High Rock Summer Reading

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1 High Rock Summer Reading 2018 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 versions of this list List with summaries and book covers - 26 pages - to read online! 2018 Alphabetical list - good version to bring to a library or bookstore. Realistic Fiction Alexander, Kwame. Booked, Crossover, Rebound Benjamin, Ali. The Thing about Jellyfish Conklin, Melanie. Counting Thyme Draper, Sharon. Out of My Mind 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 Moore, David Barclay. The Stars Beneath Our Feet Patterson, James and Chris Grabenstein. I Funny (series) Perez, Celia. The First Rule of Punk 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 (series) Anderson, John David. Mrs. Bixby s Last Day, Posted Asher, Diane. Sidetracked Bauer, Joan. Close to Famous, Almost Home, Soar Buyea, Rob. Because of Mr. Terupt. Mr. Terupt Falls Again, Saving Mr. Terupt Cheng, Jack. See You in the Cosmos Connor, Leslie. Waiting for Normal, The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 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 Kahn, Hena. Amina s Voice Korman, Gordon. Ungifted, Restart Mass, Wendy. Every Soul a Star, A Mango Shaped Space Mosier, Paul. Train I Ride

2 Historical Fiction Gratz, Alan. Refugee. Jackson, Linda Williams. Midnight without a Moon, Sky Full of Stars Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate 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 (trilogy) Yelchin, Eugene. Breaking Stalin s Nose Bradley, Kim. The War that Saved My Life, The War I Finally Won Burg, Ann. Unbound Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts (series) Gantos, Jack. Dead End in Norvelt, From Norvelt to Nowhere Hayles, Marsha. The Breathing Room Holm, Jennifer. Trouble in Paradise, Full of Beans Hopkinson, Deborah. The Great Trouble Levine, Kristin. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had, Lions of Little Rock Nielsen, Jennifer. A Night Divided Wiles, Deborah. Countdown, Revolution Williams-Garcia, Rita. One Crazy Summer. P.S. Be 11, Gone Crazy in Alabama Fantasy Anderson, Jody. My Diary from the Edge of the World Anderson, John. Sidekicked, Minion Bacon, Lee. Joshua Dread (series) Baptiste, Tracey. The Jumbies, The Rise of the Jumbies Barnhill, Kelly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon DasGupta, Sayantani. The Serpent s Secret Flanagan, John. Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger s Apprentice series) Brotherband Chronicles (series) Hale, Shannon. The Goose Girl (Bayern series) Lin, Grace. When the Sea Turned to Silver (any in trilogy.) Messenger, Shannon. Keeper of the Lost Cities (series) Nielsen, Jennifer. The False Prince (Ascendance trilogy) Sands, Kevin. The Blackthorn Key (series) Stroud, Jonathan. Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus series) Townsend, Jessica. Nevermoor. The Trials of Morrigan Crow Black, Holly. The Iron Trials (series) Cody, Matthew. Powerless, Super, Villainous Gidwitz, Adam. A Tale Dark and Grimm (trilogy) Hale, Shannon and Dean Hale. Rapunzel s Revenge also Calamity Jack Hoffman, Alice. Nightbird Magoon, Kekla. Shadows of Sherwood : Rebellion of Thieves (series) McMann, Lisa. The Unwanteds, Dragon Quest (series) Stroud, Jonathan. The Screaming Staircase (series) 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 Forde, Patricia. The List Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Double Identity L Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time (series) Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan (trilogy) Angleberger, Tom and Paul Dellinger. Fuzzy Black, Peter Jay. Urban Outlaws (series) Holyoke, Polly. The Neptune Project ( trilogy) Messner, Kate. Wake Up Missing Reisman, Michael. Simon Bloom, Gravity Keeper (or sequels) Smith, Dan. Boy X Stewart, Trenton Lee. Mysterious Benedict Society (series) Mystery Beatty, Robert. Serafina and the Black Cloak (sequels) Dowd, Siobhan, The London Eye Mystery Gibbs, Stuart. Belly Up. Poached, Big Game, Panda-monium Sands, Kevin. The Blackthorn Key (series) Balliett, Blue. Hold Fast Berry, Julie. The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place. Cody, Matthew. Powerless (trilogy) Hopkinson, Deborah. The Great Trouble Stroud, Jonathan. The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Company series) Turnage, Sheila. Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mystery series) Adventure Anderson, Jody. My Diary from the Edge of the World Beasley, Cassie. Tumble and Blue Frost, Helen. Diamond Willow Horowitz, Anthony. Stormbreaker (series) Kehret, Peg. Stolen Children Smith, Roland. Peak, IQ Series. Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan, Behemoth, and Goliath Black, Peter Jay. Urban Outlaws (series) Grabenstein, Chris. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello s Library (trilogy) Holyoke, Polly. The Neptune Project (trilogy) Jacobsen, Jacobsen. Small As an Elephant Magoon, Kekla. Shadows of Sherwood : a Robyn Hoodlum adventure (Robyn Hoodlum trilogy) Messner, Kate. Wake Up Missing Ancient World: Social Studies Connections Hinds, Gareth. The Odyssey

4 Napoli, Donna Jo. Treasury of Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters, and Mortals 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, Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War Stone, Tanya Lee. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream Turner, Pamela. Samurai Rising : The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune 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 Deem, James. Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and Recovery of the Past Hopkinson, Deborah. Dive! : World War II stories of sailors & submarines in the Pacific Jarrow, Gail. Fatal Fever: Tracking down Typhoid Mary 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, Chasing King s Killer Woollett, Laura A. Big Top Burning : The Story of an Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and the Greatest Show on Earth

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