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Summer Reading  2009

for Students Entering Grades 6

(Click here for a printable version of this page)

Students must read (at least) one book from the following required list:

Love that Dog   Sharon Creech

Because of Winn-Dixie   Kate DiCamillo

Indigo   Alice Hoffman

 

Students entering grade 6 must also choose at least two books written by any of the following authors:

Avi                                                    Milton Meltzer

Matt Christopher                           Christopher Paolini

Paul Fleishman                                J.K. Rowling

Cornelia Funke                                Louis Sachar

Kathryn Lasky                                 Ken Teague

Patricia Laubner                              Laurence Yep

 

*The following authors have been added to the grade 6 list:

Nikki Grimes                                   E.B. White

E.L. Konigsburg                               Laura Ingalls Wilder

Phyllis R. Naylor                              Jane Yolen

 

Every middle school student is required to complete summer reading. In September you will be tested on one of  the required books on the list.                                                                        

 For the  other two books you have chosen, fill out a Reflection Sheet or write a simple One Page Report. Click here, Reading Assignment for Students Entering Grades 6, 7, and 8, to see required work.

Reflection sheets are also available at the Lynn Public Library and your school office.