Reading is the key to learning.  Our summer reading list is designed to help you spend some time with a good book this summer.  All students, grades 6-8 are being asked to read at least two books this summer.  Students should read the required book for their 2009-2010 grade level and one more book.  The second book can come from any list (any grade level). You can always read more!

All students are required to have two book report forms completed- one for your required grade level book and one for your book of choice.  Choose the grade level of the grade you will be entering in August 2009.  Book reports are due the first day back to school to your Language Arts Teacher.  Click here for the Book Report form or visit our website under 'FORMS' (http://fultonscience.org/forms).   

Rising Sixth Grade Summer Reading

Required:

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell 

Select one of the following as your choice:

Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
The Door in the Wall by Margueritte deAngeli
Under a War Torn Sky by L.M. Elliot
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder
Frindle by Andrew Clement
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Does My Head Look Big in This? byRanda Abdel-Fattah
Peak by Roland Smith
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by AVI
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B.Gilbreth
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher PaulCurtis
Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse
The Face on the Milk Carton series by Caroline B. Cooney
Untamed

by PC Cast

Rising Seventh Grade Summer Reading

Required:

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred Taylor
 

Select one of the following as your choice:

Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam MunozRyan
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
Jacob I Have Loved by KatherinePatterson
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Time Bomb by Nigel Hinton
The Misfits by James Howe
Kayla Chronicles by Sherrie Winston
Treasure Island by Robert LouisStevenson
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Kate McMullan
The Lottery Rose Irene Hunt
The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho
Woodsong by Gary Paulsen
Julie of the Wolves by Jean CraigheadGeorge
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Rising Eighth Grade Summer Reading

Required:

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Select one of the followingas your choice:

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Solder’s Heart by Gary Paulsen
Shield of Stars by Hilari Bell
Dragon’s Keep by Janet Carey
Elephant Run by Roland Smith
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Buried in Ice by Owen Beattie
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
The Black Pearl by Scott O’Dell
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Rascal by Sterling North
My Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall
Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
The Sunita Experiment by Mitali Perkins
Within Reach: My Everest Story byMark Pfetzer
Out of Darkness: The Story of LouisBraille by Russell Freeman