Reading List, Middle School
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Grade 6 Summer Reading and Guidelines[edit]
The rising 6th graders are required to read at least 3 books for the summer reading assignment.
Requirements:
- 1 Fiction book from the MS section of the library
- Task: Brochure
- 1 Non-fiction book from the MS section of the library
- Task: Book Report
- 1 Free Choice - written in English at your own reading level but does not have to be from the library
Grade 7 Summer Reading and Guidelines[edit]
The rising 7th graders are required to read at least 3 books for the summer reading assignment.
Requirements:
- 1 Fiction book from the MS section of the library
- Task: Brochure
- 1 Non-fiction book from the MS section of the library
- Task: Book Report
- 1 Free Choice - written in English at your own reading level but does not have to be from the library
Please complete the google survey for ALL the books you finish this summer!
Class Goal = 200 Books!
Grade 8 Summer Reading and Guidelines[edit]
8th Grade students: You must read 3 books as described below. Notice how you should submit each one:
1) ONE book from the 8th grade Summer GOR List
- Choose one question to answer in 2-3 paragraphs:
- Describe how the theme of Taking a Stand is seen in one of the characters.
- Describe how South East Asian history is a necessary part of the main plot.
- Explain your expectations at the beginning of the book and how/why you were satisfied or disappointed at the end.
- Go to Google Classroom and open the Class of 2024 (Summer Reading) classroom. Use this code to enter: b87cwy9. Use the attached document in that classroom to type your paragraphs for the first summer reading book you chose.
2) ONE book from the Bible, Math, Science, Social Studies Content List
- To complete the Summer Reading #2 Content Book form:
- Create an A4 size electronic document similar to: this template.
- Fill in the title and author of the book.
- Choose the number of stars that shows your opinion of the book (5=beyond my expectations-WOW! 4=excellent, 3=good, 2=OK), and put that number in the star.
- In the “Let Me Recommend...” box, write 4-5 sentences why you would recommend this book to other 8th grade students.
- Take a picture of you holding the book and insert it in the photo position like the template.
- Fill in your first and last name at the bottom.
- Print your A4 size color document.
- SUBMIT this by bringing it to class during the first week of school.
3) ONE book of your choice, written in English at your own reading level, on or off the 8th grade Summer Reading List
- Complete the Summer Reading #3 Choice Book ticket by completing these:
- Fill in your first and last name.
- Fill in the title of the book and the author’s name.
- Ask your parent to sign after you finish reading the book.
- SUBMIT this by bringing it to class during the first week of school.
Guided Outside Reading List[edit]
"*" Indicates title available in audio format
Author | Title | Call Number |
Abeel, Samantha | My 13th Winter | M B ABE |
Alifirenka, Caitlin | I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two LIves | M 305.235 ALI |
Avi | Nothing but the Truth | M F AVI |
Avi | Seer of Shadows | M F AVI |
Avi | The Traitor’s Gate | M F AVI |
Balliett, Blue | *Chasing Vermeer | J F BAL
J AUD F BAL M F BAL |
Balliett, Blue | *The Wright 3 | J F BAL
M AUD F BAL |
Balliett, Blue | The Calder Game | M F BAL |
Balliett, Blue | Pieces and Players | On Order |
Barnhill, Kelly | The Girl Who Drank the Moon | M F BAR |
Baskin, Nora | Anything but Typical | M F BAS |
Bauer, Joan | *Hope was Here, Close to Famous, Stand Tall | M F BAU
M ONLINE AUDIO |
Blackwood, Gary | Curiosity | M F BLA |
Bond, Gwenda | Lois Lane Fallout | H F BON |
Boyne, John | The Boy at the Top of the Mountain (2017 Sakura book) | M F BOY |
Bradford, Chris | Young Samurai: The Way of the Sword | M F BRA v.2 |
Calonita, Jen | Flunked | On Order |
Clements, Andrew | Things Not Seen | J F CLE |
Cochrane, Mick | The Girl Who Threw Butterflies | M F COC |
Connor, Leslie | Waiting for Normal | M F CON |
Cooney, Caroline B. | If the Witness Lied | M F COO |
Crossan, Sarah | Apple and Rain | M F CRO |
de Quidt, Jeremy | The Toymaker | M F DEQ |
Fenner, Carol | The King of Dragons | M F FEN |
Fitzgerald, Laura Marx | The Gallery | M F FIT |
Funke, Cornelia | Reckless | H F FUN |
Funke, Cornelia | *Thief Lord | J F FUN
M F FUN
M AUD F FUN |
Funke, Cornelia | *Inkheart | J F FUN
M AUD F FUN |
Funke, Cornelia | *Inkspell | J F FUN
M AUD F FUN |
Gordon, Amy | Twenty Gold Falcons | M F GOR |
Grennan, Conor | Little Princes: One Man’s Promise... | M 362.76 GRE |
Grisham, John | The Testament | H F GRI |
Grisham, John | Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer (multiple books) | M F GRI |
Gutwein, Aaron | Take Your Best Shot | M 260.8 GUT |
Heldring, Thatcher | Roy Morelli Steps Up to the Plate | M F HEL |
Henkes, Kevin | Olive’s Ocean | M F HEN |
Hiaasen, Carl | *Flush | M F HIA
M AUD F HIA |
Hiaasen, Carl | *Hoot | M F HIA
M AUD F HIA |
Hoobler, Dorothy | The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn | M F HOO |
Hoose, Phillip | The Boys Who Challenged Hitler | M 940.53 HOO |
Hopkinson, Deborah | The Great Trouble: a Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel | On Order |
Ingold, Jeanette | Paper Daughter | M F ING |
Jacobson, Jennifer R. | Paper Things | M F JAC |
Jacobson, Jennifer R. | Small as an Elephant | M F JAC |
Kadohata, Cynthia | Half a World Away | M F KAD |
Kadohata, Cynthia | *Kira-kira | M F KAD
M AUD F KAD |
Kerley, Barbara | Greetings From Planet Earth | M F KER |
Lane, Andrew | Death Cloud | M F LAN |
Lasky, Kathryn | Hawksmaid | M F LAS |
Lawhead, Stephen | Byzantium | M F LAW |
Leeds, Constance | The Unfortunate Son | M F LEE |
Lekich, John | The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls | On Order |
Lewis, C. S. | Out of the Silent Planet | M F LEW v.1
H F LEW |
Lowry, Lois | Messenger | M F LOW |
Lowry, Lois | Gossamer | J F LOW
M F LOW |
Lowry, Lois | Son | M F LOW |
Maguire, Gregory | Egg and Spoon | M F MAG |
McCaughrean, Geraldine | Cyrano | M F MCC |
Meloy, Maile | The Apothecary | M F MEL |
Milford, Kate | The Left-Handed Fate (2018 Sakura Book) | M F MIL |
Mone, Gregory | Fish | M F MON |
Mortenson, Greg | Three Cups of Tea | H 371.822 MOR |
Muchamore, Robert | The Recruit | M F MUC v.1 |
Napoli, Donna Jo | Daughter of Venice | M F NAP |
Nielsen, Jennifer A. | The Scourge | M F NIE |
Oppel, Kenneth | The Boundless (2016 Sakura book) | M F OPP |
Oppel, Kenneth | The Nest (2017 Sakura book) | J F OPP |
Orr, Wendy | Peeling the Onion | H F ORR |
Patterson, Valerie | Operation Oleander | M F PAT |
Peck, Richard | The Teacher’s Funeral | J F PEC |
Peck, Richard | Here Lies the Librarian | M F PEC |
Perkins, Lynne Rae | As Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth | H F PER |
Preus, Margi | West of the Moon | M F PRE |
Raskin, Ellen | The Westing Game | J F RAS
M F RAS |
Reeve, Philip | Here Lies Arthur | M F REE |
Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola | 8th Grade Super Zero | M F RUH |
Ryan, Pam Munoz | Echo (2017 Sakura Medal Winner) | M F RYA |
Sachar, Louis | Small Steps | M F SAC |
Schlitz, Laura | Splendors and Glooms | M F SCH |
Schmatz, Pat | Bluefish | M F SCH |
Schmidt, Gary | *Wednesday Wars | M F SCH
M AUD F SCH |
Sensel, Joni | The Farwalker’s Quest | M F SEN |
Sheth, Kashmira | Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet | H F SHE |
Shinn, Sharon | Gateway | M F SHI |
Shulman, Polly | The Grimm Legacy | M F SHU |
Shulman, Polly | The Poe Estate | On Order |
Shulman, Polly | The Wells Bequest | M F SHU |
Shurtliff, Liesl | Rump | M F SHU |
Shusterman, Neal | Tesla’s Attic (2016 Sakura book) | |
Shusterman, Neal | The Schwa was Here | M F SHU |
Smith, Gordon | The Forest in the Hallway | M F SMI |
Strasser, Todd | Fallout | On Order |
Stratton, Allan | The Grave Robber’s Apprentice | M F STR |
Tashjian, Janety | My Life as a Book | J F TAS |
Updale, Eleanor | Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? | M F UPD |
Updale, Eleanor | Montmorency: On the Rocks | M F UPD |
Updale, Eleanor | Montmorency and the Assassins | M F UPD |
Van Draanen, Wendelin | The Running Dream | H F VAN |
Vawter, Vince | Paperboy | M F VAW |
Weeks, Sarah | So B. It | M F WEE |
Wolk, Lauren | Wolf Hollow | On Order |
Yolen, Jane | Trollbridge | M F YOL |
Social Studies Reading List[edit]
Author | Title | Call Number |
Barakat, Ibtisam | Tasting the Sky | M B BAR |
Boyne, John | *The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | M F BOY
M AUD F BOY |
Bruchac, Joseph | Code Talker | M F BRU |
Burg, Ann | All the Broken Pieces | M F BUR |
Burg, Ann | Serafina’s Promise | M F BUR |
Carmi, Daniella | Samir and Yonatan | M F CAR |
Chapman, Fern S. | Is It Night or Day? | M F CHA |
Compestine, Ying C. | Revolution is Not a Dinner Party | M F COM |
Cushman, Karen | The Loud Silence of Francine Green | M F CUS |
Engle, Margarita | Silver People | M F ENG |
Gleeson, Libby | Mahtab’s Story | M F GLE |
Gratz, Alan | *Samurai Shortstop | M F GRA
M AUD F GRA |
Gratz, Alan | Prisoner B-3087 | M F GRA |
Gold, Alison Leslie | A Special Fate | M B SUG |
Houston, Jeanne W. | Farewell to Manzanar | M B HOU |
Hughes, Dean | Missing in Action | M F HUG |
Kadohata, Cynthia | A Million Shades of Gray | M F KAD |
Kadohata, Cyinthia | Weedflower | M F KAD |
Kidd, Ronald | Monkey Town | M F KID |
Leyson, Leon | The Boy on the Wooden Box | M B LEY |
Laird, Elizabeth | A Little Piece of Ground | M F LAI |
Li, Cunxin | Mao’s Last Dancer | M B LI |
Master, Irfan | A Beautiful Lie (2016 Sakura book) | M F MAS |
Nelson, Pete | Left for Dead | M 940.545 NEL |
Park, Linda Sue | *A Long Walk to Water | M F PAR
M AUD F PAR |
Paterson, Katherine | Master Puppeteer | M F PAT |
Perkins, Mitali | *Bamboo People | M F PER
M See Librarian |
Preus, Margi | Heart of a Samurai | M F PRE |
Salisbury, Graham | Eyes of the Emperor | H F SAL |
Salisbury, Graham | House of the Red Fish | M F SAL |
Salisbury, Graham | Hunt for the Bamboo Rat | M F SAL |
Salisbury, Graham | Under the Blood-Red Sun | M F SAL |
Senzai, N. H. | Shooting Kabul | M F SEN |
Sepetys, Ruth | Between Shades of Gray | H F SEP |
Smith, Roland | Elephant Run | M F SMI |
Spinelli, Jerry | Milkweed | H F SPI |
Uchida, Yoshiko | Journey to Topaz | M F UCH |
Whelan, Gloria | Chu Ju’s House | J F WHE |
Wiles, Deborah | Countdown | M F WIL |
Yep, Laurence | Dragon’s Gate | M F YEP |
SOCIAL STUDIES (Not on GOR List)
Author | Title | Call Number |
Benge Janet & Geoff | Douglas MacArthur | M B MAC |
Blumberg, Rhoda | Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun | J 952 BLU |
Galloway, Priscilla | Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road | M 950 GAL |
Grant, R. G. | Why Did Hiroshima Happen? | M 940.54 GRA |
Keat, Nawuth | Alive in the Killing Fields | M B KEA |
Lekuton, Joseph | Facing the Lion | M B LEK |
Tunnell, Michael | Candy Bomber | M 943 TUN |
Turnbull, Stephen R. | The Most Daring Raid of the Samurai | M 952 TUR |
Bible Reading List[edit]
Author | Title | Call Number |
Benge, Janet & Geoff | David Bussau: Facing the World Head-on | M B BUS |
Benge, Janet & Geoff | Jacob DeShazer: Forgive Your Enemies | M B DES |
Benge, Janet & Geoff | Lillian Trasher: The Greatest Wonder in Egypt | M B TRA |
Benge, Janet & Geoff | Sundar Singh: Footprints Over the Mountains | M B SIN |
dcTalk | Jesus Freaks: Stories of Those who Stood for Jesus | H 272.9 JES v.1 |
dcTalk | Jesus Freaks: Stories of Revolutionaries | H 272.9 JES v.2 |
Jackson, Dave & Neta | Hero Tales | J 270.092 JAC |
McKissack, Pat | Let My People Go | M F MCK |
Morimoto, Toshio | By Grace & Mercy | M B MOR |
Zhang, Song Nan | A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night: An Autobiography in Art | M 759.11 ZHA |
Math Reading List[edit]
Author | Title | Call Number |
Bendick, Jeanne | Archimedes and the Door of Science | M B ARC |
Collier, Bruce | Charles Babbage and the Engines of Perfection | M B BAB |
Harkins, Susan Sales | The Life and Times of Pythagoras | M B PYT |
Hayhurst, Chris | Euclid: the Great Geometer | M B EUC |
Reimer, Luetta & Wilbert | Mathematicians are People Too | M 510 REI (2 volumes) |
Tent, M.B.W. | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: The Polymath Who Brought Us Calculus | M B LEI |
Tent, M.B.W. | Leonhard Euler and the Bernoullis: Mathematicians from Basel | M B EUL |
Tent, M.B.W. | The Prince of Mathematics: Carl Friedrich Gauss | M B GAU |
Tent, M.B.W. | Emmy Noether: The Mother of Modern Algebra | M B NOE |
English Reading List[edit]
Author | Title | Call Number |
Gorrell, Gena K | Say What?: The Weird and Mysterious Journey of the English Language | M 420 GOR |
Sports Reading List[edit]
Author | Title | Call Number |
Blumenthal, Karen | Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, the Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America | M 796 BLU |
Science Reading List[edit]
Author | Title | Call Number |
Burns, Loree G. | Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe | M 638 BUR |
Burns, Loree G. | Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion | M 551.46 BUR |
Challoner, Jack | The Visual Dictionary of Chemistry | M 540.3 CHA |
Chevat, Richie | The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat | M 338.1 CHE |
Coelho, Alexa | Why is Milk White?: & 200 Other Curious Chemistry Questions | M 540 COE |
Dingle, Adrian | How to Make a Universe With 92 Ingredients | M 546 DIN |
Fleisher, Paul | The Secrets of the Universe (5-item series) | M 530s |
Gogerly, L. | Fossil Fuels | M 333.8 GOG |
Green, Dan | The Elements | M 546.8 GRE |
Green, Dan | Extreme Physics: Take a Quantum Leap to the Edge of Science | M 530 GRE |
Hoose, Phillip | Moonbird: A Year on the Wind With the Great Survivor B95 | M 598.072 HOO |
Latham, Donna | Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering | M 624.2 LAT |
MacLeod, Elizabeth | Bones Never Lie: How Forensics Helped Solve History’s Mysteries | M 614 MAC |
Markle, Sandra | The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery | M 597.8 MAC |
Malnor, Bruce | Earth Heroes: Champions of the Wilderness | M 920 MAL |
Marrin, Albert | Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives | M 553.2 MAR |
Mebane, Robert | Adventures with atoms and molecules, v. 3 and v. 5 | M 540 MEB |
Morris, John D. | The Geology Book | M550 MOR |
Murphy, Jim | Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure | M 616.9 MUR |
Murphy, Jim | An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 | M 614.5 MUR |
Newmark, Ann | Chemistry (Eyewitness book) | M 540 NEW |
Newquist, H.P. | The Book of Blood: From Legends and Leeches to Vampires and Veins | M 612.1 NEW |
Richardson, Gillian | Ten Plants That Shook the World | M 581.6 RIC |
Rusch, Elizabeth | Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives | M 363.34 RUS |
Silvey, Anita | The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth | M 580.75 SIL |
Van Rose, Susanna | Earth | M 550 VAN |
Wicker, Benjamin | The Mystery of the Periodic Table | M 546 WIK |
Winchester, Simon | When the Earth Shakes: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis | M 551.22 WIN |
Woodford, Chris | Atoms and Molecules: Investigating the Building Blocks of Matter | M 539 WOO |