BRUNSWICK ACADEMY

SIXTH GRADE SUMMER READING PROGRAM

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

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

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

Heat                                                                    Mike Lupica

A Long Way From Chicago                              Richard Peck

A Year Down Yonder                                         Richard Peck

Where the Red Fern Grows                              Wilson Rawls

The Sign of the Beaver                                      Elizabeth Spear

Wringer                                                               Jerry Spinelli

Maniac Magee                                                    Jerry Spinelli

A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray    Ann M. Martin

Princess Academy                                            S. Hale

The Old Willis Place                                          Mary Downing Hahn

Ink Heart                                                             Cornelia Funke

Criss Cross                                                         Lynn Rae Perkins

REQUIRED BOOK:              Holes                            Lois Sachar

2010