REQUIRED SUMMER READING LIST
FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
ASHEVILLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
2017-2018
RISING 6th GRADERS
RISING 8th GRADERS
REQUIRED:
REQUIRED:
Wonder ....................................................................................R.J. Palacio
The Outsiders ......................................................................... S.E. Hinton
ADDITIONAL READING: CHOOSE ONE
ADDITIONAL READING: CHOOSE ONE
A Single Shard ................................................................ Linda Sue Park
Adam of the Road .................................................. Elizabeth Janet Gray
Anna of Byzantium ............................................................. Tracy Barrett
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ........................................ Roald Dahl
Crispin: The Cross of Lead ................................................................... Avi
Holes ..................................................................................... Louis Sachar
Julie of the Wolves .............................................. Jean Craighead George
Mary Poppins ........................................................................ P.L. Travers
Morning Star of the Reformation .................................. Andy Thompson
The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen ........................ Lloyd Alexander
The Secret Garden .......................................... Frances Hodgson Burnett
RISING 7th GRADERS
REQUIRED:
The Hobbit ......................................................................... J.R.R. Tolkien
If the student has read this, choose one of the other books in the Lord of the
Rings trilogy. Having read all those, read Silmarillion.
ADDITIONAL READING: CHOOSE ONE
Bridge to Terabithia ................................................. Katherine Paterson
Escape From Warsaw ........................................................ Ian Serraillier
Life on the Mississippi ...........................................................Mark Twain
Swiss Family Robinson ....................................................... Johann Wyss
The Devil’s Arithmetic ............................................................. Jane Yolen
The Jungle Book ............................................................ Rudyard Kipling
Where the Red Fern Grows……………………………….......Wilson Rawls
White Fang ............................................................................ Jack London
Anne of Green Gables ........................................ Lucy Maud Montgomery
Diamonds in the Shadow .......................................... Caroline B. Cooney
My Brother Sam is Dead ....................... James and Christopher Collier
Red Scarf Girl……………………………………………………...Ji-li Jiang
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn………………………...Mark Twain
The Witch of Blackbird Pond .......................... Elizabeth George Speare
***All Grades: Students should take notes on the
required novel and be prepared for both quiz and
discussion the first week of school. Parents will be
asked to sign that students completed one additional
book from the grade-level list.