English Department

Suggested Books for the Summer Reading Assignment

Grades 4-8

Please choose at least one book from the following list to read and summarize each chapter as your summer assignment. The marks of this assignment will be bonus grades in quarter 1 next year. Be ready for a book presentation the second or third week of the new school year.

You will find the list of books on the school site as well. You can read the book online, download and print it, or buy it from any bookshop.

There is a variety of books with different genres that would interest many students and suit different age groups. Please make sure that the book you choose is suitable for your age and level

1. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 2. Animal Farm by George Orwell 3. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 4. Moby Dick by Herman Melville 5. Huckleberry Finn by Marc Twain 6. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 7. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 8. Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat 9. Kim by Rudyard Kipling 10. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 11. White Fang by Jack London 12. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift 13. Hound of the Baskerville by Arthur Conan Doyle 14. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 15. The Secret Garden by Frances H. Burnett 16. Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl 17. Old Yeller by Fred Gipson 18. The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway 19. Alive by Piers Paul Read 20. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery 21. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 22. The Pearl by John Steinbeck 23. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 24. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 25. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 26. The School Story by Andrew Clements 27. The Report Card by Andrew Clements 28. A Little Princess by Ethel Franklin Betts 29. The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene(Series of Nancy Drew Mystery Stories) 30. Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl 31. Infinity Ring Book 5 Cave of Wonders by Mathew J. Kirby 32. The Good Dog by Avi 33. Muggie Maggie by Beverly Clearly 34. The Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke 35. No Talking by Andrew Clements

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