summer reading list 2004

Parkside Middle School
Summer Reading Program
2007 Suggested Reading Lists

Phone: 703.361.3106

Hours: 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

The purpose of the Summer Reading Program is to encourage students to enjoy a variety of literature and to continue developing their independent reading skills. Student participation in the program is voluntary. Students who choose to participate in the program are required to complete a minimum of two books over the summer. Students may use the suggested lists that follow or participate in the Prince William County Public Library Summer Quest Teen Program.

Grade Six Suggested Reading List

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Alcott, Louisa May	Little Women	Signet Classics	1983
Alexander, Lloyd	The Book of Three	Bantam Doubleday Dell	1969
Beatty, Patricia	Turn Homeward Hanalee	Morrow	1999
Choi, Sook	Year of Impossible Goodbyes	Houghton Mifflin	1991
Creech, Sharon	Love That Dog	Joanna Cotler Books	2001
Fox, Paula	Monkey Island	Bantam Doubleday Dell	1993
George, Jean Craighead	Julie of the Wolves	Harper Collins	2003
Graham, Kenneth	The Wind in the Willows	Tom Doherty Associates	1989
Jacques, Brian	Any in Series	various	various
L'Engle, Madeline	A Wrinkle in Time	Bantam Doubleday Dell	1981
Murphy, Jim	Across America on an Emigrant Train	Clarion	1993
Namioka, Lensey	Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear	Dell	1992
Raskin, Ellen	The Westing Game	Puffin	1997
Rawls, Wilson	Where the Red Fern Grows	Dell	1996
Sacher, Louis	Holes	Random House	2000
Sewell, Anna	Black Beauty	Puffin	1983
Slote, Alfred	Finding Buck McHenry	HarperCollins	1992
Stevenson, Robert Louis	Kidnapped	Scholastic	2002
VanDraanen, Wendelin	Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief	Random House	1998
Wrede, Patricia	Dealing With Dragons	Harcourt	2002

Note Keeping Strategies

Use this form to verify each book read.

Student Name:

Title: _____________________________________

Author: ___________________________________

City of Publication: _________________________

Publisher: _________________________________

Plot Summary:

Student/Parent Verification:

I/We verify that ______________________________________has read the above book.

Parent Signature:_______________________________________

Student Signature:______________________________________

Date:____________________

EXTRA CREDIT: Students will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed for a total of two.

Extra credit will count 10% of the student's grade in the first marking period.

Verification must be turned in to the student's Language Arts teacher by Friday, September 7, 2007.

Students participating in the Public Library's Summer Reading Program must submit documentation from the public library verifying completion of the program.

Grade Seven Suggested Reading List

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Armstrong, William	Sounder	Harper Collins	1972
Colfer, Eoin	Artemis Fowl Series	various	various
Collier, James Lincoln & Christopher	My Brother Sam is Dead	Scholastic	1985
Collier, James Lincoln & Christopher	With Every Drop of Blood	Bantam Doubleday	1996
Creech, Sharon	Bloomability	Harper Collins	1999
Cushman, Karen	The Midwife's Apprentice	Harper Collins	1996
DeFelice, Cynthia	Weasel	Harper Collins	1991
DiCamillo, Kate	The Tale of Despereaux	Candlewick Press	2003
Freedman, Russell	Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery	Houghton Mifflin	1997
Haskins, Jim	One More River to Cross: The Stories of Twelve Black Americans	Scholastic	1993
Hobbs, Will	Any title by author	various	various
Holman, Felice	Slake's Limbo	Simon & Schuster	1986
Peck, Richard	Something For Joey	Bantam Doubleday Dell	1977
Ryan, Pam Munoz	Esperanza Rising	Scholastic	2002
Schusterman, Neal	The Eyes of Kid Midas	Little Brown	1992
Speare, Elizabeth George	The Witch of Blackbird Pond	Bantam Doubleday Dell	1972
Steinbeck, John	The Red Pony	Penguin	1992
Tolkien, J.R.R.	Any title by author	various	various
Voight, Cynthia	Homecoming	Simon & Schuster	2002
White, Ruth	Belle Prater's Boy	Bantam Doubleday Dell	1998

Note Keeping Strategies

Use this form to verify each book read.

Student Name: __________________________________________

Title: _________________________________________________

Author:________________________________________________

City of Publication: ______________________________________

Publisher: ______________________________________________

Plot Summary:

Student/Parent Verification:

I/We verify that ________________________________________ has read the above book.

Parent Signature: ________________________________________

Student Signature: _______________________________________

Date: ___________________________

EXTRA CREDIT: Students will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed for a total of two.

Extra credit will count 10% of the student's grade in the first marking period.

Verification must be turned in to the student's Language Arts teacher by Friday, September 7, 2007.

Students participating in the Public Library's Summer Reading Program must submit documentation from the public library verifying completion of the program.

Grade 8 Suggested Reading List

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Avi	Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror	Simon & Schuster	1988
Bradbury, Ray	Any Title By Author	various	various
Cushman, Karen	Catherine, Called Birdy	Harper Collins	1995
Doyle, Arthur Conan	Any Title By Author	various	various
Dumas, Alexandre	Three Musketeers	Bantam Books	1984
Fleischman, Paul	Dateline: Troy	Candlewick Press	1996
Garden, Nancy	Dove and Sword: A Novel of Joan of Arc	Scholastic	1997
Henkes, Kevin	Olive's Ocean	Harper Collins	2003
Hesse, Karen	Aleutian Sparrow	Simon & Schuster	2003
Laird, Elizabeth	Kiss the Dust	Dutton	1991
London, Jack	White Fang	Tom Doherty Associates	1991
McKinley, Robin	The Hero and the Crown	Puffin	2000
Myers, Walter Dean	Scorpions	Harper Collins	1990
Paulsen, Gary	The Haymeadow	Bantam Doubleday Dell	1994
Peck, Robert Newton	A Day No Pigs Would Die	Random House	1994
Poe, Edgar Allen	Any Title By Author	various	various
Schmidt, Gary, ed.	Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost	Sterling Publishing	1994
Soto, Gary	Fire in My Hands: A Book of Poems	Scholastic	1991
Temple, Frances	The Ramsay Scallop	Harper Trophy	1995
Weaver, Will	Memory Boy	Harper Collins	2003
White, Robb	Deathwatch	Bantam Doubleday Dell	1981

Note Keeping Strategies

Use this form to verify each book read.

Student Name: _______________________________________

Title: ________________________________________________

Author: ______________________________________________

City of Publication: ____________________________________

Copyright Date: _______________________________________

Plot Summary:

Student/Parent Verification:

I/We verify that ______________________________________ has read the above book.

Parent Signature: _____________________________________

Student Signature: ____________________________________

Date: ________________________

EXTRA CREDIT: Students will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed for a total of two.

Extra credit will count 10% of the student's grade in the first marking period.

Verification must be turned in to the student's Language Arts teacher by Friday, September 7, 2007.

Students participating in the Public Library's Summer Reading Program must submit documentation from the public library verifying completion of the program.