Summer Reading

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1 Saint James Middle School Summer Reading Sixth Grade

2 SAINT JAMES MIDDLE SCHOOL Reading Program The reading program at Saint James Middle School is designed to broaden our students knowledge of good literature and to provide them additional background for the coming school year. We encourage our students to read and to discuss the texts that are read. Research has shown consistent connections between proficiency with reading comprehension and certain activities, for example: The availability of reading material in the home. Parental modeling of good reading habits. Reading and/or being read to regularly for enjoyment. Discussing what you have read with someone or otherwise responding to what you have read. We believe our summer reading program truly emphasizes the love of reading. Our program provides 6 th,7 th, and 8 th graders with a wide range of reading choices, Accelerated Reader assessment times convenient to each student s summer schedule, and application of reading through writing activities at the beginning of the school year. Our ultimate goal is to encourage students to read appropriate selections that can challenge and improve their reading comprehension. We believe our summer reading program will help our students reach this goal while also providing them with a greater appreciation for reading. We hope each student will find these reading assignments will enhance his/her summer experience. JB Copeland

3 SIXTH GRADE Choose your own summer reading! Pick ONE book that you will like. Take an AR Test in the MS Computer Lab Wednesdays, 9:00-2:00, June 25 - July 31. Incoming sixth graders will select one book from the list below for their summer reading. Students will read the book and take the Accelerated Reader test in the MS Computer Lab on any Wednesday between June 25th and July 31st. Students do NOT need to schedule a time because the lab will be available every Wednesday between 9:00am and 2:00pm. The grade on the test will count as a quiz grade for the first quarter of the school year. Students not satisfied with their grades may read a different book from the list and test on that book. (No retesting on the same book will be allowed.) All tests should be completed before school begins. Exceptions must have been approved BEFORE the first day of school. Literature class will begin with a study of the importance of setting in selections of literature. Students will each use the selection they read during the summer for an activity related to setting during this early study; therefore, they may want to purchase the book they read so that they will have a copy of it to use during the first few days of school.

4 Summer Reading List Grades 6 and 7 Alcott, L.M. Little Women Alexander, Lloyd The Chronicles of Prydain (five titles) Armstrong, Alan Whittington Armstrong, William Sounder Beyond the Western Sea Crispin: At the Edge of the World Crispin: The End of the World Poppy s Return The Mayor of Central Park The Traitor s Gate True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Babbitt, N. Tuck Everlasting Balliett, Blue The Calder Game Balliett, Blue Chasing Vemeer Balliett, Blue The Wright 3 Barry, Dave Peter and the Shadow Thieves Barry Dave Peter and the Starcatchers Bauer, Joan Hope was Here Baum, L. Frank The Wizard of Oz Birdsall, Jeanne The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Blatchford, Claire Nick s Secret Blos, Joan A Gathering of Days Bowler, Tim Firmament Bowler, Tim River Boy Brink, Carol Ryrie Caddie Woodlawn Brooks, Bruce The Moves Make the Man Burnett, F. H. The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances H. A Little Princess Burnford, Sheila The Incredible Journey Byng, Georgia Carlson, Natalie Savage The Family Under the Bridge Carman, Patrick Beyond the Valley of Thorns Molly Moon s Incredible Book of Hypnotism

5 Carter, F. The Education of Little Tree Chaldenko, Gennifer Al Capone Does My Shirts Christopher, Matt Stealing Home Cleary, Beverly Dear Mr. Henshaw Clements, Andrew Room One: A Mystery or Two Clements, Andrew Lunch Money Clements, Andrew The Last Holiday Concert Clements, Andrew The Report Card Clements, Andrew Things Hoped For Artemis Fowl Artemis Fowl Files Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox Half-Moon Investigations The Supernaturalist Collier, James Lincoln My Brother Sam is Dead Collins, Suzanne Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods Collins, Suzanne Gregor and the Marks of Secret Collins, Suzanne Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane Conly, Jane Leslie Crazy Lady Cooper, Susan Greenwitch Cooper, Susan Over Sea, Under Stone Cooper, Susan Silver on the Tree Cooper, Susan The Dark is Rising Cooper, Susan The Grey King Absolutely Normal Chaos Bloomability Chasing Redbird Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Heartbeat Pleasing the Ghost Replay Ruby Holler The Castle Cronoa

6 Curtis, Christopher Paul Curtis, Christopher Paul Cushman, Karen Delaney, Joseph DiCamillo, Kate DiCamillo, Kate Dodge, M. Doyle, Arthur Conan dubois, William Pene DuPrau, Jeanne Eckert, Allan Enright, Elizabeth Enright, Elizabeth Enright, Elizabeth Estes, Eleanor Farley, Walter Flanagan, John Fleischman, Sid Fox, Paula Fox, Paula Fradin, Dennis Brindell Frank, Anne Freeman, Russell Funke, Cornelia Funke, Cornelia Funke, Cornelia Funke, Cornelia George, Jean Craighead George, Jean Craighead George, Jean Craighead Giff, Patricia Reily Gilbreth, Frank Gipson, Fred Grahame, Kenneth Greene, Bette Greene, Bette Elijah of Buxton The Watsons go to Birmingham Catherine, Called Birdy The Last Apprentice series (8 titles) Because of Winn Dixie The Tale of Despereaux Hans Brinker The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes The Twenty-One Balloons The City of Ember Incident at Hawk s Hill Gone Away Lake The Melendy Quartet (4 titles) Thimble Summer Ginger Pye The Black Stallion The Ranger s Apprentice series (9 titles in Am. editions) The Whipping Boy The One-Eyed Cat The Slave Dancer My Family Shall Be Free: The Life of Peter Still The Diary of A Young Girl Life and Death of Crazy Horse Igraine the Brave Inkheart Inkspell Inkdeath Julie of the Wolves My Side of the Mountain On the Far Side of the Mountain Lily s Crossing Cheaper by the Dozen Old Yeller The Wind in the Willows Philip Hall Likes Me I Reckon Maybe Summer of My German Soldier

7 Grogan, John Gunderson, Megan Gutman, Dan Gutman, Dan Gutman, Dan Hale, Shannon Hale, Shannon Hale, Shannon Hale, Shannon Hamilton, Virginia Henry, Marguerite Herriot, James Hesse, Karen Hiaasen, Carl Hiaasen, Carl Hobbs, Will Holm, Jennifer Horvath, Polly Houston, Jeanne Hunt, Irene Hunt, Irene Hunter, Erin Ibbotson, Eva Marley and Me Jeff Kinney Abner & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure Satch & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure The Homework Machine Book of a Thousand Days Princess Academy River Secrets The Goose Girl The Planet of Junior Brown Justin Had a Horse All Creatures Great and Small Letters from Rifka Flush Hoot Down the Yukon Our Only May Amelia Everything on a Wafffle Farewell to Manzanar No Promises in the Wind The Lottery Rose Warriors Field Guide: Secrets of the Class Any title EXCEPT The Great Ghost Rescue Redwall Taggerung: A Tale from Redwall Mossflower Mattimeo Mariel of Redwall Salamandostron Martin the Warrior Outcast of Redwall The Legend of Luke The Bellmaker Loamhedge Eulalia! Triss High Rhulain Doomwyte

8 The Long Patrol Juster, Norton The Phantom Toolbooth Kindl, Patrice Goose Chase The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary Diary of a Wimpy Kid Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth Knight, Eric Lassie Come Home Konigsburg, E.L. The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place Konigsburg, E.L. The View from Saturday L Engle, Madeleine Meet the Austins L Engle, Madeleine Troubling a star Lauber, Patricia Lost Star, The Story of Amelia Earhart Lawloc, Laurie Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit Lewis, C.S. Any of The Chronicles of Narnia (7 titles) Heat Summer Ball The Big Field Travel Team Hero Hot Hand Long Shot Shoot-Out Two-Minute Drill The Batboy Million-Dollar Throw Safe at Home MacHale, D.J. The Light: Morpheus Road Marshall, Catherine Christy Mikaelsen, Ben Rescue Josh McGuire Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, L.M. Anne of the Island Morley, Walt Gentle Ben Muchamore, Robert The Cherub Series (11 in series) Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Shiloh O Dell, Scott Sing Down the Moon

9 Oppel, Kenneth Oppel, Kenneth Oppel, Kenneth Oppel, Kenneth Orlev, Uri Orlev, Uri Orlev, Uri Orlev, Uri Patterson, James Perkins, Lynne Rae Petersen, P. J. Pullman, Philip Pullman, Philip Pyle, Howard Raskin, Ellen Rawlings, Marjorie Rawls, Wilson Reiss, Johanna Richter, C. Rinaldi, Ann Riordan, Rick Robinson, Sharon Rowling, J.K. Rylant, Cynthia Rylant, Cynthia Severance, John B. Sewell, Anna Shepard, Sara Speare, Elizabeth George Speare, Elizabeth George Spinelli, J. Darkwing Firewing Silverwing Sunwing Run, Boy, Run The Man from the Other Side The Song of Whales Lydia, Queen of Palestine Any Maximum Ride series Dogsong Guts The Foxman The Island The Quilt Woodsong Criss Cross WhiteWater His Dark Materials trilogy (3 titles) The Scarecrow and His Servant The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood The Westing Game The Yearling The Summer of the Monkeys The Upstairs Room The Light in the Forest Wolf by the Ears The Percy Jackson Series Jackie s Nine: Jackie Robinson s Values to Live By any Harry Potter book (7 titles) A Fine White Dust Missing May Gandhi, Great Soul Black Beauty Pretty Little Liars Club series The Sign of the Beaver The Witch of Blackbird Pond Knots in My YoYo String

10 Spyri, J. Stevenson, R. L. Stevenson, Robert Louis Stewart, Mary Tolan, Stephanie S. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Voigt, Cynthia Voigt, Cynthia Wallace, Bill Laura Ingalls Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wrede, Patricia Wrede, Patricia Yep, Laurence Tracie Vaughn Zindel, Paul Zusak, Markus Heidi Treasure Island Kidnapped The Crystal Cave Surviving the Applewhites The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings trilogy (3 titles) A Solitary Blue Homecoming Red Dog Wilder, Farmer Boy The Long Winter Dealing with Dragons Dragon s Fire Dragonwings Zimmer, Reaching for Sun The Pigman The Book Thief

11 Saint James Middle School School Year Requirements This reading guide is intended to provide an overview of the reading program for grade 6. Beginning this year, families do NOT need to purchase the required outside novels because the school will provide these novels as part of your child s tuition. 6 th Grade The Island on Bird Street Uri Orlev Crispin: The Cross of Lead Required AR Reading Students will read at least one approved AR-listed book each quarter during the school year. They will take an AR test on each book read, and the grade will count as a major grade in vocabulary class. Students have the option of reading more than one book per quarter in an effort to improve the test scores. R.E.A.D. Requirements Students who choose Reading Enrichment and Discovery (R.E.A.D.) for their elective class will be assigned a variety of books including Newbery Award winners. Students have an opportunity to complete the majority of the reading for this class during elective period. Some selections are provided to students through a classroom set while others will need to be purchased. A list of books to be purchased will be given to the students in class.