SIXTH GRADE READING LIST FOR 2008 - 2009
Required Summer Reading for all Sixth Graders:
Each student is expected to read The Cay by Taylor.
In addition, each student is expected to read three other books. Here are some suggestions
Adamson Born Free
Bagnold National Velvet
Bellairs House with a Clock in the Walls
Byars Trouble River
Byng Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Cassedy Behind the Attic Wall
Colfer Artemis Fowl (or any other)
Collier My Brother Sam Is Dead
Cushman Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Forbes Johnny Tremain
George My Side of the Mountain or Frightful’s Mountain
Gipson Old Yeller
Graham Wind in the Willows
L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time
Lenski Indian Captive
Lewis (any of the) Chronicles of Narnia
Levine Ella Enchanted
Lord In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
O'Dell Island of the Blue Dolphins
Paolini Eragon (or Eldest)
Paulson Hatchet (or any other)
Patterson Lyddie
Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows
Richter A Light in the Forest (or any of his historical fiction)
Rinaldi Ride into Morning (or any other except Girl in Blue)
Sewell Black Beauty
Sperry Call It Courage
If a student wishes to substitute a different book, please email Mrs. McKay for approval. (gmckay@uplandcds.org)
The following books may be read during the school year. They should not be read during the summer.
Bovee Trapped
Collier and Collier With Every Drop of Blood
Keith Rifles for Watie
Lasky True North
North Rascal
Patterson Bridge to Terabithia
Reeder Across the Lines
Rinaldi Girl in Blue
Wisler Red Cap
SEVENTH GRADE READING LIST FOR 2008 - 2009
Required Summer Reading for all Seventh Graders:
Each student is expected to read The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer.
In addition, each student is expected to read two additional books. Here are some suggestions:
Blinn Something for Joey
Borland When Legends Die
Bloor Tangerine
Bridgers Home Before Dark
Cormier I am the Cheese
Creech Walk Two Moons (or any other)
Fox Slave Dancer
Hersey Hiroshima
Horowitz Stormbreaker: An Alex Rider Adventure (or any other in series)
Houston Farewell to Manzanar
Hunt Across Five Aprils
Hunt Up a Road Slowly
Kerr Gentlehands
Leguin Wizard of Earthsea (any in series)
L’Engle Arms of the Starfish
London Call of the Wild
Lord A Night to Remember
Montgomery Anne of Green Gables (or any other)
Mowat Never Cry Wolf
Patterson Of Nightingales that Weep
Peck A Day No Pigs Would Die
Reeder Shades of Grey
Rinaldi The Last Silk Dress (or any other except Girl in Blue)
Steinbeck The Moon is Down
Taylor The Hostage
Voigt Jackaroo or On Fortune’s Wheel
White The Sword and the Stone
Zindel The Pigman or The Pigman’s Legacy
If a student wishes to substitute a different book, please email Mrs. McKay for approval. (gmckay@uplandcds.org)
The following books may be read during the school year. They should not be read during the summer.
Bradbury Fahrenheit 451
Cretzmeyer Your Name is Renée: Ruth’s Story as a Hidden Child
Gibson The Miracle Worker
Lowry Number the Stars
Moiles Summer of My First Pediddle
Weisel Night
EIGHTH GRADE READING LIST FOR 2008 - 2009
Required Summer Reading for all Eighth Graders:
All eighth grade students are required to read The Outsiders by Hinton.
In addition, each student is expected to read three additional books. Here are some suggestions:
----- Arabian Nights
Betancourt More Than Meets the Eye
Buck The Good Earth
Burnett The Secret Garden
Card Ender’s Game ( or any in series)
Cleaver Where the Lilies Bloom
Cooney Burning Up
Cushman Catherine Called Birdie
DuMaurier Rebecca
Follet On Wings of Eagles
Francis, Dick any novel
Gordon Waiting for the Rain
Graham Dove
Haddix Among the Hidden (or any in series)
Hemingway Old Man and the Sea
Hesse Phoenix Rising
Kipling Jungle Book
Lasky Beyond the Divide
Lipsyte The Contender
Matas Lisa’s War
Shute On the Beach
Smith A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Staples Shabanu
Terasaki Bridge to the Sun
Tolan Surviving the Applewhites
Tolkien The Hobbit (or any of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy)
Voigt Dicey's Song (or any other)
Wartski A Boat to Nowhere
If a student wishes to substitute a different book, please email Mrs. McKay for approval. (gmckay@uplandcds.org)
The following books may be read during the school year. They should not be read during the summer:
Cisneros The House on Mango Street
Gaines A Lesson Before Dying
Golding Lord of the Flies
Greene Summer of My German Soldier
Kingsolver The Bean Trees
Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet (also West Side Story)
Steinbeck Of Mice and Men
Steinbeck The Pearl
Twain Huckleberry Finn
NINTH GRADE READING LIST FOR 2008 - 2009
Required Summer Reading for all Ninth Graders:
All ninth grade students are required to read The Giver by Lois Lowry.
In addition, each student is expected to read three additional books. Here are some suggestions:
Alcott Little Women
Austen Pride and Prejudice
Bauer Hope Was Here (or any other)
Bronte Jane Eyre
Cather My Antonia
Clancy any (except The Hunt for Red October)
Clavell Shogun
Christie any mystery
Cormier The Chocolate War or Beyond the Chocolate War
Crichton The Andromeda Strain
Dana Young Joan
Green The Luck of Troy
Greene Morning is a Long Time Coming
Griffin Black Like Me
Gunther Death, Be Not Proud
Herriot All Creatures Great and Small (or any other)
Knowles A Separate Peace
Lowry Gathering Blue
McKinley Spindle’s End (or any other)
Orgel We Goddesses
Picard The Iliad of Homer (Oxford U. Press - a very readable translation; others are not)
Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front
Renault The King Must Die
Saroyan The Human Comedy
Twain The Prince and the Pauper
Voigt Dicey's Song (or any other)
White The Once and Future King
If a student wishes to substitute a different book, please email Mrs. McKay for approval. (gmckay@uplandcds.org)
The following books may be read during the school year. They should not be read during the summer:
Dickens A Tale of Two Cities
Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel
Shakespeare Titus Andronicus
Shakespeare Macbeth
Sophocles Antigone / Oedipus
Orwell Animal Farm
this page last updated:
07-May-2008
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