Summer 2009 Reading Lists

White Plains Public School
WP Public School - 6th Grade
WP Public School - 7th Grade
WP Public School - 8th Grade
WP Public School - 9th Grade
WP Public School - 10th Grade
WP Public School - 11th Grade
WP Public School - 12th Grade

Our Lady of Good Counsel Elementary School
GCA School - Kindergarten
GCA School - 1st Grade
GCA School - 2nd Grade
GCA School - 3th Grade
GCA School - 4th Grade
GCA School - 5th Grade
GCA School - 6th Grade
GCA School - 7th and 8th Grade

Our Lady of Good Counsel High School

Our Lady of Sorrows Elementary School
OLS School - 6th Grade
OLS School - 7th Grade
OLS School - 8th Grade

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White Plains Public School

* Challenging

6th Grade
Banerjee, Anjali Looking for Bapu
Byars, Betsy Cracker Jackson
Carlson, Lori M. Cool Salsa
Cameron, Ann The Stories Julian Tells
Dahl, Roald The Twits
Dahl, Roald The Witches
Danziger, Paula Earth to Matthew
Ellis, Deborah Sacred Leaf
Fenner, Carol Yolonda's Genius
Jacques, Brian Redwall Series
* Joseph, Lynn The Color of My Words
Kadohata, Cynthia Kira-Kira
Lombard, Jenny Drita My Homegirl
Lu, Chi Fa Double Luck: Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan
Millman, Isaac Hidden Child
Myers, Walter Dean Darnell Rock Reporting
Naylor, Phyllis Jade Green
* Paulsen, Gary My Life in Dog Years
Ryan, Pam Munoz Munoz Becoming Naomi León
Ryan, Pam Munoz Esperanza Rising
Smith, Robert Kimmel Chocolate Fever
Van Draanen, Wendelin Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes
Woodson, Jacqueline Feathers
Wyss, Thelma Hatch Bear Dancer: the story of a Ute Girl

7th Grade
Avi Wolf Rider
Barakat, Ibtisam Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
Bunting, Eve Titanic
Chambers, Veronica Quinceañera Means Sweet 15
Coville, Bruce My Teacher is an Alien
Curry, Jane Louise The Black Canary
Dahl, Roald The BFG
DeSaix, Deborah Durland Hidden on the Mountain
Duncan, Lois The Third Eye
* Funke, Cornelia The Thief Lord
Lester, Julius Day of Tears
Myers, Walter Dean The Greatest: Muhammad Ali
Nelson, N.A. Bringing the Boy Home
Nixon, Joan Lowery Secret, Silent Screams
Paulsen, Gary Dogsong
Pullman, Philip The Golden Compass
* Soto, Gary Baseball in April and Other Stories
Soto, Gary Petty Crimes
Spinelli, Jerry There's a Girl in My Hammerlock
Wright, Richard Rite of Passage
Yan, Ma The Diary of Ma Yan: The Daily Life of a Chinese Schoolgirl

8th Grade
Ayer, Eleanor H. Parallel Journeys
Blackwood, Gary L. The Shakespeare Stealer
Bunting, Eve Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island
Clark, Mary Higgins* A Stranger Is Watching
Draper, Sharon Copper Sun
Draper, Sharon Romiette and Julio
Duncan, Lois Ransom
DuPrau, Jeanne The City of Ember
Flake, Sharon G. The Skin I'm In
Hinton, S.E. That Was Then, This Is Now
Houston, Julian New Boy
Kent, Rose Kimchi & Calamari
Levine, Gail Carson Dave at Night
Martinez, Victor Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida
McKissack, Patricia Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues
Myers, Walter Dean Bad Boy: A Memoir
Nava, Julian Julian Nava My Mexican-American Journey
Nix, Garth* Sabriel
Resau, Laura Red Glass
Resau, Laura What the Moon Saw
Sleator, William The Duplicate
Van Draanen, Wendelin Flipped
White, Ryan* Ryan White: My Own Story
Zenatti, Valerie When I was a Soldier: A Memoir

9th Grade
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak
Coy, John. Crack Back
Crutcher, Chris. Ironman
Davis, Sampson, et.al. We Beat the Streets: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success
Beatty, Patricia. Lupita Manana
Carter, Forrest. The Education of Little Tree
Judson, William. Cold River
Kerr, M.E. Gentlehands
Lewis, Barbara A. Kids With Courage: True Stories About Young People Making a Difference
Myers, Walter Dean. Hoops
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit

10th Grade
Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Armstrong, Lance. It’s Not About the Bike
Blais, Madeline. In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle: The True Story of Hoop Dreams and One Very Special Team
Buck, Pearl. The Good Earth
Frey, Darcy. The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams
Hillerman, Tony. Skinwalkers
Lupica, Mike. Heat
Lipsyte, Robert The Contender
Martel, Yann. Life of Pi
Myers, Walter Dean. Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
Myers, Walter Dean. Monster

11th Grade
Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game
Kincaid, Jamaica. Annie John. Annie John
Klass, Perri.* A Not Entirely Benign Procedure: Four Years as a Medical Student
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees
Potok, Chaim.* The Chosen
Hedges, Peter. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Obama, Barrack. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Santiago, Esmeralda. When I Was Puerto Rican
Rodriguez, Luis J. Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.
Tan, Amy.* The Kitchen God’s Wife
Thomas, Rob. Rats Saw God

12th Grade
Coelho, Paulo. The Alchemist
Hamill, Pete. Snow in August
McCall Smith, Alexander. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man
* Mathabane, Mark. Kaffir Boy
O’Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried
Lahri, Jhumpa. The Namesake
Obama, Barrack. The Audacity of Hope
Ritter, Lawrence. The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
Suskind, Ron. A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
Tyler, Ann. The Accidental Tourist
Walker, Alice. The Color Purple*
X, Malcolm and Alex Haley. * Autobiography of Malcolm X

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Our Lady of Good Counsel Elementary School

Kindergarten

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Jessica by Kevin Henkes
Lilly's Purple Purse by Kevin Henkes
Lilly's Big day by Kevin Henkes
Owen by Kevin Henkes
Sheila Rae, The Brave by Kevin Henkes
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
A Weekend with Wendell by Kevin Henkes
Franklin Books by Paulette Bourgeois
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
Arthur Books by Marc Brown
Miss Bindergarten books by Joseph Slate
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that type by Doreen Cronin
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Good night Gorilla by Margaret Wise Brown
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Joffe Numeroff
The Hat by Jan Brett
The Umbrella by Jan Brett
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Rainbow Fish to the Rescue by Marcus Pfister
Milo and the Magical Stones by Marcus Pfister
Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale by Marcus Pfister
Dazzle the Dinosaur by Marcus Pfister

First Grade

The Mitten by Jan Brett
The Hat by Jan Brett
The Umbrella by Jan Brett
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

Second Grade

Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard
Cloudy with a Change of Meatballs by Juddi Barrett
Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole
Today was a Terrible Day by Patricia Giff
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
I Like the Music by Leah Komaiko
A time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
Inside-Outside Book of New York by Roxie Munro
I was a Second Grade Werewolf by Manus Pinkwater
Annabelle Swift, Kindergartener by Schawartz, Amy
Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger
A chair for my Mother by Vera Williams

Hooray for the Golly Sisters by Betsy Byars
Arthur's Prize Reader (Series) by Russell Hoban
Here Comes the Strikeout (Series) by Leonard Kessler
Lionel in the Spring by Stephen Krensky
Binky Brothers, Detectives by James Lawrence
Hill of Fire by Tom Lewis
The Poison Ivy Case by Joan Lexau
Frog and Toad by Arnald Lobel
Zena and the Witch Circus by Alice Low
Four on the Shore by James Marshall
Follow that Fish (Bank St. Series) by Joanne Oppenheim
Amelia Bedelia (Series) by Peggy Parish
The Smallest Cow in the World by Katherine Paterson
Harry in Trouble (Series) by Barbara Porte
Henry and Mudge (Series) by Cynthia Rylant
Nate the Great (Series) by Marjorie Sharmat
Cat at Bat by John Stadler
Tales of Amanda Pig (Series) by Jean VanLeeuwan
Commander Toad in Space (Series) by Jane Yolen
Harry Takes a Bath (Hello Reading Series) by Harriet Ziefert

Third Grade

The Chalk box Kid by Clyde Bulla

Fiction Books - specific books:
Amber Brown is not a Crayon by Paula Danziger
Bunnicula by Deborah Howe
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
How to be Cool in Third Grade by Betsey Duffey
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson

Fiction Books - Series:
Any Beverly Cleary books
Any Boxcar Children books
Any Cam Jansen books
Any classic illustrated books
Any Encyclopedia Brown books
Any Judy Blume books
Any Magic Tree House books
Any Roald Dahl books

Non-Fiction Books:
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere by Jean Fritz
Go Free or die, A Story about Harriet Tubman by Jeri Ferris
Hey Batta Batta Swing! The Wild Old Days of Baseball by Sally Cook
Koko's Kitten by Francine Patterson
Plants Bite Back by Richard Platt
Teammates by Peter Golenbock
The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathlenn Krull
Walking the Road to Freedom by Jeri Ferris
Donnelly, Judy - Any book

4th Grade

Fabulous Books:

The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant) by Avi
(Newbery Award author)

The Folk Keeper By Franny Billingsley
(2000 Horn Book Award)

Bud Not Buddy By Christopher Paul Curtis
(2000 Newbery & Coretta Scott King Awards)

Tale of Despereaux By Kate DiCamillo
(2005 Newbery Award Winner)

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key By Jack Gantos
(Newbery Honor author)

Fine Feathered Friends By Jamila Gavin
(Whitbred Book Award author)

Regarding the Fountain: A Tale in Letters. of Liars and Leaks By Kate Klise
(2001-02 Connecticut Nutmeg Award & New Jersey Battle ofthe Books Award)

The Old African By Julius Lester

The Apple Gatherer By Steven Schnur
(Sydney Taylor Award author)

The Time Warp Trio (series) By Jon Scieszka

The Skirt By Gary Soto
(American Book Award author)

Charlotte's Web By E.B. White

Non-Fiction:

While Standing on One Foot: Puzzle Stories & Wisdom Tales from the Jewish Tradition By Nina Jaffe J 296.1 J

The Dancing Skeleton By Cynthia Defelice
J398 D

The Magical Monkey King: Mischiefin Heaven By Ji-Ii Jiang
J 398 J

I-Know-Not-What. I-Know-Not-Where: A Russian Tale By Eric A Kimmel
J 398 K

The Rough-Face Girl By Rafe Martin
J398 M

A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder By Walter Wick
(1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award)
J 546.22 W

A Pot of Gold: A Treasure of Irish Stories. Poetry, Folklore. and (of course) Blarney By Kathleen Krull (Pura Bepre Award author)
J 820.8 K

The Hero Beowolf  By Eric A Kimmel
J 829.3 K

Pirate Diary: the Journal of Jake Carpenter By Richard Platt (2001 Kate Greenaway Award)
J 910.4 P

5th Grade

In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord.
Summer Reading is Killing Me by Jon Scieszla
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Dear Whiskers by Ann Whitehead Nagda
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventure of a Small Snail (and an even smaller ant) by Avi
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 by Walter Dean Meyers
The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Millicent Min, Girl Genious by Lisa Yee
Missing May by Cynthia Ryant
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred E. Taylor
Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

6th Grade

Wringer by Jerry Spinelli.
Sounder by Armstrong, William
The Fighting Ground by Avi
The blue Heron by Avi
Tuck Everlasting by Babbitt, Natalie
On My Honor by Bauer, Marion Dane
Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Choi, Sook Nyul
Walk two Moons by Creech, Sharon
Catherine, Called Bird by Cushman, Karen
Six Grade Can Really Kill You by DeClements, Barthe
Letters from Rifka by Hesse, Karen
Out of the Dust by Hesse, Karen
Far North by Hobbs, Will
River Thunder by Hobbs Will
The clay Marble by Ho, Minfong
A Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle, Madeline
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Chronicles of Narnia series by Lewis, C.S.
White Fang by London, Jack
Number the Stars by Lowry, Lois
Anastasia Krupnik by Lowry, Lois
Shiloh; Saving Shiloh; Shiloh Season by Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
The Island of the Blue Dolphins by O'Dell, Scott
Tracker; Dogsong; Hatchet by Paulsen, Gary
Brian's Return' Brian's Winter by Paulsen, Gary
A Long Way from Chicago by Peck, Richard
Where the Red Fern Grows by Rawls, Wilson
Harry Potter Series by Rowling, J.K.
Missing May by Rylant, Cynthia
Holes by Sachar, Louis
The Sign of the Beaver by Speare, Elizabeth George
Maniac Magee,' Stargirl by Spinelli, Jerry
The Red Pony by Steinbeck, John
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Taylor, Mildred
The Cay by Taylor, Thoedore
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark

7th Grade and  8th Grade

Little Women' Little Men by Alcott, Louisa May
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane
The Wizard of Oz by Baum, Frank L.
On My Honor by Bauer, Marion Dane
Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury, Ray
Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Choi, Sook Nyul
The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen
A Tales of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles
Johnny Tremain by Forbes, Esther
Diary of a Young Girl by Frank, Anne
Summer of My German Soldier by Green, Bette
A Raisin in the Sun by Hansberry, Lorraine
The Old man and the Sea by Hemingway, Ernest
That Was Then, This is Now by Hinton S E.
The House of Dies Drear by Hamilton, Virginia
Red Scarf Girl by Jiag, Ji-Li
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Chronicles of Narnia (series) by Lewis, C.S.
White Fang by London, Jack
Island of the Blue Dolphins; The Black Pearl by O'Dell, Scott
1984; Animal Farm by Orwell, George
Bridge to Terabithia by Paterson, Katherine
Brian's Return; Brian's Winter; Hatchet by Paulsen, Gary
A Long Way from Chicago by Peck, Richard
After the Dancing Days by Rosowski, Margaret
Harry Potter (Series) by Rowling, J.K.
Treasure Island; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, Robert Louis
The Hobbit; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by Tolkein, J R.R.
War of the Worlds; The Time Machine by Wells, H G.

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Our Lady of Good Counsel High School

9th Grade
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansbeny
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez

Honors program:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

10th Grade
Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom

Honors program:
Jane Eye by Charlotte Bronte
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

11th Grade
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Honors program:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jubilee by Margaret Walker
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

12th Grade
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta

Advanced Placement English
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler  

OUR LADY OF SORROWS SUMMER READING LIST FOR GRADE 6

Alexander, Lloyd	The Chronicles of Prydain Series
Almond, David	Skellig
Anderson, Laurie	Fever 1793
Avi	The Fighting Ground
Avi	S.O.R. Losers
Avi	The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Avi	Mayor of Central Park
Beatty, Patricia	Charley Skedaddle
Bellairs, John	the Mansion in the Mist
Bode, N.E.	The Anybodies
Bunting, Eve	Sixth-Grade Sleepover
Bunting, Eve	Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island
Colfer, Eoin	Artemis Fowl Series
Cooney, Caroline B.	The Face on the Milk Carton
Creech, Sharon	Absolutely Normal Chaos
Creech, Sharon	Walk Two Moons
Creech, Sharon	Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
Creech, Sharon	Replay
Curtis, Christopher P.	Bud, Not Buddy
Cushman, Karen	Catherine, Called Birdy
Dahl, Roald	Boys: Tales of Childhood
Danziger, Paula & Martin, Ann M.	Snail Mail No More
DeClements, Barthe	Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You
Dowell, Francis O'Roark	Dovey Coe
Duncan, Lois	Summer of Fear
Ehrenhaft, Daniel	Last Dog on Earth
Ellis, Deborah	Mud City
Estes, Eleanor	Moffats Series
Fisher, Catherine	The Oracle Prophecies Series
Ferris, Jean	Once Upon A Marigold
Fox, Paula	The Slave Dancer
Fox, Paula	Western Wind
Funke, Cornelia	The Thief Lord
George, Jean Craig head	Julie of the Wolves
C George, Jessica Day	Dragon Slippers
Gleitzman, Morris	Toad Rage
Haddix, Margaret	Among the Hidden
Haddix, Margaret	Among the Free
Hahn, Mary Downing	Stepping on the Cracks
Hamilton, Virginia	M.C. Higgins the Great
Hearne, Betsy	Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs
Hiaasen, Carl	Flush
Hinton, S.E.	Rumble Fish
Kado hata, Cynthia	Kira Kira
Klages, Ellen	The Green Glass Sea
Konigsburg, E L	The View from Saturday
L'Eng le Madeline	A Wrinkle in Time
Lipsyte, Robert	One Fat Summer
London, Jack	The Call of the Wild
Martin, Ann M.	Belle Teal
Martin, Ann M.	Center of the Universe
Myers, Walter bean	Hoops
Nesbit, E.	The Railway Children
Nimmo, Jenny	Midnight for Charlie Bone
Nixon, Joan Lowery	Search for the Shadowman
O'Oell, Scott	The Island of the Dolphins
Papademetriou, Lisa	Sixth Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me
Park, Linda Sue	A Single Shard
Paterson, Katherine	Bridge to Terabithia
Paulsen, Gary	Brian's Return
Paulsen, Gary	The River
Paulsen, Gary	Hatchet
Paulsen, Gary	The Island
Peck, Richard	Fair Weather
Peck, Richard	The Ghost Belonged to me
Peck, Richard	The Teacher's Funeral
Prior, Natalie Jane	Lily Quench & the Black Mountains
Ryan, Pam Munoz	Esperanza Rising
Rylant, Cynthia	Every Living Thing
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley	The Egypt Game
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley	The Unseen
Spinelli, Jerry	Loser
Spinelli, Jerry	Milkweed
Spinelli, Jerry	Stargirl
Taylor, Theodore	The Cay
Tolan, Stephanie	Surviving the applewhites
Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Hobbit
Whelan, Gloria	Goodbye, Vietnam
Yee, Lisa	Millicent Min: Girl Genuis
Yomoto, Kazumi	The Friends

OUR LADY OF SORROWS SUMMER READING LIST FOR GRADE 7

Alverez, Julia	Before We Were Free
Bauer, Marion	On My Honor
Bauer, Joan	Hope Was Here
Blus, Joan W.	A Gathering of Days
Blume, Judy	Tiger Eyes
Brooks, Bruce	The Moves Make the Man
Byng , Georgia	Molly Moons Stops the World
Cabot, Meg	Princess Dairies Series
Card, Orson Scott	Ender's Game
Carman, Patrick	Land of Elyon Series
Choi, Sook Nyid	Year of Impossible Goodbyes
Clements, Andrew	Things Not Seen
Cohn, Rac he1	The Steps
Collier, James Lincoln	My Brother Sam is Dead
Cooney, Caroline 8.	Wanted
Couloumbis, Audrey	Getting Near to Baby
Creec h, Sharon	The Wanderer
Duncan, Lois	Killing Mr. Griffin
Duncan, Lois	Don't Look Behind You
Estes, Eleanor	Ginger Pye
Fast, Howard	April Morning
Funke, Cornelia	Inkheart
Greene, Bette	Summer of My German Soldier
Hamilton, Virginia	House of Dies Drear
Hesse, Karen	Out of the Dust
Hinton, S.E.	That Was Then, This I s Now
Hobbs, Will	Ghost Canoe
Hoobler, Dorothy & Thomas	In Darkness, Death
Holze, Sollace	A Circle Unbroken
Horvath, Polly	Everything on a Waffle
Jacques, Brian	Loamhedge
Jacques, Brian	Redwall
Johnson, Scott	Safe at Second
Judith, St. George	Haunted
Koller, Jackie	A Place to Call Home
Kluger, Steve	Last Days of Summer
Lee, Marie G.	Necessary Roughness
Lewis, Richard	The Killing See
Lipsyte, Robert	The Contender
Lowry, Lois	Find A Stranger Say Goodbye
Lupica, Mike	The Big Field
Mazzio, Joann	The One Who Came Back
Meyer, Stephenie	Twilight Series
Myers, Edward	Hostage
Myers, Walter Dean	Monster
Myers, Walter Dean	Scorpions
Myers, Walter Dean	The Glory Field
Nixon, Joan Lowery	The Shance
Ogilvy, Ian	Weasle and the Wrathmonk
Paterson, Katherine	Come Sing, Jimmy Jo
Patterson, James	Maximum Ride Series
Paulsen, Gary	Brian's Hunt
Paulsen, Gary	Brian's Winter
Paulsen, Gary	Canyons
Paulsen, Gary	The Tracker
Peck, Richard	River Between Us
Peck, Richard	Father Figure
Peck, Robert Newton	A Day No Pigs Would Die
Pullman, Philip	His Dark Materials Series
Raskin, Ellen	Westing Game
Ritter, John	The Boy Who Saved Baseball
Ritter, John	Choosing Up Sides
Sachar, Louis	Small Steps
Speare, Elizabeth George	The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Smith, Betty	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Stevenson, Robert Louis	Kidnapped
Stevenson, Robert Louis	Treasure Island
Stroud, Jonathan	The Amulet of Samarkand Series
Sweeney, Joyce	Free Fall
Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Two Towers
Zindel, Paul	The Pigman

OUR LADY OF SORROWS SUMMER READING LIST FOR GRADE 8

Alcott, Louisa M	Little Women
Almond, David	Kit's Wilderness
Avi	Nothing but the Truth
Borland, Hal	When the Legends Die
Bronte, Charlotte	Jane Eyre
Bunting, Eve	SO5 Titanic
Burns, Olive Ann	Cold Sassy Tree
Cabot, Meg	Princess Diaries Series
Choldenko, Gennifer	Al Capone Does My Shirts
Christie, Agatha	Murder on the Orient Express
Cormier, Robert	I Am the Cheese
Danziger, Paula	Remember Me to Herald Square
DuPrau, Jeanne	City of Ember
Estes, Eleanor	Pinky Pye
Ferris, Jean	Bad
Feinstein, John	Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery
Fine, Anne	Flour Babies
Fitgerald, F. Scott	The Great Gatsby
Golding, William	Lord of the Flies
Henkes, Kevin	Olive's Ocean
Hinton, S.E.	Tex
Hoffman, Mary	Starvaganza Series
Horowitz, Anthony	Alex Rider Series
Horowitz, Anthony	Gate keepers .Series
Hughes, Monica	Invitation to the Game
Hunt, Irene	Across Five Aprils
Kinsella, W.P.	Shoeless Joe!
Konigsburg, E.L.	Silent to the Bone
Lehmann, Christian	Ultimate Game
Lasky, Katherine	True North
Lord, Walter	A Night to Remember
Lupika, Mike	Summer Ball
McGuigan, Mary Ann	Where You Belong
McNeal, Tom & Laura	Crooked
Meyer, Stephenie	Twilight Series
Myers, Walter bean	Fallen Angels
Myers, Walter bean	Slam!
Myers, Walter bean	The bream Bearer
Meyer, Stephenie	Twilight Series
Nixon, Joan Lowery	The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore
Nolan, Han	Send Me bown A Miracle
Orwell, George	Animal Farm
Orwell, George	1984
Peck, Richard	Remembering the Good Times
Peck, Richard	Something for Joey
Perkins, Lynne Rae	Criss Cross
Peters, Julie Anne	be fine Normal
Rose, Reginald	12 Angry Men
Thesman, Jean	The Rain Catchers
Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Return of the King
Trueman, Terry	Stuck in Neutral
Twain, Mark	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Salinger, J.b.	The Catcher in the Rye
Uchida, Yoshiko	A Jar of breams
Ul lman, James Ramsey	Banner in the Sky
Vick, Helen Hughes	Walker of Time
Voight, Cynthia	Izzy, Willy- Nilly
Voight, Cynthia	On Fortune's Wheel
Voight, Cynthia	Homecoming
Voig ht, Cynthia	Dicey's Song
Wendel in, Van braanen	Flipped
Wiesel, Elie	Dawn
Wiesel, Elie	Night
Woodson, Jacqueline	I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
Yann, Martel	Life of Pi: A Novel
Zindel, Paul	The Pigman's Legacy
Zindel, Paul	The Undertaker's Gone Bananas