SUMMER READING LIST 2022
Incoming 6th Grade Summer Reading
Incoming 6th graders will read two books over the summer.
Everyone must have read Wonder by R.J. Palacio before 6th grade. If you have not, this will be one of your two summer reading selections. If you have already read it, select any of the two titles from the following list (and you can always read more! Many of these titles are the first in a series):
Fiction:
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
Fly on the Wall by Remy Lai
What Lane by Torrey Maldonado
Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
Blended by Sharon Draper
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
Enginerds by Jarrett Lerner
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
Graphic Novels:
This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews
Twins by Varian Johnson
All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson
Guts by Raina Telgemeier
Nonfiction/Biography:
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor by Sonia Sotomayor
Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson by Katherine Johnson
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away by Erica Armstrong and Kathleen van Cleve
Ugly by Robert Hoge
Incoming 7th Grade
Required Reading:
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Select one of the following:
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Incoming 8th Grade
Select two of the following:
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Ashes of Roses by MJ Auch
The Last Mission by Harry Mazer
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Hunger Games Series (pick one - should be read in order) by Suzanne Collins
Allies by Alan Gratz
Incoming 9th Grade
Select a book of your own choosing - if you need recommendations ask Mrs. Doherty or Mrs. Thomas or Ms. Aymer from Summit Public Library.
Incoming 6th graders will read two books over the summer.
Everyone must have read Wonder by R.J. Palacio before 6th grade. If you have not, this will be one of your two summer reading selections. If you have already read it, select any of the two titles from the following list (and you can always read more! Many of these titles are the first in a series):
Fiction:
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
Fly on the Wall by Remy Lai
What Lane by Torrey Maldonado
Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
Blended by Sharon Draper
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
Enginerds by Jarrett Lerner
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
Graphic Novels:
This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews
Twins by Varian Johnson
All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson
Guts by Raina Telgemeier
Nonfiction/Biography:
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor by Sonia Sotomayor
Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson by Katherine Johnson
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away by Erica Armstrong and Kathleen van Cleve
Ugly by Robert Hoge
Incoming 7th Grade
Required Reading:
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Select one of the following:
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Incoming 8th Grade
Select two of the following:
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Ashes of Roses by MJ Auch
The Last Mission by Harry Mazer
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Hunger Games Series (pick one - should be read in order) by Suzanne Collins
Allies by Alan Gratz
Incoming 9th Grade
Select a book of your own choosing - if you need recommendations ask Mrs. Doherty or Mrs. Thomas or Ms. Aymer from Summit Public Library.