Summer Reading 2023-2024
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Summer Reading 2023
Kindergarten:
Ways to prepare for Kindergarten
First Grade:
- A Splendid Friend Indeed by Suzanne Bloom
- Have You Filled A Bucket Today? by Carol McLoud
Second Grade:
- Apples by Gail Gibbons (non-fiction)
- Not Norman by Kelly Bennett (fiction)
Third Grade:
- Any Magic Treehouse book
- Any Who Would Win Book
Fourth Grade:
- Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- What were the Twin Towers? by Jim O’Connor
Fifth Grade:
- Loser by Jerry Spinelli OR Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
- Who Was Anne Frank? by Ann Abramson
Sixth Grade:
- The Cay by Theodore Taylor
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- The Earth Dragon Awakes by Laurence Yep
Seventh Grade:
Required: Ground Zero - Alan Gratz
- Choose one of the following:
○ Fiction
■ City of Ember - Jeanne DuPrau
■ Wait till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story - Mary Downing Hahn
■ Code Orange - Caroline B. Cooney
■ Wednesday Wars - Gary Schmidt
- Choose one of the following:
○ Non-Fiction
■ I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb
■ I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Martin
Ganda and Caitlin Alifirenka
Eighth Grade:
Choose ONE from the following novels:
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt
AND
Choose ONE from the following novels:
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz
AND
You are also being asked to read ONE book that YOU have chosen. This book will not be tested; however, you will be responsible for a writing piece that demonstrates your understanding of the book you have chosen. It can be a graphic novel, fiction, nonfiction, etc.
Pick something YOU want to read, and be ready to tell me all about in a written piece.
By the time you return to school as the Class of 2024, you will have enriched your summer by reading three books!