MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER READING LIST Students must choose two books from the list and read them over the summer. Students must choose books that they have not previously read. Parents should verify a student’s reading by completing the form on the next page and returning it to their child’s English teacher on the first day of school. During the first week of school, students will be asked to write a response regarding the books that they have read. CLASSICS Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell Any Newbery Medal Book, except for The Story of King Arthur…by Howard Pyle Johnny Tremain and The Giver. (Some listed The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings below.) The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Black Beauty by Anna Sewell The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano The Lord of the Rings (any one of three) by J.R.R. Tolkien The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain M.C. Higgins the Great by Virginia Hamilton Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Vernes Aleutian Sparrow by Karen Hesse Twenty Thousand Leagues…by Jules Verne Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt SINCE 2000 The Story of My Life by Helen Keller Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence The Action Bible illustrated by Sergio Cariello A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Chronicles of Narnia (any one of seven) by C.S. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Lewis Any biography/collection by Eric Metaxas Call of the Wild by Jack London A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park White Fang by Jack London A Year down Yonder by Richard Peck Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary The Princess and the Goblin by George Schmidt MacDonald Shaken by Tim Tebow Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai Community Christian School ● 4859 Kerry Forest Parkway Tallahassee, FL 32309 ● Phone 850.893-6628 ● Fax 850.668-3966 ● www.ccs-chargers.org SUMMER READING VERIFICATION Parents: Please complete the following form and return it to your child’s English teacher on the first day of class. STUDENT NAME: GRADE: BOOK TITLE COMPLETED? Yes / No Yes / No Yes / No I affirm that the above information accurately represents my child’s summer reading. PARENT SIGNATURE: DATE: Updated 5-1-19 .