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Grade 6 Summer ReadingRequired Reading?All students must read:?Number the Stars?by Lois Lowry (Newbery Winner)Title available in paperback and as an e-book. MCPL has 46 copies.?Recommended ReadingRealistic Fiction / MysteryI Kill the Mockingbird – Paul AcamporaChasing Vermeer (trilogy) - Blue BalliettThe Penderwicks (series) - Jeanne BirdsallMasterpiece – Elise BroachMoo (other titles) - Sharon CreechRaymie Nightingale – Kate Di CamilloLondon Eye Mystery - Siobhan DowdOut of My Mind - Sharon M. DraperAbsolutely Truly – Heather FrederickSpace Case (series and other series) – Stuart GibbsAbsolutely Almost – Lisa GraffMy Louisiana Sky - Kimberly Willis HoltFish in a Tree – Lynda HuntRoller Girl (graphic novel) – Victoria JamiesonThe Great Greene Heist (sequel) – Varian JohnsonRules - Cynthia LordThe Only Game (series) – Mike LupicaRain Reign – Ann MartinJeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life – Wendy MassWonder (sequel)– R.J. PalacioHatchet (series) - Gary PaulsenPaint the Wind - Pam M. RyanThe Mysterious Benedict Society (series) - Trenton Lee StewartHistorical FictionThe Shakespeare Stealer (trilogy) - Gary BlackwoodThe War That Saved My Life (Newbery) – Kimberly BradleyStella by Starlight – Sharon DraperThe Black Stallion (series) – Walter FarleyLily’s Crossing (Newbery)(series)– Patricia Reilly GiffNathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales (graphic novel)(series) – Nathan HaleOur Only May Amelia (Newbery) (sequel) - Jennifer HolmHero on a Bicycle – Shirley HughesThe Thieves of Ostia (Roman Mysteries series) - Caroline LawrenceAnne of Green Gables (series) – L. M. MontgomeryKensuke’s Kingdom (other titles)- Michael MorpurgoIsland of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O’DellOn the Wings of Heroes – Richard PeckThe Upstairs Room - Johanna ReissRoll of Thunder Hear My Cry (Newbery)(trilogy) - Mildred TaylorFantasy/Myths/Fables/FolkloreThe One and Only Ivan ( Newbery) - Katherine ApplegateTuck Everlasting - Natalie BabbittCircus Mirandus – Cassie BeasleyThe Iron Trial (sequel) – Holly BlackFlunked (series) – Jen CalonitaThe Land of Stories (series) – Chris ColferThe Illiad –Gillian CrossRanger’s Apprentice (series) - John FlanaganInkheart (series) - Conelia FunkeThe Gammage Cup (Newbery) - Carol KendallSavvy (trilogy) - Ingrid LawElla Enchanted (other titles) – Gail Carson LevineThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (series) - C.S. LewisWhere the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery)(series) – Grace LinBliss (series) – Kathryn LittlewoodA Snicker of Magic - Natalie LloydThe Door by the Staircase – Katherine Marsh11 Birthdays (series) – Wendy MassPercy Jackson and the Olympians (series and all other series) - Rick RiordanHarry Potter (series) - J.K. RowlingA Series of Unfortunate Events (series) – Lemony SnicketThe Egypt Game (newbery) (sequel) – Zilpha Keatley SnyderThe Secret Keepers – Trenton Lee StewartOdysseus in the Serpent Maze - Jane Yolen & Robert J. HarrisAutobiography/Biography/NonfictionTerrible Typhoid Mary – Susan Campbell BartolettiEscape! The Story of the Great Houdini - Sid FleischmanGive Me Liberty (other titles) – Russell FreedmanThe Endless Steppe - Esther HautzigThe Story of Salt - Mark KurlanskyUntamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall – Anita SilveyThe Frog Scientist (Any of the Scientists in the Field series) - Pamela S. TurnerBig Top Burning – Laura WoollettFor the first week of school, Sixth Graders are asked to:1. Have read?three?books -?one?required and at least?two?others from the recommended list.2. Be prepared to discuss and take a quiz in class on the required book,?Number the Stars?by Lois Lowry.3. Turn in a one-page typed report for?each?of the two other books from the recommended reading list. Half of the page should be a summary. The other half should include reactions, thoughts, and feelings about the book.4. Turn in a list of all summer reading signed by parents. Include the title and author of each selection.Grade 7 Summer ReadingRequired Reading?All students must read:?A Long Walk to Water?by Linda Sue Park?Title available in paperback and as an e-book. MCPL has 32 copies.Recommended Reading?Realistic Fiction/ MysteryClose to Famous – Jane BauerMy name is Parvana (series) - Deborah EllisThe Honest Truth – Dan GeimeinhartMy Side of the Mountain (series) – Jean Craighead GeorgeSpy School (series and other series) – Stuart GibbsLost in the Sun – Lisa GraffNew Kid (other titles) – Tim GreenTheodore Boone (series) – John GrishamThe Outsiders - S.E. Hinton?One for the Murphys – Lynda HuntFish in a Tree – Lynda HuntListen, Slowly – Thanhha LaiFast Break (series) – Mike LupicaA Mango-shaped Space (other titles) – Wendy MassGreenglass House – Kate Milford The Red Pencil – Andrea PinkneyMurder Is Bad Manners (series) – Robin StevensWolf Hollow – Lauren WolkHistorical FictionFever 1793 - Laurie AndersonAl Capone Does My Shirts (series) – Gennifer CholdenkoChasing Secrets - Gennifer CholdenkoSecrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier - Ying Chang CompestineThe Ballad of Lucy Whipple - Karen CushmanHomesick, My Own Story - Jean FritzSalt – Helen FrostDead End in Norvelt (Newbery) - Jack GantosThe Great Trouble – Deborah HopkinsonCracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam - Cynthia KadohataWeedflower - Cynthia KadohataLions of Little Rock – Kristin LevineLittle White Duck: A Childhood in China (graphic novel) – Andres MartinezWar Horse – Michael MorpurgoA Single Shard - Linda Sue ParkWhen My Name Was Keoko - Linda Sue ParkHeart of a Samurai (Newbery)(sequel) – Margi PreusThe Case of the Missing Marquess: an Enola Holmes Mystery (series) - Nancy SpringerThe Romeo and Juliet Code (sequel) – Phoebe StoneMoon Over Manifest (Newbery) - Clare Vanderpool?Paperboy (Newbery) – Vince VawterFantasy/Myths/FolkloreNick of Time - Ted BellJinx (series) – Sage BlackwoodRanger’s Apprentice (series) - John FlanaganPrincess Academy (other titles) - Shannon Hale13 Treasures (series)- Michelle HarrisonWarriors (series) - Erin HunterBeauty - Robin McKinleyKeys to the Kingdom (series) - Garth NixThe Boundless – Kenneth OpelThe Nest – Kenneth OpelEragon (series) – Christopher PaoliniArcher’s Quest – Linda Sue ParkPax – Sarah PennypackerPercy Jackson’s Greek Gods (other titles) - Rick RiordanEcho: A Novel – Pam Nunoz RyanSecrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (series) - Michael ScottThe Silver Bowl - Diane StanleyEmerald Atlas (trilogy) – John StephensThe Bartimaeus Trilogy - Jonathan StroudDemon Dentist (other titles) – David WalliamsClassicsWatership Down - Richard Adams?The Odyssey – Gillian CrossGris Grimly’s Tales from the Brothers Grimm – Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmAcross Five Aprils (Newbery) – Irene HuntThe Jungle Book - Rudyard KiplingThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark TwainAround the World in Eighty Days - Jules VerneThe Sword in the Stone - T. H. WhiteAutobiography/Biography/NonfictionTrapped – Marc AronsonEmancipation Proclamation – Tonya BoldenBoys in the Boat (Young Readers Edition) – James BrownPresenting Buffalo Bill – Candace FlemingCheaper by the Dozen (sequel) – Frank GilbrethTitanic: Voices from the Disaster - Deborah HopkinsonThe Mysterious Universe (Any of the Scientists In The Field series) - Ellen B. Jackson?Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution - Ji-li JiangAn American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever of 1793 - Jim Murphy The Great Fire – Jim MurphyBomb (Newbery) – Steve SheinkinPort Chicago 50 – Steve SheinkinTeam Moon, How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon - Catherine ThimmeshBrown Girl Dreaming (Newbery) – Jacqueline WoodsonI Am Malala (Young Readers Edition) – Malala YousafzaiFor the first week of school, Seventh Graders are asked to:1. Have read?three?books -?one?required and at least?two?others from the recommended list.2. Be prepared to discuss and take a quiz in class on the required book,?A Long Walk to Water?by Linda Sue Park.3. Turn in a one-page typed report for?each?of the two other books from the recommended reading list. Half of the page should be a summary. The other half should include reactions, thoughts, and feelings about the book.4. Turn in a list of all summer reading signed by parents. Include the title and author of each selection.8th Grade Summer ReadingRequired Reading?All students must read:?The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen. If you wish, you may read the trilogy!This title is available in paperback and as an e-book. MCPL has 73 copies.Recommended Reading?Realistic Fiction/MysteryCrossover (Newbery) (sequel) – Kwame AlexanderThe Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place – Julie BerryHeist Society (series) – Ally CarterCat Among the Pigeons (other titles) – Agatha ChristieMockingbird - Kathryn Erskine?Rush for the Gold (other titles) – Rush FeinsteinBelly Up (series) – Stuart GibbsSpy School (series) – Stuart GibbsOlive’s Ocean - Kevin HenkesHoot – Carl HiaasenEvery Soul A Star (other titles) – Wendy MassScorpions - Walter Dean MyersEye of the Crow (other titles) – Shane PeacockA Girl Called Problem – Katie QuirkCounting by 7s – Holly SloanStargirl (sequel)- Jerry SpinelliThe Pearl - John SteinbeckHomecoming (series) – Cynthia VoigtHistorical FictionLittle Women (series) - Louisa May AlcottChains (series) - Laurie Halse AndersonThe Boy Who Dared - Susan Campbell BartolettiThe Boy in Striped Pajamas – John BoyneStay Where You Are and Then Leave – John BoyneCaminar – Skila BrownUnder a War-Torn Sky (sequel) – L.M. ElliottJohnny Tremain (Newbery) – Esther ForbesJason’s Gold - Will HobbsAcross Five Aprils (Newbery)- Irene HuntA Million Shades of Gray - Cynthia KadohataHattie Big Sky (sequel) - Kirby LarsonA Soldier’s Secret – Marissa MossMira’s Diary – Marissa MossA Long Way from Chicago (Newbery) – Richard PeckCriss Cross (Newbery) – Lynne Rae PerkinsBefore the Creeks Ran Red - Carolyn ReederThe Hired Girl – Laura Amy SchlitzLizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy - Gary D. SchmidtRoll of Thunder Hear My Cry (Newbery)(series) - Mildred TaylorClimbing the Stairs - Padma VenkatramanMy Family for the War (Newbery) - Anne C. VoorhoeveFantasy and MythThe Night Gardener – Jonathan AuxierThe Seeing Stone (trilogy) - Kevin Crossley-HollandThe Ear, the Eye and the Arm (Newbery) - Nancy FarmerKon Tiki - Thor HeyerdahlStormbreaker (Alex Rider series) – Anthony HorowitzAirborn (trilogy) - Kenneth OppelPercy Jackson’s Greek Gods (sequel) – Rick RiordonEcho: A Novel – Pam Munoz RyanThe Riverman (trilogy) - Aaron StarmerFirst Light - Rebecca SteadThe Lord of the Rings (series) - J.R.R. TolkienThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland (series) – Catherynne Valente20,000 Leagues under the Sea - Jules VerneAutobiography/Biography/?NonfictionBoys in the Boat (Young Readers Edition) - James BrownThe Silent Spring - Rachel CarsonThe Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat (YA Ed.) - adapted by Richie ChevatGood Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth - James Cross GiblinThe Many Rides of Paul Revere - James Cross GiblinThe Boys Who Challenged Hitler – Phillip HooseFatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary – Gail JarrowYears of Dust: the Story of the Dust Bowl - Albert MarrinBlack Diamond: Story of Negro Baseball Leagues - Patricia McKissackBlizzard! The Storm That Changed America - Jim MurphyBomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-The World’s Most Dangerous Weapon - Steve SheinkinMost Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War - Steve SheinkinThe Notorious Benedict Arnold - Steve SheinkinUndefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team – Steve SheinkinChasing Lincoln's Killer - James SwansonI Am Malala (YA Edition) – Malala YousafzaiFor the first week of school, Eighth Graders are asked to:1. Have read?three?books -?one?required and at least?two?others.2. Be prepared to discuss and take a quiz in class on the required book,?The False Prince?(Book One of the Ascendance Trilogy) by Jennifer A. Nielsen.3. Turn in a one-page typed report for?each?of the two other books from the recommended reading list. Half of the page should be a summary. The other half should include reactions, thoughts, and feelings about the book.4. Turn in a list of all summer reading signed by parents. 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