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Here is a list of interesting books for you to read this summer. You must read
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell and
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park and
complete a worksheet (sent home) for each book. In the fall, the class will discuss
and be tested on the books. Have a great summer and READ, READ, READ!
To earn a dress-down pass, you must read the required books above plus three additional books from the list below, for a total of five different books.
Title
| Author
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| Abner and Me | Dan Gutman |
| *Any biography of a saint | |
| Because of Winn Dixie | Kate DiCamillo |
| BFG | Roald Dahl |
| Black Beauty | Anna Sewell |
| The Borrowers | Mary Norton |
| Bunnicula series | James Howe |
| Caddie Woodlawn | Carol Ryrie Brink |
| Castle | David Macauley |
| Charley Skedaddle | Patricia Beatty |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl |
| The Chicken Doesn't Skate | Gordon Korman |
| City of Ember | Jeanne DuPrau |
| *D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths | Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire |
| Danny, the Champion of the World | Roald Dahl |
| Detectives in Togas | Henry Winterfield |
| The Double Life of Pocahontas | Jean Fritz |
| Dragon Rider | Cornelia Funke |
| Ella Enchanted | Gail Carson-Levine |
| A Gathering of Days | Joan W. Blos |
| Ghost Soldier | Elaine Marie Alphin |
| The Great Gilly Hopkins | Katherine Paterson |
| Help! I'm Trapped! series | Todd Strasser |
| House of Tailors | Patricia Reilly Giff |
| Journey to the River Sea | Eva Ibbotson |
| Journey to Topaz | Yoshika Uchida |
| Kokopelli's Flute | Will Hobbs |
| *The Last Princess | F. Stanley |
| The Long Road to Gettysburg | Jim Murphy |
| Make Way for Sam Houston | Jean Fritz |
| Maniac Magee | Jerry Spinelli |
| Mississippi Bridge | Mildred Taylor |
| My Side of the Mountain | Jean Craighead George |
| Night of the Twisters | I. Ruckman |
| *Number the Stars | Lois Lowry |
| On my Honor | Marion D. Bauer |
| Outcasts of 19 Schuyer Place | E. L. Konigburg |
| The Pinballs | Betsy Byars |
| Project Mulberry | Linda Sue Park |
| Redwall | Brian Jacques |
| Rifles for Watie | Howard Keith |
| Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception | Wendelin Van Draanen |
| Sarah Bishop | Scott O'Dell |
| Series of Unfortunate Events | Lemony Snicket |
| Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs | Betty G. Birney |
| Shiloh | Phyllis Naylor |
| *The Sign of the Beaver | Elizabeth George Speare |
| The Slave Dancer | Paula Fox |
| Song of the Trees | Mildred Taylor |
| Star of Kazan | Eva Ibbotson |
| Stonewall | Jean Fritz |
| Tarantula Scientist | Sy Montgomery |
| The Thief Lord | Cornelia Funke |
| The Trial | Bryant |
| The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle | Avi |
| The Two Princesses of Bammarre | Gail Carson Levine |
| Under the Persimmon Tree | Suzanne Fisher Staples |
| The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane |
Russell Freedman |
* Highly recommended
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