Students Entering 6th Grade

Required Reading: The Game of Sunken Places by M.T. Anderson

In addition please choose one of the following books to read:
Al Capone Does my Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Dolphin Song by Lauren St. John
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

Assignment: Students will take Accelerated Reader quizzes on both books when they return in September. The points for both books will be counted towards their Accelerated Reader Program semester totals. There will also be discussion groups in the fall for theThe Game of Sunken Places novel.

Students Entering 7th Grade

Required Reading: The Game of Sunken Places by M.T. Anderson

In addition please choose one of the following books to read:
The Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
12 Again by Sue Corbett

Assignment: Students will take Accelerated Reader quizzes on both books when they return in September. The points for both books will be counted towards their Accelerated Reader Program semester totals. There will also be discussion groups in the fall for the The Game of Sunken Places novel.

Students Entering 8th Grade

Required Reading: The Game of Sunken Places by M.T. Anderson

In addition please choose one of the following books to read:
The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
Gathering Blue (sequel to "The Giver") by Lois Lowry
Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
The Shadow Thieves (Book I) by Anne Ursu

Assignment: Students will take Accelerated Reader quizzes on both books when they return in September. The points for both books will be counted towards their Accelerated Reader Program semester totals. There will also be discussion groups in the fall for the The Game of Sunken Places novel.