Elementary Schools District Requirements
Summer Reading Packet for 4th Grade
Summer Reading Packet for 5th Grade
Summer Reading Packet
for 6th Grade
Junior Schools District Requirements
Incoming 7th and 8th grade students will be required to read a total of 2 books this summer. There will be a district wide 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 |
| The Shakespeare Stealer** by Gary Blackwood |
The Shakespeare's Scribe by Gary Blackwood |
Lincoln School
| GRADE 7 | GRADE 8 |
| "Wash and Wear" (Design a T-Shirt) |
It's in the Bag |
| Max Comedy
by Gordon Korman |
The Devil’s Arithmetic
by Jane Yolen |
|
Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury |
|
| The Face on the Milk Carton
by Caroline B. Cooney |
Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher |
|
Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg |
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| Fade to Black
by Alex Flinn |
A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie |
|
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break By Lensey Namioka |
|
| Crash by Jerry Spinelli |
Maximum Ride, The Angel Experiment By James Patterson |
|
Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time By Lisa Yee |
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| LINCOLN SCHOOL READING PACKET | |
Franklin School
| GRADE 7 | GRADE 8 |
| "Wash and Wear" (Design a T-Shirt) |
"Read All about it" (Newspaper) |
| Beach House
by R.L. Stine |
Con-fidence
by Todd Strasser |
| The Clique
by Lisi Harrison |
Jackeroo by Cynthia Voight |
| Heat by Mike Lupica |
Were the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls |
| Flush by Carl Hiaason |
Thwonk
by Joan Bauer |
| FRANKLIN SCHOOL READING PACKET | |
Washington School
Both 7th & 8th Grades May Choose From the Following List
| "Read All
about it" (Newspaper) |
|
| Grade 7 | Grade 8 |
|
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson |
Fade to Black by Alex Flinn |
|
Wait Till Helen Comes Home By Mary Downing Hahn |
Confidence by Todd Strasser |
|
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town By Kimberly Willis Holt |
Perfect by Natasha Friend |
|
After the Rain
by Norma Fox Mazer |
Danger Zone |
|
Free Fall
by Joyce Sweeney |
Secret 7 by Enid Blyton |
|
The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton |
The Island Book 2
or Book 3
by Gordon Korman |
| WASHINGTON SCHOOL READING PACKET | |
Schuyler School
| GRADE 7 | GRADE 8 |
| "Wash and Wear" (Design a T-Shirt) |
It's in the Bag |
|
The Shadow Club by Neal Shusterman |
Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers |
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Crash by Jerry Spinelli |
Con-fidence by Todd Strasser |
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Hatchet by Gary Paulsen |
Wolf Rider by Avi |
|
Slam by Walter Dean Myers |
The Face on
the Milk Carton |
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Shug by Jenny Han |
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Ransom by Lois Duncan |
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Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jonathan Sonnenblick |
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Deenie by Judy Blume |
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| SCHUYLER SCHOOL READING PACKET | |
Kearny High School 2008 Summer Reading
Assignments
Incoming Freshmen do not need to
complete the
Freshmen Reading Assignment
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