Summer Reading

Students should be encouraged to read!  Students in each grade should choose at least ONE of the books listed below.  They will take an AR test for the book they selected when returning to school in August. 

 Grade the student is entering:

1st Grade-  Pete The Cat – The Wheels on the Bus – by James Dean

2nd Grade-  Dragon Book Series- Any Title || Frog and Toad- Any Title || Pete the Cat Series- Any Title

3rd Grade- Geronimo Stilton Books – Any Title – By Thea Stilton || The Last Firehawk – Any Title – By Katrina Charman

 4th Grade- Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Dicamillo || Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardener

 5th Grade- Number the Stars by Lois Lowery || Paperboy by Vince Vawter || Trumpet of the Swan by Fred Marcellino

6th Grade- Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Milkaelsen || Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Florence Atwater

7th Grade- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne || The River by Gary Paulsen || A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

8th Grade- The Giver by Lois Lowry || When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle

9th Grade- White Fang by Jack London || We are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad || The Maze Runner by James Dashner

10th Grade- Scythe* by Neal Shusterman || Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card || The Book Thief by Markus Zusak || Lord of the Flies by William Golding

11th Grade-  Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns. ||  Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ||  Unbroken* by Laura Hillenbrand || Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

12th Grade- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier || Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck || Tuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albom || American Dirt * by Jeanine Cummings

* Contains mature content and language of war