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For the first week of school, Pre-K and Kindergarten students are asked to: Come to school ready to tell us all about your favorite books! 

For the first week of school, First Graders are asked to: Have read at least ten books. Books listed represent different reading levels, some more challenging than others. Many books are available in audiobook and e-book if preferred. Turn in a list of summer reading with parental signature, including the title and author of each selection. Substitutions may be made with parental permission.

Picture Books

• Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (other titles) – Mac Barnett 
• Just Because - Mac Barnett 
• Madeline’s Rescue (Caldecott) (series) – Ludwig Bemelmans 
• Hello Lighthouse (Caldecott) – Sophie Blackall 
• If You Come to Earth - Sophie Blackall 
• The Airport Book – Lisa Brown 
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (other titles) – Virginia Lee Burton 
• Maybe Something Beautiful – Isabel Campoy 
• Jubari Jumps (sequel) - Gaia Cornwall 
• Diary of a Worm (other titles) – Doreen Cronin 
• The Day the Crayons Quit (sequel) – Drew Daywalt 
• Last Stop on Market Street (Caldecott) (Newbery) – Matt de la Pena 
• Strega Nona (series)(other titles) – Tomie dePaola 
• Gaston (sequel) – Kelly DiPucchio 
• Du Iz Tak? (Caldecott) – Carson Ellis 
• Mother Bruce (series) - Ryan Higgins 
• We Don't Eat Our Classmates (sequel) – Ryan Higgins 
• A Big Mooncake for Little Star (Caldecott)(sequel) – Grace Lin 
• Waiting (Caldecott) (other titles) – Kevin Henkes 
• Goodnight, Already! (other titles) – Jory John 
• This Is Not My Hat (Caldecott)(other titles) - Jon Klassen 
• The Story of Ferdinand – Munro Leaf 
• Warning: Do Not Open This Book! (sequel) - Adam Lehrhaupt 
• The Camping Trip - Jennifer Mann 
• Bear Came Along - Richard Morris 
• Agent Lion (sequel) – David Soman 
• Alma and How She Got Her Name (Caldecott) – Juana Martinez-Neal 
• Make Way for Ducklings (Caldecott) – Robert McCloskey 
• Mango, Abuela, and Me - Meg Medina 
• Thank You, Omu (Caldecott) – Oge Mora 
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (series) – Laura Numeroff
• Good Night Owl (other titles) – Greg Pizzoli 
• A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Caldecott) - Philip & Erin Stead 
• Interrupting Chicken (sequel) – David Ezra Stein 
• Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Caldecott) - Simms Taback 
• Jumanji (Caldecott) (other titles) - Chris Van Alsburg 
• They All Saw a Cat (Caldecott) – Brian Wenzel 
• Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (series) – Mo Willems 
• Knuffle Bunny (Caldecott)(series) – Mo Willems 
• Hello (sequel) – Fiona Woodcock

Nonfiction 

• A Nest is Noisy – Diana Aston 
• River - Elisha Cooper 
• Locomotive (Caldecott) - Brian Floca 
• Boat Book (other titles) - Gail Gibbons 
• Plants Can’t Sit Still – Rebecca Hirsch 
• Creature Features (other titles) – Steve Jenkins 
• This Is How We Do It - Matt Lamothe 
• Finding Winnie (Caldecott) - Lindsay Mattick 
• Me… Jane (Caldecott) – Patrick McDonnell 
• Who Would Win? (series) – Jerry Pallotta 
• Book of Trucks (other titles) - Seymour Simon 
• Can I Eat That? (other titles) – Joshua Stein 
• Hello Hello – Brian Wenzel 

Beginning Reading/Early Chapter Books 

• Don’t Throw It To Mo! (series) – David Adler 
• Fly Guy (series) – Tedd Arnold 
• Jack Book series - Mac Barnett 
• Paddington (I Can Read series) – Michael Bond 
• Biscuit (I Can Read series) – Alyssa Capucilli 
• Pete the Cat (series) – James Dean 
• Stanley and Me (series) – Christine Dencer 
• Andy and Sandy (series) – Tomie dePaola 
• Penny and Her Song (series) – Kevin Henkes 
• What About Worms - Ryan Higgins 
• Pinkalicious (I Can Read series) – Victoria Kann Snail and Worm (sequel) – Tina Kugler 
• Ling and Ting (series) – Grace Lin 
• Little Bear (series) – Else Minarik 
• Backyard Camp-Out (series) – Jerdine Nolen 
• Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read series) – Herman Parish
• Henry and Mudge (series) – Cynthia Rylant 
• Mister Putter and Tabby (series) – Cynthia Rylant 
• Splat the Cat (series) – Rob Scotten 
• Charlie and Mouse (series) – Laurel Snyder 
• A Pig in a Wig (series) – Emma Virjan 
• Elephant and Piggie (series) – Mo Willems 
• Duck, Duck, Porcupine! (series) – Salina Yoon

For the first week of school, Second Graders are asked to: Have read at least ten books. Books listed represent different reading levels, some more challenging than others. Many books are available in audiobook and e-book if preferred. Turn in a list of summer reading with parental signature, including the title and author of each selection. Substitutions may be made with parental permission.

Fiction 

• Young Cam Jansen (series) - David Adler 
• Anna Hibiscus (other titles) – Atinuke 
• Triangle (series) – Mac Barnett 
• Ivy and Bean (series) - Annie Barrows 
• Ada Twist, Scientist (other titles) – Andrea Beaty 
• The Berenstain Bears Series – Mike Berenstain 
• If You Come to Earth - Sophie Blackall 
• Flat Stanley (series) – Jeff Brown 
• King and Kayla (series) – Dori Butler 
• Spunky Tells All - Ann Cameron 
• The Catcher’s Mask: A Peach Street Mudders Story (series) - Matt Christopher Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea (series)(graphic) – Ben Clanton The Chicken Squad (series) – Doreen Cronin 
• Diary of a Worm (series) – Doreen Cronin 
• The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors – Drew Daywalt 
• Stanley and Me (series) – Christine Dencer 
• Mercy Watson (series) - Kate DiCamillo 
• Owl Diaries (series)(graphic) – Rebecca Elliott 
• Bramble and Maggie (series) – Jesse Haas 
• The Princess in Black (series) – Shannon Hale 
• Dory Fantasmagory (series) – Abby Hanlon 
• Benny and Penny (series) - Geoffrey Hayes 
• Penny and Her Song (series) – Kevin Henkes 
• Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny (series) – John Himmelman 
• Andy Shane (series) - Jennifer Jacobson 
• The Rock from the Sky - Jon Klassen 
• Horrible Harry (series) - Suzy Kline 
• Ling and Ting (series) - Grace Lin 
• Frog and Toad (series) - Arnold Lobel 
• Sarah, Plain and Tall (series) - Patricia MacLachlan 
• Battle for St. Michaels - Emily Arnold McCully 
• Triple Pet Trouble (series) – Megan McDonald 
• Backyard Camp-Out (series) – Jerdine Nolen 
• Magic Tree House (series) - Mary Pope Osborne 
• Amelia Bedelia Series – Herman Parish 
• Baloney and Friends (sequel) - Greg Pizzoli 
• Piper Green (series) – Ellen Potter 
• Fox and Chick: The Party (series) – Sergio Ruzzier 
• Henry and Mudge (series) - Cynthia Rylant 
• Mister Putter and Tabby (series) – Cynthia Rylant
• Baby Monkey, Private Eye – Brian Selznick 
• Pizza and Taco (sequel)(graphic) - Stephen Shaskan Lulu and the Brontosaurus (series) – Judith Viorst 
• Dragon Masters - (series) - Tracey West 
• Elephant and Piggie series – Mo Willems 
• Unlimited Squirrels series - Mo Willems 

Nonfiction 

• Queen of the Falls – Chris van Allsburg 
• Trombone Shorty (Caldecott)(sequel) – Troy Andrews Sharks (Fly Guy Presents) -Tedd Arnold 
• My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay – Cari Best 
• Snakes (other titles)- Nic Bishop 
• Magic School Bus (series) - Joanna Cole 
• Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas – Lynne Cox 
• I (Don’t) Like Snakes – Nicola Davies 
• Giant Squid – Candace Fleming 
• Locomotive (Caldecott) – Brian Floca 
• Never Smile at a Monkey (other titles) – Steve Jenkins This Is How We Do It – Matt Lamothe 
• Snowflake Bentley (Caldecott) - Jacqueline Martin 
• Finding Winnie (Caldecott) - Lindsay Mattick 
• Who Would Win? (series) – Jerry Pallotta 
• Cats (other titles) – Seymour Simon 
• My First Book of Football (series) – Sports Illustrated 

Folk Tales/ Fairy Tales 

• Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears (Caldecott) - Verna Aardema Once a Mouse (Caldecott) - Marcia Brown 
• Bloom – Doreen Cronin 
• In a Small Kingdom – Tomie dePaola 
• The Gingerbread Boy - Paul Galdone 
• Anansi the Spider (Caldecott) - Gerald McDermott 
• Jabuti the Tortoise - Gerald McDermott 
• After the Fall – Dan Santat 
• The Stinky Cheese Man (Caldecott) – Jon Scieszka 

Poetry 

• Tomie dePaola’s Book of Poems – Tomie dePaola 
• Shiver Me Timbers (other titles) – Douglas Florian 
• When Green Becomes Tomatoes – Julie Fogliano 
• Firefly July – Paul Janeczko 
• When We Were Young (other titles) – A. A. Milne
• The Frog Wore Red Suspenders (other titles) - Jack Prelutsky 
• Where the Sidewalk Ends (other titles) - Shel Silverstein 
• Runny Babbit: a Silly Book (sequel)(other titles) - Shel Silverstein

For the first week of school, Third Graders are asked to: Have read at least five of the recommended books from the list. Books listed represent different reading levels, some more challenging than others. Many books are available in audiobook and e-book if preferred. Turn in a list of summer reading with parental signature, including the title and author of each selection. Substitutions may be made with parental permission.

Fiction 

• Cam Jansen (series) - David Adler 
• The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (series) – Tom Angleberger 
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins - Richard Atwater 
• Mac B Kid Spy - Mac Barnett 
• Ivy and Bean (series) - Annie Barrows 
• The Best of Iggy (series) - Annie Barrows 
• Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters (series) – Andrea Beaty The Fox Ate My Homework - David Blaze 
• Jedi Academy (series) – Jeffrey Brown 
• Tornado - Betsy Byars 
• The Year of the Book (series) – Andrea Cheng 
• Narwhal: Unicorn of the sea (series)(graphic) – Ben Clanton 
• Henry Huggins (or any Henry or Ramona book) - Beverly Cleary Bink and Gollie (series) – Kate DiCamillo 
• Mercy Watson (series) – Kate DiCamillo 
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – Kate DiCamillo 
• Fairy Tale Comics (graphic) - Chris Duffy 
• My Father’s Dragon (series) – Ruth Stiles Gannett 
• Chet Gecko, Private Eye (series) - Bruce Hale 
• The Princess in Black (series) – Shannon Hale 
• Dory Fantasmagory (series) – Abby Hanlon 
• Piper Reed: Navy Brat (series) - Kimberly Willis Holt 
• Traitor in Williamsburg (American Girl Mysteries) - Elizabeth McDavid Jones My Happy Life (series) – Rose Lagercrantz 
• Betsy-Tacy (series) – Maud hart Lovelace 
• Gooney Bird (series) – Lois Lowry 
• Judy Moody and Stink (series) – Megan McDonald 
• The First Case (series) – Ulf Nilsson 
• Magic Tree House (series) – Mary Pope Osborne 
• Amelia Bedelia Goes Wild (series) – Herman Parish 
• Clementine (series) - Sara Pennypacker 
• Bug Blonsky and His Very Long List of Don'ts - E.S. Redmond 
• Cobble Street Cousins (series) – Cynthia Rylant 
• The Cricket in Times Square - George Selden 
• Nate the Great (series) – Marjorie Sharmat 
• Akimbo (series) - Alexander McCall Smith 
• Mr. Wolf's Class (series)(graphic) - Aron Steinke 
• Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye (series)(also in graphic novel) - Geronimo Stilton All of a Kind Family (series) - Sidney Taylor 
• Tiger Vs. Nightmare (graphic) – Emily Tetri
• Bake Sale (graphic) – Sara Varon 
• Stuart Little – E.B. White 
• The Story of Diva and Flea – Mo Willems 

Nonfiction 

• Whoosh – Chris Barton 
• Lizards (other titles) – Nic Bishop 
• Aaron and Alexander: te Most Famous Duel - Don Brown 
• Grand canyon - Jason Chin 
• 26 Fairmont Avenue (series) – Tomie DePaola 
• Fairy Tale Comics (graphic) – Chris Duffy 
• Giant Pandas (other titles) - Gail Gibbons 
• Who Is - Who Was - What Was . . . Biography series - Grosset & Dunlap How the Sphinx Got to the Museum – Jessie Hartland 
• A Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider: The Story of E.B. White – Barbara Herkert Science Comics (series)(graphic) – Andy Hirsch and various authors Eye to Eye (other titles) – Steve Jenkins 
• This Is How We Do It – Matt Lamothe 
• I Dissent – Debbie Levy 
• Ordinary People Change the World (series) – Brad Meltzer 
• Magic Tree House Research Guides - Mary Pope Osborne 
• Otis and Will Discover the Deep – Barb Rosenstock 
• Neighborhood Sharks (other titles) – Katherine Roy 
• Emmanuel’s Dream – Laurie Thompson 
• Malala’s Magic Pencil – Malala Yousafzai 

Poetry 

• Insectlopedia (other titles) - Douglas Florian 
• When Green Becomes Tomatoes – Julie Fogliano 
• Firefly July (other titles) - Paul Janeczko 
• Now We Are Six (other titles) – A. A. Milne 
• Ride a Purple Pelican (other titles) - Jack Prelutsky 
• Swirl by Swirl (other titles) - Joyce Sidman 
• Where the Sidewalk Ends (other titles) - Shel Silverstein 
• What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About? – Judith Viorst 

Folk Tales/Myth 

• Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain - Verna Aardema 
• Brave Red, Smart Frog – Emily Jenkins 
• Paul Bunyan (other titles) - Steven Kellogg 
• Fables - Arnold Lobel 
• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great (Knights’ Tales series) - Gerald Morris
• Tales from the Odyssey (series) - Mary Pope Osborne 
• Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night (Newbery) (other titles) – Joyce Sidman Squids Will Be Squids - Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith

For the first week of school, Fourth Graders are asked to: Have read at least four of the recommended books from the list. Books listed represent different reading levels, some more challenging than others. Many books are available in audiobook and e-book if preferred. Turn in a list of summer reading with parental signature, including the title and author of each selection. Substitutions may be made with parental permission.

Realistic Fiction 

• The Terrible Two (series) - Mac Barnett 
• The Best of Iggy (series) - Annie Barrows 
• El Deafo (Newbery)(graphic) – CeCe Bell 
• The Penderwicks (series) – Jane Birdsall 
• The Great Quarterback Switch (series) - Matt Christopher Friendship War (other titles) – Andrew Clements 
• The Lemonade War (series) - Jacqueline Davies 
• Because of Winn-Dixie (Newbery)(other titles) - Kate DiCamillo Mandy – Julie Edwards 
• The Saturdays (series)- Elizabeth Enright 
• The Year of Billy Miller (sequel) – Kevin Henkes 
• Saucy - Cynthia Kadohata 
• Pippi Longstocking (series) – Astrid Lindgren 
• Allergic (graphic) - Megan Lloyd 
• Betsy-Tacy (series) – Maud Hart Lovelace 
• Comeback Kids (series) - Mike Lupica 
• Juana and Lucas (seriesl) – Juana Medina 
• Adventures with Waffles – Maria Parr 
• Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea – Lynne Rae Perkins 
• Hoe to Eat Fired Worms - Thomas Rockwell 
• Ballet Shoes (series) – Noel Streatfield 
• All of a Kind Family (series) - Sidney Taylor 
• The Trouble with Tuck (sequel) – Theodore Taylor 
• Stargazing (graphic) - Jen Wang 

Historical Fiction 

• I Survived the Titanic (series)(graphic) - Georgia Ball 
• The Whipping Boy (Newbery)– Sid Fleischman 
• Houdini and Me (series) - Dan Gutman 
• Ben and Me - Robert Lawson 
• The Doll Shop Downstairs (sequel) - Yona Zeldis McDonough Hannah’s Journal: the Story of an Immigrant Girl (series) - Marissa Moss Max and the Midknights – Lincoln Peirce 
• Dear America Series (any title) - Scholastic Books 
• I Survived (series) – Lauren Tarshis 
• Little House in the Big Woods (series) – Laura Ingalls Wilder 

Fantasy/Mystery 

• The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (series) - Tom Angleberger
• Poppy (series) - Avi 
• Indian in the Cupboard (series) - Lynn Reid Banks 
• Brixton Brothers: The Case of the Mistaken Identity (series) - Mac Barnett Masterpiece - Elise Broach 
• Jedi Academy (series) – Jeffrey Brown 
• The Wild Robot (sequel) - Peter Brown 
• The Sisters Grimm (series) - Michael Buckley 
• The Tale of Despereaux (Newbery) – Kate DiCamillo 
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (series) - Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black 
• Half Magic (series)- Edward Eager 
• Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy – Karen Foxlee 
• The 13-Story Treehouse (series) – Andy Griffiths 
• The Silver Arrow - Lev Grossman 
• The Lion of Mars - Jennifer Holm 
• The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Series) – Carolyn Keene Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep (The Princess Tales series) - Gail Carson Levine Nathaniel Fludd Beastologist (series) - R. L. LaFevers 
• The People in Pineapple Place (series) - Anne Lindbergh 
• The Doll People (series) - Ann Martin 
• Bob – Wendy Mass 
• Toto: the Dog-gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz – Michael Morpurgo Knights Vs. Dinosaurs – Matt Phelan 
• Nuts to You – Lynne Rae Perkins 
• Rowan of Rin (series) - Emily Rodda 

Nonfiction 

• The Journey That Saved Curious George - Louise Borden 
• Grand Canyon (Caldecott) – Jason Chin 
• Who Is –Who Was – What Was… Biography Series – Grosset & Dunlap Science Comics (series)(graphic) – Andy Hirsch and various authors Animals by the Numbers (other titles) – Steve Jenkins 
• Swimming with Hammerhead Sharks (other titles) - Kenneth Mallory Encounter the Saints (series) - Pauline Books and Media 
• Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower – Greg Pizzoli Saturn (other titles) - Seymour Simon 
• Joan of Arc - Diane Stanley 
• Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White – Melissa Sweet 

Myths/Fairy Tales/Poetry 

• D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths - Ingri & Edgar Parin D’Aulaire 
• The Death of the Hat (other titles) - Paul Janeczko 
• Brave Red, Smart Frog – Emily Jenkins 
• The McElderry Book of Greek Myths - Eric Kimmel
• Pinocchio: In His Own Words – Michael Morpurgo 
• American Tall Tales - Mary Pope Osborne 
• A Pizza the Size of the Sun – Jack Prelutsky 
• Where the Sidewalk Ends (other titles) - Shel Silverstein 
• Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible verse (other titles) – Marilyn Singer What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About? – Judith Viorst Gone Fishing (sequel) – Jamara Wissinger 
• The Fabled Life of Aesop - Lendler Zagarenski

For the first week of school, Fifth Graders are asked to: 

1. Have read at least three books of choice from the recommended reading list. Books listed represent different reading levels, some more challenging than others. Many books are available in audiobook and e-book if preferred. 

2. Write a letter to the author of your favorite book to give to your teacher on the first day of school. Tell the author about yourself. Explain your feelings and questions about the book. Be specific and give details to support your reaction. The letter should be one page in length. 

3. Make a cover for your letter which includes a scene from the book. 

4. Turn in a list of summer reading with parental signature, including the title and author of each selection.

Realistic Fiction 

• Lions and Liars - Kate Beasley 
• El Deafo (graphic novel)(Newbery) - Cece Bell 
• The Penderwicks (series) - Jeanne Birdsall 
• The Secret Garden – Francis Hodgson Burnett 
• The Incredible Journey - Sheila Burnford 
• Dear Mr. Henshaw (Newbery)(sequel) - Beverly Cleary 
• No Talking (other titles) - Andrew Clements 
• Saving Winslow – Sharon Creech 
• The Tiger Rising - Kate DiCamillo 
• The Goat – Anne Fleming 
• Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (series) - Chris Grabenstein Real Friends (graphic) – Shannon Hale 
• Wink - Rob Harrell 
• When Stars Are Scattered (graphic) - Victoria Jamieson 
• Hello, Universe (Newbery) – Erin Kelly 
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Newbery) - E.L. Konigsburg Unplugged (other titles) - Gordon Korman 
• The Year of the Dog (series) - Grace Lin 
• Touch Blue (other titles) - Cynthia Lord 
• Comeback Kids (series) – Mike Lupica 
• The Candymakers (sequel) - Wendy Mass 
• Binny for Short (series) - Hilary McKay 
• Shiloh (Newbery)(series) - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 
• The Turtles of Oman - Naomi Nye 
• Wild River - P.J. Peterson 
• Wonderstruck – Brian Selznick 
• Ghosts (graphic) – Raina Telgemeier 
• The Bridge Home - Padma Venkatraman 
• Stargazing - Jen Wang 
• The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place (series) - Maryrose Wood 

Historical Fiction 

• The Castle Corona - Sharon Creech 
• The Door in the Wall (Newbery) - Marguerite DeAngeli 
• Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales (graphic)(series) - Nathan Hale Titanic (and other series) - Gordon Korman 
• Inside Out and Back Again (Newbery) - Thanhha Lai
• Waiting for Anya - Michael Morpurgo 
• Washington City is Burning - Harriette Robinet 
• May B - Caroline Rose 
• Esperanza Rising - Pam M. Ryan 
• My Name is America (series) - Scholastic Books 
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Caldecott) - Brian Selznick 
• The Sign of the Beaver (Newbery) - Elizabeth George Speare I Survived (series) - Lauren Tarshis 

Fantasy/Mystery/Myth 

• The One and Only Ivan (sequel) - Katherine Applegate 
• Finding Serendipity (series) – Angelica Banks 
• The 100-year-old Secret (Sherlock Files series) - Tracy Barrett The Wild Robot (sequel) – Peter Brown 
• The Sisters Grimm (series) - Michael Buckley 
• A Flicker of Courage - Deb Caletti 
• D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths - Ingri & Edgar Parin D’Aulaire Flora & Ulysses (Newbery) - Kate DeCamillo 
• The 13-Story Treehouse (series) – Andy Griffiths 
• Babe and Me (Baseball Card Adventure series) - Dan Gutman The Song from Somewhere Else – A.F. Harrold 
• The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (series) - Christopher Healy Emily Windsnap (series) - Liz Kessler 
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery)(series) - Grace Lin Bliss (series) - Kathryn Littlewood 
• Gifts from the Gods - Lise Lunge-Larsen 
• Rapunzel, the One with All the Hair (series)- Wendy Mass 
• Candymakers (sequel) – Wendy Mass 
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Newbery)(series) - Robert O’Brien The Mysterious Woods of Whistle Root - Christopher Pennell Harry Potter (series) - J.K. Rowling 
• The Ickabog - J.K. Rowling 
• The Mysterious Benedict Society (series) - Trenton Lee Stewart Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet - Tom Sullivan 
• The Thickety (series) - J.A. White 

Autobiography/Biography/Nonfiction 

• Amelia Lost: the Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart - Candace Fleming Lincoln (Newbery) - Russell Freedman 
• Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt - Jean Fritz 
• Science Comics (series)(graphic) – Andy Hirsch and various authors Heroes of Baseball - Robert Lipsyte 
• Cathedral - David Macaulay
• Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous photograph – Roxane Orgill 
• Around the World (graphic) - Matt Phelan 
• Hidden Figures (picture book) – Margot Shetterly 
• Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White – Melissa Sweet 
• Camp Panda – Catherine Thimmesh 
• Gorilla Doctors (Any of the Scientists in the Field series) - Pamela S. Turner

For the first week of school, Sixth Graders are asked to: 

1. Have read two books - one required and at least one other from the recommended list. Many books are available in audiobook and e-book if preferred. 

2. The required book is a choice of either Hatchet by Gary Paulsen or The Call of the Wild  by Jack London. 

3. Turn in a one-page typed report for each of the two books. One-half of the page should be a summary. The other half should include reactions, thoughts, and feelings about the book.

Realistic Fiction / Mystery 

• I Kill the Mockingbird – Paul Acampora 
• Chasing Vermeer (trilogy) - Blue Balliett 
• Lions and Liars – Kate Beasley 
• The Next Great Paulie Fink - Ali Benjamin 
• The Penderwicks (series) - Jeanne Birdsall 
• Masterpiece – Elise Broach 
• A Week in the Woods (other titles) - Andrew Clements Moo (other titles) - Sharon Creech 
• Raymie Nightingale (series) – Kate Di Camillo 
• Out of My Mind - Sharon M. Draper 
• Absolutely Truly (series) – Heather Frederick 
• Space Case (series and other series by author) – Stuart Gibbs Absolutely Almost – Lisa Graff 
• Wink - Rob Harrell 
• My Louisiana Sky - Kimberly Willis Holt 
• Roller Girl (graphic) – Victoria Jamieson 
• When Stars Are Scattered (graphic) - Victoria Jamieson Mascot - Antony John 
• The Great Greene Heist (sequel) – Varian Johnson 
• Amina’s Voice – Hena Khan 
• The Unteachables - Gordon Korman 
• Invisible Emmie (graphic)(series) – Terri Libenson 
• Rules - Cynthia Lord 
• The Only Game (series) – Mike Lupica 
• The Season of Styx Malone – Kekla Magoon 
• Rain Reign – Ann Martin 
• Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life – Wendy Mass Chester and Gus – Cammie McGovern 
• Merci Suarez changes gears (Newbery)(sequel) – Meg Medina Auggie & Me (sequel to Wonder) - R.J. Palacio 
• Hatchet (series) - Gary Paulsen 
• The Mysterious Benedict Society (series) - Trenton Lee Stewart 

Historical Fiction 

• The War That Saved My Life (Newbery)(sequel) – Kimberly Bradley Stella by Starlight – Sharon Draper 
• Lily’s Crossing (Newbery)(series)– Patricia Reilly Giff
• Ground Zero - Alan Gratz 
• Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales (graphic)(series) – Nathan Hale Our Only May Amelia (Newbery) (sequel) - Jennifer Holm Hero on a Bicycle – Shirley Hughes 
• War Stories - Gordon Korman 
• The Thieves of Ostia (Roman Mysteries series) - Caroline Lawrence Number the Stars - Lois Lowry 
• Anne of Green Gables (series) – L. M. Montgomery 
• Kensuke’s Kingdom (other titles)- Michael Morpurgo 
• Island of the Blue Dolphins (Newbery) - Scott O’Dell 
• On the Wings of Heroes – Richard Peck 
• The Upstairs Room - Johanna Reiss 

Fantasy/Myths/Fables/Folklore 

• The One and Only Ivan (Newbery)(sequel) - Katherine Applegate Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt 
• The Wonderling (sequel) – Mira Bartok 
• Circus Mirandus – Cassie Beasley 
• The Iron Trial (sequel) – Holly Black 
• A Flicker of Courage - Deb Caletti 
• Flunked (series) – Jen Calonita 
• The Land of Stories (series) – Chris Colfer 
• Wizards of Once (series) – Cressida Cowell 
• The Illiad – Gillian Cross 
• The Lifters – Dave Eggers 
• Scary Stories for Young Foxes - Christian Heidicker 
• The Fourteenth Goldfish (sequel) – Jennifer Holm 
• Savvy (trilogy) - Ingrid Law 
• A Wrinkle in Time (Newbery) – Madeline L’Engle 
• Ella Enchanted (Newbery)(other titles) – Gail Carson Levine Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery)(series) – Grace Lin Bliss (series) – Kathryn Littlewood 
• A Snicker of Magic - Natalie Lloyd 
• The Problim Children (sequel) – Natalie Lloyd 
• Gifts from the Gods - Lise Lunge-Larsen 
• The Door by the Staircase – Katherine Marsh 
• 11 Birthdays (series) – Wendy Mass 
• Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls (sequel) – Beth McMullen The Book of Boy (Newbery 2019) – Catherine Murdock 
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series and all other series) - Rick Riordan Harry Potter (series) - J.K. Rowling 
• The Ickabog - J.K. Rowling
• A Series of Unfortunate Events (series) – Lemony Snicket 
• Orphan Island – Laurel Snyder 
• The Egypt Game (Newbery) (sequel) – Zilpha Keatley Snyder 
• The Secret Keepers – Trenton Lee Stewart 
• Nightbooks - J.A. White 

Autobiography/Biography/Nonfiction 

• Rising Water – Marc Aronson 
• Terrible Typhoid Mary – Susan Campbell Bartoletti 
• Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini - Sid Fleischman 
• The Story of Salt - Mark Kurlansky 
• Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall – Anita Silvey 
• The Frog Scientist (Any of the Scientists in the Field series) - Pamela S. Turner Big Top Burning – Laura Woollett

For the first week of school, Seventh Graders are asked to: 

1. Have read The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen and completed the provided graphic organizer assignment for English 7.

2. Have read one book of choice from any genre on the recommended reading list and completed the provided Literature Role for in-class discussion in English 7. Many books are available in audiobook and e-book if preferred. Many books are available in audiobook and e-book if preferred. 

3. Have read The Executioner’s Daughter – Laura E. Williams for Social Studies 7.

Realistic Fiction/ Mystery 

• The Right Hook of Devin Velma – Jake Burt 
• Close to Famous – Jane Bauer 
• My name is Parvana (series) - Deborah Ellis 
• Starfish - Lisa Fipps 
• The Honest Truth – Dan Geimeinhart 
• My Side of the Mountain (Newbery)(series) – Jean Craighead George Spy School (series and other series) – Stuart Gibbs 
• Lost in the Sun – Lisa Graff 
• First Team (other titles) – Tim Green 
• Theodore Boone (series) – John Grisham 
• Slider – Pete Hautman 
• One for the Murphys – Lynda Hunt 
• When Stars Are Scattered (graphic) - Victoria Jamieson The Parker Inheritance – Varian Johnson 
• Listen, Slowly – Thanhha Lai 
• Fast Break (series) – Mike Lupica 
• A Mango-shaped Space (other titles) – Wendy Mass Chester and Gus – Cammie McGovern 
• Greenglass House (sequel) – Kate Milford 
• The First Rule of Punk – Celia Perez 
• The Red Pencil – Andrea Pinkney 
• Murder Is Bad Manners (series) – Robin Stevens 
• The Mysterious Benedict Society (series) – Trenton Lee Stewart Wolf Hollow – Lauren Wolk 

Historical Fiction 

• Resistance – Jennifer Nielsen
• The Executioner’s Daughter – Laura E. Williams
• Fever 1793 - Laurie Halse Anderson 
• Al Capone Does My Shirts (Newbery)(series) – Gennifer Choldenko Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier - Ying Chang Compestine Salt – Helen Frost 
• Dead End in Norvelt (Newbery) - Jack Gantos 
• Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales (graphic series) – Nathan Hale Penny from Heaven – Jennifer Holm 
• The Great Trouble – Deborah Hopkinson 
• Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam - Cynthia Kadohata Weedflower (other titles) - Cynthia Kadohata
• Lions of Little Rock – Kristin Levine 
• Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel (graphic) – Mariah Marsden Little White Duck: A Childhood in China (graphic) – Andres Martinez War Horse – Michael Morpurgo 
• A Single Shard (Newbery) - Linda Sue Park 
• When My Name Was Keoko - Linda Sue Park 
• Heart of a Samurai (Newbery)(sequel) – Margi Preus 
• The Romeo and Juliet Code (sequel) – Phoebe Stone 
• Moon Over Manifest (Newbery) - Clare Vanderpool 
• Paperboy (Newbery) – Vince Vawter 
• Beyond the Bright Sea – Lauren Wolk 

Fantasy/Myths/Folklore 

• Sweep – Jonathan Auxier 
• Jinx (series) – Sage Blackwood 
• Artemis Fowl (series) – Eoin Colfer 
• Ranger’s Apprentice (series) - John Flanagan 
• Princess Academy (other titles) - Shannon Hale 
• 13 Treasures (series)- Michelle Harrison 
• Warriors (series) - Erin Hunter 
• The Ascendance Series (The False Prince is #1) - Jennifer Nielsen The Boundless – Kenneth Opel 
• The Nest – Kenneth Opel 
• The Ear, the Eye and the Arm (Newbery) - Nancy Farmer
• Archer’s Quest – Linda Sue Park 
• Pax – Sarah Pennypacker 
• Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods (other titles) - Rick Riordan Echo: A Novel – Pam Munoz Ryan 
• Emerald Atlas (trilogy) – John Stephens 
• Nevermoor (sequel) – Jessica Townsend 
• Demon Dentist (other titles) – David Walliams 

Classics 

• The Illiad – Gillian Cross 
• The Odyssey – Gillian Cross 
• Gris Grimly’s Tales from the Brothers Grimm – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Across Five Aprils (Newbery) – Irene Hunt 
• The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling 
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain 
• The Sword in the Stone - T. H. White 

Autobiography/Biography/Nonfiction 

• Trapped – Marc Aronson
• Rising Water – Marc Aronson 
• Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Edition) – James Brown 
• Presenting Buffalo Bill – Candace Fleming 
• Cheaper by the Dozen (sequel) – Frank Gilbreth 
• Titanic: Voices from the Disaster - Deborah Hopkinson 
• Inside of a Dog (YA edition) – Alexandra Horowitz 
• The Mysterious Universe (Any of the Scientists In The Field series) - Ellen B. Jackson Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution - Ji-li Jiang 
• The Plot to Kill Hitler – Patricia McCormick 
• An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever of 1793 - Jim Murphy The Great Fire – Jim Murphy 
• Bomb (Newbery) – Steve Sheinkin 
• Port Chicago 50 – Steve Sheinkin 
• Team Moon, How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon - Catherine Thimmesh Brown Girl Dreaming (Newbery) – Jacqueline Woodson 
• I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition) – Malala Yousafzai

For the first week of school, Eighth Graders are asked to: 

1. Have read one book of fiction and completed the annotation assignment for English 8. Many books are available in audiobook and e-book if preferred. 

2. Have read Johnny Tremain (Newbery) – Esther Forbes for Social Studies 8. Many books are available in audiobook and e-book if preferred. 

3. Have read one book on a saint, preferably on the saint chosen for their Confirmation name, if being Confirmed for Religion 8.

Realistic Fiction/Mystery 

• Crossover (Newbery) (series) – Kwame Alexander 
• Posted – John Anderson 
• The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place – Julie Berry Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (sequel) – Dusti Bowling Heist Society (series) – Ally Carter 
• Murder on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie 
• Mockingbird - Kathryn Erskine 
• Rush for the Gold (other titles) – John Feinstein 
• Starfish - Lisa Fipps 
• Belly Up, Spy School and Space Case (series) – Stuart Gibbs The Big Game (other titles) – Tim Green 
• Olive’s Ocean (Newbery) - Kevin Henkes 
• Hoot – Carl Hiaasen 
• Checked – Cynthia Kadohata 
• The Contender - Robert Lipsyte 
• QB1 (other titles) – Mike Lupica 
• Every Soul A Star (other titles) – Wendy Mass 
• Breakout – Kate Messner 
• Scorpions - Walter Dean Myers 
• Free Lunch - Rex Ogle 
• City Spies - James Ponti 
• A Girl Called Problem – Katie Quirk 
• Ghost (series) – Jason Reynolds 
• Amal Unbound – Aisha Saeed 
• Counting by 7s – Holly Sloan 
• Short – Holly Sloan 
• Stargirl (sequel)- Jerry Spinelli 
• Homecoming (series) – Cynthia Voigt 

Historical Fiction 

• Little Women (series) - Louisa May Alcott 
• Chains (series) - Laurie Halse Anderson 
• The Boy Who Dared - Susan Campbell Bartoletti 
• The Boy in Striped Pajamas – John Boyne 
• Stay Where You Are and Then Leave – John Boyne Innocent Heroes – Sigmund Brouwer 
• Caminar – Skila Brown
• Out of the Dust - Karen Hesse 
• Under a War-Torn Sky (sequel) – L.M. Elliott
• The Night Diary – Veera Hiranandani 
• Across Five Aprils (Newbery)- Irene Hunt 
• A Million Shades of Gray (other titles) - Cynthia Kadohata 
• Hattie Big Sky (sequel) - Kirby Larson 
• The Mad Wolf’s Daughter (sequel) – Diane Magras 
• Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel (graphic) – Mariah Marsden Mira’s Diary – Marissa Moss 
• Auma’s Long Run – Eucabeth Odhiambo 
• My Brigadista Year – Katherine Paterson 
• A Long Way from Chicago (Newbery) – Richard Peck 
• The Hired Girl – Laura Amy Schlitz 
• Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry (Newbery)(series) - Mildred Taylor 
• My Family for the War (Newbery) - Anne C. Voorhoeve 
• Wolf Hollow (Newbery) – Lauren Wolk 

Classics 

• The Illiad – Gillian Cross 
• The Odyssey – Gillian Cross

Fantasy and Myth 

• The Night Gardener – Jonathan Auxier 
• Artemis Fowl (series) – Eoin Colfer 
• The Seeing Stone (trilogy) - Kevin Crossley-Holland 
• Stormbreaker (Alex Rider series) – Anthony Horowitz 
• Gathering Blue (The Giver series) – Lois Lowry 
• Messenger (The Giver series) – Lois Lowry
• Son (The Giver series) – Lois Lowry
• Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods (sequel) – Rick Riordon 
• Echo: A Novel – Pam Munoz Ryan 
• Amber and Clay - Laura Amy Schlitz 
• The Riverman (trilogy) - Aaron Starmer 
• First Light - Rebecca Stead 
• The Lord of the Rings (series) - J.R.R. Tolkien 

Autobiography/Biography/ Nonfiction 

• Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Edition) - James Brown 
• Anne Frank's Diary (graphic) - Ari Folman 
• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank 
• Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth - James Giblin The Many Rides of Paul Revere - James Giblin 
• The Endless Steppe – Esther Hautzig 
• The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler (graphic) – John Hendrix Unbroken (YA edition) – Laura Hillenbrand 
• The Boys Who Challenged Hitler – Phillip Hoose 
• Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary – Gail Jarrow 
• Lone Survivor - Marcus Latrell
• Black Diamond: Story of Negro Baseball Leagues - Patricia McKissack 
• Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America - Jim Murphy 
• Gone to the Woods - Gary Paulsen 
• Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-The World’s Most Dangerous Weapon - Steve Sheinkin Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War - Steve Sheinkin The Notorious Benedict Arnold - Steve Sheinkin 
• Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team – Steve Sheinkin Chasing Lincoln's Killer - James Swanson 
• I Am Malala (YA Edition) – Malala Yousafzai