Heritage Christian Middle School
20162017 7th Grade Summer Reading List
All students entering grades 7 and 8 are required to read two books during the summer. Please review the summer reading requirements for 7th grade students that are listed below in the chart.
th Summer reading assignments are to be completed prior to Monday, August 15 (first day of school). Students will be loaned a copy of the summer reading novel. If students lose their novel over the summer and require a new copy, they will be billed for an additional book.
NOVEL REQUIREMENT “The Bronze Bow” Summary Daniel, an Israelite teenager Option 1 The first week of school, students during a time of Roman oppression, has one will write an essay in their goal in life: to free Israel from the harsh language class using information Roman rule. He surrounds himself with from this novel. people fostering a similar hatred when he meets someone unexpected: a rabbi teaching a message of love instead of hate. Daniel comes face to face with Jesus.
NOVEL REQUIREMENT “Witch of Blackbird Pond” Summary Kit, used to a life of luxury in Option 2 The first week of school, students Barbados, finds herself thrown into a whole will write an essay in their new world of rules and regulations when she language class using information arrives in the colony of Connecticut after the from this novel. death of her father. Her aunt and uncle welcome her into their Puritan home, but they find themselves at odds with each other as Kit struggles to fit into the strict lifestyle of New England. Kit finds solace in her friend Hannah, an older woman living on her own nearby, but that peace is shattered when the colonists label them both as witches.
NOVEL REQUIREMENT “Johnny Tremain” Summary During a time of unease and Option 3 The first week of school, students turmoil in Boston, Johnny, a simple will write an essay in their silversmith apprentice, finds himself caught language class using information up in the political upheaval as the colonists from this novel. seek to sever their ties with England. Johnny finds himself alongside John Hancock and Samuel Adams as they strengthen their rebellion, convincing the other colonists to join them in their fight for their own rights and freedom against the tyranny of England.
INDEPENDENT NOVEL Student’s Choice Students will fill out a “one pager” once they REQUIREMENT have finished reading this novel. This will be turned in the first day of school. See the attached document for the 7th grade one pager.
Heritage Christian Middle School
20162017 8th Grade Summer Reading List
All students entering grades 7 and 8 are required to read two books during the summer. Please review the summer reading requirements for 8th grade students that are listed below in the chart.
th Summer reading assignments are to be completed prior to Monday, August 15 (first day of school). Students will be given a copy of the summer reading novel. If students lose their novel over the summer and require a new copy, they will be billed for an additional book.
NOVEL REQUIREMENT “Out of the Depths” Summary July 30, 1945The USS The first week of school, students Indianapolis and its 1,196man crew is will work in the history class using making its way toward a small island in information from this novel. the South Pacific. The ship is sailing unescorted, assured by headquarters the waters are safe. It is midnight, and Marine Edgar Harrell and several others have sacked out on deck rather than spend the night in their hot and muggy quarters below. Fresh off a topsecret mission to deliver uranium for the atomic bombs that would ultimately end World War II, they are unaware their ship is being watched. Minutes later, six torpedoes are slicing toward the Indy.
For five horrifying days and nights after their ship went down, Harrell and his shipmates had to fend for themselves in the open seas. Plagued by dehydration, exposure, saltwater poisoning, and shark attacks, their numbers were cruelly depleted before they were miraculously rescued. This is one man's story of courage, ingenuity, and faith in God's providence in the midst of the worst naval disaster in U.S. history.
INDEPENDENT NOVEL Student’s Choice Students will fill out a “one pager” once REQUIREMENT they have finished reading this novel. This will be turned in the first day of school. See the attached document for the 8th grade one pager.