2016-2017 REQUIRED SUMMER READING - TEAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL
The award-winning author of the books chosen for our school-wide summer reading program is
Carl Hiaasen, a native Floridian who lives in the Florida Keys. Read the book that
corresponds to your grade level and be prepared to take a comprehension test the first
week of school. As you read, see if the author’s description of Florida matches your own!
INCOMING 6th GRADERS - Scat
Scat: Bunny Starch, the most
feared biology teacher ever, is missing.
She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. To be honest, the kids in her
class are relieved. How will her students deal with her disappearance? What happened to her?
Will she return?
INCOMING 7th GRADERS - Chomp
Chomp: Wahoo Cray lives in a
zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so
he’s grown up with all manner of gators, snakes, parrots, monkeys, and snappers in his
backyard. The critters, he can handle. His father is the unpredictable one!
INCOMING 8th GRADERS - Skink
No Surrender!
Skink No Surrender: When your cousin goes missing under suspicious circumstances, who
do you call? There’s only one man for the job: a half-crazed ex-governor named Skink. Join
Skink and 14-year-old Richard in a breakneck chase across Florida as they try to find Richard’s
cousin.