Gaithersburg Middle School
Summer Reading 2015
Reading is a life-long skill that a person not only needs to succeed as a student and a worker, but it is
also an essential skill in civic and personal activities. Perhaps even more importantly, reading opens the world to
a person through various forms of literature. By reading, students have the opportunity to learn about people,
times, regions, and ideas that may enhance their knowledge and development. Reading can also bring a lifetime
of pleasure and mental acuity.
Research strongly suggests that reading, like most skills, improves with practice and strengthens skills. It
also shows that if students do not continue to read over the summer then they will lose reading gains they made
during the previous school year. Therefore, consistent with our commitment to prepare all students for success,
we continue in MCPS to encourage all students to read during the summer.
Students are required to read one book (fiction or non-fiction) and must complete one graphic
organizer. Students will submit the completed graphic organizer to their English/ESOL teacher during the
first week of school. This assignment is mandatory!
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6 Grade Summer Reading
Suggestions
39 Clues Series by Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson and the Olympian
Series and Heroes of Olympus Series
by Rick Riordan
Kane Chronicles Series by Rick
Riordan
Scat and Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
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7 Grade Summer Reading
Suggestions
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
The Mysterious Benedict Society by
Trenton Lee Stewart
8 Grade Summer Reading
Suggestions
Trouble by Gary Schmidt
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Boot Camp by Todd Strasser
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials
& The Death Cure by James Dashner
Bystander by James Preller
Savvy & Scumble by Ingrid Law
White Fang by Jack London
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
After Tupac and D Foster by
Jacqueline Woodson
The Compound by S.A.Bodeen
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van
Draanen
Unwind & Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz
Reaching Out by Francisco Jimenez
Divergent, Insurgent & Allegiant by
Veronica Roth
Black-Eyed Susan Book Nominees 2014-2015
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Grades 4-6 Nominees
This Journal Belongs to Rachet by Nancy J. Cavanaugh
What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World by Henry Clark
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Buddy M.H. Herlong
I Funny: a Middle School Story by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab: a Mystery with Electromagnets, Burglar Alarms,
and Other Gadgets You Can Build Yourself by Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith
Sugar Rhodes by Jewell Parker
Frogged by Vivian Vande Velde
Kizzy Ann Stamps by Jerri Watts
Prince Puggly of Spud and the Kingdom of Spiff by Robert Paul Weston
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Grades 6-9 Nominees
After Iris by Natasha Farrant
On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave by Candace Fleming
The Neptune Project by Polly Holyoke
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
Eddie's War by Carol Fisher Saller
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Girl from Felony Bay by J.E Thompson
Four Secrets by Margaret Willey
Poison by Bridget Zinn
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