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IvyPrepReadingLists Summer2010

This document outlines required summer reading lists for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade scholars. Sixth graders must read two books, including the required book "Pictures of Hollis Wood" and one other choice. Seventh graders must read four books total, including the required book "Al Capone does my shirts" and three additional choices. Eighth graders must read three books in total, including the required book "Alice in Wonderland" and two other choices, and complete various reports on the books. The lists provide multiple options for the choice books in each grade level.

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IvyPrepReadingLists Summer2010

This document outlines required summer reading lists for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade scholars. Sixth graders must read two books, including the required book "Pictures of Hollis Wood" and one other choice. Seventh graders must read four books total, including the required book "Al Capone does my shirts" and three additional choices. Eighth graders must read three books in total, including the required book "Alice in Wonderland" and two other choices, and complete various reports on the books. The lists provide multiple options for the choice books in each grade level.

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 Reading

 Lists  –  Summer  2010  


 
FOR  SIXTH  GRADE  SCHOLARS:  
 
Sixth  grade  scholars  must  read  a  minimum  of  two  books  this  summer.  One  book  is  the  
required  book  that  all  scholars  will  read  and  discuss.  Scholars  will  then  choose  one  more  
book  from  the  list.  All  books  should  be  read  prior  to  the  first  day  of  school.  
 
The  following  book  is  required  reading  for  Summer  2010.  There  will  be  a  comprehension  
test  on  the  book  in  August.  
 
REQUIRED:  
1. Pictures  of  Hollis  Wood,  Patricia  Giff  
 
Also  choose  one  of  the  following  books  and  prepare  a  two-­‐page  book  report,  which  should  
include  a  list  of  characters,  the  purpose  of  the  book,  and  the  student’s  reaction  to  the  book.  
This  report  is  due  Thursday,  August  5,  2010.  
 
CHOICES:  
1. From  the  Mixed-­‐Up  Files  of  Mrs.  Basil  T.  Frankweiler,  E.L.  Konigsburg  
2. Math  Doesn’t  Suck:    How  to  survive  middle  school  math  without  losing  your  mind  or  
breaking  a  nail,  Danica  McKellar  
3. A  Wrinkle  in  Time,  Madeline  L’Engle  
4. The  Egypt  Game,  Zilphia  Snyder  
5. The  House  on  Mango  Street,  Sandra  Cisneros  
6. Dragonflight,  Anne  McCaffrey  
 
FOR  SEVENTH  GRADE  SCHOLARS:  
 
Seventh  grade  scholars  are  required  to  read  a  minimum  of  four  books  this  summer.  One  
book  is  the  required  book  that  all  scholars  will  read  and  discuss.  Scholars  will  then  choose  
three  other  books  from  the  list.  All  books  should  be  read  prior  to  the  first  day  of  school.  
 
The  following  book  is  the  required  reading  book  for  Summer  2010.  There  will  be  a  
comprehension  test  on  the  book  in  August.  
 
REQUIRED:  
 
1. Al  Capone  does  my  shirts,  Gennifer  Choldenko  
 
Additionally,  scholars  must  choose  three  other  books  to  read  and  should  expect  to  be  able  
to  compare  and  contrast  the  characters  in  their  chosen  books,  as  well  as  compare  and  
contrast  the  themes  of  the  three  books.  
 
CHOICES:  
1. Chinese  Cinderella,  Adeline  Yen  Mah  
2. Touching  Spirit  Bear,  Ben  Mikaelson  
3. Fever  1793,  Laurie  Halse  Anderson  
4. The  True  Confession  of  Charlotte  Doyle,  Avi  
5. The  Face  on  the  Milk  Carton,  Caroline  B.  Cooney  
6. Sherlock  Holmes:    The  Hound  of  the  Baskerville,  Arthur  Conan  Doyle  
7. The  House  of  the  Scorpion,  Nancy  Farmer  
8. The  House  of  Dies  Drear,  Virginia  Hamilton  
9. The  Witch  of  Blackbird  Pond,  Elizabeth  George  Speare  
10. Dr.  Jekyll  and  Mr.  Hyde,  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  
11. A  Long  Way  Gone:  Memoirs  of  a  Boy  Soldier,  Ishmael  Beah  
12. When  Plague  strikes:  The  Black  Death,  Smallpox,  AIDS,  James  Cross  Giblin  
 
FOR  EIGHTH  GRADE  SCHOLARS:  
 
Eighth  grade  scholars  must  read  a  minimum  of  three  books  this  summer.  One  book  is  the  
required  book  that  all  scholars  will  read  and  discuss.  Scholars  will  then  choose  two  more  
books  from  the  list.  All  books  should  be  read  prior  to  the  first  day  of  school.  
 
The  following  book  is  required  reading  for  Summer  2010.  Prepare  a  three-­‐page  book  
report  including  character  analysis,  theme,  tone  and  reader  reaction  to  be  handed  in  on  
Thursday,  August  5,  2010.  A  piece  of  representational  artwork  (book  cover,  book  mark,  
character  creation  like  Alice  as  a  doll,  collage,  drawing  or  painting  of  a  scene  or  a  comic  
book  review)  will  also  be  due  on  Thursday,  August  5,  2010  
 
REQUIRED:  
1. Alice  in  Wonderland,  Lewis  Carroll  
 
Also  choose  two  of  the  following  books  to  read.  Students  will  take  a  comprehension  test  on  
the  two  books  they  have  chosen  in  August.  
 
CHOICES:  
1. Nothing  but  the  Truth,  Avi  
2. The  Westing  Game,  Ellen  Raskin  
3. Out  of  the  Dust,  Karen  Hesse  
4. Gathering  Blue,  Lois  Lowry  (this  is  the  companion  book  to  The  Giver)  
5. Flowers  for  Algernon,  Daniel  Keyes  
6. Summer  of  My  German  Soldier,  Bette  Green  
7. Over  Sea  Under  Stone,  Susan  Cooper  
8. Dragonflight,  Anne  McCaffrey  

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