Summer Reading 2015
The following books are required reading for the summer of 2015. Assignments accompanying these books will be posted
on our website and Facebook page: www.acemacon.org ~ www.facebook.com/acemacon
*Important Note – There are many different versions of the titles listed below. It is extremely important that the ISBN number (if given) matches the
version you read. Some versions tend to be too easy, and others have text that is not appropriate for our students.*
Entering KINDERGARTEN in 2015-2016
Entering FIRST GRADE in 2015-2016
Required: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
ISBN-13:9780140374247
Required: Aesop’s Fables by Aesop
ISBN-10: 0762428767
ISBN-13: 978-0762428762
Select one:
 Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
ISBN-10:0486291162
ISBN-13: 978-0486291161
 The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright ISBN-10:
0590225170
ISBN-13: 978-0590225175
 Stuart Little by E.B. White
ISBN-10: 0064400565
ISBN-13: 978-0064400565
Select one:
 The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
ISBN-10: 0723263922
ISBN-13: 978-0723263920
 The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
ISBN-10: 9780140361223
ISBN-13: 978-0140361223
 Jack and the Beanstalk by Carol Ottolenghi
ISBN-10: 1577683773
ISBN-13: 978-1577683773
Memorization Pieces:
 "At the Seaside" by Robert Louis Stevenson
 "Hoppity” by A.A. Milne
Entering SECOND GRADE in 2015-2016
Entering THIRD GRADE in 2015-2016
Required: Charlotte’s Web by E. B White
ISBN-10: 0064400557
ISBN-13: 978-0064400558
Required: American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne
ISBN-10: 0679800891
ISBN-13: 978-0679800897
Select one:
 The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal by J. York and Jill Dubin
ISBN-13: 9781614732211
 The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson
ISBN-10: 0618344209
ISBN-13: 978-0618344208
 Theseus and the Minotaur by James Ford
ISBN-10: 1404809031
ISBN-13: 978-1404809031
Select one:
 Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
ISBN-10: 0140309578
ISBN-13: 978-0140309577
 The Boxcar Children No. 1 by Gertrude Chandler Warner
ISBN-10: 0807508527
ISBN-13: 978-0807508527
 Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
ISBN-10: 0486292738
ISBN-13: 978-0486292731
Memorization Pieces:
 “The Land of Nod” by Robert Louis Stevenson
 “Bed in Summer” by Robert Louis Stevenson
Memorization Pieces
 The Preamble to the Constitution
 The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence
Entering FOURTH GRADE in 2015-2016
Entering FIFTH GRADE in 2015-2016
Required: The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
ISBN: 0-06-07640-2
Required: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
ISBN-10: 1477810234
ISBN-13: 978-1477810231
Choose one:
 Treasure Island by R.L. Stevenson
ISBN: 0-679-80402-1
 Little House in the Big Woods by L. Wilder
ISBN# 978-0-06-440001-5
 A Little Princess by F.H. Burnett
ISBN# 978-1503250475
Choose one:
Memorization Pieces
 “A Song of Enchantment” by Walter de la Mare
 “All Day Long” by Carl Sandburg
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The Adventures of Don Quixote by Argentina Palacios
ISBN-10: 0486407918
ISBN-13: 978-0486407913
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
ISBN-10: 0486400778
ISBN-13: 978-0486400778
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
ISBN-10: 1402714580
ISBN-13: 978-1402714580
Memorization Pieces
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic Julia Ward Howe, 1862.
Captain! My Captain! Walt Whitman, 1865
Entering SIXTH GRADE in 2015-2016
Entering SEVENTH GRADE in 2015-2016
If possible, you should purchase your own copies of the novels. It is a
tremendous advantage to be able to take notes in the margins and
underline or highlight notable passages. Should you study these novels
again in college, your own annotated and highlighted copies will be
invaluable. These books are available at local bookstores, as well as
through online retailers such as Amazon.com.
If possible, you should purchase your own copies of the novels. It is a
tremendous advantage to be able to take notes in the margins and
underline or highlight notable passages. Should you study these novels
again in college, your own annotated and highlighted copies will be
invaluable. These books are available at local bookstores, as well as
through online retailers such as Amazon.com.
REQUIRED: Flight to Freedom – Ana Veciana-Suarez
REQUIRED:
Choose two:
 Catherine, Called Birdy – Karen Cushman
 Crispin: The Cross of Lead – Avi
 Midnight Magic – Avi
 The Door in the Wall – Marguerite De Angeli
Choose one
The Last of the Mohicans – Cooper
The Prince and the Pauper – Twain
*In Class Novels:
 Beowulf – adapted by Robert Nye
 The Canterbury Tales – retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
 King Arthur – Roger Lancelyn Greene
 The Sword in the Stone – T.H. White
 A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream – William Shakespeare
 Henry V - William Shakespeare
Choose two:
 Johnny Tremain – Forbes
 A Gathering of Days – Bios
 April Morning – Fast
 Galileo’s Journal 1609-10 – Pettenati
 The Secret Journal of Susanna Shakespeare – Ortiz
 Fever, 1973 – Anderson
 The Smile – Napoli
*In Class Novels
 Romeo & Juliet – Shakespeare
 Robinson Crusoe – DeFoe
 Don Quixote – Cervantes (Excertps)
 The Scarlet Letter – Hawthorne (excerpts)
 Pride & Prejudice - Austen
*Sixth and seventh grade teachers have included the “In-Class Novels” that will be read during the school year. Parents may want to purchase early
if they find a good price and students may want to get a head-start.
Entering EIGHTH GRADE in 2015-2016
Entering NINTH GRADE in 2015-2016
If possible, you should purchase your own copies of the novels. It is a
tremendous advantage to be able to take notes in the margins and
underline or highlight notable passages. Should you study these novels
again in college, your own annotated and highlighted copies will be
invaluable. These books are available at local bookstores, as well as
through online retailers such as Amazon.com.
If possible, you should purchase your own copies of the novels. It is a
tremendous advantage to be able to take notes in the margins and
underline or highlight notable passages. Should you study these novels
again in college, your own annotated and highlighted copies will be
invaluable. These books are available at local bookstores, as well as
through online retailers such as Amazon.com.
Required:
 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
 Night by Elie Wiesel
Required: Choose one
 Socrates: Ancient Greek in Search of Truth by Pamela Dell
 Julius Caesar: Roman General & Statements by Don Nardo
 Iliad by Robert Fagles
Choose one:
 Animal Farm – George Orwell
 The Old Man & the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
 Old Yeller – Fred Gipson
 I know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
 The Pearl – John Steinback
Choose two:
 The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
 Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
 Cleopatra by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema
 The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
 The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
 The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff
 The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
by Padraic Colum
 Dateline: Troy by Paul Fleishman
 Inside the Walls of Troy by Clemence McLaren