Summer Reading List

Reading is the best way for a student to improve their vocabulary, comprehension, and understanding. Students should always have access to a good book, especially over the summer. Reading during the summer can help prevent students’ grades from slipping over the long break. Here are some of the books that we recommend to students at all levels.

• First Grade

  • If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
  • Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

 

• Second Grade

  • Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
  • Dragon Slayers’ Academy by Kate McMullan
  • The Notebook of Doom by Troy Cummings
  • Frindle by Andrew Clements

 

• Third Grade

  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
  • Redwall by Brian Jacques
  • The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

 

• Fourth Grade

  • A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
  • The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
  • How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
  • The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
  • Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

 

• Fifth Grade

  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • The Neverending Story by Michael Ende and Ralph Manheim

 

• Sixth Grade

  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’engle
  • Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

 

• Seventh Grade

  • The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein
  • The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
  • I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

 

• Eighth Grade

  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams