Hoover Middle School
Summer Reading 2015
Reading 6; English 7 and 8
www.mcps.k12.md.us
RISING GRADE 6:
Select ONE book from A OR B:
A: Genre Choice (with parental approval):
Adventure; Historical Fiction;
Memoir/Biography; Newbery Winner
RISING GRADE 7:
Select ONE book from A OR B:
A: Genre Choice (with parental approval):
Classic;
Winner
Historical
Fiction;
Newbery
B: Title Choice:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain
In the 1840’s, an adventurous young boy grows up along
the banks of the Mississippi River. (830L)
The Face on the Milk Carton, Cooney
B: Title Choice:
A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads
Janie on a search for her real identity. (660L)
An exciting retelling of the Robin Hood tales with Friar
Tuck, Little John, and Maid Marion. (1110L)
Ice Dogs, Johnson
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Green
Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery
Mischievous, talkative Anne Shirley wins the hearts of
her foster parents. (850L)
The Crossover, Alexander
12 year old twins Josh and JB are basketball stars, but
become distant as their lives change in this verse BES
2015-16 nominee
Daphne’s Book, Hahn
Jesse comes to understand Daphne, a much-ridiculed girl,
when they collaborate on a writing contest. (710L)
Music of Dolphins, Hesse
A girl raised by dolphins must choose between two worlds.
(560L)
Neptune Project, Holyoke
To save her from a dying world, Nere’s mother changes
her so she can live underwater. (810L) BES 14-15 nominee
The Great Trouble: a Mystery of London, the Blue
Death & a Boy Called Eel, Hopkinson
14 year old Victoria is a musher who finds Chris
unconscious. They fight to survive in the Alaskan
wilderness. (690L) 2015-16 BES nominee
Journey to Topaz or Journey Home, Uchida
Yuki and her family face prejudice and violence during
World War II. (890L)
On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave, Fleming
Mike meets the ghosts of teenagers and hears their
stories of how they died. (720L) BES 14-15 nominee
Redwall (or others in the series), Jacques
To recover a legendary lost weapon, a bumbling monk
becomes mousekind’s unlikely hero. (800L)
Shakespeare’s Scribe (or others in series), Blackwood
Widge, a fifteen-year-old orphan, becomes involved in
thrilling adventures during Elizabethan England. (870L)
The Night Gardener, Auxier
Orphans Molly and Kip go to work in a rich English house
but feel evil taking over. (690 L) 2015-16 BES nominee
13 year old Eel helps Dr. Snow find the cause of cholera
that is killing so many. (660L) BES 2015-16 nominee
Assessment: When students return to school, they will discuss
and write about their summer reading.
Wonder. Palacio
(L) Go to lexile.com for a list of titles at the student’s reading
level. Search for Books > Find a Book > Parents & Students>
Auggi’s facial deformities inspire reactions as he enters
middle school, but he knows that he is just a normal kid.
(790L) BES 13-14 nominee
RISING GRADE 8:
Select ONE book from A OR B:
A: Genre Choice (with parental approval):
Autobiography/Biography; Classic; Historical Fiction
B: Title Choice:
Beauty, McKinley
This story is an intriguing retelling of the classic tale of
a girl doomed to live in a monster’s castle. (970L)
The Contender, Lipsyte
A seventeen-year-old African-American boy uses boxing
as a vehicle to improve his life. (760L)
Fever 1793, Anderson
Maddie’s life is changed by a yellow fever epidemic that
kills 5,000 people in three months. (580L)
Four Secrets, Willey
Three friends kidnapped the class bully, but why? Find
out what really happened. (850L) BES 14-15 nominee
The Hobbit, Tolkien
An unlikely hero learns that courage, honesty, and
imagination count far more than physical power. (1000L)
Homecoming, Dicey’s Song, or Solitary Blue, Voigt
Dicey and her siblings want to find one adult whom they
can trust to hold their family together. (630L)
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and
Changed the World, Yousafzai (Young Reader’s Edition)
Malala’s memoir of her childhood in Pakistan and her fight
for education for girls. (830L) 2016-16 BES nominee
The Boundless, Oppel
Will has a dangerous adventure with thieves, a murderer,
circus folks and a sasquatch aboard the huge train called
the Boundless. (730L) 2015-16 BES nominee
The Hunger Games, Collins
Katniss competes in the fight-to-the-death Hunger
Games. BES HighSchool Winner 2010-11. (810L)