2015 Summer Reading
Book List
Please have your child read at least one book from the grade level list he or she will be entering in
the 2015 - 2016 school year and complete the attached double entry journal reading/assignment.
Be prepared to turn in a complete journal on the first day of school. Enjoy!
6th Grade Book List
Gregor the
Overlander
Suzanne Collins
7th Grade
Book List
Chains
Laurie Halse
Anderson
How to Steal a Dog
Barbra O’Connor
The Underdogs
Mike Lupica
The Strange Case of
Origami Yoda
Tom Algleberger
Navigating Early
Clare Vaderpool
The One and Only
Ivan
Katherine Applegate
Bomb: The Race to
Build and Steal the
World’s Weapon
Steve Sheinkin
7th Grade Book List
The Uglies
Scott Westerfields
The House of
Scorpion
Nancy Farmer
The Maze Runner
James Dashner
Through My Eyes
Ruby Bridges
8th Grade Book List
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The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson
Burnett
Roll of Thunder
Hear My Cry
Mildren Taylor
Tunnels
Roderick Gordon &
Brian Williams
The Ear, The Eye
and The Arm
Nancy Farmer
Name_____________________________
Book Title______________________________
Double Entry Journal Summer Reading Assignment
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Assignment is due the first day of school to your Language Arts Teacher, August 13, 2015.
How does it work? Choose your book for summer reading and begin to read. On the left side, of this
sheet, you will copy a short quote from your book that you find interesting (write page number in
parenthesis). In the right column, write your reaction to the quote you found.
Your reactions can include your opinions, disagreements, interpretations, connections to your life,
comments about grammar, or new vocabulary learned.
You must use 20 different quotes. See example.
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Quote from the Text
“In that one slight motion, I see the end of
hope, the beginning of destruction of
everything I hold dear in the world” (pg. 75)
My Reaction to the Quote
Katniss can’t really be giving up? She fought
and lived in the first battle. She is a fighter, she
doesn’t give up!
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