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Summer Reading Lists
Kindergarten | 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | 9th Grade | 10th Grade | 11th Grade | 12th Grade

Kindergarten
This Old Man by Pam Adams (Child's Play, 1974)
Mitten by Jan Brett (Putman, 1996)
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle (Harper Collins, 1986)
Antarctica by Helen Cowcher (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1991)
Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie DePaola (Harcourt Brace, 1978)
Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox (Alladin Paper Back, 1992)
Our New Puppy by Isabel Harper (Scholastic, 1996)
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Press, 1996)
Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins (MacMillan, 1971)
The Frog by Margaret Lane (Puffin Books, 1994)
Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss (Random House, 1965)
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World Majorie Priceman (Random, 1996)
Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise (Trophy Picture Books, 1977)
The Napping House by Don and Aubrey Wood (Harcourt Brace, 1984)


First Grade
Q is for Duck, an Alphabet Guessing Game by Anthony Browne (Clarion Books, 1980)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin, Jr. (Holt, 1992)
There's a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss (Random House, 1965)
I Like Books by Anthony Browne (Dragonfly Books, Knopf, 1988)
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson (Harper Collins, 1955)
Over in the Meadow by Ezra Keats (Scholastic, 1971)
Three by the Sea by Edward Marshall (Puffin Books, 1994)
The Listening Walk by P. Showers (Harper Trophy, 1991)
A Kiss for Little Bear by Elise Minarik (Harper, 1968)
The Teeny Tiny Woman by Paul Galdone (Random, 1986)
Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant (Bradbury, 1987)
A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry (Harper & Row, 1987)
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss (Live Oak Media, 1990)
A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman (Puffin Books, 1985)
Jamberry by Bruce Degen (Scholastic, 1990)

Second Grade
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman (Knopf, 1988)
Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted House by Davis Adler (Viking, 1992)
The Five Chinese Brothers by Clair Bishop (Putnam, 1938)
The Stories That Julian Tells by Ann Cameron (Pantheon, 1981)
The Josephina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr (Harper & Row, 1986)
Amazing Mammals (Eyewitness Junior Series, Knopf)
Amanda Pig on Her Own by Jean Van Leewuen (Dial, 1991)
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow, 1996)
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman (Dial, 1991)
Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth? by Louis Sachar (Random, 1992)
Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree Mitchell (S & S, 1993)
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton, 1988)
Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat (Coward, 1972)
Doctor DeSoto by William Steig (Scholastic, 1992)
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson (Knopf, 1993)

Third Grade
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl (Knopf, 1970)
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe (Morrow, 1986)
Horrible Harry in Room 2B by Suzy Kline (Puffin, 1990)
Justin Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Walter (Lothrop, 1986)
Kid in the Red Jacket by Barbara Park (Knopf, 1987)
Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume (Dutton, 1990)
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (Houghton Mifflin, 1981)
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (Trophy, 1995)
Snot Stew by Bill Wallace (Minstrel Books, 1989)
Good Grief Third Grade by Colleen McKenna (Scholastic, 1994)
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (Harper, 1952)
The Bobbin Girl by Emily Arnold McCully (Dial/Penguin, 1996)
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume (Four Winds, 1971)
Math Curse by Jon Scieskzka (Viking, 1995)
A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Jack Prelutsky (Greenwillow, 1996)

Fourth Grade
Poppy by Avi (Orchard, 1995)
The Nasty, Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting (Harper Collins, 1994)
Minty, the Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Allen Schroeder (Dial/Penguin, 1996)
Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary (Morrow, 1990)
Eleanor by Barbara Cooney (Viking, 1996)
Amber Brown Goes Fourth by Paula Danziger (Putnam, 1995)
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald (Dial, 1967)
Bunnicula by James Howe (Atheneum, 1979)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (Macmillan, 1950)
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Atheneum, 1991)
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco (Philomel, 1994)
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell (Watts, 1973)
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar (Morrow, 1995)
Falling Up by Shel Silverstein (Harper Collins, 1996)
My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me by Maya Angelou (Crown, 1994)

Fifth Grade
Leah's Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich (Boyds Mills Press, 1996)
Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorris (Hyperion, 1996)
Satchmo's Blues by Alan Schroeder (Delacorte/Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1996)
Something Upstairs, a Tale of Ghosts by Avi (Orchard, 1988)
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Section Book by Stephen Biesty (Knopf, 1992)
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (Macmillan, 1962)
The Dark Stories: A Herculeah Jones Mystery by Betsy Byars (Viking, 1994)
Her Stories: African-American Folktales, Fairy Tales, & True Tales, Virginia Hamilton (Scholastic, 1995)
Ship by David Macaulay (Houghton, 1993)
Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelsen (Hyperion, 1991)
The Magic Grandfather by Jay Williams (Four Winds, 1979)
The Raid by Clifton G. Wisler (Dutton, 1985)
Battle for the Castle by Elizabeth Winthrop (Holiday House, 1993)
Kokopelli's Flute by Will Hobbs (Atheneum, 1995)
Travel Far, Pay No Fare by Anne Lindbergh (Harper Collins, 1992)

Sixth Grade
Shiloh Naylor by Phyllis Reynolds (Dell, 1991)
The Giver by Lois Lowrey (Houghton Mifflin, 1993)
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (Harper Collins, 1994)
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (Houghton Mifflin, 1986)
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox (Dell, 1991)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (Puffin Books, 1991)
Hang a Thousand Trees With Ribbons: Story of Phillis Wheatley, Ann Rinaldi (Gullier/Harcourt Brace)
Crazy Weekend by Gary Soto (Scholastic, 1994)
The River by Gary Paulsen (Bradbury, 1991)
Tales From the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird by Vivian Vande Velde (Harcourt Brace, 1988)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis (Bantam/Doubleday, 1997)
Infield Hits by Thomas J. Dygard (Morrow Junior Books, 1995)
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (Dutton, 1978)
If He Hollers by A. G. Cascone (Avon, 1995)
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest
Woman by Kathleen Krull (Harcourt Brace, 1996)

Seventh Grade
The Giver by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin, 1993)
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman (Clarion, 1996)
Crazy Lady by Jane L. Conley (Trophy, 1995)
The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman (Holiday House, 1997)
The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Scholastic, 1931)
Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park (Random House, 1995)
The Glory Field by Walter Dean Meyers (Scholastic, 1994)
Steal Away by Jennifer Armstrong (Orchard, 1992)
Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue With Today's Youth by Rosa Parks (Lee & Low, 1996)
The Wings of a Falcon by Cynthia Voight (Scholastic, 1993)
So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Watkins Yoks (Lothrop, 1986)
Bearing Witness: Stories of the Holocaust (Orchard, 1995)
The Brave by Robert Lipsyte (Trophy, 1991)
Sweet Friday Island by Theodore Taylor (Harcourt Brace, 1994)
Quake! A Novel by Joe Cottonwood (Scholastic, 1996)

Eighth Grade
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight (Fawcett, 1987)
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson (Avon, 1981)
Iron Man by Chris Greenwillow Crutcher (Avon, 1995)
Bel-Air Bambi and the Mall Rats by Richard Peck (Delacorte, 1993)
Much Ado About Prom Night by William D. McCants (Harcourt Brace, 1995)
Make Lemonade by Virginia Wolff (Scholastic, 1994)
No Easy Answers: Short Stories About Teenagers Making Tough Choices (Delacorte, 1997)
Spyglass: An Autobiography by Helene Deschamps (Holt, 1995)
Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? A Mystery in Poems by Mel Glenn (Penguin, 1996)
The Examination by Malcolm Bosse (FSG, 1994)
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat (Bantam, 1983)
In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle by Madeline Blais (Atlantic Monthly, 1995)
An American Hero: The True Story of Charles Lindbergh by Barry Denenberg (Scholastic, 1996)
The Shadow of the Dragon by Sherry Garland (Harcourt Brace, 1993)
Danger Zone by David Klass (Scholastic, 1996)

Ninth Grade
Bless the Beasts and the Children by Swarthout (Doubleday, 1970)
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (Pantheon, 1974)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Crown, 1979)
Home Before Dark by Sue Ellen Bridgers (Knopf, 1976)
The Island by Gary Paulsen (Franklin Watts, 1988)
Romeo and Juliet Together (and Alive!) at Last by Avi (Orchard, 1987)
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (Random/Vintage, 1989)
Scorpions by Walter Dean Meyers (Harper & Row, 1988)
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane (Macmillan, 1986)
Night by Elie Wiesel (Hill & Wang, 1960)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Viking, 1938)
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher (Morrow, 1983)
Sheila's Dying by Alden R. Carter (Putnam, 1987)
Visions short stories edited by Donald R. Gallo (Dell, 1987)
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples (Knopf, 1989)

Tenth Grade
A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich by Alice Childress (Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1973)
Don't Look Behind You by Lois Duncan (Young Readers, 1990)
Bless Me, Ultima by Rodolfo A. Anaya (Warner, 1972)
Selena! by Richmond Clint (Pocket Books, 1995)
Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto (Harcourt Brace, 1990)
Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield (HCI, 1997)
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight (Fawcett, 1987)
Children of the River by Linda Crew (Delacorte, 1994)
Eight Plus One by Robert Cormier (Pantheon, 1980)
Eva by Peter Dickinson (Delacorte, 1989)
The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks (Harper & Row, 1984)
Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brian (Atheneum, 1965)
Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle poetry by Stephen Dunning (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1966)
The Girl in the Box by Ouida Sebastian (Little Brown, 1988)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Ballantine, 1953)

Eleventh Grade
Black Voices anthology of poetry, fiction, Abraham Chapman (New American Library, 1968)
Pocho by José Antonio Villarreal (Anchor Books, 1989)
After the First Death by Robert Cormier (Pantheon, 1979)
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Meyers (Scholastic, 1988)
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville (various publishers)
Remembering the Good Times by Richard Peck (Delacorte, 1985)
The Last of the Menu Girls by Denise Chávez (Arte Público Press, 1986)
100 Poems by 100 Poets selected by Harold Pinter (Grove Weidenfeld, 1986)
Narrative on the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass (Penguin, 1982)
Children of the River by Linda Crew (Delacorte, 1994)
Selena: The Last Song by Manuel Ruiz (El Diario Books, 1995)
In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason (Harper & Row, 1985)
Cool Salsa bilingual poems edited by Lori Carlson (Holt, 1994)
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (Knopf, 1990)
Soul Catcher by Frank Herbert (Putman, 1972)

Twelfth Grade
A Separate Peace by John Knowles (Macmillan, 1959)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Putnam, 1954)
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (Anchor Books, 1989)
Y no se lo trago la tierra And the Earth Did Not Devour Him by Tomás Rivera (Arte Público Press, 1987)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991)
Ordinary People by Judith Guest (Viking, 1976)
Song of the Lark by Willa Cather (Bantam, 1991)
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Meyers (Scholastic, 1988)
A Little Love by Virginia Hamilton (Putnam, 1984)
Memory by Margaret Mahy (Macmillan, 1987)
Midnight Hour Encores by Bruce Brooks (Harper and Row, 1986)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Random House, 1969)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (Viking, 1962)
Jane Eyre by Emily Brontë (various publishers)
All Quiet on the Western Front by Eric Maria Remarque (various publishers)