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 2021
Below is a list of books for students entering first grade.
Required reading:
A Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Suggestions for 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
Charlie and Mouse by Laurel Snyder
Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot! by CeCe Bell
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
I Am Enough by Grace Byers
Let's Go for a Drive by Mo Willems (any in series)
The Little Guys by Vera Brosnol
Meet Yasmin by Saadia Faruqi
Mercy Watson (any in series) by Kate DiCamillo
My Papi has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
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
Sydney and Taylor by Jacqueline Davies
We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Entering 2nd Grade
Students Entering Second Grade
Summer 2021
Below is a list of books for students entering second grade.
Required reading:
A Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Suggestions for reading:
Ada Lace series by Emily Calandrelli
Beasts of Olympus (series) by Lucy Coats
Big Foot and Little Foot by Ellen Potter (any in series)
Could you? Would You? By Trudy White
Dragons in a Bag (series) by Zetta Elliot
Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package by Kate DiCamillo
Here's Hank (series) by Henry Winkler
Gator Gumbo by Candace Fleming
Giant Squid by Candace Fleming
Going Down Home With Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons
Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angleberger
Megabat is a Fraidybat by Anna Humphrey
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish by Mo O’Hara
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castilla
Owl Diary series by Rebecca Elliot
Princess in Black by Shannon Hale (any in series)
Starla Jean by Elana Arnold
Who Would Win?: Killer Whale vs. Great White Shark by Jerry Pallotta
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
Entering 3rd Grade
Students Entering Third Grade
Summer 2021
Below is a list of books for students entering third grade.
Required reading:
A Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Suggested reading:
Beasts of Olympus (series) by Lucy Coats
Beep and Bop: Too Much Space by Jonathan Roth
Best Friends by Shannon Hale
A Computer Called Katherine by Suzanne Slade
Confessions of a Dork Lord by Marta Altes
Daring Dozen: The Twelve Who Walked on the Moon by Suzanne Slade
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Frank Einstein by Jon Scieszka (any in series)
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
Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake
Summer According to Humphrey by Betty Birney
Trouble Next Door: The Carver Chronicles by Karen English (any in series)
Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson
What Was the Ice Age by Nico Medina (any in series)
Unicorn Rescue Society by Adam Gidwitz
Entering 4th Grade
Students Entering Fourth Grade
Summer 2021
Below is a list of books for students entering fourth grade.
Required reading:
A Cricket in TImes Square by George Selden
Suggested reading:
Click by Kayla Miller
The Doughnut Fix by Jesse Janowitz
Confessions of a Dork Lork by Marta Altes
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Knights vs. the End (of Everything) by Matt Phelan
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Muck and Magic by Michael Morpurgo
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake
Stay Curious: A Brief History of Stephen Hawking by Kathleen Krull
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm
Super Slugger by Cal Ripken Jr.
Timmy Failure by Stephan Pastis (any in series)
Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson
Entering 5th Grade
Students Entering Fifth Grade
Summer 2021
Below is a list of books for students entering fifth grade.
Required reading:
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Suggestions for reading:
Anne of Green Gables: a graphic novel by Mariah Marsden
Benchwarmers by John Feinstein
Belly Up (any in series) by Stuart Gibbs
City Spies by James Ponti
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
Flash: Hocus Pocus by Barry Lyga
Hideout by Watt Key
The House in Poplar Woods by K.E. Ormsbee
Jason and the Argonauts by Robert Byrd
Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II sinking of the “Children’s Ship” by Deborah Heiligman
The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Entering 6th Grade
Students Entering Sixth Grade
Summer 2021
Below is a list of books for students entering sixth grade.
Required reading:
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Suggestions for reading:
Anne of Green Gables: a graphic novel by Mariah Marsden
Bouncing Back by Scott Ostler
Bound by Ice: A True North Pole Survival Story by Sandra Neil Wallace
Clear Getaway by Nic Stone
Efren DIvided by Ernesto cisneros
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Millionaires for a Month by Stacy McAnulty
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis
Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh
Thirteens by Kate Alice Marshall
Triple Threat by Mike Lupica
Entering 7th Grade
Students Entering Seventh Grade
Summer 2021
Below is a list of books for students entering seventh grade.
Required reading:
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Parks
Suggestions for reading:
Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman
The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling
Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald
My Life in the Fish Tank by Barbara Dee
Not if I Save You First by Ally Carter
Parked by Danielle Svetcov
Peak by Roland Smith
Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key
Tight by Torrey Maldonado
The Turnover by Mike Lupica
Village of Scoundrels by Margi Preus
Wink by Rob Harrell
Entering 8th Grade
Students Entering Eighth Grade
Summer 2021
Below is a list of books for students entering eighth grade.
Required reading:
Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
Suggested reading:
Almost American Girl : An Illustrated Memoir by Robin Ha
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Boden
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
The Companion by Katie Alender
Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone
Eighty Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts
Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald
The Impossible First by Colin O'Brady
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly
Resistance by Jennifer Nielsen
Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue by Marc Aronson
Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs