contribuye a mejorar la expresión escrita y los resultados académicos en la universidad. Revise esta lista con su hijo y seleccione varios libros para leer este verano. Su participación en la selección de las lecturas es también importante. En verano siempre pedimos a los alumnos que LEAN, LEAN y LEAN. Ayúdenos animando a su hijo a leer todos los días. Atentamente, Departamento de Currículo Distrito Escolar Independiente de Edgewood

3 SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST 2016 For Students Entering Eighth Grade The Giver- Lois Lowry The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba s Struggle for Freedom- Margarita Engle The Yearling- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an The Fault in our Stars- John Green Unwanted Daughter- Adeline Yen Mah Tending to Grace- Kimberly Fusco Invisible- Pete Hautman After Tupac & D. Foster- Jacqueline Woodson Twilight- Stephanie Meyer The Last Olympian- Rick Riordan The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy- Douglas Adams Here Lies Arthur - Philip Reeve Ender s Shadow- Orson Scott Card Ever- Gail Carson Levine Blood on the River: James Town Elisa Carbone The Dragonfly Pool- Eva Ibbotson Down the Rabbit Hole- Peter Abrahams The Diamond of Drury Lane- Julia Golding The Hunted- Gloria Skurzynski Marooned: The Strange But True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe- Robert Kraske Leonardo da Vinci- Kathleen Krull All About Sleep From A to ZZZZ- Elaine Scott The Big Field- Mike Lupica Beowulf (a graphic novel)- Gareth Hinds Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady- L.A. Meyer The Bridesmaid- Hailey Abbott Surviving the Applewhites- Stephanie Tolan

4 2016 TEXAS LONE STAR READING LIST Altebrando, Tara. The Battle of Darcy Lane. Running Press Kids, ISBN: Brown, Jennifer. How Lunchbox Jones Saved Me from Robots, Traitors, and Missy the Cruel. Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books, ISBN: Buckley, Michael. Undertow. Harcourt Brace and Company, ISBN: Caine, Rachel. Ink and Bone. New American Library, ISBN: Gonzalez, Christina Diaz. Moving Target. Scholastic Press, ISBN: Graff, Lisa. Lost in the Sun. Philomel Books, ISBN: Hoose, Phillip. The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN: Larson, M.A. Pennyroyal Academy. Putnam Publishing Group, ISBN: Laurie, Victoria. When. Disney-Hyperion, ISBN: Laybourne, Emmy. Sweet. Feiwel & Friends, ISBN: Maetani, Valynne E. Ink and Ashes. Tu Books, ISBN: Nielsen, Jennifer A. A Night Divided. Scholastic Press, ISBN: Nielsen, Susin. We Are All Made of Molecules. Wendy Lamb Books, ISBN: Priest, Cherie. I Am Princess X. Arthur A. Levine Books, ISBN: Reynolds, Jason. The Boy in the Black Suit. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, ISBN: Schreiber, Joe. Con Academy. Harcourt Brace and Company, ISBN:

5 Shine, Joe. I Become Shadow. Soho Teen, ISBN: Swendson, Shanna. Rebel Mechanics: All is Fair in Love and Revolution. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN: Toten, Teresa. The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B. Delacorte Press, ISBN: Yeh, Kat. The Truth About Twinkie Pie. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, ISBN: The Texas Lone Star list is a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round Table. The purpose of the list is to encourage students in grades 6, 7, or 8 to explore a variety of current books. The Lone Star list is intended for recreational reading, not to support a specific curriculum. Due to the diversity of this age range, Texas librarians should purchase titles on this list according to their individual collection policies. The annotated 2016 Lone Star Reading List, past Lone Star Reading selections, and additional resources are available at: