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West End
Informational Books
Millions, Billions, & Trillions…………………………….………….Adler
Bugged: How Insects Changed History……………………….Albee
Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Change the Earth
…………………………………………………………………………………..Bang
Dinosaurs in Your Backyard………………………………….Brewster
Citizen Scientists……………………………………………………..…Burns
Haunted Histories: Creepy Castles, Dark Dungeons, and
Powerful Palaces………………………………………………….…Everett
Locomotive…………………………………………………………..……Floca
The Wolves are Back………………………...................…….George
Galaxies, Galaxies!....................................................Gibbons
The Reasons for Seasons………………………………………..Gibbons
Bones: Skeletons and How They Work………………..…..Jenkins
The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees: A Scientific Mystery
……………………………………………………………….………………Markle
Remember: The Journey to School Integration……..Morrison
Polar Bears……………………………………………………….….Newman
How to Clean a Hippopotamus……………………………………Page
Volcano Rising………………………………………………………..…Rusch
Discovering Black America……………………..……….Tarrant-Reid
Separate is Never Equal…………………………………..……Tonatiuh
Insect Detective………………………………………………….…… Voake
Elementary
2015
Summer
Reading List
Sara Hightower Regional Library
Summer Reading Program 2015
May 26th – July 16th
205 Riverside Parkway
Rome, GA 30161
706-236-4608
3rd Grade – 5th Grade
Dear Parent / Guardian,
Reading can be one of the many fun activities
children fill their summer time with. Research has
shown it is also much more! Children who read
Story Hour
Tuesdays @ 10:00 am
June 2 – July 7
during the summer can avoid the “summer slide” in
learning, but also will likely score higher on reading
achievement tests.
This Summer Book List will help you select quality
Track your reading this summer and
receive prizes! Upcoming 5th graders and
younger can register and will receive a
timesheet on which to mark their time.
Bring your timesheet with you when you
visit the library and receive coupons for
reaching various goals.
literature that is engaging and complex. Please use
this list to find books at the Sara Hightower
Regional Library and other places.
West End Elementary works hard to help every
student exceed the standards, and literacy is a top
priority. Your example and encouragement will go a
long way toward helping us reach the goal of every
student becoming an excellent reader.
Happy Reading!
Sincerely,
Reading Logs are available on the West End website.
http://rcs.rome.ga.us/Domain/10
Buffi Murphy
Principal
Tiffany Abbott Fuller
Literacy Coach
Historical Fiction
Fiction
Tia Lola (series)……………………………………………………….Alvarez
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (series)………Angleberger
Humphrey (series)……………………………………………..…….Birney
Kinda Like Brothers…………………………………………….…….Booth
Because of Mr. Terupt……………………………………………….Buyea
Rome One: A Mystery or Two…………………………..…..Clements
Hate That Cat: A Novel…………………………………………….Creech
The Lemonade War (series)………………………………………Davies
Salsa Stories……………………………………………………….….Delacre
The Magician’s Elephant………………………..……………DiCamillo
The Spiderwick Chronicles (series)………………………..DiTerlizzi
Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything In It………Frazier
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key!...................................Gantos
The Homework Machine………………………………………..Gutman
When Mules Flew on Magnolia Street……………………Johnson
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)……………………………………Kinney
Inside Out and Back Again………………………………………..……Lai
Dumpling Days…………………..……………………………..…………..Lin
Alvin Ho (series)………………………………………………………….Look
Ruby Lu (series)…………………………….……………………..……..Look
Rain Reign……………………………………………………………....Martin
11 Birthdays…………………………………………………….…………Mass
Shiloh…………………………………………..………………………….Naylor
Wonder…………………………………………………………….…….Palacio
Big Nate (series)……………………………..………….…………….Peirce
Becoming Naomi Leon………………………………………………..Ryan
39 Clues (series)……………………………………….…………Scholastic
A Series of Unfortunate Events (series)………………..… Snicket
4th Grade Rats………………………………………………………...Spinelli
No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay)…………………………………..Trueit
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond…………..Woods
Peace, Locomotion……………………………………………..Woodson
One Book, Many Voices
Voices from the March
by George Ella Lyon
The Author will speak to the
Rome Community at the NEW
Anna K Davie October 22, 2015
@ 7pm
History Mysteries (series)…………………………..….American Girl
Sophia’s War: A Tale of the Revolution……….…….…………..Avi
Jefferson’s Sons………………………………………….………………...Avi
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes…………………….Coerr
Elijah of Buxton………………………………………………………...Curtis
The Mighty Miss Malone……………………………………………Curtis
Unstoppable Octobia May……………………………………….…Flake
Bo at Ballard Creek………………………………………………………..Hill
The Great Trouble………………………………………….….Hopkinson
Scraps of Time (series)………………………………………..McKissack
Keeping Score………………………………………………………………Park
Sugar……………………………………………………………………..Rhodes
Riding Freedom…………………………………………………………..Ryan
I Survived (series)…………………………………………………….Tarshis
The Land………………………………………………………………..…Taylor
Song of the Trees……………………………………………………...Taylor
One Crazy Summer…………………………………....Williams-Garcia
Crow……………………………………………………………………....Wright
Breaking Stalin’s Nose…………………………………………….Yelchin
Fantasy / Science Fiction
Secrets of Droon (series)……………………………………….…Abbott
Jinx (series)………………………………………………….……Blackwood
Dragon Castle……………………………………………………….Bruchac
The Sisters Grimm (series)………………………………………Buckley
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (series)………………..…..Cowell
Half Magic…………………………………………………………………Eager
The Dream Stealer…………………………………….………Flesichman
Boom!.......................................................................Haddon
Zita the Spacegirl (series)……………………………………..…...Hatke
Warrior (series)……………………………………………………....Hunter
A Wrinkle in Time………………………………………………..…..L’Engle
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon………………………..….Lin
Dragon Slayers’ Academy (series)……………………….McMullan
The Magic Thief (series)……………………………………….….Prineas
The True Meaning of Smekday………………………………………Rex
Harry Potter (series)……………………………………………….Rowling
The Night Fairy…………………………………………………………Schlitz
The Books of Elsewhere (series)………………………………….West
City of Fire/City of Ice……………………………………………….……Yep
Graphic Novels
To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel……………..………..Siegel
The Unsinkable Walker Bean…………………………………….Renier
The Whole World’s Crazy………………………………….…..Gownley
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz………….……Shanower and Baum
Yotsuba&!...................................................................Azuma
Zeus: King of the Gods…………………………………….……O’Connor
Ariol: Just a Donkey like You and Me…….……………....Guilbert
Bake Sale……………………………………………………………..…..Varon
Chi’s Sweet Home…………………………………………………..Konami
The Dodgeball Chronicles…………………………………...Cammuso
Explorer: The Mystery Boxes…………………………………..Kibuishi
Fangbone! Third-Grade Barbarian………………………………..Rex
Giants Beware!..........................................................Aguirre
Happy Happy Clover……………………………………..…..Tatsuyama
Into the Volcano……………………………………………………….Wood
Meanwhile…………………………………………………………….….Shiga
Squish: Super Amoeba……………………………………………….Holm
Monster on the Hill……………………………………………..…..Harrell
Korgi………………………………………………………………………….Slade
Magic Pickle……………………………………………………..……..Morse
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy…………...Hale
Sidekicks…………………………………………………………………..Santat
The Secret of the Stone Frog…………………………………..….Nytra
Folk Tales & Fairy Tales
The Nightingale……………………………………………..……Andersen
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide
Cinderella…………………………………………………………Fleischman
The Wise Fool: Fables from the Islamic World………...Husain
The Magical Monkey King: Mischief in Heaven………..…Jiang
Just So Stories………………………………………………………….Kipling
The Blue Fairy Book (series)…………………………………..……Lang
Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales………..Mandela
Pegasus……………………………………………………………………Mayer
Red Butterfly…………………………………………………….………Noyes
More Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World…...Olson
The Beautiful Stories of Life: Six Greek Myths, Retold.Rylant
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