I need a middle school summer reading list.

[Perry]

Anyone have a link to a good one? I've been looking and I'm finding lots of contemporary lit, but I can't find anything I'd consider high quality. I haven't read a lot of YA books, so I'm having a hard time knowing what's good.

 

I've got plenty for high school, but need something for grades 7/8/9.

[JVA]

:lurk5: Looking for this, too!!

[maryr]

Also, what types of books are you looking for? any particular interests?

 

I can give you quite a few good suggestions but I don't have a book list.

mary

[Michelle My Bell]

I just used sonlight's catalog to compile a list for my daughter. I then went to scholoastic.com and bookadventure.com and looked up the grade levels of the books. I eliminated some and then arranged them how I wanted them.

[Caroline]

I use the books from LCC. And my son's school has had reasonable requests, too including Animal Farm, The Giver, Fahrenheit 451, A Separate Peace, Anthem, and The Chosen. (Those are all I can remember off the top of my head.)

[Perry]

Also, what types of books are you looking for? any particular interests?

 

I can give you quite a few good suggestions but I don't have a book list.

mary

Both.

 

Dd will be in 8th grade, strong reader, no particular interests.

Ds will be in 7th grade, dislikes reading and reads below grade level. Likes sports and adventure.

 

Thanks!

[6packofun]

I like to Google "Christian middle school summer reading list" and use lists that schools put together. Normally I wouldn't necessarily trust a public school, so I hope that a Christian school might have higher standards. (You could also look for a Classical school's summer reading list.)

 

Anyhow, here is a good selection:

 

Fiction Books

Author Title

Adams -Watership Down

Alcott, Louisa May- Little Women

Avi -True Confessions of Charlotte Davis

Babbit, Natalie -Tuck Everlasting

Barry & Pearson -Peter and the Star Catchers (series)

Baum, Frank -Wizard of Oz, The

Boyne, John -Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The

Bradbury, Ray- Martian Chronicles, The

Burnett, Frances -Secret Garden, The

Christie, Agatha -And Then There Were None

Christie, Agatha -Death on the Nile

Christie, Agatha -Murder on the Orient Express

Dickens, Charles- Oliver Twist

Dodge, Mary -Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates

Doyle, Arthur C. -Hound of the Baskervilles, The

Doyle, Arthur C. -Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Dumas, Alexandre -Three Musketeers

DuMaurier, Daphne -Rebecca

DuPrau, Jeanne -City of Ember, The

Edgerton -Walking Across Egypt

Enright, Elizabeth -Gone Away Lake

Funke, Cornelia -Thief Lord, The

George, Jean Craighead -My Side of the Mountain

Gilbreth & Carey -Cheaper by the Dozen

Goldman, William- Princess Bride, The

Graham, L.B. -Binding of the Blade, The (series)

Hamilton, Virginia -House of Dies Drear

Hansberry, Lorraine -Raisin in the Sun

Hemingway, Ernest -Old Man and the Sea, The

Herriot, James -All Creatures Great and Small

Heyerdahl, Thor -Kon-Tiki

Hiassen, Carl -Hoot

Holt, Kimberly Willis -When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Jaques, Brian -Redwall (series)

Kay, Elizabeth -Divide, The

Keith, Harold -Rifles for Waitie

Kipling, Rudyard -Captains Courageous

L'Engle, Madeleine -Wrinkle in Time, A

Levine, Gail Carson -Fairest

Lewis, C. S. -Chronicles of Narnia, except Last Battle

Lowry, Lois -Giver, The

Marshall, Catherine -Christy

McGraw, Eloise Jarvis -Mara, Daughter of the Nile

Montgomery, L.M. -Anne of Green Gables

Nixon, J.L. -Orphan Train, The (series)

O'Brien, Robert -Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nymh

O'Dell, Scott -Island of the Blue Dolphin

Parkman, Francis -Oregon Trail, The

Paterson, K. -Bridge to Terabithia, The

Paulsen, Gary -Hatchet (do not read if you take English skills)

Paulson, Gary -Soldier's Heart

Perretti, Frank -This Present Darkness

Ransome, Arthur -Swallows and Amazons

Raskin, Ellen -Westing Game, The

Rawls, Wilson -Where the Red Fern Grows

Richter, Conrad -Light in the Forest, The

Saint-Exupery, Antoine -Little Prince, The

Salisbury, Graham -Under the Blood Red Sun

Service, Pamela -Reluctant God, The

Speare, Elizabeth -Bronze Bow, The

Spinelli, Jerry -Stargirl

Stevenson, Robert -Treasure Island

Stevenson, Robert- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Taylor, Mildred- Let the Circle Be Unbroken

Tolkien, J.R. -Hobbit, The

Tolkien, J.R. -Lord of the Rings, The (series)

Twain, Mark -Prince and the Pauper, The

Ullman, James -Banner in the Sky

Verne, Jules -Around the World in Eighty Days

Washington, Booker -Up From Slavery

Wells, H.G. -First Men in the Moon

Wells, H.G. -Time Machine, The

Wells, Seymore Simon -Invisible Man, The

Zindel, Paul -Pigman, The

[Hillary in KS]

I created a list for all three of my boys. (Rising 9th, 4th, and 1st graders)

 

I scanned the Veritas Press catalog and the summer reading lists from Highland Latin School.

 

Maybe these will give you some ideas?

 

Here's what my rising 9th grader is reading this summer:

 

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

Johnny Tremain

All Creatures Great and Small

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Dragon and the Raven

The Eagle of the Ninth

The Secret Garden

The Black Stallion

The Hunt for Red October

Liberty and Tyranny

According to Plan (This one is a book about Biblical theology by Graeme Goldworthy. Ds wanted me to add it "for fun.")

Edited June 2, 2010 by Hillary in KS

[gingersmom]

I just google 7th grade reading list, 8th grade reading list, etc and start reading through and jotting down names. Then I usually go over to amazon.com to see what the reviews are. Then I go to paperback swap to see what I can get for free. :001_smile:

 

I did have a summer reading list but now we are doing school year round so I guess it is not technically a summer reading list.

 

Here were my planned books-

 

7th going into 8th-

 

Pinocchio

Criss Cross

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

Bud, Not Buddy

Cheaper by the Dozen

Roll of Thunder, Hear My cry

 

4th going into 5th-

Hank Zipzer

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

George Washingtons Socks

Stone Fox

[mom31257]

Here is a thread where I asked about that, too.