7 and 8 Grade Hunter Middle School Non-Fiction Book Suggestions ...
7 and 8 Grade Hunter Middle School Non-Fiction Book Suggestions ...
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7 th <strong>and</strong> 8 th <strong>Grade</strong> <strong>Hunter</strong> <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Non</strong>-<strong>Fiction</strong> <strong>Book</strong> <strong>Suggestions</strong><br />
Summer 2012<br />
Directions: All students must read a MINIMUM of THREE books on their level during the summer prior to entering the<br />
7 th or 8 th grade. One book should be from the Summer <strong>Book</strong> Club Reading List, the second should be a fiction book of<br />
choice, <strong>and</strong> the third should be a non-fiction book of choice. A fourth book can be completed for extra credit. Students<br />
who complete five or more books <strong>and</strong> the corresponding assignments will be able to participate in <strong>Hunter</strong> <strong>Middle</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>’s “Summer Reading Celebration” in the fall. There are corresponding assignments to complete with each<br />
book. These assignments, as well as the summer book club list <strong>and</strong> suggested fiction titles list, can be found on our<br />
website (www.hunterhawks.net). The following non-fiction books are suggestions, we encourage students to read books<br />
that they are interested in, but it is also important for students to read books on their level. You do not have to read from<br />
this list if you have a non-fiction book in mind. Most of our non-fiction book list is leveled from easiest to most<br />
difficult; however some are not leveled. If you are unsure of your reading level, or the level of a particular<br />
book remember this tip:<br />
TIP: Remember the five finger rule. If you open a book to any page <strong>and</strong> make five or more mistakes while<br />
reading the page, the book is probably too hard for you. READ ON YOUR LEVEL.<br />
*Parents/Guardians: We strongly encourage you to be involved in your child’s book choices. <strong>Book</strong>s vary in level<br />
<strong>and</strong> content, please help your child make appropriate choices as this list accommodates the diversity of middle<br />
school readers.<br />
The following list was suggested by <strong>Hunter</strong> <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>School</strong> students in 2012:<br />
Sadoko <strong>and</strong> the Thous<strong>and</strong> Cranes Eleanor Coerr KLM<br />
Life In The Marines R. Kennedy NOPQ<br />
They Had A Dream Jules Archer N – Z<br />
“Who Was” Series Various Authors RSTU<br />
Oh Rats! Albert Marrin/Mordan UVW<br />
Please Stop Laughing At Me Jodee Blanco UVW<br />
Heaven Is For Real Todd Burpo XYZ<br />
Diary of Anne Frank<br />
XYZ<br />
Victory In The Pacific Albert Marrin XYZ<br />
Hitler Youth Susan Campbell Bartolletti XYZ<br />
We Are Witnesses Jacob Boas XYZ<br />
Killing Lincoln<br />
Bill O’Reilly/Martin Dugard XYZ<br />
Tim Tebow: Through My Eyes Tim Tebow/Whitaker XYZ<br />
Warriors Don’t Cry Melba Pattillo Beals XYZ<br />
The Boy Who Dared Susan Bartoletti Y<br />
Night Elie Wiesel Z<br />
A Child Called It Dave Pelzer Z+<br />
The following titles are listed in order from easiest reading lexile level to a more difficult reading lexile<br />
level. Please remember this tip if selecting one of these books:<br />
TIP: Remember the five finger rule. If you open a book to any page <strong>and</strong> make five or more mistakes while<br />
reading the page, the book is probably too hard for you. READ ON YOUR LEVEL.<br />
Hang a Thous<strong>and</strong> Trees With Ribbons: (PhillisWheatly)<br />
Guilty by a Hair: Real-Life DNA Matches<br />
Hana's Suitcase: A True Story<br />
Eyes in the Sky: Satellite Spies Are Watching You<br />
Killer Lipstick: And Other Spy Gadgets<br />
Micro Spies: Spy Planes the Size of Birds<br />
Ann Rinaldi<br />
Anna Prokos<br />
Karen Levine<br />
Lisa Jo Rudy<br />
Don Rauf<br />
Lisa Jo Rudy
Bioterror: Deadly Invisible Weapons<br />
You Have Mail: True Stories of Cybercrime<br />
The Black Death 1347-1350 (pricey)<br />
The Bogeyman<br />
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton<br />
Kids on Strike<br />
Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima<br />
Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice<br />
Warrior's Don't Cry (abridged version)<br />
Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy<br />
Brainstorm!: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors<br />
Going Solo<br />
Lisa Jo Rudy<br />
Wil Mara<br />
Cath Senker<br />
Stephen Krensky<br />
Jean Fritz<br />
Susan Campbell Bartoletti<br />
James Bradley<br />
Phillip Hoose<br />
Melba Beals<br />
Rhoda Blumburg<br />
Tom Tucker<br />
Roald Dahl<br />
The following titles are not leveled. Please<br />
remember this tip when selecting one of these<br />
titles:<br />
TIP: Remember the five finger rule. If you open a book to any<br />
page <strong>and</strong> make five or more mistakes while reading the page, the<br />
book is probably too hard for you. READ ON YOUR LEVEL.<br />
Boy<br />
Davey Crockett: Frontier Legend<br />
Rosa Parks: My Story<br />
Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima<br />
The Double Life of Pocahontas<br />
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared To Dream<br />
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind<br />
Farewell to Manzanar<br />
Red Kayak<br />
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World<br />
The Water Is Wide<br />
An American Plague: (Fever Epidemic 1793)<br />
Women of the American Revolution<br />
Roald Dahl<br />
George Edward Stanley<br />
Rosa Parks<br />
Stephen Walker<br />
Jean Fritz<br />
Tanya Lee Stone<br />
Kamkwamba/ Mealer<br />
Jeanne Wakatsuki<br />
Priscilla Cummings<br />
Jennifer Armstrong<br />
Pat Conroy<br />
Jim Murphy<br />
Jeanee Munn Bracken (ed.)
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