SUMMER READING 2015 Please select books for the grade your child(ren) will be entering in the 2015-2016 school year. The book title listed in BOLD RED print is required by the teacher and will be taught upon returning to school in the fall. In addition, your child must select one other book to read from the titles listed (for a total of 2 books to be read). Accelerated Reader Book Levels (BL) and point values (pts.) are included beside the title. A suggested reading list has also been provided for students in grades Kindergarten through second. We encourage our younger students to read as much as possible over the summer break! 8 th grade Nothing but the Truth (required reading) Avi (BL 3.6, 4.0pts.) $6.99 The Schwa Was Here Neal Shusterman (BL 3.6, 4 pts.) $6.99 Flush Carl Hiaasen (BL 5.0, 9 pts.) $6.99 Life As We Knew It Susan Beth Pfeffer (BL 4.7, 14 pts.) $8.99 The Outsiders S. E. Hinton (BL 4.7, 7 pts.) $9.99 Tangerine Edward Bloor (BL 4.3, 13pts.) $8.99 Gentlehands M.E. Kerr (BL 5.0, 6 pts.) $11.99
7 th grade A Day no Pigs Would Die (required reading) Robert Newton Peck (BL4.4, 4 pts.) $6.99 Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo (BL3.9, 3pts.) $6.99 The Lottery Rose Irene Hunt (BL5.6, 7 pts.) $6.99 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas John Boyne (BL 5.8, 7 pts.) $9.99 The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare (BL 5.7, 9 pts.) $6.99 Hatchet Gary Paulsen (BL 5.7, 7 pts) $7.99 A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle (BL 4.7, 7 pts.) $6.99 Monster Frank Peretti (BL 5.6, 17 pts) $15.99 Redwall Brian Jacques (BL 5.6, 17) $7.99 6 th grade Raft (required reading) S. A. Bodeen BL 4.4, 7 pts.) $9.99 Out of My Mind Sharon Draper (BL 5.3, 8 pts.) $8.99 The Fourth Stall Chris Rylander (BL 5.1, 11 pts) $6.99 A Long Walk to Water Linda Sue Park (BL 5.0, 3 pts) $6.99
5 th grade Things Not Seen (required reading) Andrew Clements (BL 4.5, 9 pts.) $6.99 Racing in the Rain :My Life as a Dog Garth Stein (BL 5.0, 8 pts.) $6.99 All the Lovely Bad Ones Mary Downing Hahn (BL 4.5, 6 pts.) $6.99 Stone Fox John Reynolds Gardiner (BL 4.0, 1 pt.) $5.99 Hoot Carl Hiaasen (BL 5.2, 9 pts.) $6.99 I Survived: The Battle of Gettysburg Lauren Tarshis (BL 4.6, 2 pts.) $4.99 4 th grade Ranger in Time: Rescue on the Oregon Trail (required reading) Kate Messner (BL 4.5, 1 pt.) $5.99 Freedom s Wings: Corey s Diary Sharon Dennis Wyeth (BL 3.0, 1 pt.) $4.99 Three Times Lucky Sheila Turnage (BL 3.9, 9 pts.) $7.99 Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli (BL 4.7, 5 pts.) $8.00 Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (BL 4.4, 4 pts.) $7.99 Warriors: Into the Wild Erin Hunter (BL 5.6, 10 pts.) $6.99
3 rd Grade: Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure (unabridged - *not the picture book) (required reading) Jeff Brown (BL 3.2, 0.5 pt) $4.99 Boxcar Children Beginning Patricia Maclachlan (BL 3.1, 2 pts.) $5.99 (Or any book from the Boxcar Children series) Flash Ellen Miles (BL 3.9, 2 pts.) $4.99 (Or any book from the Puppy Place series) Ashley the Dragon Fairy Daisy Meadows (BL 4.8, 1pts.) $4.99 (Or any book from the Rainbow Magic Fairies series) Henry Huggins Beverly Cleary (4.7, 3 pts.) $6.99 Civil War on Sunday Mary Pope Osbourne (3.4, 1 pts.) $4.99 (or any Magic Tree House series)
The following books are suggestions for our youngest students to read with you or independently over the summer. There is no requirement. We are happy to order any of the specific titles listed below, or you may visit your public library to discover other books in the recommended series. 2 nd grade Dinosaurs Before Dark Mary Pope Osbourne (BL 2.6, 1 pt.) $4.99 (Or any book from the Magic Tree House series) Nate the Great Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (BL 2.0, 0,5 pt.) $5.99 (Or any book from the Nate the Great series) Judy Moody Was in a Mood. Not a Good Mood. A Bad Mood Meagan McDonald (BL 3.5, 1 pt.) $5.99 (Or any book from the Judy Moody/Stink series) Ready Freddy Tooth Trouble Abby Klein (BL 3.3, 1 pt.) $5.99 (Or any book from the Ready Freddy series) 1 st grade If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Numeroff $16.99 Is Your Mama a Llama? Deborah Guarino $6.99 Danny and The Dinosaur Syd Hoff $3.99 Chrysanthemum Kevin Henkes $6.99 Biscuit series Alyssa Satin Capucilli $3.99 Arthur series Marc Brown $6.99 Frog and Toad series Arnold Lobel $3.99 Clifford series Norman Bridwell $3.99
Kindergarten (Pre ordering is not available for Kindergarten students, however please look for these books at your public library or visit Barnes & Noble at the Summit.) Piggie & Elephant series Dr. Seuss books Eric Carle books Llama, Llama books Pete the Cat books Mo Williams Dr. Seuss Eric Carle Anna Dewdney Eric Litwin