2016 Middle School Summer Reading List/6th Grade
Students should read two books. Select a fiction book from the list below and select a biography based
on the following criteria:
6th grade biographies should be at least 100 pages and should be about a worthy person who
lived prior to 400 A.D. (Examples: Herodotus, Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, Aristotle, Julius
Caesar, the Apostle Paul, etc.)
6th Grade Fiction List
Beyond the Desert Gate by Mary Ray
The Ides of April by Mary Ray
The Cat of Bubastes by G.A. Henty
The God King by Joanne Williamson
Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld
The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
Outcast by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise McGraw
Middle School Summer Reading List/7th Grade
Students should read two books. Select a fiction book from the list below and select a biography based
on the following criteria:
7th grade biographies should be more than 100 pages and should be about a worthy
individual in world history who lived between 400 A.D. and 1607 A.D. (Examples: Marco Polo,
Captain John Smith, Joan of Arc, Charles Martel, Martin Luther, etc.)
7th Grade Fiction Book List (Unabridged only)
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
Men of Iron by Howard Pyle
Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
Redwall by Brian Jacques
The Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Middle School Summer Reading List/8th Grade
Students should read two books. Select a fiction book from the list below and select a biography based
on the following criteria:
8th grade biographies should be more than 100 pages and should be about a worthy
individual in world history who lived between 1607 – 2016 A.D. (Examples: George
Washington, William Wilberforce, Frederick Douglas, Elizabeth II, Martin Luther King, etc.)
Please do not choose media stars or sports figures.
Eighth Grade Fiction List
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
White Fang by Jack London
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor
The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Spear
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Spear
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Spear
A Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper