6-8 Summer Reading List

Update Summer 2020

Mandatory:

6^th grade - Holes by Louis Sachar

In addition to the mandatory book, read at least ONE of the following options. Then, DO A PROJECT ON YOUR OPTIONAL BOOK. Please DO NOT do your project on Holes!

*Upper school students may not create a word search or cross-word puzzle for their optional project.

Click on Reading Assignments in the blue bar to the left to access a list of all summer reading project options.

1. Whales on Stilts M.T. Anderson (or any book in the series)
2. The One and Only Ivan OR The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
3. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
4. The Name of this Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch(or any book in series)
5. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
6. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (any book in the series)
7. The Watsons Go to Birmingham-- 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
8. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
9. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
10. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
11. The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
12. Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
13. War Dogs by Rachel Frankel
14. The Doldrums by Nicholas Gannon
15. Space Case: A Moon Base Alpha Novel by Stuart Gibbs
16. Spy School by Stuart Gibbs (any book in the series)
17. Belly Up by Start Gibbs (or any book in the Funjungle series)
18. One Dead Spy: Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales by Nathan Hale
19. Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell
20. Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
21. The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
22. The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis (or any book in the series other than The Lion, the Witch, and the  Wardrobe)
23. Chomp by Carl Hiassen (or any book in the series)
24. The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Philip Hoose
25. The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel by Deborah Hopkinson
26. Fantasy League by Mike Lupica
27. Mark of the Thief by Jennifer Nielson
28. The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
29. The House that Lou Built by Mae Respicio
30. Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes
31. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
32. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
33. The Whizzpop Chocolate Shop by Kate Saunders
34. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
35. Rising Above: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in Their Youth to Become Stars by Gregory Zuckerman and Elijah Zuckerman

- Update Summer 2020

Mandatory: Read the book for your grade.

7^th grade - Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

8^thgrade- The Giver by Lois Lowery

*In addition to the mandatory book, read at least ONE of the following options. Then, DO A PROJECT ON YOUR OPTIONAL BOOK. Please DO NOT do your project on Chains or The Giver!

Please note: The 7th and 8th grade choice book project and the book summary should not be done for the mandatory book.

*Upper school students may not create a word search or crossword puzzle for their optional project.

1. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
2. Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
3. The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team’s Epic Journey to Win the Gold at the 1936 Olympics (Young Readers adaptation) by Daniel James Brown
4. Two Roads by Joseph Bruchac
5. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (or another Christie mystery of your choosing)
6. Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
7. Boy by Roald Dahl
8. Maze Runner by James Daschner
9. Across a War-Torn Sky by L.M. Elliott
10. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
11. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
12. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
13. I Got This: To Gold and Beyond by Laurie Hernandez
14. Alex Rider: Storm Breaker by Anthony Horowitz
15. Life of Pi by Yan Martel
16. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
17. With the Might of Angels by Andrea Davis Pinkney
18. No Summit out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits by Jordan Romero and Linda LeBlanc
19. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
20. Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
21. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt
22. The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
23. Nocturne: Creatures of the Night by Traer Scott
24. Hidden Figures (Young Readers Edition) by Margot Lee Shetterly
25. The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
26. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
27. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
28. Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
29. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (or any book in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy)
30. Game Seven by Paul Volponi
31. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia
32. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
33. Crow by Barbara Wright
34. I am Malala (Either the original or the Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai
35. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak