High Rock Summer Reading

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1 High Rock Summer Reading 2017 Summer Reading List by Genre Rising sixth graders are expected to read at least two books from this list over the summer. At least one book should be fiction, and neither may be rereads. For more information, see the attached parent letter. The book lists are organized around High Rock s core values: and. Visit the High Rock Library website ( ) to see alternate version of this list List with summaries and book covers - 25 pages - to read online! 2017 Alphabetical list - good version to bring to a library or bookstore. Realistic Fiction Alexander, Kwame. Booked, Crossover Benjamin, Ali. The Thing about Jellyfish Conklin, Melanie. Counting Thyme Draper, Sharon. Out of My Mind Erskine, Kathryn. Mockingbird Graff, Lisa. Lost in the Sun Green, Tim. Football Genius or others Grimes, Nikki. Garvey s Choice Hunt, Lynda Mullaly. One for the Murphy s Jamieson, Victoria. Roller Girl Kehret, Peg. Stolen Children Kelly, Erin Entrada. Blackbird Fly Nichols, Sally. Ways to Live Forever Patterson, James and Chris Grabenstein. I Funny Pinkney, Andrea. Red Pencil Shang, Wendy Wan The Great Wall of Lucy Wu Sloan, Holly Goldberg. Counting by 7s Vivat, Booki. Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom Young, Karen. Hundred Percent Abbott, Tony. Firegirl Anderson, John David. Mrs. Bixby s Last Day Bauer, Joan. Close to Famous, Almost Home, Soar Buyea, Rob. Because of Mr. Terupt. Mr. Terupt Falls Again, Saving Mr. Terupt Connor, Leslie. Waiting for Normal Creech, Sharon. Moo Davies, Jacqueline. Nothing but Trouble Holt, K.A. Rhyme Schemer Jacobsen, Jacobsen. Small As an Elephant Jones, Traci L. Silhouetted by the Blue Korman, Gordon. Ungifted Mass, Wendy. Every Soul a Star, A Mango Shaped Space Sonnenblick, Jordan. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, sequel Ever After Ever

2 Historical Fiction Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Larson, Kirby. Hattie Big Sky or sequel Hattie Ever After Pearsall, Shelley Jump Into the Sky Rose, Caroline Starr. May B. Schlitz, Laura Amy. A Drowned Maiden s Hair Smith, Roland. Elephant Run Smith, Sheri. Flygirl Thor, Annika. A Faraway Island, The Lily Pond Yelchin, Eugene. Breaking Stalin s Nose Bradley, Kim. The War that Saved My Life Burg, Ann. Unbound Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts Gantos, Jack. Dead End in Norvelt Hayles, Marsha. The Breathing Room Holm, Jennifer. Full of Beans Hopkinson, Deborah. The Great Trouble Levine, Kristin. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had. Paper Cowboy McKissick, Patricia. A Friendship for Today Nielson, Jennifer. A Night Divided Wiles, Deborah. Countdown, Revolution Williams-Garcia, Rita. One Crazy Summer. P.S. Be 11, Gone Crazy in Alabama Fantasy Anderson, John. Sidekicked Anderson, Jody. My Diary from the Edge of the World Bacon, Lee. Joshua Dread or sequels Delaney, Joseph. The Revenge of the Witch Flanagan, John. Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger s Apprentice series) Brotherband Chronicles Hale, Shannon. The Goose Girl and others Lin, Grace. When the Sea Turned to Silver (any in trilogy.) Nielsen, Jennifer. The False Prince (Ascendance trilogy) Sands, Kevin. The Blackthorn Key, Mark of the Plague Stroud, Jonathan. Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus series) Auxier, Jonathan. The Night Gardener Black, Holly. The Iron Trials Cody, Matthew. Powerless, Super, Villainous Gidwitz, Adam. A Tale Dark and Grimm, In a Glass Grimmly, Grimm Conclusion Hale, Shannon and Dean Hale. Rapunzel s Revenge also Calamity Jack Hoffman, Alice. Nightbird Magoon, Kekla. Shadows of Sherwood : Rebellion of Thieves McMann, Lisa. The Unwanteds, Dragon Quest Stroud, Jonathan. The Screaming Staircase The Ancient World: Social Studies Connections Golding, Julia. Secret of the Sirens (series) Hennessey, Carolyn. Pandora Gets Jealous (series) Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief (series) or Red Pyramid (series)

3 Science Fiction Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Double Identity L Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn (trilogy) (Steampunk) Westerfield, Scott. Leviathan, Behemoth, and Goliath (Steampunk) Angleberger, Tom and Paul Dellinger. Fuzzy Black, Peter Jay. Urban Outlaws Holyoke, Polly. The Neptune Project Krumwiede, Lana. Freakling (and sequels) Messner, Kate. Wake Up Missing Reisman, Michael. Simon Bloom, Gravity Keeper (or sequels) Stewart, Trenton Lee. Mysterious Benedict Society (trilogy) Mystery Beatty, Robert. Serafina and the Black Cloak Dowd, Siobhan, The London Eye Mystery Gibbs, Stuart. Belly Up. Poached, Big Game, Panda-monium Sands, Kevin. The Blackthorn Key, Mark of the Plague Balliett, Blue. Hold Fast Berry, Julie. The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place. Cody, Matthew. Powerless Hopkinson, Deborah. The Great Trouble Stroud, Jonathan. The Screaming Staircase Turnage, Sheila. Three Times Lucky Adventure Anderson, Jody. My Diary from the Edge of the World Frost, Helen. Diamond Willow Horowitz, Anthony. Stormbreaker or others from his series Kehret, Peg. Stolen Children Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn (trilogy) (Steampunk) Smith, Roland. Peak, IQ Series. Westerfield, Scott. Leviathan, Behemoth, and Goliath (Steampunk) Black, Peter Jay. Urban Outlaws Grabenstein, Chris. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello s Library, Mr. Lemoncello s Library Olympics Holyoke, Polly. The Neptune Project Jacobsen, Jacobsen. Small As an Elephant Magoon, Kekla. Shadows of Sherwood : a Robyn Hoodlum adventure Messner, Kate. Wake Up Missing Ancient World: Social Studies Connections Hinds, Gareth. The Odyssey

4 Memoir and Biography Gownley, Jimmy. Dumbest Idea Ever Kehret, Peg. Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio Montgomery, Sy. Temple Grandin: How the Girl who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World Sheinkin, Steve. Two Miserable Presidents. Stone, Tanya Lee. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream Woodson, Jacqueline. Brown Girl Dreaming. Bragg, Georgia. How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous Hoose, Phillip. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Hopkinson, Deborah. Titanic: Voices from the Disaster Nonfiction Dendy, Leslie and Mel Boring. Guinea Pig Scientists Janeczko, Paul B. The Dark Game: True Spy Stories. Kidd, Chip. Go: a Kidd s Guide to Graphic Design Macaulay, David and Richard Walker. The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body Miller, Sarah Elizabeth. The Borden murders : Lizzie Borden & the trial of the century Newquist. HP. The Book of Blood: From Legends and Leeches to Vampires and Veins. Stone, Tanya Lee. The Good, The Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll s History and her Impact on Us or Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream Turner, Pamela. Samurai Rising : The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune Deem, James. Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and Recovery of the Past Frydenborg, Kay. Chocolate: Sweet Science and Dark Secrets of the World s Favorite Treat Hopkinson, Deborah. Dive! : World War II stories of sailors & submarines in the Pacific Jarrow, Gail. Fatal Fever: Tracking down Typhoid Mary Kops, Deborah. The Great Molasses Flood. Nelson, Kadir. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. Partridge, Elizabeth. Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don t You Grow Weary Peters, Marilee. Patient Zero: Solving the Mysteries of Deadly Epidemics Sheinkin, Steve. Lincoln s Grave Robbers Swanson, James L. Chasing Lincoln s Killer Thimmesh, Catherine. Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon Woollett, Laura A. Big Top Burning : The Story of an Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and the Greatest Show on Earth

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