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Alice E. Grady Elementary School Summer Reading List 2015 Grades 4, 5, and 6 Check out the last page to learn about our new eBook collection!! Alice E. Grady Elementary School Summer Reading List 2015 Dear Families: Attached you will find a summer reading list chock full of suggestions for great summer reads. Please note that the titles contained in this list are merely suggestions; there are so many great books out there to read, and so many different interests that it is impossible to include even a tiny fraction of all the possibilities in one list. I encourage you and your children to go to the public library or explore online to find just the right books for great summer reads. Don’t forget to help your child learn to use our new collection of eBooks! Instructions are included on the last page of this list. If you live in the Village of Elmsford and do not have a public library card, you can get one from Elmsford’s home library, the Ardsley Public Library, which is located in Ardsley at 9 American Legion Drive. The telephone number is (914)693-6636, and the website address is www.ardsleylibrary.org. Once you have your public library card, you can use it at any of Westchester County’s 38 public libraries. Both the Ardsley Public Library and the Greenburgh Public Library host exciting summer reading programs. There are events all summer long, and the participants win prizes just for reading what they like, and all for free – what a great deal! Thank you so much for your help in keeping our students reading over the summer holidays. I can’t wait to see everyone in September, and to hear about all the great books they read in July and August! With wishes for a wonderful summer, Ms. Sparber Library media Specialist REALISTIC FICTION Alvarez, Julia. HOW TIA LOLA CAME TO VISIT STAY. When Tia Lola comes from the Dominican Republic to help out Miguel’s family, at first she is an embarrassment, but soon becomes a beloved addition to the family and the town. Applegate, Katharine. THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN. When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life. Cabot, Meg. ALLIE FINKLE’S RULES FOR GIRLS. Allie is 9 years old, and she has rules for everything. Everything seems to be under control until her family moves across town and she faces all new rules. Cleary, Beverly. RAMONA’S WORLD. Read all about 4th grader Ramona and her baby sister. Clements, Andrew. A WEEK IN THE WOODS. The fifth grade’s annual camping trip in the woods tests Mark’s survival skills and his ability to relate to a teacher who appears to be out to get him. Clements, Andrew. NO TALKING. The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest. Creech, Sharon. GRANNY TORRELLI MAKES SOUP. Twelve year old Rosie is furious at Bailey, her best buddy and neighbor, a boy who is better than a brother, until her grandmother comes over to make soup and pasta and tells her stories about her own childhood friends. Danzinger, Paula. AMBER BROWN IS NOT A CRAYON. The year she is in third grade is a sad time for Amber, because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move. Davies, Jacqueline. THE LEMONADE WAR. Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, are not happy about being in the same 4th grade class; they battle it out through lemonade stands and the race to make $100. Includes tips for running a successful lemonade stand. Don’t forget to read the rest of the series. DiCamillo, Kate. BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE. Opal knows how it is to be friendless in a new town with no mother for comfort. Enter the solution: a mangy stray dog with a big smile. Draper, Sharon. OUT OF MY MIND. 11 year old Melody is smart, but nobody knows it because she cannot speak. She finally discovers a device that helps her to find her voice. Giff, Patricia Reilly. PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOODS. A troublesome orphan pursues her dream of finding a foster home where she truly belongs. Now living with an eccentric artist who she immediately bonds with, she remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family who truly seemed to care about her. Graff, Lisa. A TANGLE OF KNOTS. Interwoven stories about 11 year old Cady, who has a talent for baking, destiny, family, and secrets. Hesse, Karen. MUSIC OF DOLPHINS. After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn that dolphins have raised her. The researchers attempt to rehabilitate her to the human world. Haiaasen, Carl. HOOT. Roy Eberhardt is the new kid at Trace Middle School in Coconut Grove, Florida. Mother Paula’s All-American Pancake House is scheduled to be built over a burrow of endangered miniature owls. Roy is determined to save the owls. Horvath, Polly. EVERYTHING ON A WAFFLE. Eleven-year-old Primrose lives in a small fishing village in British Columbia and has lost her parents at sea. The story recounts her experiences and the unpredictability of life as she learns about human nature and copes with her loss through friendship and love. Konigsburg, E.L. FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER. Claudia and her brother run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. In the museum, Claudia falls in love with a statue and tries to unravel the mystery surrounding it. Korman, Gordon. NO MORE DEAD DOGS. Wallace Wallace is an eigth grade football hero who finds himself in trouble at school. As punishment, he must attend play rehearsals where, in spite of himself, he is drawn into the production. Other books by Gordon Korman include SCHOOLED, FRAMED, JACKPOT, and HIDEOUT. Lord, Cynthia. RULES. Catherine is a twelve-year-old girl with an autistic younger brother, who tries to make him understand the world through a series of rules. Through her relationship with Jason, a nonverbal boy in a wheelchair who uses cards to communicate, she realizes what it is like to be different, and is finally able to accept both her brother and her friend. McDonald, Megan. JUDY MOODY GETS FAMOUS. When a third grade classmate gets her picture in the paper for winning a spelling bee, Judy is determined to find a way to become famous herself. Martin, Ann M. A DOG’S LIFE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STRAY. Told from her own point of view, this is the story of Squirrel, a stray dog, tracing her life from birth to old age. It is a tale that will melt the hearts of dog lovers, young or old. Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. SHILOH. When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty, tries to hide it from his family and the dog’s real owner, who has mistreated the dog. O’Dell, Scott. ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS. The story of young Karana, who survives by herself for eighteen years on a deserted island off the California coast. Paulsen, Gary. HATCHET. When the pilot of a small, two-person plane has a heart attack and dies, 13 year old Brian has to crash land in the forest of a Canadian wilderness. He has little time to realize how alone he is, because he is so busy just trying to survive. (Series) If you like the Hatchet series, try the DIVE and EVEREST series. Palacio, R.J WONDER. August Pullman was born with a facial deformity. This story is about Auggie’s struggle to be accepted as any other 5th grade student, and the community’s efforts to treat him with empathy and compassion. Pastis, Stephen. TIMMY FAILURE: MISTAKES ARE MADE. Total Failure, Inc. is a detective agency run by 11 year old Timmy and his partner, Total, a 1500 pound polar bear. Patterson, James. I FUNNY. Jamie Grimm tries to win the Planet’s Funniest Kid Comic Contest, but has to deal with a lot of other stuff on the way. Robinson, Barbara. THE BEST SCHOOL YEAR EVER. This book contains the adventures of the six Herdman kids, who don’t bend the rules, but break them in a series of hilarious incidents. Sacher, Louis. HOLES. After being wrongly accused of stealing sneakers, Stanley Yelnats IV is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention home where the boys are required to dig holes in the hot sun, and Stanley finds out why. Selznick, Brian. WONDERSTRUCK. The tale of two children who each set out on a quest to find people who are important to them. Ben’s story is told in words, Rose’s in pictures. By the same author as THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET. Soup, Cuthbert. A WHOLE NOTHER STORY. The Cheeseman children, their father and their psychic dog are on the run from the CIA, criminals and business people who want to steal their time travel machine, resulting in a crazy chase. Fans of Lemony Snickett should read this. Spinelli, Jerry. JAKE AND LILY. When twins Jake and Lily turn eleven, Jake begins to spend time with a group of neighborhood boys. Lily is devastated as she struggles to make friends, and Jake is faced with a bully. This is a story of growing up, growing apart, and the difficult process of figuring out who you really are.
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