READING LIST – ENTERING FIFTH GRADE



READING LIST – ENTERING SIXTH GRADE

Please select one book from the required list and two books from the suggested list and complete a review of each book this summer. Your 3 reviews should be at least 1 page long and should include:

*The author’s name

*The title of the book

*The name of the main character and a brief description of him/her

*A brief summary of the plot of the book

*Your opinion of the book and whether you would recommend it to a friend and why

Book reviews should be neatly written or typed and will be due on the first day of school.

Remember to open with an interesting, attention-grabbing sentence!

Have a wonderful summer and Happy Reading!

Required: Twain *The Prince and the Pauper

or

Stevenson *Kidnapped

Suggested: Alcott Little Women

Armstrong Sounder

Bagnold National Velvet

Blos Brothers of the Heart

Brink Caddie Woodlawn

Cole (ed.) Poem Stew

Crane The Red Badge of Courage

Du Bois The Twenty-One Balloons

Farley The Black Stallion

Fast April Morning

George Julie of the Wolves

Greene Summer of My German Soldier

Kipling Just So Stories

Konigsburg From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil Frankweiler

L’Engle A Ring of Endless Light

London The Call of the Wild

Montgomery Anne of Green Gables

O’Dell Island of the Blue Dolphins

Paterson Lyddie

Paterson Bridge to Terabithia

Porter Pollyanna

Porter A Girl of Limberlost

Sachar Holes

Sewell Black Beauty

Speare The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Speare Sign of the Beaver

Sperry Call It Courage

Stevenson Treasure Island

Taylor Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Taylor The Cay

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