Snowden School Suggested Summer Reading List
Summer 2014
KK - Suggested Summer Reading List
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter
Carlo and the Really Nice Librarian by Jessica Spanyol
Max’s Words by Kate Banks
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr. Seuss
Little Cliff’s First Day of School by Clifton L Taulbert
Alexander and the Terrible Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith
Vorst
Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
I Knew You Could by Craig Dorfman
Young Cam Jansen & The Lost Tooth by David Adler
Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
No Roses for Harry! By Gene Zion
Fourth Grade – Suggested Summer Reading List
Shoeshine Girl by Clyde Robert Bulla
The Haunting of Derek Stone: The Bayou Dogs by Tony Abbott
Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Down to Earth Guide to Global Warming by Laurie David & Cambria
Gordon
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Captain Underpants Series, by Dave Pilkey
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
Joey Pizza Swallowed a Key by Jack Gantos
The 39 Clues: The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis
Charlie Bone and the Shadow (Children of the Red King Series #7) by Jenny
Nimmos
First Grade – Suggested Summer Reading List
Arthur books
Biscuit books
Little Critter books
Bob Books
Frog and Toad books
Any book by: Ezra Jack Keats, Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, James Marshall
Fifth Grade – Suggested Summer Reading List
Bridge to Terabithia- Katherine Patterson
Bud, Not Buddy-Curtis
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler-Konigsburg
Island of the Blue Dolphins-O’Dell
Maniac Magee-Spinelli
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH- O’Brien
Out of the Dust-Karen Hesse
Poppy- Avi
Rascal- North
The Cay- Taylor
The Clay Marble- Mingfong Ho
The Gold Cadillac- Taylor
The Secret Garden- Burnett
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle- Avi
Tuck Everlasting- Babbit
Mick Harte Was Here- Barbara Park
Nothing But the Truth- Avi
Second Grade Suggested Summer Reading List for 2nd Grade
Reading List
Zelda and Ivy and the Boy Next Door by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
My Friend John by Charlotte Zolotow
The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida
Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I’m off to the Moon! By Dan Yaccarino
Follow the Moon by Sarah Weeks
Moon by Seymour Simon
Postcard Pest by Patricia Reilly Giff
Little Red Ant and the Big Crumb: A Mexican Fable by Shirley Climo
Suggested Series
Junie B. Jones
Iris and Walter
Henry and Mudge
Arthur
Flat Stanley
Weird School Series
Primary CLUE (KK-3rd Grade) Reading List
Third Grade
Intermediate CLUE (4th and 5th Grades) Reading List
1. The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling - 3.0 reading level
2. Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary- 3.0 reading level
3. The Flying Flea, Callie, and Me by Bill/Carol Wallace- 3.5 reading level
4. The Littles Go to School by John Peterson- 3.5 reading level
5. Otherwise known as Sheila The Great by Judy Blume- 3.5 reading level
6. Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol- 3.6 reading level
7. I, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger- 3.7 reading glevel
8. Scrambled Eggs Super by Dr. Seuss- 3.7 reading level
9. The Lucky Stone by Lucille Clifton- 3.8 reading level
10. Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith -4.5 reading level
Entering 4th grade - Required – Read at least 2 of the books listed below:
K/1 -- Any Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish
2 -- Any Chris Van Allsburg books
3 -- Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Henry & Risby – Beverly Cleary
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Hotel for Dogs by Lois Duncan
How I, Nicky Flynn, Finally Get a Life & a Dog by Art Corriveau
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiorgraphy of a Stray by Ann M. Martin
Entering 5th grade – Required Read at least 2 of the books listed below:
Boy by Road Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Last of the Really Great Whangoodles by Julies Andrews Edwards
Mick Harte was Here by Barbara Park
Stuart Little by E. B. White
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
The True Confession of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
***Math Summer Assignment - Stanford math passwords are valid all summer! Read & Calculate daily!!!!!!
***Study Island is available all summer!!!!!!!!!
Snowden School Summer Reading List
2014
Sixth Grade
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, Donna Diamond
Jacob I Have Loved by Katherine Paterson
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Sixth Grade CLUE
Seventh Grade
It is suggested that students read at least two books from each category
over the summer months. Visit new.schoolnotes.com/jeffersondm for
information detailing what you are to do when you have completed your
reading assignment. Have this information ready when you return/begin
school in August.
Honors
Fiction
Walk Two Moons – Sharon Creech
The Giver – Lois Lowry
Letters from a Slave Girl – Mary Lyons
The Red Scarf Girl – Ji-Li Jiang
Tears of a Tiger – Sharon Draper
Farewell to Manzannar Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Jeanne Houston
Non-Fiction
Soul Surfer – Bethany Hamilton
In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle – Madeline Blais
Year of Impossible Goodbyes - Sook Nyul Choi
Gifted Hands – Dr. Ben Carson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
Traditional
Fiction
Search for Safety - John Langan
Double Dutch - Sharon Draper
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret – Judy Blume
Nine Man Tree – Robert Peck
Space Station Seventh Grade – Jerry Spinelli
The War of the Worlds – H.G. Wells
Non-Fiction
Jackie Robinson – Anne Schraff
Amelia Earhart: Flying for Adventure – Mary Dotson Wales
In These Girs, Hope is a Muscle - Madeline Blais
All Shook Up – Barry Denenberg
Soul Surfer - Bethany Hamilton
Eighth Grade
The following novels address common themes and units that students will
study in 8th grade and will provide helpful background knowledge.
Students are encouraged to select at least three.
American Revolution and the Civil War
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Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
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Chains by Laura Halse Anderson
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Forge by Laura Halse Anderson
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Fighting Ground by Avi
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Soldiers Heart by Gary Paulsen
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Bull Run by Paul Fleischman
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Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
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Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells
The Great Depression and Civil Rights
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Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
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A Girl from Yam Hill by Beverly Cleary
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End of a Dark Road by Crystal Thrash
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Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildren Taylor
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Devil on My Heels by Joyce McDonald
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The Red Rose Box by Brenda Woods
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Freedom Songs by Yvette Moore
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Mr. Touchdown by Lyda Phillips
Seventh Grade CLUE
See CLUE Middle School Reading List
See CLUE Middle School Reading List
Eighth Grade CLUE
See CLUE Middle School Reading List
***Math Summer Assignment - Stanford math passwords are valid all summer! Read & Calculate daily!!!!!!
***STUDY ISLAND is available all summer!!!!!!!