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Summer Reading Lists 2019 THOMAS JEFFERSON INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL SUMMER READING LISTS 2019 All required texts are available in the front office. Lower School 1st Grade – Mr. Putter and Tabby Turn the Page by Cynthia Rylant 2nd Grade – Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure by Jeff Brown 3rd Grade – Stuart Little by E.B. White 4th Grade – Frindle by Andrew Clements 5th Grade – Carry Mr. Bowditch by Jean Latham Middle School 6th Grade – Wonder by R. J. Palacio 7th Grade – Blue Birds by 8th Grade – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Caroline Starr Rose Upper School 9th Grade – Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by J.R.R. Tolkien 10th Grade – Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 11th Grade – The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 12th Grade – The Republic by Plato Additional Summer Reading Requirements Rising 6th - 8th graders: Two additional titles from the attached MS Reading List. Rising 9th - 12th graders: Two additional titles from the attached AP English Reading List Middle School - Additional Reading List Titles with *** next to them are classroom books and may not be selected. Mystery and Suspense Abrahams, Peter Any from Echo Falls Mystery series (first book is Down the Rabbit Hole) Christie, Agatha And Then There Were None ; Pocket Full of Rye Crichton, Michael Airframe ; Jurassic Park Dickinson, Peter The Gift ; A Bone from a Dry Sea ; Eva DuMaurier, Daphne Jamaica Inn ; Rebecca Duncan, Lois The Twisted Window ; Stranger with My Face ; A Gift of Magic Funke, Cornelia The Thief Lord Garfield, Leon Smith: The Story of a Pickpocket Gibbs, Stuart Space Case Haddix, Margaret Any from Shadow Children series (first book is Among the Hidden) Jonell, Lynne The Secret of Zoom King, Laurie The Beekeeper’s Apprentice Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler L’Engle, Madeline A Wrinkle in Time***; The Arm of the Starfish ; A Wind in the Door ; A Swiftly Tilting Planet Milford, Kate Greenglass House Peck, Richard Ghosts I Have Been ; The Ghost Belonged to Me Raskin, Ellen The Westing Game*** Splendors and Glooms Schlitz, Laura Amy Slade, Arthur Dust Sleator, William Interstellar Pig ; House of Stairs ; Singularity ; Rewind [2] Snyder, Zilpha Keatley The Egypt Game Stead, Rebecca Liar and Spy ; When You Reach Me Stevenson, Robert Louis Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Tey, Josephine Daughter of Time Tyre, Lisa Lewis Last in a Long Line of Rebels Voigt, Cynthia The Callender Papers Wells, Rosemary Through the Hidden Door Zafón, Carlos Ruiz The Prince of Mist Adventure Adams, Richard Watership Down Aiken, Joan Any from The Wolves Chronicles series (first book is The Wolves of Willoughby Chase) Clark, Henry What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World Collins, Suzanne Any from The Hunger Games series Cooper, Susan Any from The Dark is Rising series (first book is Over Sea, Under Stone) Creech, Sharon The Wanderer DiCamillo, Kate The Magician’s Elephant ; The Tale of Despereaux Fleischman, Sid The Whipping Boy *** Gattis, Ryan Kung Fu High School George, Jean Craighead My Side of the Mountain Goldman, William The Princess Bride Hunter, Erin Any from Warriors series (first book is Into the Wild) Jacques, Brian Any from Redwall series Larson, M.A. Pennyroyal Academy London, Jack The Call of the Wild *** ; White Fang [3] McCormick, Patricia Purple Heart Meloy, Maile The Apothecary Paulsen, Gary Hatchet *** ; Dogsong ; Brian’s Winter ; The River Rand, Ayn Anthem Reeve, Philip Any from Mortal Engines series Riordan, Rick Any from Percy Jackson and the Olympians series (first book is The Lightning Thief) Rushdie, Salman Haroun and the Sea of Stories *** Schaefer, Jack Shane Service, Pamela Being of Two Minds Sharp, Margery The Rescuers Steig, William Dominic ; Abel’s Island Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped ; Treasure Island Stewart, Trenton Lee Any from The Mysterious Benedict Society series Ullman, James Ramsey Banner in the Sky Verne, Jules Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Weir, Andy The Martian General Fiction The Crossover Alexander, Kwame The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian Alexie, Sherman Tuck Everlasting*** Babbitt, Natalie Barkley, Brad Scrambled Eggs at Midnight Hope was Here Bauer, Joan Tangerine Bloor, Edward Burnett, Frances Hodgson A Little Princess ; The Secret Garden *** [4] Chambers, Aidan Postcards from No Man’s Land The Kid Who Only Hit Homers ; Catcher with a Glass Arm Christopher, Matt The Chocolate War ; I am the Cheese Cormier, Robert Couloumbis, Audrey Getting Near to Baby Love that Dog ; Chasing Redbird ; Absolutely Normal Creech, Sharon Chaos The Little Prince de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine DeJong, Meindert The Wheel on the School Dreamland Dessen, Sarah Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol Engle, Margarita Enchanted Air Farmer, Nancy A Girl Named Disaster Dead End in Norvelt ; Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key Gantos, Jack An Episode of Sparrows Godden, Rumer Lord of the Flies *** Golding, William Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows The Fault in Our Stars ; Paper Towns ; an Abundance of Green, John Katherines ; Looking for Alaska Tales of the Greek Heroes Green, Roger Lancelyn Water for Elephants Gruen, Sara Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Haddon, Mark Hemingway, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea Henkes, Kevni Olive’s Ocean Hiaasen, Carl Hoot *** Full Cicada Moon Hilton, Marilyn The Outsiders***; That was Then, This is Now ; Rumble Hinton, S.E. Fish Our Only May Amelia ; Penny From Heaven Holm, Jennifer L. The Canning Season Horvath, Polly Fish in a Tree Hunt, Lynda Mullaly [5] Johnson, Angela Heaven Kadohata, Cynthia Kira-Kira Kingsolver, Barbara The Bean Trees Konigsburg, E.L. The View from Saturday ; Up from Jericho Tel A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag ; Losing Joe’s Korman, Gordon Place Larson, Kirby Hattie Big Sky The Contender ; One Fat Summer Lipsyte, Robert Martin, Ann M. A Corner of the Universe ; Rain Reign A Mango-Shaped Space Mass, Wendy Matthews, L.S. Fish McCaughrean, Geraldine Cyrano All the Answers Messner, Kate Dairy Queen Murdock, Catherine Gilbert Harlem Summer ; Slam Myers, Walter Dean Send Me Down a Miracle Nolan, Han O’Hara, Mary My Friend Flicka Oates, Joyce Carol Big Mouth and Ugly Girl Wonder *** Palacio, R.J. Paterson, Katherine Bridge to Terabithia ; Jacob Have I Loved ; The Same Stuff as Stars Patron, Susan The Higher Power of Lucky Peck, Richard A Long Way from Chicago ; A Year Down Yonder Life as We Knew It Pfeffer, Susan Beth Freak the Mighty ; Max the Mighty Philbrick, Rodman Potok, Chaim The Chosen Where the Red Fern Grows*** Rawls, Wilson How to Build a House Reinhardt, Dana The Lightning Queen Resau, Laura Picture Me Gone Rosoff, Meg Hero Rottman, S.L. [6] Ryan, Paul Muñoz Echo Rylant, Cynthia I Had Seen Castles ; Missing May Holes ; Cardturner Sachar, Louis Sáenz, Benjamin Alire Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Persepolis Satrapi, Marjane Scatterwood, Augusta Glory Be The Invention of Hugo Cabret Selznick, Brian Sloan, Holly Goldberg Counting by 7s Any from A Series of Unfortunate Events (first book is Snicket, Lemony The Bad Beginning) Sonnenblick, Jordan Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie Soto, Gary Jesse Maniac Magee ; Stargirl*** ; Wringer ; Crash Spinelli, Jerry Staples, Suzanne Fisher Shiva’s Fire Steinbeck, John The Red Pony ; The Pearl ; Of Mice and Men*** Stoker, Bram Dracula Bless the Beasts and Children Swarthout, Glendon Drama Telgemeier, Raina Tolan, Stephanie Surviving the Applewhites Twain, Mark The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Vanderpool, Clare Moon Over Manifest*** Vawter, Vince Paperboy Voigt, Cynthia Any from The Tillerman Cycle series (first book is Homecoming) Daddy-Long-Legs Webster, Jean The Man Who Loved Clowns Wood, June Rae Woodson, Jacqueline After Tupac and D Foster ; Feathers ; Brown Girl Dreaming American Born Chinese Yang, Gene Luen Zevin, Gabrielle Elsewhere The Pigman Zindel, Paul [7] Short Stories Appelt, Kathi Kissing Tennessee: and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance Berry, James A Thief in the Village and Other Stories Brooks, Martha Paradise Café An Island Like You Cofer, Judith Ortiz Cormier, Robert Eight Plus One The Umbrella Man and other Stories Dahl, Roald Doyle, Arthur Conan The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sixteen: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Gallo, Donald R. Adults Henry, O. The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories 13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy Howe, James of Being Thirteen Irving, Washington The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ; Rip Van Winkle Kipling, Rudyard Plain Tales from the Hills Throwing Shadows Konigsburg, E.L. A Walk in My World: International Short Stories Mazer, Anne The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural McKissack, Patricia Somehow Tenderness Survives Rochman, Hazel Velde, Vivian Vande Curses Inc. and Other Stories Fantasy/Science Fiction Alexander, Lloyd Any from The Chronicles of Prydain series (first book is The Book of Three) ; Time Cat Alexander, William Goblin Secrets Anderson, M.T Feed Asimov, Isaac I, Robot Card, Orson Scott Ender’s Game ; Ender’s Shadow [8] Carroll, Lewis Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ; Through the Looking- Glass The Goblin's Puzzle: Being the Adventures of a Boy with Chilton, Andrew No Name and Two Girls Called Alice Cline, Ernest Ready Player One Colfer, Eoin Any from Artemis Fowl series Dashner, James Any from Maze Runner series DuPrau, Jeanne Any from Books of Ember series (first book is The City of Ember) Engdahl, Sylvia Enchantress from the Stars Farmer, Nancy The House of the Scorpion ; The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm Funke, Cornelia Any from Inkheart trilogy Gaimon, Neil Stardust ; Coraline ; The Graveyard Book Gould, Steven Jumper Heinlein, Robert Stranger in a Strange Land Herbert, Frank Dune Holly Black Doll Bones Ibbotson, Eva Which Witch? ; Secret of Platform 13 ; Island of the Aunts Jansson, Tove Moominland Midwinter Juster, Norton The Phantom Tollbooth Law, Ingrid Savvy Le Guin, Ursula Any from Earthsea series (first book is ‘A Wizard of Earthsea’) ; The Beginning Place Levine, Gail Carson Ella Enchanted ; Dave at Night Lewis, C.S.
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