Piedmont Academy Reading List
Monday, May 23, 2016
PIEDMONT ACADEMY READING LIST – June 2016 – May 2017 – REQUIRED & PERSONAL CHOICE SELECTIONS
The school’s media center has several copies of these titles. Your student may check a book out for the
summer if they choose. Accelerated Reading Summer Testing Date: June 23rd-10-12 and July 21st 10-12
* Piedmont Academy Media Center
SUMMER READING FOR 3rd, 4th & 5th
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RISING 3
One book
Choose one chapter book on your current AR level; Be
prepared to take the AR test on the summer testing date
or the first week of school.
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RISING 4
Two books – one required & one personal choice
Required (Summer): Crenshaw
Katherine Applegate (Realistic Fiction)
Verification activity will be the first day of class after
summer break. Bring text to class for reference.
Piedmont will make testing in the media center available
during the summer months, or you may choose to take
the AR test the first Friday after summer break.
Personal Choice (Summer):
Choose one of the personal choice selections below for
the summer reading book. You will be required to take
an AR test on this book. Piedmont will make testing
available in the media center during the summer months,
or you may choose to take the AR test the first Friday
after summer break.
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson(Grahic Novel)
Hit & Miss by Derek Jeter(Sports)
Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan
RISING 5th
Two books – one required & one personal choice
Required (Summer): The Book Scavenger
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Verification activity will be the first day of class after
summer break. Bring text to class for reference.
Piedmont will make testing available in the media center
during the summer months, or you may choose to take
the AR test the first Friday after summer break.
Personal Choice (Summer):
Choose one of the following selections for summer
reading. You will be required to take the AR test on this
book. Piedmont will make testing available in the media
center during the summer months, or you may choose to
take the AR test the first Friday after summer break.
Death by Toilet Paper by Donna Gephart
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson(Grahic Novel)
Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley(Fantasy)
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate(Realistic Fiction)
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SUMMER READING FOR HIGH SCHOOL
SUMMER READING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
Two books for summer reading –
One required & one personal choice
Read the required book for your grade and choose one
of the options listed below for your second summer
reading book. The “required” reading book test will be
given the first Friday after summer break. Be prepared
to take an Accelerated Reading quiz for both books
during the summer testing date or the first Friday.
Required (Summer):
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Rising 6 -Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawles (Realistic Fiction)
th
Rising 7 –Pay it Forward(copies are available in the
library
Catherine Ryan Hyde
th
Rising 8 -The Light in the Forest
Conrad Richter (Historical Fiction)
Choose one of the personal choices below for the
second summer reading book.
Personal Choice (Summer):
Loot: How to Steal a Fortune
J. Watson (Adventure)
Monday, May 23, 2016
RISING 9
th
* AR Summer testing dates: June 23rd-10-12 and July
21st 10-12
Required:
“How to Mark a Book” – online .pdf version
http://academics.keene.edu/tmendham/documents/Adler
MortimerHowToMarkABook_20060802.pdf
The Pearl-John Steinbeck (mark the text as directed in
“How to Mark a Book.”) Be prepared to complete an
assignment on the 1st day of class; bring the text for
reference.
3rd Selection—Choose 1 of the following for
the summer reading selection. You will be
required to take the AR test on this book.
Piedmont will make testing in the library
during the summer months or you may choose
to take the AR test the first Friday after
Summer Break.
Peach Awards – Choose one of the following:
The Secret Side of Empty-Maria Andreu
When-Victoria Laurie
Curveball:The Year I Lost my Grip-Jordan Sonnenblick
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Gym Candy(8 grade only)
Carl Deuker (Fiction-Sports)
Lincoln’s Grave Robbers
Steve Sheinkin (Non-Fiction)
My Life in Pink and Green
Lisa Greenwald (Young Adult Fiction)
RISING 10
rd
* AR Summer testing dates: June 23 -10-12 and July
st
21 10-12
Required: The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway
st
Verification activity will be the 1 day of class after
Summer Break; bring text to class for reference.
nd
The Iron Trial:Magisterium,Book 1
Brian Selznick(Fantasy)
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
James Patterson (Realistic Fiction-Graphic Novel)
Death by Toilet Paper
Donna Gephart(Fiction- humor)
Fuzzy Mud
Louis Sachar(Mystery-Science Fiction)
The Marvels
Holly & Claire Black(Mystery-Historical Fiction)
Circus Mirandus
Cassie Beasley(Fantasy)
2 Selection—Choose 1 of the following for the
summer reading selection. You will be required to
take the AR test on this book. Piedmont will make
testing in the library during the summer months or
you may choose to take the AR test the first Friday
after Summer Break.
The Book of Ivy—Amy Engel
Every Last Word—Tamara Ireland Stone
SPECIAL NOTE: Sophomores will be required to
choose 1 Upper Grade title of their choice each 9
weeks for outside reading grade of 100 Daily points.
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RISING 11
rd
* AR Summer testing dates: June 23 -10-12 and July
st
21 10-12
ST
Required: 1 Selection—The Scarlet Letter- Nathaniel
Hawthorne
Please disregard The Custom House introduction.
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2 Selection— The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain
st
Verification activity will be the 1 day of class after
Summer Break; bring both texts to class for reference.
rd
3 Selection— Choose 1 of the following for the
summer reading selection. You will be required to
take the AR test on this book. Piedmont will make
testing in the library during the summer months, or
you may choose to take the AR test the first Friday
after Summer Break.
Con Academy—Joe Schreiber
I Am Princess—Cherie Priest
SPECIAL NOTE: Juniors will be required to choose 1
Upper Grade title of their choice each 9 weeks for
outside reading grade of 100 Daily points.
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RISING 12
For both Traditional and DE students
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* AR Summer testing dates: June 23 -10-12 and July
st
21 10-12
How to Read Novels Like a ProfessorThomas C. Foster
Read this nonfiction book first. It gives insight about how
to approach reading an assigned novel. Then, read
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close following the
methods described in Foster’s book.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer
Monday, May 23, 2016