2009-10 CTK Middle School Summer Reading List
Listed below is this year’s summer reading list. Please find your individual grade and teacher to determine the books you are required to read. All summer reading should be complete by the first day of school. As you read be sure to take notes---either keep a notebook or write, circle or highlight details in the books themselves. Pay close attention to character names and traits, setting, and major plot details. Students will be assessed on all books either in test form and/or writing projects.
Students Entering 5th Grade: Mrs. Albertini
Two (2) required books:
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The Whipping Boy by S. Fleischman
*(1) Optional/Extra Credit: May read biography of their choice
Discoveries
Where the Red Fern Grows
Any Gordon Korman book
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
Students Entering 6th Grade: Ms. Martin
Two (2) required books:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
*(1) Optional/Extra Credit: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Discoveries
Any biography
A mystery
A Wrinkle in Time
Students Entering 7th Grade: Mrs. Shepard
Three (3) required books:
The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin
Discoveries
Three required books; you may choose from the following list:
Call of the Wild by Jack London The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Step by Step by Louis Sachar The Road to Memphis by Mildred Taylor
Christy by Catherine Marshall
Students Entering 8th Grade: Mrs. Shepard
Three (3) required:
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Discoveries
Three (3) required books; you may choose from the following list:
Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank The Red Pony by Steinbeck
All Things Bright and Beautiful by Herriot The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
2009-10 CTK Middle School Summer Reading List
Listed below is this year’s summer reading list. Please find your individual grade and teacher to determine the books you are required to read. All summer reading should be complete by the first day of school. As you read be sure to take notes---either keep a notebook or write, circle or highlight details in the books themselves. Pay close attention to character names and traits, setting, and major plot details. Students will be assessed on all books either in test form and/or writing projects.
Students Entering 5th Grade: Mrs. Albertini
Two (2) required books:
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The Whipping Boy by S. Fleischman
*(1) Optional/Extra Credit: May read biography of their choice
Discoveries
Where the Red Fern Grows
Any Gordon Korman book
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
Students Entering 6th Grade: Ms. Martin
Two (2) required books:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
*(1) Optional/Extra Credit: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Discoveries
Any biography
A mystery
A Wrinkle in Time
Students Entering 7th Grade: Mrs. Shepard
Three (3) required books:
The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin
Discoveries
Three required books; you may choose from the following list:
Call of the Wild by Jack London The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Step by Step by Louis Sachar The Road to Memphis by Mildred Taylor
Christy by Catherine Marshall
Students Entering 8th Grade: Mrs. Shepard
Three (3) required:
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Discoveries
Three (3) required books; you may choose from the following list:
Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank The Red Pony by Steinbeck
All Things Bright and Beautiful by Herriot The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie