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

Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan

Bible

Julie

Marshall

Literature

The Miracle Worker

Gibson

Literature

The Hobbit

Tolkien

Literature

Hatchet

Paulsen

Literature

The Cross and the Switchblade

Wilkerson

Literature / Bible

Call of the Wild

London

Literature

God, What's Your Name

Kay Arthur

Bible / Bible Study

Letters from Rifka

Hesse

Bridge to Terabithia

Paterson

Literature

A Christmas Carol

Dickens

Around the World in Eighty Days

Verne

Literature

Treasure Island

Stevenson

The Chronicles of Narnia- 2nd book on…

Lewis

Literature / Bible

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Twain