8th Grade SUMMER READING LOG
Take this log to school on the first day!
Name: _____________________________
#books read summer 2015:
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Academic English: Must read at least two books, one of which must be chosen from the following list.
Honors English: Must read at least four books, two of which must be chosen from this list. At least one of the honors books must be a classic.*
Austen, Jane: Mansfield Park*
Bauer, Joan: Hope Was Here
Bloor, Edward: Tangerine
Bradbury, Ray: Martian Chronicles*
Brooks, Bruce: The Moves Make the Man
Buck, Pearl S.: The Good Earth*
Card, Orson Scott: Ender’s Game
Colfer, Eoin: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
Crutcher, Chris: Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Deuker, Carl: Night Hoops
Draper, Sharon: Tears of the Tiger
Title
Author
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2
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Parents are strongly encouraged to assist their children in choosing summer books.
Hiassen, Carl: Flush
Horowitz, Anthony: The Alex Rider Series: Stormbreaker
London, Jack: White Fang*
Mah, Adleine Yen: Chinese Cinderella
Perkins, Lynne Ray: Criss Cross
Peters, Julie Anne: Define Normal
Smith, Betty; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn*
Steinbeck, John: The Red Pony*
Twain, Mark: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s
Court* Woodson, Jaccquelyn: Miracle’s Boys
Date
Completed
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Parents are strongly encouraged to assist their children in choosing summer books.
Title
Author
Date
Completed
3
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4
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5
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6
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Attach another sheet if needed!
~ PA DEPT OF EDUCATION RECOMMENDS STUDENTS READ 25 BOOKS PER YEAR
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