Brunswick Academy

Sixth Grade Summer Reading Program

2008-2009

Students of Brunswick Academy entering 6^th grade are required to read two books during the summer prior to their return to school.  One selection will be a class selection read by all students on their grade level.  Students are required to have this book with them when they return to school in the fall.  The class will discuss this book and complete a written evaluation during the first week of school.

The second book will be chosen from the reading list prepared for each grade level.  Choose a book your child has not read before.  This book will be used for the first book report during the second week of school.

Crispin – Avi

Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbitt

The Indian in the Cupboard – Lynne Banks

Incredible Journey – Sheila Burnford

Chasing Redbird – Sharon Creech

My Brother Sam is Dead – James Collier

Bud, Not Buddy – Christopher Paul Curtis

The Black Stallion – Walter Farley

Johnny Tremain – Esther Forbes

Old Yeller – Fred Gipson

Charlie’s Raven – Jean Craighead George

The House On the Gulf – Margaret Haddix

A Boy No More – Harry Mazer

Green Angel – Alice Hoffman

Number the Stars – Lois Lowry

The Giver – Lois Lowry

The Fear Places – Phyllis Naylor

Shiloh - Phyllis Naylor

Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell

A Single Shard – Linda Sue Park

Heat – Mike Lupica

A Long Way From Chicago – Richard Peck

A Year Down Yonder – Richard Peck

Where the Red Fern Grows - Wilson Rawls

Esperanza Rising – Pam Munoz Tyan

The Sign of the Beaver – Elizabeth Spear

The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Elizabeth Spear

Wringer – Jerry Spinelli

Maniac Magee – Jerry Spinelli

Criss Cross – Lynn Rae Perkins

Required Book:  Holes – Lois Sacher