All Adams Students 2012 - 2013
Each student is strongly encouraged to read two books from the list below. Choose books from the grade level you are entering in the Fall. We encourage students to read as many books as possible from their grade level list. Check out the California Reading List Web Site for even more options for middle school students. http://www.californiareadinglist.com.
In addition to reading, each student should complete a book project. Project options are listed below. Students who complete their assignment will receive a certificate of completion, as well as be invited to a summer reading celebration. Extra credit points will also be awarded in their Language Arts class.
Project Options:
- Write a new ending
- Design a game pertaining to the setting
- Cast a movie for characters (can’t be a movie already)
- Create a diorama of the setting
- Create a sculpture from one of the characters
- Write a critique giving your opinion of the novel
- Make a poster showing characters, setting, and plot
- Write a diary from the main character’s point of view
- Make a cartoon
- Make a travel brochure
2012 Summer Reading Book Options
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6th grade book options |
7th grade book options |
8th grade book options |
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The Fighting Ground - Avi |
The Thief of Always – Barker |
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards – Braun |
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle – Avi |
Hope Was Here – Bauer |
Hunger Games – Collins |
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On My Honor – Bauer |
My Brother Sam is Dead – Collier |
I am the Cheese – Cormier |
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The Wish Giver – Brittain |
Bud; Not Buddy – Curtis |
Jurassic Park – Crichton |
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The Incredible Journey – Burnford |
Flipped – Draanen |
Out of the Dust – Hesse |
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Walk Two Moons – Creech |
Flush – Hiaasen |
Red Scarf Girl – Jiang |
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The Watsons Go To Birmingham – 1963 – Curtis |
Redwall – Jacques |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – Smith |
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The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm – Farmer |
The Eyes of the Dragon – King |
Maus – Spiegelman |
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Baby – MacLachlan |
A Single Shard – Park |
When You Reach Me – Stead |
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Touching Spirit Bear – Mikaelsen |
Devil’s Arithmetic – Yolen |
Let the Circle be Unbroken – Taylor |
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Esperanza Rising - Ryan |
A Wrinkle in Time – L’Engle |
Dicey’s Song – Voigt |
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The Egypt Game – Snyder |
A Day No Pigs Would Die – Peck |
Make Lemonade – Wolff |
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No More Dead Dogs – Korman |
The Witches of Worm – Snyder |
The Pigman – Zindel |
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh – O’Brien |
The Headless Cupid - Snyder |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Haddon |
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Funny in Farsi – Dumas |
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Way of the Peaceful Warrior - Millman |
