Students entering third through twelfth grades are expected to participate in our summer reading program. Students will receive five extra credit points in English per quarter for each book read. Extra credit will be given for up to four books.

Students should choose up to four books listed on their grade level. Most books are available online or paper copies may be borrowed from the school.

Third Grade
The Cricket In Times Square – Selden
Homer Price – McCloskey
Pippi Longstocking – Lindgren
A Bear Called Paddington – Bond
The Wind in the Willows – Grahame

Fourth Grade
Charlotte’s Web – White
Harriet The Spy – Fitzhugh
Mr. Popper’s Penguins – Atwater
Onion John – Krumgold
Little House On The Prairie – Wilder
Alice In Wonderland – Carroll

Fifth Grade
Black Beauty – Sewell
The Wind In The Willows – Grahame
Just So Stories – Kipling
The Secret Garden – Burnett
Little Women – Alcott

Sixth Grade
Where the Red Fern Grows – Rawls
From the Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – Konigburg
The Black Stallion – Farley
Swiss Family Robinson – Wyss
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Stevenson

Seventh Grade
The Call Of The Wild – London
Sounder – Armstrong
A Wrinkle In Time – L’Engle
The Westing Game – Raskin
A Tale of Two Cities – Dickens

Eighth Grade
Tom Sawyer – Twain
The Phantom Tollbooth – Feiffer
Little Lord Fauntleroy – Burnett
Misty of Chincoteague – Henry
Treasure Island – Stevenson

American Literature
The Pearl – Steinbeck
Pioneers – Cooper
Up From Slavery – Washington
Jacob Have I Loved – Paterson
Moby Dick – Melville

British Literature
The Hobbit – Tolkien
Pride and Prejudice – Austen
David Copperfield – Dickens
Out Of The Silent Planet – Lewis
The Once and Future King – White
Gulliver’s Travels – Swift
Enter Jeeves – Wodehouse

World Literature
Silas Marner – George Eliot
Moby Dick – Melville
One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich – Solzhenitsyn
The Count Of Monte Cristo – Dumas
The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories – O. Henry

Styles in Literature
Huckleberry Finn – Twain
Murder On The Orient Express – Christie
To Kill A Mockingbird – Lee
Chesapeake – Michner

Extra Credit Guidelines

Students in 3rd through 6th grade must write a 200 word summary book report. Students in 7th through 12th grade should write a 500 word summary book report. All reports should include information on the following:

• The setting — What is the location of the story, real or imaginary?
• The time period — When does the story take place: past, present or future?
• The characters — Who is the main character and who else is in the story? Why are they important and how do they interact?
• The plot—What are the important and significant events in the story and why are they important?
• Your opinion — Did you like the book?