Summer Reading

Core Reading Book List

Students must read two books over the course of the summer. The first book on the list is required reading. Students may choose one additional book from the list to read before the start of the school year.

Students will be evaluated on this reading with an objective test the second day of school and a written assignment during the first two weeks of school.

The following books will be read by all students during the school year.

Book Title

Author

Discipline

Book Title

Author

Across Five Aprils

Hunt

Literature

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

Lewis

Number the Stars

Lowry

Literature

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

Taylor

Island of the Blue Dolphins

O'Dell

Literature

Tuck Everlasting

Babbitt

The Secret Garden

Burnett

Literature

Where the Red Fern Grows

Rawls

Heidi

Spyri

Literature

Little Women

Alcott

Literature

Wrong Way, Jonah

Kay Arthur

Bible / Bible Study

Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

Mavis Pilbeam

Social Studies / History

Pyramids

Stuart Kallu

Social Studies / History

Settlements of the Indus River

Rob Bauder

Social Studies / History

The Ancient Hebrews

Kenny Mann

Social Studies / History

Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome

Leslie Adkins

Social Studies / History