Brunswick Academy
Grade Four Summer Reading List
2008-2009
Students of Brunswick Academy entering 4th grade are required to read two books prior to their return to school. The required class selection to be read by the students this summer is Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry. The 4th grade class will discuss this book and complete written work during the first week of school in the fall. A second book of choice, chosen from the following list, needs to be read prior to school. We will write our book report in class.
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
Wanted: Mud Blossom by Betsy Byars
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt by Jean Fritz
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter
The Doll in the Garden by mary Downing Hahn
The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
Holes by Louis Sachar
Gentle Annie: The Story of a Civil War Nurse by Mary Frances Shura
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman by Dorothy Sterling
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Sealegs by Alex Shearer
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Louis Sepuveda
The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn
The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson
Everything On A Waffle by Polly Harvath
Cabin On Trouble Creek by Jean Van Leewen
Number The Stars by Lois Lowery
Eager by Helen Fox
Private Captain: A Story of Gettysburg by Martin Crisp
Blue Skye by Lael Littke
Bloomability by Sharon Creech
Birthday Pony by Jessie Haas
No Dogs Allowed by Bill Wallace
White Star: A Dog On The Titanic by Martin Crisp
Series Books
Dear America Series
American Girl History Mysteries
Little House on the Prairie Series
Heartland Series-Lauren Brook
Phantom Stallion Series – Terri Farley
Spiderwick Chronicles
Deltora Quest – Emily Rodda
Series of Unfortunate Events – Lemony Snicket
Knights of the Silver Dragon Series – Kerry Daniel Roberts
Hank Zipzer – Henry Winkler – Lin Oliver
Biographies of:
George Washington
George Wythe
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
Patrick Henry
Nat Turner
Robert E. Lee
J.E.B. Stuart
“Stonewall” Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
L. Douglas Wilder
Arthur Ashe
Helen Keller
Dolly Madison
Matthew Henson