“If you can read this, thank a teacher.”
- Anonymous teacher
“We shouldn't teach great books; we should
teach a love of reading.”
- B. F. Skinner
“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one
can take it away from you.”
- B.B. King
“We read to know we are not alone.”
- C.S. Lewis
“You're the same today as you'll be in five years
except for the people you meet and the books
you read.”
- Charlie "Tremendous" Jones
“When you sell a man a book you don't sell him
just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you
sell him a whole new life.”
- Christopher Morley
Mintz Christian Academy
Required Summer Reading
Rising 5th Graders
Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
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Things to remember:
 Please bring your booklet
filled out on the first day of
school
 Don’t wait until the last
minute to start reading.
Rushed work is never
excellent! It also takes the joy
out of reading.
 Make sure you use neat
handwriting.
 Be prepared to share what
you have written with the
class.
 Visit the library often!
RISING FIFTH GRADERS
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Amos Fortune: Free Man (E. Yates)
Because of Winn Dixie (Kate DiCamillo)
Bronze Bow (E.G. Speare)
Caddie Woodlawn (C. Brink)
Harriet the Spy (Fitzhugh)
Julie of the Wolves (J. George)
Magician’s Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
Misty of Chincoteague (Henry)
Mr. Penguin’s Poppers (R. Atwater)
My Side of the Mountain (Speare)
Old Yeller (Gipsn)
Phantom Tollbooth (Juster)
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
Summer of the Swans (Byars)
A Wrinkle in Time (M.L.’Engle)
Door in the Wall (M. De Angeli)
Little House on the Prairie (L. Wilder)
The View from Saturday (Konigsburg)
Walk Two Moons (S. Creech)
The Black Stallion (Walter Farley)
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Newberry Award Novel
Title of Book: _____________________________
Author of Book: ___________________________
Number of Pages: __________________________
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Biography
Title of Book: _____________________________
Author of Book: ___________________________
Number of Pages: __________________________
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