Summer Reading Lists
- Entering 1st Grade
- Entering 2nd Grade
- Entering 3rd Grade
- Entering 4th Grade
- Entering 5th Grade
- Entering 6th Grade
- Entering 7th Grade
- Entering 8th Grade
Entering 1st Grade
Students entering First Grade
Summer 2020
Below is a list of books for students entering first grade.
Required reading:
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Suggested reading:
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty (any in series)
Mr. Putter and Tabby (any in series) by Cynthia Rylant
Bink and Gollie (any in series) by Kate DiCamillo
The Book Hog by Greg Pizzoli
Captain Awesome Takes Flight by Stan Kirby
Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot! by CeCe Bell
Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons
Hot, Hot, Hot by Neal Layton
Let's Go for a Drive by Mo Willems (any in series)
The Little Guys by Vera Brosnol
Love From the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Meet Yasmin by Saadia Faruqi
Mercy Watson (any in series) by Kate DiCamillo
Penny and Her Song by Kevin Henkes (any in series)
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes by Duncan Tonatiuh
Snow Pony and the Seven Miniature Ponies by Christian Trimmer
Entering 2nd Grade
Students Entering Second Grade
Summer 2020
Below is a list of books for students entering second grade.
Required reading:
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Suggested reading:
All About Ellie by Callie Barkley (any in series)
Big Foot and Little Foot by Ellen Potter (any in series)
Could you? Would You? By Trudy White
Danny Doodles: Squirting Donuts by David Adler
Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package by Kate DiCamillo
Gator Gumbo by Candace Fleming
Giant Squid by Candace Fleming
Going Down Home With Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons
Heidi Heckelbeck is Not a Thief by Wanda Coven (any in series)
Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angleberger
Ivy and Bean Take the Case by Annie Barrows (any in series)
Life According to Og the Frog by Betty Birney
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish by Mo O’Hara
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
Princess in Black by Shannon Hale (any in series)
Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty (any in series)
Who Would Win?: Killer Whale vs. Great White Shark by Jerry Pallotta
Entering 3rd Grade
Students Entering Third Grade
Summer 2020
Below is a list of books for students entering third grade.
Required reading:
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Suggested reading:
Beep and Bop: Too Much Space by Jonathan Roth
Best Friends by Shannon Hale
A Computer Called Katherine by Suzanne Slade
Daring Dozen: The Twelve Who Walked on the Moon by Suzanne Slade
Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliot
Frank Einstein by Jon Scieszka (any in series)
Giant Squid by Candace Fleming
Heidi Heckelbeck and the Magic Puppy by Wanda Coven (any in series)
Life According to Og the Frog by Betty Birney
Mango and Bambang: The Not-a-Pig by Polly Faber
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Trouble Next Door: The Carver Chronicles by Karen English (any in series)
What Was the Ice Age by Nico Medina(any in What Was series)
Who Was Helen Keller? by Gare Thompson (any in Who Was series)
Entering 4th Grade
Students Entering Fourth Grade
Summer 2020
Below is a list of books for students entering fourth grade.
Required reading:
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Suggested reading:
Click by Kayla Miller
The Doughnut Fix by Jesse Janowitz
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
You Wouldn’t Want to Climb Mount Everest by Ian Graham
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman
No Shelter Here: Making the World a Kinder Place for Dogs by Rob Laidlaw
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm
Super Slugger by Cal Ripken Jr.
Timmy Failure by Stephan Pastis (any in series)
Wedgie & Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors (any in series)
Who Were the Beatles? (or any in Who Was series) by various authors
Word of Mouse by James Patterson
Entering 5th Grade
Students Entering Fifth Grade
Summer 2020
Below is a list of books for students entering fifth grade.
Required reading:
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Suggested reading:
Anne of Green Gables: a graphic novel by Mariah Marsden
Belly Up (any in series) by Stuart Gibbs
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
The Family Hitchcock by Mark Levin
Flash: Hocus Pocus by Barry Lyga
The Flooded Earth by Mardi McConnachie
Following Baxter by Barbara Kerley
Hideout by Watt Key
The House in Poplar Woods by K.E. Ormsbee
The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
Jason and the Argonauts by Robert Byrd
The Mysterious Benedict Society (any in series) by Trenton Lee Stewart
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II sinking of the “Children’s Ship” by Deborah Heiligman
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes
Entering 6th Grade
Students Entering Sixth Grade
Summer 2020
Below is a list of books for students entering sixth grade.
Required reading:
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Suggested reading:
Anne of Green Gables: a graphic novel by Mariah Marsden
Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
Blended by Sharon Draper
Change Up: Mystery at the World Series by John Feinstein
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Following Baxter by Barbara Kerley
Hideout by Watt Key
How Oscar Indigo Broke the Universe by David Teague
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Rebound by Kwame Alexander (or any in series)
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II sinking of the “Children’s Ship” by Deborah Heiligman
Wake Up Missing by Kate Messner
A Wrinkle in Time: A Graphic Novel by Madeleine L'Engle
Entering 7th Grade
Students Entering Seventh Grade
Summer 2020
Below is a list of books for students entering eighth grade.
Required reading:
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Parks
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Suggested reading:
Annexed by Sharon Dogar
Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Diary of a Young Girl by Ann Frank
Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
Float by Laura Martin
Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald
A Girl Called Problem by Katie Quirk
Hideout by Watt Key
Homecoming by Yaa Gysai
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
New Kid by Jerry Craft
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Parked by Danielle Svetcov
Peak by Roland Smith
The Samurai's Tale by Erik Christian Haugaard
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Entering 8th Grade
Students Entering Eighth Grade
Summer 2020
Below is a list of books for students entering eighth grade.
Required reading:
Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Suggested reading:
Alex and Eliza: A Love Story by Melissa De La Cruz
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Boden
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Bubonic Plague: When Plague Invaded America by Gail Jarrow
I am Malala (Young Reader's Edition) by Malala Yousafzai
Not if I Save You First by Ally Carter
Peak by Roland Smith
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Resistance by Jennifer Nielsen
Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue by Marc Aronson
Slider by Pete Hautman
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand