SUMMER READING LIST RISING 8TH GRADERS Mary G. Porter Traditional School

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1 SUMMER READING LIST RISING 8TH GRADERS Mary G. Porter Traditional School Grades 6 8 PWCS Summer Reading Program The purpose of the PWCS Summer Reading Program is to encourage students to enjoy quality literature and to continue developing their independent reading skills. Student participation in the program is voluntary. Students who choose to participate in the program are required to complete a minimum number of readings over the summer. Students participating in the program in Grades 6-8 will complete a list of books read. The documentation is to include the name of the author, the title of the book, an explanation of the topic or plot of the book, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading. Students in Grades 6-8 who participate in Prince William County Public Library's Summer Reading Program, the Public Library documentation will apply. Students will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a maximum total of two. The summer reading documentation will be submitted by the student by the end of the second week of school.

2 SUMMER READING RISING 8TH GRADERS Mary G. Porter Traditional School We recommend reading from this list below or the Virginia Readers Choice nominee list. Any books by the following authors such as: FICTION Calonita, Jen Flunked Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2015 When a thief gets sentences to Fairy Tale Reform School, she gets more than she bargained for as a mystery develops. First in a series. Draper, Sharon Copper Sun Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008 Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves. Erskine, Kathryn Seeing Red Scholastic Press, 2013 Life will never be the same for Red Porter. He s a kid growing up around blak car grease, white fence paint, and the backward attitudes of the folk who live in his hometown, Rocky Gap, Virginia. Gaiman, Neil Graveyard Book HarperCollins, 2010 When Nobody Owens was a baby, he narrowly escaped the assassin who killed his family. His adopted family, the ghosts and ghouls of the nearby graveyard, have become all he knows. Gratz, Alan Prisoner B-3087 Scholastic Press, 2013 As a Jewish boy in 1930 s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner, his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B Higgins, F. E. The Black Book of Secrets Square Fish, 2010 When Ludlow Fitch runs away from his thieving parents in the City, he meets up with the mysterious Joe Zabbidou, who calls himself a secret pawnbroker, and who takes Ludlow as an apprentice to record the confessions of the townspeople of Pagus Parvus, where resentments are many and trust is scarce. Kadohata, Cynthia Weedflower Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009 After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop. Korman, Gordon Pop Balzer + Bray, 2011 Lonely after a midsummer move to a new town, sixteen-year-old high-school quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes friends with a retired professional linebacker who is great at training him, but whose childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water.

3 Morpurgo, Michael Shadow Squarefish, 2014 With the horrors of war bearing down on them, Aman and his mother are barely surviving in an Afghan cave, and staying there any longer will end horribly. The only comfort Aman has is his Shadow, the loyal spaniel that shows up from places unknown, it seems, just when Aman needs him most. Peet, Mal Keeper Candlewick, 2007 El Gato tells of growing up in the middle of a rain forest and being the worst soccer player in his town. It isn't until he stumbles into a clearing one day that he meets "the Keeper", a mysterious ghost-like image that teaches El Gato how to become the world's best goalie. Pfeffer, Susan Beth Life as We Knew It HMH Books for Young Readers, 2008 Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Schmidt, Gary The Wednesday Wars HMH Books for Young Readers, 2009 During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in. Shusterman, Neil Tesla s Attic Disney-Hyperion, 2014 Fourteen-year-old Nick learns how unusual the items in his great-aunt s attic are and finds himself in a battle with a secret society to find the items after he sells them at a garage sale. Sloan, Holly Counting by 7 s Puffin Books, 2014 Willow Chance is a 12-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosig medical conditios, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn t kept her from leading a quietly happy life until now. Smith, Roland Elephant Run Disney-Hyperion, 2009 Nick's father and others are taken prisoner when his plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, leaving Nick and his friend Mya to risk their lives in order to free them from the POW camp. Westerfield, Scott Uglies Simon Pulse, 2007 Tally is faced with a difficult choice when her new friend Shay decides to risk life on the outside rather than submit to the forced operation that turns sixteen-year-old girls into gorgeous beauties, and realizes that there is a whole new side to the pretty world that she doesn't like.

4 Any books by the following authors such as: NONFICTION Hoose, Phillip Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Kroupa Books, 2009 Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case. (Newbery Honor, 2010) Leyson, Leo The Boy on the Wooden Box Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2013 The only memoir published by a former Schindler s List child, this captures the innocence of a ten-year-old boy forced to experience the unthinkable. Myers, Walter Dean Darius and Twig Amistad, 2013 Darius and Twig are an unlikely pair: Darius is a writer whose only escape is his alter ego, a peregrine falcon named Fury, and Twig is a middle-distance runner striving for athletic success. But they are drawn together in the struggle to overcome the obstacles that life in Harlem throws at them. The two friends must face down bullies, an abusive uncle, and the idea that they'll be stuck in the same place forever. Robinson, Sharon The Hero Two Doors Down Scholastic Press, Based on the true story of a boy in Brooklyn who became neighbors and friends with his hero, Jackie Robinson. Steven Satlow is an eight-year-old boy living in Brooklyn, New York, which means he only cares about one thing-the Dodgers. Steve and his father spend hours reading the sports pages and listening to games on the radio. Aside from an occasional run-in with his teacher, life is pretty simple for Steve. But then Steve hears a rumor that an African American family is moving to his all-jewish neighborhood. It's 1948 and some of his neighbors are against it. His hero, Jackie Robinson, broke the color barrier in baseball the year before. Then it happens--steve's new neighbor is none other than Jackie Robinson! Steve is beyond excited about living two doors down from the Robinson family. He can't wait to meet Jackie. This is going to be the best baseball season yet! How many kids ever get to become friends with their hero? Sheinkin, Steve The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights Roaring Book Press 2014 Exposing racism in the military, this gripping account of 50 African American sailors who were charged with mutiny after refusing to follow direct orders putting lives in danger. Swanson, James The President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F Kennedy Scholastic Press, 2013 In his new young-adult book on the Kennedy assassination, James Swanson will transport readers back to one of the most shocking, sad, and terrifying events in American history.

5 Thimmesh, Catherine Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon Houghton Mifflin, 2006 With exciting you-are-there language and stunning historical photographs, this book captures the excitement of the Apollo mission to the moon. Woodson, Jacqueline Brown Girl Dreaming Nancy Paulsen Books, 2014 Told in verse, this book explores what it was like for Woodson growing up during the civil rights movement. Any books by the following classic authors such as: Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Dickens, Charles Green, John Henry, O. L Engle, Madeleine Montgomery, L.M Poe, Edgar Allen Pratchett, Terry Spinelli, Jerry Twain, Mark Woodruff, Elvira