Summer Reading Lists - Middle School

The following reading list has been established for the Chrysalis Experiential Academy middle school students. The reporting process is outlined in my previous blog. The books noted in red are first priority reading. The books listed in black are the secondary book selections. Please contribute comments regarding the books that you are reading during the summer. Other student will enjoy you insights about the book as much as the content of the book itself.

Grade Level Book Title Author

4th

Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Clearly
The Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks
The Trumpet Swan EB White
Fudge-a-Mania Judy Blume
Going Someplace Special Patricia McKissack
I Dreamed I was a Ballerina Anna Pavlova
Soup and Me Richard newton Peck
Stuart Little E.B. White
The Christmas Rat Avi
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins-Barbara Kerley
The Other Dog Madeleine L'Engle
Town Mouse, Country Mouse

5th

How Angel Peterson Got His Name Gary Paulsen
No More Dead Dogs Gordon Korman
Number the Stars Lois Lowry
The Good Dog Avi
P.C. Hawke Mysteries (Series) Paul Zindel
Everything on a Waffle Polly Horvath
Loser Jerry Spinelli
Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Stuart Little EB White
Surviving Applewhites Stephanie Tolan
The Best of Times Greg Tang
The Grapes of Math Greg Tang
Twelve Travelers, Twenty Horses Harriet Gillem Robinet

6 th

Number the Stars Lois Lowry
A Single Shard Linda Park
Chrispin; The Cross of Lead Avi
Out of the Dust Karen Hesse
Shakespears Stealer
Skeleton Man Joseph Bruchac
A Wrinkle in Time Madeline L'Engle
Anne of Green Gables L.M.Montgomery
Black Beauty Anna Sewell
Coraline Neil Gaiman
Lemony Snicket series
My side of the Mountain

Peer Mediation: Agreeing on Solutions Robert Wandberg
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor
Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S.Lewis
The Yearling Marjorie Rawlings
Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls

7th

Farewell to Manzanar Leanne Wakatsuki
Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
African American Women Scientists and Inventors Otha Richard Sullivan
Benjamin Bannerker: Astronomer and Mathematician Laura Litwin
Brian's Winter Gary Paulsen
Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson
Dragonwings Lawrence Yep
Great Inventions series from Heinemann: Computers Heinemann
Great Inventions series from Heinemann: Medicine Heinemann
Great Inventions series from Heinemann: Science Heinemann
Hannah, Divided Adele Griffin
Hatchet Gary Paulsen
Myst, The Book of Atrus Rand Miller, Robyn Miller
Numbering All the Bones Ann Rinaldi
Science at the Edge series: Alternative Energy Sources
Science at the Edge series: Artificial Intelligence
Science at the Edge series: Global Warming
Science Projects About Kitchen Chemistry Robert Gaidner
Sounder William H Armstrong
Swimming Upstream Kristine O'Connell
Tex S.E. Hinton
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lottery Rose Irene Hunt
The Man Who Was Poe Avi
The Rifle Gary Paulsen
Treasure Island Stevenson
Trouble Don’t Last Shelley Pearsall
Watership Down Adams
The Miracle Worker Gibson

8th

Night Elie Wiesel
Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemmingway
The Children's Homer
The Giver Lois Lowry
The Outsiders S.E. Hinton
The Red Pony John Steinbeck
1984 George Orwell
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne
Call of the Wild Jack London
Chaser Chaim Potok
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert L. Stevenson
Dracula Brahm Stoker
Drowning Anna Sue Mayfield
Fantastic Voyage Isaac Asimov
Gathering Blue Lois Lowry
Harry Potter series JK Rowling
Human Genome Project Kevin Boon
Lord of the Flies William Golding
Medical Ethics: Life and Death Issues Karen Judson
Nothing But the Truth Avi
Peace Child Richardson
Robinson Crusoe Defoe
Shakespeare: His Life and His Works Michael Rosen
Soldiers Heart Gary Paulsen
Tell-Tale Heart Edgar A Poe
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Ernet Gaines
The Cay Theodore Taylor
The Diary of Anne Frank Goodrich and Hackett
The Good Earth Buck
The History of Counting Denise Schmandt-Besserat
The Pearl John Steinbeck
The Secret Garden Frances Burnett
The Time Machine H.G. Wells
The Wind in the Willows Jules Verne
The Wizard of Oz Frank Baum
The Yearling Rawlings
Yo Julia Alverez