Sam Rayburn Middle School
English Language Arts Department
Pre-AP Summer Reading 2016
6th Grade
Freak the Mighty​
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by Rodman Philbrick
Schooled​
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by Gordon Korman
7th Grade
The Skin I’m In​
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by Sharon Flake
Farewell to Manzanar​
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by Jeanne and James D. Houston
The Adoration of Jenna Fox​
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by Mary E. Pearson
8th Grade
Code Talker​
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by Joseph Bruchac
Chinese Cinderella​
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by Adeline Yen Mah
The Diary of a Young Girl​
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by Anne Frank
Students will choose one book from the list according to the grade level they will be entering in
August. Students are responsible for getting the novel by either purchasing a copy or checking
out a copy from the public library. The expectation is that the book will be read during the
summer so that the student is ready to discuss it the first week of school. If you click on the book
links above, you can purchase a new or used book from Amazon and read a summary of each title.
There will be a novel project assigned by the English Language Arts teacher the first week of
school and due within the first six weeks. This project will count as a test grade.
If there are any questions, please contact ​
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