FIFTH GRADE SUGGESTED READING LIST
All incoming fifth graders will have one mandatory book to read. All students will
read The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks. Students should read the
book and be ready to discuss it on the first day of school. Listed below are other
books your child may enjoy reading during the summer. *Students may choose any
book from the list for their monthly book reports. If they would like to read a book
that is not on this list, they need to have it approved the first of the month.
By the Shores of Silver Lake, Laura I. Wilder
Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
(Any of the Narnia Series)
The Indian in the Cupboard, Lynne Reid Banks
The Grey King, Susan Couple
Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O’Dell
Hatchet, Harry Paulson
Harriet the Spy, Louise Fitzhugh
The Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth G. Speare
Caddie Woodlawn, Carol Ryrie Brink
Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli
The Enormous Egg, Oliver Butterworth
Henry Reed, Inc., Keith Robertson
Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
The Farmer Boy, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Anastacia Again!, Lois Lowry
The Noonday Friends, Mary Stolz
Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
Banner in the Sky, James Ullman
Blue Willow, Doris Gates
Dicey’s Song, Cynthia Voight
Gentle Ben, Walt Morey
The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin
The Summer of the Swans, Betsy Byars
A Ring of Endless Light, Madeline L’Engle
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth Speare
Julie of the Wolves, Jean C. George
White Fang, Jack London
Banner in the Sky, James Ramsey Ullman
Let the Circle Be Unbroken, Mildred Taylor
SIXTH GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
All incoming sixth graders will have one mandatory book to read. All students
will read Al Capone Does MY Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko. Students
should read the book and be ready to discuss it on the first day of school.
Listed below are other books your child may enjoy reading during the
summer.
Series Books
Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
Redwall, Brian Jacques
Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
Sammy Keyes, Wendelin Van Draanen
The Cay, Theodore Taylor
The Trading Game, Alfred Slote
The View From Saturday, E. L. Konigsburg
Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George
The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo, Jean Craighead George
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Judith Kerr
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
Bud, not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis
Loser, Jerry Spinelli
SEVENTH GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
All incoming seventh graders will have one mandatory book to read. All
students will read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle. Students should
read the book and be ready to discuss it on the first day of school. Listed
below are other books your child may enjoy reading during the summer.
On the Beach, Nevil Shute
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
Trust and Betrayal, real life stories of friends and enemies, Janet Bode
The Examination, Malcolm Bosse
The Car, Gary Paulson
Till We Have Faces & The Narnia Chronicles, C.S. Lewis
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Everything that Rises Must Converge, Flannery O’Connor
The Lord of the Rings, J.R. Tolkien
The Giver, Lois Lowry
A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park
EIGHTH GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
All incoming eighth graders will have one mandatory book to read. All
students will read Dragonwings by Laurence Yep. Students should read the
book and be ready to discuss it on the first day of school. Listed below are
other books your child may enjoy reading during the summer.
Grey King, Susan Cooper
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor
House of Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Slave Dancer, Paula Fox
The Whipping Boy, Sid Fleischman
Over Sea, Over Stone, Susan Cooper
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Jan Lathan
Sara Bishop, Scott O’Dell
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi
The Black Pearl, Scott O’Dell
The Call of the Wild, Jack London
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
A Day No Pigs Would Die, Robert Peck
Julie of the Wolves, Jean George
The Pearl, John Steinbeck
The Barn, Avi
The Examination, Malcolm Bosse
Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech
Catherine Called Birdy, Karen Cushman
The Midwife’s Apprentice, Karen Cushman
Flour Babies, Ann Fine
Steal Away Home, Lois Rudy
The Time Warp Trio, Jon Scieska
Diary of Anne Frank, F. Goodrich & A. Hackett
The Glory Field, Walter Dean Myers