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English Language Arts Summer Reading Project
Recommended Reading List
For Incoming 7th and 8th Graders2006Recommendations from the National Council of Teachers of English
911: The Book of Help (non-fiction) Young adult authors commenting on 911 Among the Hidden (series) by Margaret Haddix The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket Behind the Bedroom Wall by Laura E. Williams Bloomability by Sharon Creech Brain Science (non-fiction) by John Fleischman Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi. Criss Cross by Lynne Rea Perkins Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan Hope Through Heartsongs (poetry) by Mattie J.T. Stepanek Loser by Jerry Spinelli The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman The River by Gary Paulson Shattered (short stories of children in wartime) by Ed. Jennifer Armstrong The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeline L'Engle
Student Picks!
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan Driver's Ed by Caroline Cooney Face On the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney Holes by Louis Sachar Homecoming by Cynthia Voight Missing May by Cynthia Rylant One Eyed Cat by Paula Fox The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques The Séance by Joan Lowry Nixon Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg A View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg The Witch's Boy by Michael Gruber
Literature on the Light SideThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain The Call of the Wild by Jack London The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danziger Face-Off by Stacy Drumtra Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling A Kindness by Cynthia Rylant My Daniel by Pam Conrad Middle School Blues by Lou Kassem The Rain Catchers by Jean Thesman Rock N Roll Nights by Todd Strasser The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett Three Sisters by Norma Fox Mazer A Year Down Yonder by Richard
Classics
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov The Hobbit by Tolkien Little House on the Prairie and sequels by Laura Ingalls Wilder Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Lord of the Rings Trilogy by Tolkien The Red Pony by John Steinbeck Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Non-FictionAdaptation and Competition by Ann Fullick Amazing Leonardo Da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself by Maxine Anderson Black Holes and Other Bizarre Space Objects by David Jefferis Bram Stoker: The Man Who Wrote Dracula by Steven Otfinoski Children in Crisis by World Almanac Library Jazz A B Z: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Wynton Marsalis Murder by Diane Yancey World in Ancient Times by Oxford University Press
Featured Book of the SummerHoot by Carl Hiaasen On May 5, 2006 a movie version of this book was released. Did you see it? If so, read the book this summer and write a literary comparison for your Summer Reading Project. Compare and contrast the movie to the book and be sure to include which you liked more and why.
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