Middle School Summer Reading Project
Grades Six, Seven, and Eight
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You are required to read 2 books this summer. One book must be selected from the list below. The other
book may be a book of your choice which is at least 100 pages.
Choose a project from the list below to complete after reading each book. You do not have to do the same
project for each book. The projects for both books are due on the first day of school.
Use good grammar, correct punctuation and spelling, and correct sentence structure.
Book Choices for One Book – Select a novel that you have not already read. These are great stories. You should
find several that you will enjoy!
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Adams, Richard. Watership Down.
Alcott, Louisa May. Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom; Little Women. Little Men, Jo’s Boys
Bagnold, Enid. National Velvet.
Brink, Carol Ryrie. Caddie Woodlawn.
Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Tarzan of the Apes.
Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game
Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, The Pickwick Papers
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles.
du Bois, William Pene. The Twenty-one Balloons.
DuPrau, Jeanne. The City of Ember
Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain.
Forbes, Kathryn. Mama’s Bank Account.
Gilbreth, Frank B. and Ernestine. Cheaper by the Dozen.
Gipson, Fred. Old Yeller.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies.
Grahame. Wind in the Willows.
Gray, Elizabeth Janet. Adam of the Road.
Hardwick, Michael. The Return of the Hound (a sequel to The Hound of the Baskervilles)..
Hesse, Karen Stowaway, or any of her books
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
Jacques, Brian. Mossflower, Redwall (and other novels by this author).
James, Will. Smoky, the Cow Horse.
Kjelgaard, Jim. Big Red, Irish Red, Snow Dog, etc. (a wonderful series of dog stories)
Knight, Eric. Lassie Come Home..
Latham, Jean Lee. Carry on Mr. Bowditch.
Lewis, C. S. Narnia Chronicles (any of the seven books in this series); Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous
Strength (sci-fi trilogy
London, Jack. The Call of the Wild, White Fang, Sea Wolf.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, Son
Montgomery, Lucy. Anne of Green Gables (any of the series).
Morey, Walt. Gentle Ben; Kavik, the Wolf Dog.
North, Sterling. Rascal.
Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth
O’Dell, Scott. The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day..
O’Hara, Mary. My Friend Flicka.
Patterson. Hatchet
Patton, Francis Gray. Good Morning, Miss Dove.
Peretti, Frank. Any book in the Cooper Kids Adventure Series
Porter, Eleanor H. Pollyanna.
Porter, Gene Stratton. Girl of the Limberlost, The Keeper of the Bees
Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game.
Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows.
Richter, Conrad. The Light in the Forest.
Sewell, Anna. Black Beauty.
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Speare, Elizabeth George. The Bronze Bow, The Calico Captive, The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
Spyrie, Johanna. Heidi.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island, Kidnapped.
Ten Boom, Corrie. The Hiding Place
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Rings, The Two Towers, The Return of the King
Twain, Mark. Tom Sawyer
Verne, Jules. Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Wallace, Lew. Ben Hur
Weiss, Johann. Swiss Family Robinson
Wiggens, Kate Douglass. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
The Royal Diaries, any from the series
Dear America, any from the series
Project Choices
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Create a poster with the following information: (this may be created on poster board or on
8 1/2 x11 paper on the computer)
 Materials: standard sized poster board
(approximately 22” x 28”), arranged either
vertically or horizontally (See examples on
this page.) or computer generated on 8 ½ x
11 paper
Author
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The following information should be in the 6 boxes:
Description of the protagonist, the antagonist, 3 major conflicts, the setting, short description of the
Author
plot, and a review; illustrations may be added. Make sure it looks appealing.
2. Create a video of 5 minutes or less depicting a scene of the book.
3. Type at least 15 questions and answers in the form of an interview with the author. You may video this as
well.
4. Create a power point with 10 slides that each include illustrations and the following information:
Your Name, Title & author, main characters, setting, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action,
exposition, recommendation.
5. Type a 5 paragraph (it may be longer) letter to a friend telling him/her about the book. Do not reveal the
ending.