Incoming 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Summer Reading List

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Listed below are the summer reading books for students entering grade 8

Books Author Reading Level
Crash Jerry Spinelli 3.6
Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Myers 6.5
Hoops Walter Dean Myers 4.6
True Believer Virginia Wolff 5.2
Holes Louis Sachar 4.6

Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story

Perl/Lazan 7.3
Driver's Ed Caroline B. Cooney 4.6
Seedfolks Paul Fleischman 4.3

Listed below are the summer reading books for students entering grade 7

Books Author Reading Level
Across Five Aprils Irene hunt 6.6
April Morning Howard Fast 6.1
Windcatcher AVI 4.0
Jacob, Have I Loved Katherine Patterson 5.7
The Pigman Paul Zindell 5.5
Space Station Seventh Grade Jerry Spinelli 4.8
White Fang Jack London 7.4
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor 5.7
Night Elie Wiessel 4.8
The Island Gary Paulson 5.7
Kon Tiki Thor Heyerdahl 8.0

Listed below are the summer reading books for students entering grade 6

Books Author Reading Level
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 4.7
Watsons Go To Burmingham Christopher Curtis 5.0
M.C. Higgins the Great Virginia Hamilton 4.4
Sounder William Armstrong 5.3
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Jester 6.7
Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket 6.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We encourage your child to read often this summer. See you in August!!