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6th Grade Summer Reading instructions

Please read either book from the required list below.

and

Please read at least one book of your own choice.

View the "Assignment" tab for further instructions.

      
     

    6th Grade Required Reading

    Please read either book.

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    Extra Credit - Andrew Clements

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    The View from Saturday - E. L. Konigsburg

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    7th Grade Summer Reading instructions

     Please read either book from the required list below.

    and

    Please read two books of your own choice, selected from two different genres (for example a mystery and a biography.)

     

    There are examples of different genres and books below. These are not your only choices, just ideas and examples. Choose any book within a genre that looks interesting.

    View the "Assignment" tab for further instructions.

        
       

      7th Grade Required Reading

      Please read either book.

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      Nothing but the Truth - Avi

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      Schooled - Gordon Korman

       

      Genre - Fantasy

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      Skellig - David Almond

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      The Lost Years of Merlin - T. A. Barron

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      Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer

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      The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

       

      Genre - Science-Fiction

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      Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

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      The Talisman of Elam - Jim Mastro

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      Cinder - Marissa Meyer

       

      Genre - Dystopian Fiction

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      The Maze Runner - James Dashner

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      Mortal Engines - Philip Reeve

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      Divergent - Veronica Roth

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      Uglies - Scott Westerfeld

       

      Genre - Mystery

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      The Wright 3 - Blue Balliett

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      The London Eye Mystery - Siobhan Dowd

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      The Christopher Killer - Alane Ferguson

       

      Genre - Realistic Fiction

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      Whirligig - Paul Fleischman

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      No More Dead Dogs - Gordon Korman

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      The Wild Girls - Pat Murphy

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      Mudville - Kurtis Scaletta

       

      Genre - Historical Fiction

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      Chains - Laurie Halse Anderson

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      War Horse - Michael Morpurgo

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      The Family Greene - Ann Rinaldi

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      The Wednesday Wars - Gary D. Schmidt

       

      Genre - Biography

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      Lincoln: A Photobiography - Russell Freedman

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      Facing the Lion - Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton

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      How Angel Peterson Got His Name - Gary Paulsen

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      Eleven Seconds - Travis Roy

       

      Genre - Non-Fiction

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      Tracking Trash - Loree Griffin Burns

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      Grayson - Lynne Cox

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      The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - William Kamkwamba

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      We Are the Ship - Kadir Nelson

      8th Grade Summer Reading instructions

      Please read the required book below.

      and

      Please read one book from the Banned Book list below.

      and

      Please read at least one book of your own choice.

      View the "Assignment" tab for further instructions.

          
         

        8th Grade Required Reading

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        Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen

         

        8th Grade Banned Books titles

        Please read one book from the list.

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        Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson

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        Child of the Dark Prophecy - T. A. Barron

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        The Chocolate War - Robert Cormier

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        Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes - Chris Crutcher

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        The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 - Christopher Paul Curtis

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        The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon

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        Olive's Ocean - Kevin Henkes

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        Rumble Fish - S. E. Hinton

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        Shooting Star - Fredrick L. McKissack

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        Fallen Angels - Walter Dean Myers

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        The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman

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        The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin

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        Unwind - Neal Shusterman

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        The Amulet of Samarkland - Jonathan Stroud

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