Summer Reading Lists

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

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)

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

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