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Summer Reading for incoming 6th Grade – 2018Required Reading: Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (reprinted 2006) Pick one of the books below and read over the summer. Go to your local library before consider purchasing. Take notes to help you be prepared to complete an activity the first week of school. Smile - by Raina Telgemeier ?2010 Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth, and what follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly. This coming-of-age true story is sure to resonate with anyone who has ever been in middle school, and especially those who have ever had a bit of their own dental drama. Age Range 10-12 Years Grade Level 5 – 7Close to Famous – Joan Bauer ?2011 Twelve-year-old Foster dreams of growing up to become a celebrity chef despite her reading disability. Can the quirky townsfolk of tiny Culpepper help Foster succeed? Age Range: 10 - 14 Years Grade Level: 5 - 8 Dead End in Norvelt – Jack Gantos ?2011 In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses. Newbery Medal Book Age Range: 10 - 14 Years Grade Level: 5 – 8 Dorko the Magnificent – Andrea Beaty ?2013 Robbie Darko is a magician. An old-school, pull-a-rabbit-out-of-your-hat-style magician. Robbie loves magic and he’s good at it—sort of. Despite his best efforts, passion, and practice, something always goes wrong with his tricks, landing Robbie in trouble. Enter crotchety Grandma Melvyn, who calls everyone “Trixie” and complains about everything. Age Range: 8 - 12 Years Grade Level: 3 – 7Double Identity – Margaret Peterson Haddix ?2007 As Bethany approaches her thirteenth birthday, her parents act more oddly than usual. Her mother cries constantly, and her father barely lets Bethany out of his sight. Then one morning he hustles the entire family into the car, drives across several state lines -- and leaves Bethany with an aunt she never knew existed. Age Range: 10 - 14 Years Grade Level: 5 – 8 The Manatee Scientists: Saving Vulnerable Species – Peter Lourie ?2011 In The Manatee Scientists, John Reynolds does an aerial count of manatees from the Florida sky; Lucy Keith spends a weekend rescuing manatees trapped in a dam in Senegal; and Fernando Rosas takes the author on an Amazonian boat trip, looking for a young manatee he released back into the wild, with emotional results. Age Range: 10 – 12 Years Grade Level: 5 – 7 MWaiting for Normal – Leslie Connor ?2010 Addie is waiting for normal. But Addie's mother has an all-or-nothing approach to life: a food fiesta or an empty pantry, her way or no way. All-or-nothing never adds up to normal, and it can't bring Addie all to home, where she wants to be with her half-sisters. But Addie never stops hoping that one day, maybe, she'll find normal. Schneider Family Book Award Age Range: 8 - 12 Years Grade Level: 5 – Up Water Castle – Megan Frazer Blakemore ?2014 Ephraim Appledore-Smith is an ordinary boy, and up until his father's stroke he lived an ordinary life. But all that changes when his family moves to the Water Castle―their ancestral home in the small town of Crystal Springs. Age Range: 9 – 12 Years Grade Level: 4 - 8 ................
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