Summer Reading List 2015/16
1st Grade-
Biscuit Goes to School (Alyssa Capucilli)
Pete the Cat at the Beach (James Dean)
What’s That Mittens (Lola Schaefer)
(*These books may either be read by the student or read to the student)
2nd Grade-
Froggy’s Sleepover (Jonathan London)
Gilbert and the Lost Tooth (Diane deGroat)
The Big Something (Patricia Reilly Giff)
(*You may choose two of the three books listed above)
3rd Grade-
Eve of the Emperor Penguins (Mary Pope Osborne)
The Karate Mouse (Geronimo Stilton)
4th Grade-
Niagra Falls or Does It (Henry Winkler)
No Talking (Andrew Clements)
Ramona’s World (Beverly Cleary)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Judy Blume)
(*You may choose two of the four books listed above)
5th Grade-
Among the Hidden (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
The Boys Start the War (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor)
6th Grade-
The Indian in the Cupboard (Lynne Reid Banks)
Our Only May Amelia (Jennifer L. Holms)
7th Grade-
The Bully (Paul Langan)
Ida B. (and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the world)
(Katherine Hannigan)
8th Grade-
Copper Sun (Sharon M. Draper)
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
(You may choose one of the books above)
Wonder (R.J. Palacio) (Required)
*This reading list is not just suggestions from the teachers for
the children to read during the summer. These books are
mandatory readers (homework) to be completed over the
summer months. Your child will be tested on these at the
beginning of the school year.