Summer Reading List 6th - 8th Grade - St. Matthew's Parish School
Summer Reading List 6th - 8th Grade - St. Matthew's Parish School
Summer Reading List 6th - 8th Grade - St. Matthew's Parish School
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Required <strong>Reading</strong><br />
<strong>Grade</strong> 6<br />
Breaking Through Francisco Jimenez<br />
The Circuit Francisco Jimenez<br />
<strong>Grade</strong> 7<br />
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton<br />
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain<br />
The Adventures of Huckleberry<br />
Finn<br />
<strong>Grade</strong> 8<br />
Mark Twain<br />
Uncle Tomʼs Cabin Harriet Beecher <strong>St</strong>owe<br />
OR<br />
Narrative of the LIfe of Frederick<br />
Douglass<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Matthew’s <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>Summer</strong><br />
<strong>Reading</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />
<strong>6th</strong> - <strong>8th</strong><br />
<strong>Grade</strong><br />
Research has shown that regardless of other activities the best<br />
predictor of summer loss or summer gain is whether or not a child<br />
reads consistently. Furthermore, children who continue to read<br />
during summer vacation perform better in the fall when school<br />
resumes. Our goal at <strong>St</strong>. Matthew’s is to have children experience<br />
the joy of reading good books during the summer and all<br />
year long.<br />
<strong>St</strong>udents entering <strong>Grade</strong>s 6-8 will have the following required<br />
reading. In addition to the titles listed below, they must read at<br />
least one or more books (or books of comparable length and reading<br />
level) from the following list. <strong>St</strong>udents entering <strong>8th</strong> <strong>Grade</strong><br />
should NOT read A Day No Pigs Would Die, The Old Man and the<br />
Sea, Animal Farm, The Lord of the Flies, The Chocolate War, The<br />
Crucible, Romeo and Juliet, and The Catcher in the Rye, as they<br />
will be reading them in class.<br />
Frederick Douglass<br />
+ INDICATES CONTENT REQUIRES PARENTAL APPROVAL OR THE<br />
BOOK IS FOR ADVANCED READERS.<br />
AUTHOR TITLE<br />
Adams, Richard Watership Down+<br />
Alcott, Louis May Little Women+<br />
Allende, Isabel City of the Beasts<br />
Anderson, Laurie Halse Fever, 1793+<br />
Anderson, Laurie Halse Forge<br />
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice+<br />
Barrett, William E. The Lilies of The Field+<br />
Bauer, Joan Best Foot Forward<br />
Bauer, Joan Hope Was Here<br />
Bauer, Joan Rules of the Road<br />
AUTHOR TITLE<br />
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre+<br />
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights+<br />
Card, Orson Scott Enderʼs Game Series<br />
Cather, Willa My Antonia+<br />
Childs, Tera Lynn Oh. My. Gods.<br />
Chima, Cinda Williams The Warrior Heir Series<br />
Clayton, Emma The Roar<br />
Collins, Suzanne Hunger Gamers Series+<br />
Condie, Allyson Matched<br />
Cooper, Susan The Dark is Rising Series<br />
Dasher, James The Maze Runner Series<br />
Defoe,Daniel Robinson Crusoe<br />
Du Maurier, Daphne Rebecca+<br />
Dickens, Charles David Copperfield+<br />
Dickens, Charles Great Expectations +<br />
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan The Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock<br />
Holmes<br />
Dumas, Alexander The Count of Monte Cristo<br />
Dumas, Alexander The Three Musketeers<br />
Ellis, Deborah The Breadwinner<br />
Farmer, Nancy The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm<br />
Farmer, Nancy The House of the Scorpion<br />
Farmer, Nancy The Sea of Trolls<br />
Flanagan, John The Rangerʼs Apprentice Series<br />
Frank, Annne Anne Frank: A Diary of a Young Girl<br />
Freedman, Russell The Wright Brothers: How They invented<br />
the Airplane<br />
Funke, Cornelia Inkheart<br />
Funke, Cornelia The Thief Lord<br />
Gamtos, Jack Dead End in Norvelt<br />
Garcia, Kami Beautiful Creatures Series<br />
Gidwitz, Adam A Tale Dark and Grimm<br />
Gilman, David The Devilʼs Breath<br />
Grealey, Lucy Autobiography of a Face+<br />
Gunther, John Death Be Not Proud (nonfiction)<br />
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Uprising<br />
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog at<br />
Nighttime +<br />
Hale, Shannon Books of Bayern Series<br />
Harris, Joanne Chocolat+<br />
Hautzig, Esther The Endless <strong>St</strong>eppe: Growing up in<br />
Siberia (nonfiction)<br />
Hayes, Daniel The Trouble with Lemons<br />
Henkes, Kevin Oliveʼs Ocean<br />
Hiassen, Carl Flush<br />
Hiassen, Carl Hoot<br />
Hinton, S.E. That Was Then, This Is Now<br />
Hobbs, Will Jasonʼs Gold<br />
Holm, Jennifer L. Our Only May Amelia<br />
Holt, Kimberly Willis When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
AUTHOR TITLE<br />
Horowitz, Anthony Alex Rider Adventure Series<br />
Horowitz, Anthony Gatekeepers Series<br />
Horvath, Polly Everything on a Waffle<br />
Ibbotson, Eva The Secret of Platform 13<br />
Ibbotson, Eva The <strong>St</strong>ar of Kazan<br />
Ingold, Jeanette The Big Burn<br />
Jacques, Brian Redwall Series<br />
Keller, Helen The <strong>St</strong>ory of My Life (nonfiction)<br />
Kelly, Jacqueline The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate<br />
Kennedy, John F. Profiles in Courage (nonfiction)<br />
Kerr, P.B. One Small <strong>St</strong>ep<br />
Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon+<br />
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees+<br />
Klise, Kate Deliver us from Normal<br />
Knowles, John A Separate Peace+<br />
Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil<br />
E. Frankweiler<br />
Konigsburg, E.L. The View From Saturday<br />
Konigsburg, E. L. A Proud Taste for Scarlet & Miniver<br />
Lane, Andrew Death Cloud<br />
Landy, Derek Skulduggery Pleasant Series<br />
Larson, Kirby Hattie Big Sky<br />
Levine, Gail Carson Ella Enchanted<br />
Lion, Melissa Upstream+<br />
London, Jack White Fang+<br />
Lowry, Lois A <strong>Summer</strong> to Die<br />
Lowry, Lois Gathering Blue<br />
Lowry, Lois The Giver<br />
Lowry, Lois Messenger<br />
Lu, Marie Legend<br />
Lupica, Mike The Batboy<br />
Lupica, Mike Million Dollar Throw<br />
Magorian, Michelle Good Night, Mr. Tom<br />
Mass, Wendy A Mango-Shaped Space<br />
McKinley, Robin The Blue Sword+<br />
McKissack, Patricia The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of<br />
the Supernatural<br />
Melling, O.R. The Hunterʼs Moon+<br />
Meyer, L.A. The Curse of the Blue Tattoo<br />
Mitchell, Margaret Gone with the Wind+<br />
Morpurgo, Michael Private Peaceful<br />
Murphy, Jim The Great Fire<br />
Owen, James Here There Be Dragons+<br />
Paolini, Christopher Inheritance series+<br />
Park, Linda Sue A Single Shard+<br />
Paterson, Katherine Jacob Have I Loved<br />
Patterson, James Maximum Ride Series<br />
Paver, Michelle Chronicles of Ancient Darkness<br />
Peck, Richard A Long Way From Chicago<br />
Peck, Richard A Year Down Yonder<br />
AUTHOR TITLE<br />
Peck, Richard The River Between Us<br />
Pierce, Tamora The Immortals fantasy Series<br />
Poe, Edgar Allan Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery<br />
and Madness<br />
Pullman, Phillp The Amber Spyglass+<br />
Pullman, Phillp The Golden Compass+<br />
Pullman, Phillp The Subtle Knife+<br />
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan The Yearling+<br />
Remarque, Erich Maria All Quiet on the Western Front+<br />
Riordan, Rick Percy Jackson & the Olympians<br />
Series<br />
Ritter, John The Boy Who Saved Baseball<br />
Roberts, Kristi My Thirteenth Season<br />
Rorby, Ginny Hurt Go Happy+<br />
Roth, Veronica Divergent<br />
Scott, Michael The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas<br />
Flamel<br />
Shusterman, Neal Everlost+<br />
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein+<br />
Spinelli, Jerry Milkweed+<br />
Spinelli, Jerry <strong>St</strong>argirl<br />
<strong>St</strong>einbeck, John East of Eden+<br />
<strong>St</strong>einbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath<br />
<strong>St</strong>evenson, Robert Louis The <strong>St</strong>range Case of Dr. Jekyll and<br />
Mr. Hyde<br />
<strong>St</strong>iefvater, Maggie The Scorpio Races<br />
<strong>St</strong>oker, Bram Dracula+<br />
<strong>St</strong>roud, Jonathan Bartimaeus (trilogy)<br />
Verne, Jules 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea+<br />
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine+<br />
Westerfield, Scott Uglies trilogy<br />
Zusak, Markus The Book Thief+
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