Summer Reading Lists

Summer 2022

Review the list for the grade your child will be entering in the Fall of 2022


Kindergarten

·  Biscuit Books

·  Books by Dr. Seuss

·  Books by Laura Numeroff

·  Books by Eric Carle

·  Books by Max Lucado

·  Books by Mo Willems

·  National Geographic Kids

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First Grade

· Books by Dr. Seuss

· Books by Eric Carle

· Books by Laura Numeroff

· Books by Mo Willems

· Fly Guy Books by Tedd Arnold

· Biscuit Series by Alyssa Capucilli

· Hello Reader Leveled Readers

· Henry & Mudge Series by Cynthia Rylant


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Second Grade

· One book from Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne

· The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

· One book from Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park OR Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline

SECOND GRADE SUMMER READING PROJECT


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Third Grade

· A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

· Cam Jansen by David Adler

· Calendar Club Mysteries by Nancy Star Keene

· Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol

· Judy Moody by Megan McDonald

· Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne

· My Weird School series by Dan Gutman

· Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew by Carolyn Keene

· Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang/Mike Holmes

· “Who Was” biography series

THIRD GRADE SUMMER READING PROJECT


Fourth Grade

· Cricket in Times Square by George Sheldon

· The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman

· How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

· Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

· No Talking by Andrew Clements

· One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

· Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Roidan

· Restart by Gordon Korman

· The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker

· The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

FOURTH GRADE SUMMER READING PROJECT


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Fifth Grade

· Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

· Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech

· Countdown (The Sixties Trilogy, #1) by Deborah Wiles

· Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

· Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements

· Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

· Smile by Raina Telgemeier

· Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner

· The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

· The Watson’s Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

· The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

FIFTH GRADE SUMMER READING PROJECT


Sixth Grade

· Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech

· Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

· Front Desk by Kelly Yang

· The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaimn

· I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan

· The Island by Gary Paulsen

· Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption by Katie J. Davis

· Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

· My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen

· The New Kid by Jerry Craft

· Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo

· See You In The Cosmos by Jack Cheng

· Schooled by Gorman Korman

· Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor

· The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

· Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

· Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

SIXTH GRADE SUMMER READING PROJECT

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Seventh Grade

· The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

· Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

· Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson

· Cinder by Marissa Meyer

· A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron

· Eragon by Christopher Paolini

· Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

· Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

· Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

· Nothing but The Truth by Avi

· One Came Home by Amy Timberlake

· Peak by Roland Smith

· The Pigman by Paul Zindel

· The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

· Tangerine by Edward Bloor

· When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt

SEVENTH GRADE SUMMER READING PROJECT


Eighth Grade

1. Each student is required to read I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai OR Centered by Jason Brown. Take notes to help remember what happens in the book. The books will be discussed during the first weeks of school.

2. Read ONE additional book from the lists below.

Fiction

· The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

· Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

· A Separate Peace by John Knowles

· The Maze Runner by James Dashner

· A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle

Nonfiction

· Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson

· The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

· Lincoln’s Graverobbers by Steve Sheinkin

· Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson by Barry Denenberg

· Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal

EIGHTH GRADE SUMMER READING PROJECT