Brunswick Academy

Grade Four Summer Reading List

2008-2009

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 Chincoteague by Marguerite 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.

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