Incoming 5th-8th Graders 2022-2023

SUMMER READS

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”

Time spent with text is what increases reading proficiency. This summer, challenge yourself to read widely. Re-read your favorite book. Read an e-book, read an article, read to your younger sibling or another family member. Not enjoying a book? Put it down and grab another!

Below is a list of suggested teen favorites, in all different genres, and all different Lexile ranges. Check them out! Feel free to pick a book of your choice. It doesn’t have to be from the list below.

Students are required to read at least 4 books throughout the summer. Parents need to sign off that you read the books. Students will receive a “Get out of homework free pass” for each book read!

Complete this form for each of the four books that you read throughout the summer.

Happy Reading!

Grade 5 and 6 Summer Book List Suggestions

• 2021-2022 Great Stone Face Nominees

  • Click on the above link to see all 20 Great Stone Face Nominees for 2021-2022 (includes description and grade level)

• When Friendship Followed Me Home, by Paul Griffin – Friendship, animals 590L – Great Stone Face Nominee (17-18)

• The Hate You Give, by Angie Thomas – Coming of age, hate crimes no Lexile

• The Neptune Project, by Polly Holyoke – Fantasy, Sci-fi 810L

• The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, by Stacy McAnulty – Realistic fiction 530L

• Nowhere Boy, by Katherine Marsh – Realistic fiction 810L

• Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen – Adventure 730L

• Echo, by Pam Munoz Ryan – Historical fiction 680L

• Ghost, by Jason Reynolds – Realistic fiction, sports 730L

• Edge of Extinction, The Ark Plan, by Laura Martin – Dystopian adventure 790L

• Steelheart, by Brandon Sanderson – Sci-fi680L

• Tangerine, by Edward Bloor – Sports 680L

• Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf, by Jennifer Holm – Comedy, realistic fiction 720L

• Crackback, by John Coy – Sports 490L

• Flush, by Carl Haasen – Mystery 770L

• The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green – Realistic fiction 850L

• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams – Sci-fi 930L

• Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl – Fantasy fiction 670L *If you liked Twilight!!!*

• Fallen Grace, by Mary Hooper – Historical fiction 1130L

• The Door in the Hedge, by Robin McKinley – Fairytale retell 1110L

• Lightening, by Dean Koontz – Sci-fi, suspense 1090L

• The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks – Epic fantasy 1160L

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon – Mystery 1090L

• Soar by Joan Bauer 510L- Realistic Fiction, sports, Newbery Honor Winner

7th grade Summer Book List Suggestions

• 2021-2022 Great Stone Face Nominees

• 2021-2022 Isinglass Nominees

  • Click on the above link to see all nine Isinglass Nominees for 2021-2022 (includes description of each title)

• Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrook 1000L

• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 1020L

• Maze Runner by James Dashner 770 L

• Crown of Three by JD Rhinehart  no lexile

• The Girl with the Ghost Machine by Lauren DeStefano no lexile

• Downriver by Will Hobbs 760 L

• Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 730L

• Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen 670L

• The Crossover by Kwame Alexander 730 L

• The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 750L

• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Bobbit 770 L

• New Kid by Jerry Craft no lexile

• The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt 990L

• Lincoln’s Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin by 930L

• Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 1000L

• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 1000L

• Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen 730L

• Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass 740L

• Divergent by Veronica Roth 700L

• Fault in Our Stars by John Greene 830L

8th grade Summer Book List Suggestions

• 2021-2022 Isinglass Nominees

• Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer

• My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell

• Animal Farm by George Orwell

• The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

• Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

• The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

• The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

•  Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

• Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel

• I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

• Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

• The Once and Future King by T.H. White