Summer Reading Requirements

Incoming 7th and 8th grade students will be required to read a total of 2 books this summer. There will be a districtwide test for those titles asterisked and creative responses for the school choice book. Tests, creative activities, grading rubrics, book lists will all be provided in each school.

GRADE 7	GRADE 8
*Max Comedy* by Gordon Korman	*Con-fidence* by Todd Strasser
*The Face on the Milk Carton* by Caroline B. Cooney	The Clique by Lisi Harrison
*Fade to Black* by Alex Flinn	*Milkweed* by Jerry Spinelli
Crash by Jerry Spinelli	*The Man Who Was Poe* by Avi

GRADE 7	GRADE 8
*Beach House* by R.L. Stine	*Con-fidence* by Todd Strasser
The Clique by Lisi Harrison	*Jackeroo* by Cynthia Voight
SOR Losers by Avi	*Brian's Hunt* by Gary Paulson
Small Steps by Louis Sachar hard cover only Companion book to Holes	*Thwonk* by Joan Bauer

Dragon's Gate by Lawrence Yep

A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck

The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

That Was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Cay by Theodore Taylor

Flowers for Algernon By Daniel Keyes

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

GRADE 7	GRADE 8
*Summer of Fear* by Lois Lowry	*Scorpions* by Walter Dean Myers
*Crash* by Jerry Spinelli	*Con-fidence* by Todd Strasser
*Deenie* by Judy Blume	*Wolf Rider* by Avi
*Hatchet* by Gary Paulson	*The Face on the Milk Carton* by Caroline B. Cooney

Kearny High School Summer Reading Assignments

Freshmen	Sophomores	Juniors	Seniors
Reading Assignment/Note Forms	Reading Assignment/Note Forms	Reading Assignment/Note Forms	Reading Assignment/Note Forms
Complete Reading List	Complete Reading List	Complete Reading List	Complete Reading List

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GRADE 7	GRADE 8
The Shakespeare Stealer** by Gary Blackwood	The Adventures of Ulysses** by Bernard Evslin