Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Summer Reading List for Students Entering 8th Grade
Required List
(Choose One)
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Title: Touching Spirit Bear Author: Ben Mikaelson Reading Level: Y/60 Summary: Within Cole Matthews lie anger, rage and hate. Cole has been stealing and fighting for years. This time he caught Alex Driscal in the parking lot and smashed his head against the sidewalk. Now, Alex may have permanent brain damage, and Cole is in the biggest trouble of his life. Cole is offered Circle Justice, a system based on Native American traditions that attempts to provide healing for the criminal offender, the victim and the community. With prison as his only alternative, Cole plays along. He says he wants to repent, but in his heart Cole blames his alcoholic mom his, abusive dad, wimpy Alex — everyone but himself — for his situation. Cole receives one-year banishment to a remote Alaskan island. There, he is mauled by a mysterious white bear of Native American legend. Hideously injured, Cole waits for his death His thoughts shift from anger to humility. To survive, he must stop blaming others and take responsibility for his life. Rescuers arrive to save Cole's life, but it is the attack of the Spirit Bear that may save his soul.
Title: Alabama Moon Author: Watt Key Reading Level: V/50 Summary: "I could trap my own food and make my own clothes. I could find my way by the stars and make fire in the rain. Pap said he even figured I could whip somebody three times my size. He wasn’t worried about me." For as long as ten-year-old Moon can remember, he has lived out in the forest in a shelter with his father. They keep to themselves, their only contact with other human beings an occasional trip to the nearest general store. When Moon's father dies, Moon follows his father’s last instructions: to travel to Alaska to find others like themselves. But Moon is soon caught and entangled in a world he doesn’t know or understand, apparent property of the government he has been avoiding all his life. As the spirited and resourceful Moon encounters constables, jails, institutions, lawyers, true friends, and true enemies, he adapts his wilderness survival skills and learns to survive in the outside world, and even, perhaps, make his home there.
Title: Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Author: Wendy Mass Reading Level: X/60 Summary: When he receives a mysterious locked box as a thirteenth birthday present from his late father, Jeremy and his friend Lizzy work together to track down the four keys which will unlock the box and reveal the contents his father claimed is locked inside--the meaning of life!
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Title: Olive’s Ocean Author: Kevin Henkes Reading Level: V/50 Summary: "Olive Barstow was dead. She'd been hit by a car on Monroe Street while riding her bicycle weeks ago. That was about all Martha knew." Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends. But they weren't -- and now all that is left are eerie connections between two girls who were in the same grade at school and who both kept the same secret without knowing it. Now Martha can't stop thinking about Olive. A family summer on Cape Cod should help banish those thoughts; instead, they seep in everywhere. And this year Martha's routine at her beloved grandmother's beachside house is complicated by the Manning boys. Jimmy, Tate, Todd, Luke, and Leo. But especially Jimmy. What if, what if, what if, what if? The world can change in a minute.
Title: Peak Author: Roland Smith Reading Level: T/50 Summary: After Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he's left with two choices: wither away in Juvenile Detention or go live with his long-lost father, who runs a climbing company in Thailand. But Peak quickly learns that his father's renewed interest in him has strings attached. Big strings. He wants Peak to be the youngest person to reach the Everest summit — and his motives are selfish at best. Even so, for a climbing addict like Peak, tackling Everest is the challenge of a lifetime. But it's also one that could cost him his life.
Title: The Shakespeare Stealer Author: Gary L. Blackwood Reading Level: T/50 Summary: Widge, a young orphan indentured to a cold, unscrupulous master, has a special talent-the ability to write a secret shorthand. The master is determined to acquire a script of Hamlet at any cost, so it becomes Widge's duty to transcribe it-or else.
A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.
Title: When JFK Was My Father Author: Amy Gordon Summary: It's 1963 and thirteen-year-old Georgia decides to pretend that JFK is her father, certain that he won't let her down - unlike her own father, who is too busy with work and a love affair to pay much attention to her. Georgia's world is turned upside down when she and her mother leave their home in Brazil and return to the United States, where Georgia is immediately packed off to a boarding school. At school Georgia fails almost all of her classes and feels as if she'll never fit in with the other girls. But as time passes, and with the help of her English teacher, some friendly voices, and her own growing self-awareness, Georgia begins to realize her self-worth and the true significance of her three most treasured possessions: a pebble from her friend Tim, her stamp collection, and her photograph of JFK. She also discovers many truths about the people in her life.
Feeling neglected by her father in Brazil and her mother in Washington, D.C., Georgia Hughes tries to cope with life at a boarding school in Connecticut by imagining relationships with John Kennedy and Miss Beard, the ghost of the former headmistress of the school.
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Suggested List for Students Entering 8th Grade
Title: The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Author: Karen Cushman Reading Level: T/50 Summary: In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who renames herself Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough California mining town.
Title: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Author: Dyan Sheldon Summary: Mary Elizabeth Cep (or Lola, as she prefers to be called) longs to be in the spotlight. But when she moves to New Jersey with her family and becomes a student at Dellwood "Deadwood" High, Lola finds the role of resident drama queen already filled, by the Born-to-Win, Born-to-Run-Everything Carla Santini. Carla has always gotten everything she wants — until Lola comes along and snags the lead in the school play. Can Lola survive Carla's attempts at retaliation? Once the curtain goes up on the school play, which drama queen will take center stage?
Title: Flipped Author: Wendolyn Van Draanen Reading Level: U/50 Summary: The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. She says: "My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss." He says: "It's been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort." But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down. And just as he's thinking there's more to her than meets the eye, she's thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed. Title: The Golden Compass
Author: Philip Pullman Reading Level: Z/70-80 Summary: In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized as Narnia, Earthsea, or Redwall. Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors. First, her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, appears with evidence of mystery and danger in the far North, including photographs of a mysterious celestial phenomenon called Dust and the dim outline of a city suspended in the Aurora Borealis that he suspects is part of an alternate universe. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs. Coulter, an enigmatic scholar and explorer who offers to give Lyra the attention her uncle has long refused her. In this multilayered narrative, however, nothing is as it seems. Lyra sets out for the top of the world in search of her kidnapped playmate, Roger, bearing a rare truth-telling instrument, the compass of the title. All around her children are disappearing “victims” of so-called “Gobblers” and are being used as subjects in terrible experiments that separate humans from their daemons, creatures that reflect each person's inner being. And somehow, both Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter are involved.
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Title: The Goose Girl Author: Shannon Hale Reading Level: W/60 Summary: On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.
Title: Hope Was Here Reading Level: W/60 Summary: When sixteen year old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as a waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways Diner, they become involved with the diner owner’s political campaign to oust the town’s corrupt mayor. ** Newbery Honor Book
Title: Red Kayak Author: Priscilla Cummings Reading Level: T/50 Summary: Brady loves his life on the Chesapeake Bay, crabbing and oyster fishing with friends J.T. and Digger. But developers and rich summer families are moving into the area, and while Brady befriends some of them, others are bitter about the new construction. Tragedy strikes when a kayak sinks in the bay, and Brady discovers what happened was something other than an accident. A story of loyalty, choices and courage.
Title: Summer Ball Author: Mike Lupica Reading Level: W/60 Summary: When you're the smallest kid playing a big man's game, the challenges never stop, especially when your name is Danny Walker.
Leading your travel team to the national championship may seem like a dream come true, but for Danny, being at the top just means the competition tries that much harder to knock him off. Now Danny's leaving Middletown for the summer and heading to Right Way basketball camp, where he's out of his element and maybe out of his league. The country's best ballers are in attendance, and Danny will need to raise his game if he wants to match up. But it won't be easy. Old rivals and new battles leave Danny wondering if he really has what it takes to stand tall.
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Title: Things Not Seen Author: Andrew Clements Reading Level: V/50 Summary: Fifteen-year-old Bobby thinks he knows what it's like to be invisible; he's used to being ignored by the popular kids at school (especially the girls). Even his parents hardly seem to notice whether he's home or not. Then one morning, Bobby wakes up to find that he IS invisible. For real. He can't stop wondering if he'll ever reappear, especially when his parents wreck their car and wind up in the hospital. Now Bobby is all alone. How can he survive in a world where he can't be seen? One thing's for sure: Bobby's not going to just wait around to see if his body will decide to show up again on its own. He's got to take action. Fast.
Title: Uglies Author: Scott Westerfeld Summary Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally Youngblood is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her driver's license — for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there. Anticipating this happy transformation, Tally meets Shay, another female ugly, who shares her enjoyment of hoverboarding and risky pranks. But Shay also disdains the false values and programmed conformity of the society. She'd rather risk life on the outside and urges Tally to defect with her. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world — and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.
Title: A Year Down Yonder Author: Richard Peck Reading Level: V/60 Summary: Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up her neighbors-and everyone else! All Mary Alice can know for certain is this: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out . . . better not. This wry, delightful sequel to the Newbery Honor Book A Long Way from Chicago has already taken its place among the classics of children's literature.
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Suggested Authors and Series AUTHORS SERIES
Amy Koss
Gordon Korman
Jerry Spinelli
Gary Paulsen
Rick Riordan
Mike Lupica
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Tim Green
39 Clues
Cirque de Freak
Harry Potter
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Choosing a “Just-Right” Book
If you are still looking for a book at a different reading level, be sure to check out the following pages for Additional
Suggested Book Titles by Reading Level.
If you are struggling to pick out a book that is appropriate for your reading level, try this:
1. Choose the book that you would like to read. 2. Look at a random page in the middle. 3. Hold five fingers up. 4. Put one finger down for each word you cannot read correctly or do not understand. 5. If you end up with all five fingers down, the book is too hard.
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED BOOK TITLES BY READING LEVEL Guided Reading Level Q /DRA-2 Level: 40
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
Dear Mr. Henshaw 9780380709588
Cleary, Beverly F
Double Fudge 9780142408780
Blume, Judy F
Extreme Mountain Biking 9780778717249
MacAulay, Kelley and Bobbie Kalman
NF
Extreme Skateboarding 9780778717140
Kalman, Bobbie NF
Finding The Titanic 9780590472302
Ballard, Robert NF
Free Climb 9781434208804
Maddox, Jake F
Fudge-A-Mania 9780142408773
Blume, Judy F
Lewis and Clark: Opening the American West 9780778724469
Rodger, Ellen NF
Little House in the Big Woods 9780064400015
Wilder, Laura Ingalls F
Moon Runner 9780763633042
Marsden, Carolyn F
Paintball Blast 9781598894172
Maddox, Jake F
Shipwreck 9780439164566
Korman, Gordon F
Sport Bikes 9780778730354
Bailey, Katherine NF
The Stonekeeper 9780439846813
Kibuishi, Kazu F
Superfudge 9780142408803
Blume, Judy F
Who Was Helen Keller? 9780448431444
Thompson, Gare NF
Who Was Johnny Appleseed? 9780448439686
Holub, Joan NF
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level R /DRA-2 Level: 40
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
Amelia Earhart: Legendary Aviator 9780736896597
Anderson, Jameson NF
The Basket Counts 9780316140768
Christopher, Matt F
The Big Nap 9780152024796
Hale, Bruce F
The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse 9780152024857
Hale, Bruce F
Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World 9780736861939
Jacobson, Ryan NF
Everything Bug: What Kids Really Want to Know About Insects and Spiders 9781559718912
Winner, Cherie NF
Everything Cat: What Kids Really Want to Know About Cats 9781559718653
Crisp, Marty NF
Everything Dog: What Kids Really Want to Know About Dogs 9781559718547
Crisp, Marty NF
Everything Dolphin: What Kids Really Want to Know About Dolphins 9781559710497
Crisp, Marty NF
Everything Reptile: What Kids Really Want to Know About Reptiles 9781559711647
Winner, Cherie NF
The Family Under the Bridge 9780064402507
Carlson, Natalie Savage
F
Farewell, My Lunchbag 9780152026295
Hale, Bruce F
George Eastman and the Kodak Camera 9780736879002
Fandel, Jennifer NF
Give My Regrets to Broadway 9780152167301
Hale, Bruce F
Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade! 9780448436197
Winkler, Henry F
Holy Enchilada! 9780448433530
Winkler, Henry F
I Got A "D" In Salami 9780448431635
Winkler, Henry F
The Jacket 9780689860102
Clements, Andrew F
John F. Kennedy: American Visionary 9780736879040
Olson, Nathan NF
The Landry News 9780689828683
Clements, Andrew F
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level R /DRA-2 Level: 40
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
Lost on a Mountain in Maine 9780688115739
Fendler, Donn NF
My Dog's a Scaredy-Cat 9780448438788
Winkler, Henry F
My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard 9780448437491
Winkler, Henry F
On the Field with Eli and Peyton Manning 9780316036962
Christopher, Matt NF
The Report Card 9780689845246
Clements, Andrew F
Sacagawea: Journey into the West 9780736896634
Gunderson, Jessica NF
Who Was Marco Polo? 9780448445403
Holub, Joan NF
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level S /DRA-2 Level: 40
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
Abominable Snowman 9781933390017
Montgomery, R.A. F
Aliens Stole My Body 9781416953593
Coville, Bruce F
Benedict Arnold: American Hero and Traitor 9780736879064
Burgan, Michael NF
Benjamin Franklin: An American Genius 9780736861892
Olson, Kay NF
Beyond Escape! 9781933390154
Montgomery, R.A. F
The Borrowers 9780152047375
Norton, Mary F
A Boy Called Slow 9780698116160
Bruchac, Joseph NF
The Calling 9780761360698
Nykko F
The Case of the Twin Teddy Bears 9780671793029
Keene, Carolyn F
The Chocolate-Covered Contest 9780671034436
Keene, Carolyn F
The Doll People 9780786812400
Martin, Ann M. and Laura Godwin
F
Eleanor 9780140555837
Cooney, Barbara NF
Finding Elmo 9781551436869
Polak, Monique F
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 9780689711817
Konigsburg, E.L. F
George Washington: Leading a New Nation 9780736861953
Doeden, Matt NF
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup 9780064409605
Creech, Sharon F
Hot Hand 9780142414415
Lupica, Mike F
I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X 9781416938828
Coville, Bruce F
Jackie Robinson: Baseball's Great Pioneer 9780736861977
Glaser, Jason NF
Jane Goodall: Animal Scientist 9780736868853
Krohn, Katherine NF
John Sutter and the California Gold Rush 9780736862073
Doeden, Matt NF
Journey Under the Sea 9781933390024
Montgomery, R.A. F
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level S /DRA-2 Level: 40
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
Long Shot 9780142415207
Lupica, Mike F
Long-Arm Quarterback 9780316105620
Christopher, Matt F
Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid 9780805072426
Fletcher, Ralph NF
Matilda 9780142410370
Dahl, Roald F
Room One: A Mystery or Two 9780689866876
Clements, Andrew F
Safe at Home 9780142414606
Lupica, Mike F
The Sea of Monsters 9781423103349
Riordan, Rick F
Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School 9780590457262
Sachar, Louis NF
The Sinking of the Titanic 9780736852470
Doeden, Matt NF
Space and Beyond 9781933390031
Montgomery, R.A. F
The Tarantula in My Purse 9780064462013
George, Jean C. NF
Two-Minute Drill 9780142414422
Lupica, Mike F
The Van Gogh Cafe 9780152057503
Rylant, Cynthia F
The Voyage of the Mayflower 9780736862110
Lassieur, Allison NF
Young Riders of the Pony Express 9780736868839
Gunderson, Jessica NF
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level T /DRA-2 Level: 50
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone 9780736896405
Fandel, Jennifer NF
Babe and Me 9780380805044
Gutman, Dan F
The Battle of Gettysburg 9780736868808
Burgan, Michael NF
Boy: Tales of Childhood 9780142413814
Dahl, Roald NF
The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad 9780736896528
Olson, Nathan NF
The Creation of the U.S. Constitution 9780736896535
Burgan, Michael NF
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 9780810993136
Kinney, Jeff F
Dog Days 9780810983915
Kinney, Jeff F
Frozen Man 9780805046458
Getz, David NF
Henry Ford and the Model T 9780736896429
O'Hearn, Michael NF
Honus and Me 9780380788781
Gutman, Dan F
The Horse and His Boy 9780064471060
Lewis, C.S. F
Jackie and Me 9780380800841
Gutman, Dan F
Kicker 9781551437064
Bossley, Michele Martin F
The Last Battle 9780064471084
Lewis, C.S. F
The Last Straw 9780810970687
Kinney, Jeff F
Leon's Story 9780374443306
Tillage, Leon NF
Levi Strauss and Blue Jeans 9780736896467
Olson, Nathan NF
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 9780064471046
Lewis, C.S. F
The Magician's Nephew 9780064471107
Lewis, C.S. F
Mickey and Me 9780064472586
Gutman, Dan F
The Mystery of the Roanoke Colony 9780736896573
Niz, Xavier NF
The Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving 9780736896566
Englar, Mary NF
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level T /DRA-2 Level: 50
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
Prince Caspian 9780064471053
Lewis, C.S. F
Rodrick Rules 9780810994737
Kinney, Jeff F
Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception 9780440419921
Van Draanen, Wendelin F
Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary 9780440416432
Van Draanen, Wendelin F
Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway 9780440419112
Van Draanen, Wendelin F
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief 9780679892649
Van Draanen, Wendelin F
Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf 9780375802553
Van Draanen, Wendelin F
Sammy Keyes and the Sisters Of Mercy 9780375801839
Van Draanen, Wendelin F
Shoeless Joe and Me 9780064472593
Gutman, Dan F
The Silver Chair 9780064471091
Lewis, C.S. F
Stuffed 9781551435008
Walters, Eric F
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 9780064471077
Lewis, C.S. F
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level U /DRA-2 Level: 50
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
The BFG 9780142410387
Dahl, Roald F
The Black Circle 9780545060455
Carman, Patrick F
Blazer Drive 9781551437170
Brouwer, Sigmund F
Calder Game 9780439852081
Balliett, Blue F
Cobra Strike 9781551437255
Brouwer, Sigmund F
A Dangerous Path 9780060525651
Hunter, Erin F
Dark River 9780060892074
Hunter, Erin F
The Darkest Hour 9780060525859
Hunter, Erin F
Ella Enchanted 9780064407052
Levine, Gail Carson F
The Emperor's Code 9780545090667
Korman, Gordon F
Fire and Ice 9780060525590
Hunter, Erin F
Flip-Flop Girl 9780140376791
Paterson, Katherine F
Forest of Secrets 9780060525613
Hunter, Erin F
Ginger Pye 9780152025052
Estes, Eleanor F
Hush 9780142415511
Woodson, Jacqueline F
In Too Deep 9780545090643
Watson, Jude F
Into the Wild 9780060525507
Hunter, Erin F
Knots in My Yo-Yo String 9780679887911
Spinelli, Jerry NF
The Maze of Bones 9780545090544
Riordan, Rick F
Miss Popularity 9780439888141
Sedita, Francesco F
One False Note 9780545090605
Korman, Gordon F
Ordinary Genius: The Story of Albert Einstein 9781575050676
McPherson, Stephanie S. NF
Rosa Parks 9780141301204
Parks, Rosa NF
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level U /DRA-2 Level: 50
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
The Salem Witch Trials 9780736852463
Martin, Michael NF
The Secret Garden 9780689831416
Burnett, Frances H. F
The Silk Route 9780064434683
Major, John S. NF
The Sword Thief 9780545090599
Lerangis, Peter F
The Tale Of Despereaux 9780763625290
DiCamillo, Kate F
Tangerine 9780152057800
Bloor, Edward F
The Tarantula Scientist 9780618915774
Montgomery, Sy NF
The Viper's Nest 9780545090650
Lerangis, Peter F
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens 9780689716799
Lauber, Patricia NF
Wired 9781551434780
Brouwer, Sigmund F
Wringer 9780064405782
Spinelli, Jerry F
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level V /DRA-2 Level: 50
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
Absolutely Normal Chaos 9780064406321
Creech, Sharon F
Amos Fortune, Free Man 9780140341584
Yates, Elizabeth NF
The Austere Academy 9780064408639
Snicket, Lemony F
Beauty 9781416949428
Wallace, Bill F
The Black Tower 9780142409374
Byars, Betsy F
Can You Get an F In Lunch? 9780439025553
Krulik, Nancy F
The Carnivorous Carnival 9780064410120
Snicket, Lemony F
The Clay Marble 9780374412296
Ho, Minfong F
The Ersatz Elevator 9780064408646
Snicket, Lemony F
Esperanza Rising 9780439120425
Ryan, Pam Munoz F
The Fighting Ground 9780064401852
Avi F
Gone-Away Lake 9780152022723
Enright, Elizabeth F
Gregor and the Code of Claw 9780439791441
Collins, Suzanne F
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane 9780439650762
Collins, Suzanne F
Gregor the Overlander 9780439678131
Collins, Suzanne F
The Grim Grotto 9780064410144
Snicket, Lemony F
Harry Houdini 9780756612450
Cobb, Vicki NF
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 9780439136365
Rowling, J.K. F
Hitmen Triumph 9781551438733
Brouwer, Sigmund F
Holes 9780440414803
Sachar, Louis F
The Hostile Hospital 9780064408660
Snicket, Lemony F
Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion 9780736878999
Gianopoulos, Andrea NF
The Journey 9780439405584
Lasky, Kathryn F
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level V /DRA-2 Level: 50
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
The Miserable Mill 9780064407694
Snicket, Lemony F
More About Boy 9780142414989
Dahl, Roald NF
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 9780689710681
O'Brien, Robert C. F
Princess Academy 9781599900735
Hale, Shannon F
The Reptile Room 9780061146312
Snicket, Lemony F
Samuel Morse and the Telegraph 9780736878982
Seidman, David NF
The Slippery Slope 9780064410137
Snicket, Lemony F
The Snake Scientist 9780618111190
Montgomery, Sy NF
Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson 9780590425605
Denenberg, Barry NF
The Vile Village 9780064408653
Snicket, Lemony F
The Wide Window 9780061146336
Snicket, Lemony F
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level W /DRA-2 Level: 60
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
After the Dancing Days 9780064402484
Rostkowski, Margaret F
Adam of the Road 9780140324648
Gray, Elizabeth Janet F
Amelia Earhart 9781402751578
Jones, Victoria Garrett NF
Blue Heron 9780380720439
Avi F
A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw 9780374416966
Singer, Isaac Bashevis NF
Coraline 9780380807345
Gaiman, Neil F
Dragonwings 9780064400855
Yep, Laurence F
The Dragonslayer 9780439706377
Smith, Jeff F
Eyes of the Storm 9780439706384
Smith, Jeff F
Fantastic Feats and Failures 9781553376347
Yes Magazine, Eds. NF
The Fall 9780439176828
Nix, Garth F
Fablehaven 9781416947202
Mull, Brandon F
Freak the Mighty 9780439286060
Philbrick, Rodman F
Ghost Circles 9780439706346
Smith, Jeff F
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 9780439785969
Rowling, J.K. F
Heartbeat 9780060540241
Creech, Sharon F
Helen Keller: Courage in Darkness 9781402751479
Berne, Emma Carlson NF
Inkheart 9780439709101
Funke, Cornelia F
Insect 9780756630041
Mound, Laurence NF
Jack's New Power: Stories from a Caribbean Year 9780374437152
Gantos, Jack F
Mammal 9780756607036
Parker, Steve NF
Maniac Magee 9780316809061
Spinelli, Jerry F
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level W /DRA-2 Level: 60
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
Maya Angelou 9780140383591
Pettit, Jayne NF
Native American Doctor 9780876145487
Ferris, Jeri NF
An Ocean Food Chain 9780898127409
Trabox, A. D. NF
Out from Boneville 9780439706407
Smith, Jeff F
Perseus 9781580138888
Storrie, Paul F
Pride of Puerto Rico: The Life of Roberto Clemente 9780152634209
Walker, Paul Robert NF
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver 9780689846243
Konigsburg, E.L. F
A Rainforest Food Chain 9780898127393
Trabox, A.D. NF
Safe at Home 9781933423272
Bott, Paula F
Secrets of the Mummies 9780789434425
Griffey, Harriet NF
Sea Otter Rescue 9780140566215
Smith, Roland NF
Slam! 9780545055741
Myers, Walter Dean F
Walk Two Moons 9780064405171
Creech, Sharon F
Tuck Everlasting 9780312369811
Babbitt, Natalie F
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level X /DRA-2 Level: 60
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
Black Heroes of the American Revolution 9780152085612
Davis, Burke NF
Bird 9780142405444
Johnson, Angela F
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir 9780064461344
Greenfield, Eloise NF
The Clique 9780316701297
Harrison, Lisi F
Double Identity 9780689873799
Haddix, Margaret P. F
Earthquake Terror 9780140383430
Kehret, Peg F
The Egypt Game 9781416990512
Snyder, Zilpha K. F
Found 9781416954217
Haddix, Margaret P. F
Greenwitch 9780689840340
Cooper, Susan F
The Glory Field 9780545055758
Myers, Walter Dean F
It's Not Easy Being Mean 9780316115056
Harrison, Lisi F
Looking Back: A Book of Memories 9780385326995
Lowry, Lois NF
The Looking Glass Wars 9780142409411
Beddor, Frank F
Make Way for Sam Houston 9780698116467
Fritz, Jean NF
The Master Puppeteer 9780064402811
Paterson, Katherine F
Millicent Min, Girl Genius 9780439425209
Yee, Lisa F
The Never War 9780743437332
MacHale, D.J. F
Out of the Dust 9780590371254
Hesse, Karen F
Peter and the Starcatchers 9780786849079
Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson
F
Pilgrims of Rayne 9781416914174
MacHale, D.J. F
Queen Eleanor, Independent Spirit of the Medieval World 9780395981399
Brooks, Polly S. NF
Queste 9780060882099
Sage, Angie F
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level X /DRA-2 Level: 60
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports 9780446194044
Patterson, James F
Slipping 9781599903606
Bell, Cathleen Davitt F
Somewhere In The Darkness 9780545055772
Myers, Walter Dean F
Through My Eyes 9780590189231
Bridges, Ruby NF
Traitor: The Case Of Benedict Arnold 9780698115538
Fritz, Jean NF
Travel Team 9780142404621
Lupica, Mike F
The Wednesday Wars 9780547237602
Schmidt, Gary D. F
Within Reach: My Everest Story 9780141304977
Pfetzer, Mark NF
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level Y /DRA-2 Level: 70
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
After Tupac and D Foster 9780142413999
Woodson, Jacqueline F
All-American Girl 9780061479892
Cabot, Meg F
The Arctic Incident 9781423124542
Colfer, Eoin F
Artemis Fowl 9781423124528
Colfer, Eoin F
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel 9780786848829
Colfer, Eoin F
Bad Boy: A Memoir 9780064472883
Myers, Walter Dean NF
The Call of the Wild 9780141321059
London, Jack F
Children of the Dust Bowl 9780517880944
Stanley, Jerry NF
A Corner of the Universe 9780439388818
Martin, Ann M. F
The Devil's Arithmetic 9780140345353
Yolen, Jane F
Double Dutch 9780689842313
Draper, Sharon M. F
The Endless Steppe 9780064470278
Hautzig, Esther NF
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff 9780140326130
Myers, Walter Dean F
Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans and Waterways 9781575423487
Kaye, Cathryn Berger and Coust
NF
Greek Myths 9780618154265
Coolidge, Olivia NF
I Have Lived a Thousand Years 9780689823954
Bitton-Jackson, Livia NF
Instead of Three Wishes 9780060842314
Turner, Megan Whalen F
Just Ella 9780689831287
Haddix, Margaret P. F
The Man Who Was Poe 9780380711925
Avi F
The Schwa Was Here 9780142405772
Shusterman, Neal F
Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales 9780698118089
Jacques, Brian F
Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 9780060007676
Warren, Andrea NF
The Time Paradox 9781423108375
Colfer, Eoin F
Touching Spirit Bear 9780380805600
Mikaelsen, Ben F
Entering 8th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level Z /DRA-2 Level: 80
Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
Among the Barons 9780689839108
Haddix, Margaret P. F
Among the Betrayed 9780689839092
Haddix, Margaret P. F
Among the Brave 9780689857959
Haddix, Margaret P. F
Among the Impostors 9780689839085
Haddix, Margaret P. F
Body Systems and Health 9781403475275
Fullick, Ann NF
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 9780826317971
Jimenez, Francisco NF
City of the Beasts 9780060535032
Allende, Isabel F
Freedom's Children 9780698118706
Levine, Ellen NF
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali 9780590543439
Myers, Walter Dean NF
The Hobbit 9780618150823
Tolkien, J.R.R. F
The Hunger Games 9780439023528
Collins, Suzanne F
To Kill A Mockingbird 9780446310789
Lee, Harper F
Living Green 9781435853652
Nagle, Jeanne NF
Lord of The Flies 9780399501487
Golding, William F
Mariel of Redwall 9780441006946
Jacques, Brian F
Marlfox 9780441006939
Jacques, Brian F
Mattimeo 9780441006106
Jacques, Brian F
Miracle's Boys 9780142415535
Woodson, Jacqueline F
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 9780446574754
Hamilton, Edith NF
Never Cry Wolf 9780316881791
Mowat, Farley NF
Pearl Harbor: The U.S. Enters World War II 9780531254509
Dougherty, Steve NF
Redwall 9780441005482
Jacques, Brian F