BRUNSWICK ACADEMY

Fourth Grade Summer Reading List

Students of Brunswick Academy entering 4^th 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 Chincoteaque by Marquerite Henry.  The 4^th 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 so bring notes on the book with you.

Wanted: Mud Blossom                                                                    Betsy Byars

Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World                                      Mildred Pitts Walter

The Secret Garden                                                                          Frances Hodgson Burnett

Half Magic                                                                                         Edward Eager

The Moffats                                                                                       Eleanor Estes

Hitty: Her First Hundred Years                                                        Rachel Field

Harriet the Spy                                                                                 Louise Fitzhugh

Stone Fox                                                                                         John Gardiner

My Side of the Mountain                                                                 Jean Graighead George

Bunnicula                                                                                          Deborah Howe

The Phantom Tollbooth                                                                   Norton Juster

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler               E. L. Konigsburg

Doctor Dolittle                                                                                 Hugh Lofting

Castle                                                                                               David Macaulay

The Hundred Penny Box                                                                Sharon Bell Mathis

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh                                                 Robert C. O’Brien

The Rescuers                                                                                  Margery Sharp

Holes                                                                                                Louis Sachar

Sealegs                                                                                            Alex Shearer

The Story of a Seagull and The Cat Who Taught Her to Fly       Louis Sepuveda

The Best Halloween Ever                                                               Barbara Robinson

Number The Stars                                                                           Lois Lowery

No Dogs Allowed                                                                            Bill Wallace

Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear                                       Lensey Namioka

The Cricket in Times Square                                                         George Seldon

The Great Ideas of Lila Fenwick                                                    Kate McMullan

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing                                                   Judy Blume

Series Books

Dear America Series                                          Alex Rider Series – Anthony Horowitz

American Girl History Mysteries                          Percy Jackson & the Olympians Series – Rick Riordan

Little House on the Prairie Series                        Nancy Drew – Caroline Keen

Heartland Series – Lauren Brook                        Magic Tree House Series – Mary Pope Osborne

Spiderwick Chronicles                                       The Gatekeeper Series – Anthony Horowitz        

Biographies

George Washington                                    Thomas Jefferson                            James Madison

James Monroe                                            Patrick Henry                                    Robert E. Lee

“Stonewall” Jackson                                    Woodrow Wilson                             L. Douglas Wilder

George Washington Carver                       Arthur Ashe                                      Helen Keller

Dolly Madison                                              Matthew Hensen                             Teddy Roosevelt     

A Person of interest to you                         Harriet Tubman                               

2010