In the Middle School, each teacher will begin the year by looking at the Required
Reading. We suggest that students read the required book near the close of summer
vacation so that they have a vivid remembrance of what they have read when classes
begin. Though individual teachers might give different assignments, students can
be assured that their teachers will ask them to respond to the books with knowledge
and insight through discussions, tests, and writing assignments. In addition to
reading the required book, we expect students to read two other books from the “Suggested
List.” Students should read books they have not previously read. Again,
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Entering Sixth Grade |
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Required Reading: |
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Holes |
Louis Sachar |
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Other Readings: (choose two) |
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Bridge to Terabithia |
Katherine Paterson |
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Brighty of the Grand Canyon |
Marguerite Henry |
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Bud, Not Buddy |
Christopher Paul Curtis |
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Caddie Woodlawn |
Carol Ryrie Brink |
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Catherine, called Birdy |
Karen Cushman |
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The Chronicles of Narnia (any one book not read) |
C. S. Lewis |
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A Day No Pigs Would Die |
Robert Newton Peck |
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Escape from Warsaw |
Ian Serraillier |
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Hatchet |
Gary Paulsen |
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Homecoming |
Cynthia Voight |
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The Incredible Journey |
Shelia Burnford |
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The Jungle Book |
Rudyard Kipling |
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Lyddie |
Katherine Paterson |
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Maniac Magee |
Jerry Spinelli |
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My Side of the Mountain |
Jean Craighead George |
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Old Yeller |
Fred Gipson |
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Phoenix Rising |
Karen Hesse |
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Redwall (any one book not read) |
Brian Jacques |
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Shiloh |
Phyllis R. Naylor |
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The Slave Dancer |
Paula Fox |
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle |
Avi |
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The View from Saturday |
E. L. Konigsburg |
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The Westing Game |
Ellen Raskin |
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Entering Seventh Grade |
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Required Reading: |
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The Outsiders |
S. E. Hinton |
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Other Readings (choose two): |
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Anne of Green Gables (or any book in series) |
L. M. Montgomery |
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Around the World in Eighty Days |
Jules Verne |
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Black Beauty |
Anna Sewell |
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Boy |
Roald Dahl |
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The Call of the Wild |
Jack London |
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The Chronicles of Narnia (any one book not read) |
C. S. Lewis |
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The Chronicles of Prydain (any one book not read) |
Lloyd Alexander |
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Death on the Nile (any one book not read) |
Agatha Christie |
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Deathwatch |
Robb White |
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Dicey’s Song |
Cynthia Voight |
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Drive: The Story of My Life |
Larry Bird |
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Jacob Have I Loved |
Katherine Paterson |
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Kidnapped |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
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A Little Princess |
Frances Hodgson Burnett |
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The Lord of the Rings (any one book not read) |
J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Merry Adventures of Robin Hood |
Howard Pyle |
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The Prince and the Pauper |
Mark Twain |
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The Red Pony |
John Steinbeck |
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Summer of My German Soldier |
Bette Greene |
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The Sword and the Stone |
T. H. White |
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War of the Worlds |
H. G. Wells |
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The Yearling |
Marjorie Rawlings |
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Entering Eighth Grade |
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Required Reading: |
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To Kill a Mockingbird |
Harper Lee |
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Other Readings: (choose two) |
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
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All Creatures Great and Small |
James Herriot |
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Before We Were Free |
Julia Alvarez |
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Beloved Invader |
Eugenia Price |
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The Book of King Arthur |
Howard Pyle |
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Captains Courageous |
Rudyard Kipling |
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Christy |
Catherine Marshall |
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Clara Barton |
Leni Hamilton |
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Death Be Not Proud |
John Gunther |
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A Flower Blooms on Charlotte Street |
Milam McGraw Propst |
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Heidi |
Johanna Spyri |
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Izzy Willy-Nilly |
Cynthia Voight |
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Johnny Tremain |
Esther Forbes |
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The Lord of the Rings (any one book not read) |
J. R. R. Tolkien |
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A Man Called Peter |
Catherine Marshall |
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Shane |
Jack Schaeffer |
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The Story of My Life |
Helen Keller |
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Treasure Island |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
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The Princess Bride |
William Goldman |
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Watership Down |
Richard Adams |
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White Fang |
Jack London |
