EISD 2017 Summer Reading List
K-4
1.
¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z! Descubriendo el bosque nublado / Olinguito, from A to Z!
Unveiling the Cloud Forest
by Lulu Delacre
Explore the cloud forest of the Andes in Ecuador in this bilingual alphabetical book in verse.
2. The Grasshopper & the Ants
by Jerry Pinkney
The third in his retellings of Aesop’s Fables, Pinkney shows the grasshopper why the ants
have worked so hard, and the ants learn the value of sharing.
3. Ice Cream Summer
by Peter Sís
Get the scoop on some fun history, math, new vocabulary, and much more in this entertaining
book all about ice cream.
4. My New Friend Is So Fun!
by Mo Willems
Will a new friend break apart Piggie and Gerald’s friendship?
5. Flowers Are Calling by Rita Gray
Playful rhyming text alternates with factual callouts that describe flowers and the
pollination process. The watercolor illustrations are gorgeous and sure to inspire young
naturalists everywhere!
6. I Don’t Want to Be a Frog
by Dev Petty
A frog imagines what it would be like to be a rabbit, a cat, and other animals in this silly
story.
7. Ten Rules of Being a Superhero
by Deb Pilutti
Anyone can be a superhero as long as they follow these ten important rules!
8. Earmuffs for Everyone! How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of
Earmuffs
by Meghan McCarthy
Learn about the invention of earmuffs by prolific inventor and successful businessman
Chester Greenwood in this humorous picture book.
5-6th Reading List
1. Booked
By Kwame Alexander. Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the
power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress
the girl of his dreams.
2. Brown Girl Dreaming
By Jacqueline Woodson. The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks
that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South.
3. Midnight War of Mateo Martinez
By Robin Yardi. Mateo, a Mexican-American fourth grader from California, spots two skunks
stealing his sister's trike. He launches a crusade to retrieve the trike and soon learns that
the skunks are not only thieves---they can talk, too!
4. Look Both Ways.
By Judith Robbins. Jacinta Juarez's famous new mentor sweeps her away from the diapers
and dishes of her own boring life into a world of new experiences. But crossing 'la linea' into
Miss's world is scary.
5. Tortilla Sun.
By Jennifer Cervantes. While spending a summer in New Mexico with her grandmother,
twelve-year-old Izzy makes new friends, learns to cook, and for the first time hears stories
about her father, who died before she was born.
6. Public School Superhero
By James Patterson. In Kenny Wright's active imagination, he's a world famous superhero,
but in the real world he's a sixth grade 'Grandma's Boy' whose struggles to fit in at his
Washington D.C. inner city school will put his grades and family loyalty to the test
7. Middle School Rules
By Sean Jenson. A collection of stories from the childhood of Charles "Peanut" Tillman, who
would grow up to play as a cornerback for the Chicago Bears and have his off-field work
recognized with the 2013 NFL Man of the Year award.
8. President of the Whole Sixth Grade
By Sherri Winston. President of the whole fifth grade. Brianna Justice is the president of
her Detroit middle school's sixth grade, but she is finding the position a real headache-beside the normal troubles of being in a new school, and the sudden coldness of her old
friends, there is a class trip to Washington, D.C. coming up and she needs to figure out how
to raise the rest of the money so that the class can go.
9. Odd the Frost Giants
By Neil Gaiman. An unlucky twelve-year-old Norwegian boy named Odd leads the Norse gods
Loki, Thor, and Odin in an attempt to outwit evil Frost Giants who have taken over Asgard.
10. Pax
By Sarah Pennypacker. After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named
Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back.
7-12th
1. The Passion of Dolssa
By Berry, Julie. In thirteenth-century Provence, Dolssa, branded a heretic after
claiming to speak with God, flees her hometown.
2. The Reader
By Chee, Traci.
With overlapping stories of swashbuckling pirates and merciless assassins, this stunning
series opener introduces a world where reading is unheard of and a young orphan
struggles to discover her family’s secrets
3. Burn Baby Burn
By Medina, Meg. Nora López graduates from her Queens, New York, high school in the
summer of 1977--a summer marked by a heat wave, arson, and the Son of Sam murders.
4. Ghost
By Reynolds, Jason. His dad shot a gun at him, and “Ghost” Crenshaw has been running
ever since.
5. Salt to the Sea
By Sepetys, Ruta. It’s near the end of WWII and four refugees travel on foot during
January to board the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship bound for safety.
6. Scythe.
By Shusterman, Neal. In a distant future in which humanity has practically conquered
death, the population is controlled by Scythes, the only beings capable of causing death
7. The Sun is Also a Star
By Yoon, Nicola. Daniel decides to let fate dictate his life and NaTasha doesn't believe
in fate. But today, NaTasha will believe in anything if it allows her to avoid deportation.
8. The Serpent King
By Zentner, Jeff. One is the son of a snake-handling preacher serving time in prison.
One is a fashionista with New York dream
9. Everything, Everything
By Yoon, Nicola
The story of a teenage girl who's literally allergic to the outside world. When a new
family moves in next door, she begins a complicated romance that challenges everything
she's ever known. The narrative unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists,
illustrations, and more
10. The Hate you give
By Angie Thomas
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where
she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between
these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood.