WGMS- Summer Reading 2013 - Grade 6
Title
Artemis Fowl
Boys Who rocked the World: Heroes from King Tut to Bruce Lee
Dead End in Norvelt
Granny
Hand in Hand: the Black Men Who changed America
Heat
Hero
How to Train Your Dragon
Masterpiece
Miracle on 49th Street
My Life as a Book
News for Dogs
Pie
Radiance
Room One
Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash
Savvy
Skeleton Creek
So B. It
The Elephant Scientist
The Frog Princess
The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Notorious Benedict Arnold
The One and Only Ivan
The Thief Lord
Treasure Island
Walk Two Moons
Zoobreak
Author
Colfer, Eoin
McCann, Michelle
Gantos, Jack
Horowitz, Anthony
Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Lupica, Mike
Lupica, Mike
Cowell, Cressida
Broach, Eloise
Lupica, Mike
Tashjian, Janet
Duncan, Lois
Weeks, Sarah
Noel, Alyson
Clements, Andrew
Van Draanen, Wendelin
Law, Ingrid
Carman, Patrick
Weeks, Sarah
O'Connell, Caitlin
Baker, E. D.
Lee, Trent
Sheinkin, Steve
Applegate, Katherine
Funke, Cornelia
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Creech, Sharon
Korman, Gordon
Genre
Fantasy
Informational
Humor/Mystery
Humorous
Informational
Sports
Fantasy
Fantasy / Humor
Mystery
Sports
Humorous
Mystery
Mystery
Fantasy
Mystery
Mystery
Fantasy
Mystery
Realistic
Informational
Fantasy
Adventure
Biography
Realistic
Realistic
Adventure
Realistic
Realistic
Lexile
600
1090
920
n/a
n/a
940
730
990
700
790
880
820
930
1120
840
740
1070
740
860
1260
710
840
990
570
640
890
770
700
WGMS - Summer Reading 2013 - Grade 7
Title
Alchemyst: the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Begging for Change
Chains
Cool Moonlight
Courage has no color: the true story of the triple nickels
Fenway Fever
Fever Crumb
Forge
Freedom Stone
Freedom's children: Young Civil Rights Activists tell their Own Stories
Ghost soldiers: the epic account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
Heir Apparent
Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe
How to Steal a Dog
Inkheart
Kira-Kira
Liesl and Po
Magician's Elephant
Moon Over Manifest
Roberto and Me: a Baseball Card Adventure
Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics
Scat
Soldier Dogs: the Untold Story of America's Canine Heroes
Soul Surfer: a True Story …
The 100 Cupboards
The Angel Experiment
The Batboy
The Big Field
The Book Thief
The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: a Scientific Mystery
The Castle Corona
The Name of this Book is Secret
The Running Dream
The Trap
Three Cups of Tea
Unstoppable
Web of Air
When You Reach Me
Wonder
Author
Scott, Nicholas
Flake, Sharon
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Johnson, Angela
Stone, Tanya Lee
Ritter, John
Reeve, Philip
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Kluger, Jeffrey
Levine, Ellen
Sides, Hampton
Vande Velde, Vivian
Burns, Loree
O'Connor, Barbara
Funke, Cornelia
Kadohata, Cynthia
Oliver, Lauren
DiCamillo, Kate
Vanderpool, Clare
Gutman, Dan
Feinstein, John
Hiaasen, Carl
Goodavage, Maria
Hamilton, Bethany
Wilson, N. D.
Patterson, James
Lupica, Mike
Lupica, Mike
Zusak, Markus
Markle, Sandra
Creech, Sharon
Bosch, Pseudonymous
Van Draanen, Wendelin
Smelcer, John
Mortensen, Greg
Green, Tim
Reeve, Philip
Stead, Rebecca
Palacio, R. J
Genre
Lexile
Fantasy
Realistic
Adventure
Realistic
Informational
Sports
Science fic.
Adventure
Fantasy
Informational
Informational
Adventure
Informational
Realistic
Fantasy
Historical
Fantasy
Fantasy
Realistic
Sports
Sports
Adventure
Informational
Biography
Mystery
Adventure
Sports
Sports
Realistic
Informational
Fantasy
Mystery
Realistic
Adventure
Informational
Sports
Science fic.
Fantasy
Realistic
890
1000
780
1060
1090
820
1000
820
1030
n/a
n/a
820
1120
700
780
740
830
730
800
580
820
810
n/a
960
650
700
940
970
730
910
880
810
650
1100
910
730
1000
750
790
WGMS - Summer Reading 2013 - Grade 8
Title
Author
A Girl Named Faithful Plum: a True Story…
Bernstein, Richard
Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back
Winerip, Michael
After Ever After
Sonnenblick, Jordan
Beyond courage: the untold story...
Rapport, Doreen
Delirium
Oliver, Lauren
Do the Math: Secrets, Lies and Algebra
Lichtman, Wendy
Do you Know the Monkey Man?
Butler, Dori
Elephant Run
Smith, Roland
Heart of a Samurai
Preus, Margi
His Name was Raoul Wallenberg
Borden, Louise
Impossible Rescue: the True Story…
Sandler, Martin W.
Kaleidoscope Eyes
Bryant, Jen
Left for Dead: a Young Man's Search…
Nelson, Pete
Liar and Spy
Stead, Rebecca
Life As We Knew It
Pfeffer, Susan Beth
Matched
Condie, Allie
Maze Runner Series
Dashner, James
Peak
Smith, Roland
Road Trip
Paulsen, Gary
Spies of Mississippi: the True Story of the Spy…
Bowers, Rick
Starclimber
Oppel, Kenneth
Steve Jobs, the Man Who Thought Different Blumenthal, Karen
Summer Ball
Lupica, Mike
Sunrise Over Fallujah
Myers, Walter Dean
Ten Rules for Living With My Sister
Martin, Ann M.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Twain, Mark
The Firework-Maker's Daughter
Pullman, Philip
The Hunger Games Trilogy
Collins, Suzanne
The London Eye Mystery
Dowd, Siobhan
The Name of this Book is Secret
Bosch, Pseudonymous
Three Days
Napoli, Donna Jo
Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners… Aronson, Marc
What Came from the Stars
Schmidt, Gary
What the Dog Said
Reisfield, Randi
Winter Pony
Lawrence, Iain
Genre
Lexile
Biography
1080
Realistic
730
Realistic
820
Informational
1030
Science Fic.
920
Realistic
1050
Mystery
600
Adventure
750
Historical
760
Informational
1080
Informational
1270
Mystery
950
Informational
1260
Realistic
670
Science Fic.
770
Science Fic.
680
Science Fic.
720-770
Adventure
780
Realistic/ Humor
n/a
Informational
1290
Adventure
700
Biography
1110
Sports
910
Realistic
780
Realistic
790
Historical
950
Fantasy
870
Science Fic.
800-820
Mystery
640
Mystery
810
Mystery
490
Informational
1070
Realistic
930
Humorous
690
Historical
810