Federal Way Public Academy Summer 2016 Reading List

The “Required Reading” books listed must be read to be prepared for the first project that begins the first day of school in the fall. Teachers strongly encourage students to choose additional reading from the “Recommended Reading” list below. This is an excellent opportunity to visit your local library.

6th Grade REQUIRED READING:

The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis — 208 pages, ISBN# 0064409422 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor — 288 pages, ISBN# 014034893X

RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL READING SELECTIONS: Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery Heidi, Johanna Spyri Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer Lord of the Rings series, The, J.R.R. Tolkien Arthur books, Kevin Crossley-Holland Indian in the Cupboard, The, Lynne Reid Banks Black Beauty, Anna Sewell Last of the Mohicans, The, James Fenimore Cooper Black Stallion, The, Walter Farley Little Women, Louisa May Alcott Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers Belle Teal, Ann M. Martin Midnight Magic, Avi Bloomability, Sharon Creech Misfits, The, James Howe Boxcar Children, The, Gertrude Chandler Warner Misty of Chincoteague, Marguerite Henry Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis Moves Make the Man, The, Bruce Brooks Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl My Brother Sam is Dead, Christopher Collier Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White & James Lincoln Collier Chronicles of Narnia, The, C.S. Lewis My Father’s Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett Dark is Rising series, Susan Cooper Nancy Drew Mysteries, Carolyn Keene Dicey’s Song, Cynthia Voigt Nothing But the Truth, Avi Dogsong, Gary Paulsen Outsiders, The, S.E. Hinton Double Fudge, Judy Blume Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie Earthsea Cycle, The, Ursula LeGuin Phantom Tollbooth, The, Norton Juster Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan Redwall books, Brian Jacque Fallen Angels, Walter Dean Myers Sammy Keyes, Wendelin Van Draanen Five Children and It, Edith Nesbit Secret Garden, The, Frances Hodgson Burnett Flying Solo, Ralph Fletcher Series of Unfortunate Events series, Lemony Snicket Freak the Mighty, Rodman Philbrick Thief Lord, The, Cornelia Funke Harriet the Spy, Louise Fitzhugh Wish, The, Gail Carson Levine Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling Wizard’s Hall, Jane Yolen

* * * Also read: Non-fiction informational selections, biographies, poetry, cartoons, diaries and magazines. * * * Keep track of what you read this summer. For each book/magazine, record: title, author and number of pages.

For 7th – 10th Grades REQUIRED READING list see over……..

Rev. 6/2016

7th – 10th Grades REQUIRED READING

LANGUAGE ARTS 7th Grade: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 224 pages, ISBN# 0451527046 8th Grade: Lord of the Flies by William Golding 208 pages, ISBN# 0399501487 9th Grade: 1984 by George Orwell 268 pages, ISBN# 0451524934 10th Grade: Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quanderies by Neil deGrasse Tyson 384 pages, ISBN#9780393350388 WORLD HISTORY 10th Grade Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 336 pages, ISBN# 0060901012 The Lost Horizon by James Hilton 231 pages, ISBN# 0671664271 CALCULUS 9th & 10th The Mystery of the Aleph by Amir D. Aczel ISBN# 0743422996

RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL READING SELECTIONS: Children of the River by Linda Crew — 213 pages, ISBN #0440210224 Dragon Cauldron by Laurence Yep — 320 pages ISBN #006440398X *Frankenstein by Mary Shelley — 212 pages, ISBN #0451527712 Green Mansions by W.H. Hudson — 315 pages, ISBN #0486259935 Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — 251 pages, ISBN #0451524780 House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne — 256 pages, ISBN#0553212702 *Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte — 488 pages, ISBN #0812523377 Last Unicorn by Robert S. Beagle — 224 pages, ISBN #0451450523 *Madame Curie by Eve Curie — 448 pages, ISBN #0306810387 Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw — 265 pages, ISBN #0140437886 Man Who Was Poe by AVI — 224 pages, ISBN #0380711923 Mine Eyes Have Seen by Ann Rinaldi — 273 pages, ISBN #0590543199 Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat — 176 pages, ISBN #0553273965 *Once and Future King by T.H. White — 639 pages, ISBN #0441627404 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denizovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn — 142 pages, ISBN #0451527097 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey — 272 pages, ISBN #0451163966 *Pigman by Paul Zindel — 158 pages, ISBN# 0553263218 *Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw — 112 pages, ISBN #0671704966 *Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane — 176 pages, ISBN #0812504798 Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers — 224 pages, ISBN #0064470660 Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher — 224 pages, ISBN #0688115527 Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs — 288 pages, ISBN #034531977X Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie — ISBN #0573616396 *The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien — 304 pages, ISBN#0345339681 Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas – 443 pages, ISBN# 0140367470 Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington — 240 pages, ISBN #0192835629 Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Leguin — 182 pages, ISBN #0553262505 Woman in the Mists by Farley Mowat — 416 pages, ISBN# 0446387207 Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle — 211 pages, ISBN #0440498058

*Johns Hopkins University book for college-bound 7th and 8th grade students. Amazon.com provides a brief synopsis and reviews of books.

Rev. 6/2016