Grade 6
Students should read one of the following books. Click here to see all Grade 6 summer reading books in our catalog.
Nonfiction
- Secrets of the Sphinx – James Cross Giblin
- Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science – Susan Hughes
- Extreme Scientists: Exploring Nature`s Mysteries from Perilous Places – Donna M. Jackson
Africa
- Ellington Was Not a Street – Ntozake Shange
- The Book of Time – Guillaume Prevost
- The Glory Field – Walter Dean Myers
South America
- The Dreamer – Pam Munoz Ryan
- Secret of the Andes – Ann Nolan Clark
Asia
- Bound – Donna Jo Napoli
- When my Name was Keoko – Linda Sue Park
Grade 7
Students should read 1 selection from at least 3 genres below. All poems and short stories below are available to read online. Copies are also available at the library.
| Fable | Oscar Wilde | “The Happy Prince”
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| Parable | Judith Ortiz Cofer | “Aunty Misery”
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| Poetry | Robert Frost | “Ghost House” (summer)
“The Road Not Taken” (autumn) “Good Hours” (winter) “Birches” (spring)
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| Narrative Poem
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Robert W. Service | “The Cremation of Sam McGee” |
| Realistic Fiction | O. Henry
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“The Gift of the Magi” |
| Science Fiction | Ray Bradbury | “All Summer in a Day”
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Grade 8
Students should read one of the following books. Click here to see all Grade 8 summer reading books in our catalog.
- Flygirl – Sherri L. Smith
- Homeboyz – Allen Lawrence Sitomer
- Lizzie Bright & the Buckminster Boy – Gary D. Schmidt
- So Far from the Bamboo Grove – Yoko Kawashima Watkins
- Speak – Laurie Halse Anderson
- Travel Team – Mike Lupica
- Truesight – David Stahler Jr.
- When My Name Was Keoko - Linda Sue Park
