Grade 6 Reading List SY 2009/2010
Curriculum-linked Literature
China Theme
Chu Ju’s House by Gloria Whelan
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
Homesick by Jean Fritz
Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by E.F. Lewis
Greek Theme
D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaires
Roman Theme
Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfield
Russian Theme
Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig
Circlemaker by Rose Schur
Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse
Mesoamerica Theme
Well of Sacrifice by Chris Eboch
Genre Studies
Fantasy and Science Fiction
Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes
Skellig by David Almond
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
Phantom Tollbooth
The Secret Garden by F.H. Burnett
Adventure
The Smugglers by Iain Lawrence
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence
Realistic Fiction
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Grade 7 Reading List SY 2009/2010
Class Anthologies
Cross Roads (selected stories and poems)
World Writers Today (selected stories and poems)
African Folktales and Short Stories – a collection
Whole Class Novel Studies
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
Small Group Literature Circle Novels to Support Themes
The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
Book of the Lion by Michael Cadnum
The Forbidden Forest by Michael Cadnum
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen and Bahija Lovejoy
Independent Reading Program
Students will be required to choose books to read from various genres throughout the year.
Grade 8 Reading List SY 2009/2010
Class Anthology
World Writers Today
Whole Class Novel Studies
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George
Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes
Animal Farm George Orwell
Independent Reading Program
Students will be required to choose books to read from various genres throughout the year.
Independent Novels to Support Themes
The Power of One Bruce Courtenay
Farenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt
Farewell to Manzanar J.W. Houston and J.D. Houston
I Heard the Owl Call My Name Margaret Craven
My Brother Sam is Dead J.Collier and C. Collier
Sarah Bishop Scott O’Dell
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm Nancy Farmer
Slave Dancer Paula Fox
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor
Let the Circle Be Unbroken Mildred Taylor
Harriet Tubman Ann Petry
The Guns of August Barbara W. Tuchman
The Crucible Arthur Miller
