The Litchfield Middle School staff encourages students to read
through the summer.
The following is a list of books chosen by students as their favorites.
Check them out or read any other book that interests you.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed
and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read,
but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and
attention. ~ Francis Bacon ~
www.guysread.com
www.booksforboys.com
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/forboysgirls/Books_for_Boys_Books_for_Girls.htm
For students entering grade 5:
Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville
White Fang by Jack London Addie Across the Prairie by Laurie Lawlor
Anastasia Again by Lois Lowry Who Is Carrie by J.L. & Christopher Collier
BFG by Roald Dahl Chocolate‐Covered Ants by Stephen Manes
Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis Don’t Rent My Room by Judie Angell
Fifth Grade Magic by Beatrice Gormley Henry Reed Inc. by Keith Robertson
Mishmash & the Robot by Molly Cone Socks by Beverly Cleary
Sounder by William Armstrong 13 Ways to Sink a Sub by Jamie Gilson
Trouble River by Betsy Byars In‐between Days by Eve Bunting
Fifth Grade: Here Comes Trouble by Colleen O. MCKenna
For students entering grade 6:
John Bellairs, The House with Clocks in its Walls
Andrew Clements, Laundry News
Roald Dahl, The BFG
Karen Coombs, Jackie Robinson: Baseball’s Civil Rights Legend
Walter Farley, The Black Stallion
S.S. Gorman, Grand Slam
Sid Fleischman, The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story
Brian Jacques, Redwall
Lois Lowry, Number the Stars
Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Saving Shiloh
Louis Sachar, There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom
Jan Slepian, Broccoli Tapes
For students entering grade 7:
Lloyd Alexander, The Book of Three
Joan Blos, A Gathering of Days
Ruby Bridges, Through My Eyes
Susan Creech, Bloomability
Christopher Curtis Bud, Not Buddy
Burnett, The Secret Garden
Jack Gantos, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Karen Hesse, Letters From Rita
J.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe
Gary Paulsen, Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Brian’s Winter
Catherine Rylant, Missing May
Elizabeth Speare, The Witch of Blackboard Pond
For students entering Grade 8
Avi, Nothing But the Truth
Eve Bunting, Jumping the Nail
Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons
Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain
Karen Hesse, Out of the Dust
Will Hobbs, River Thunder
Ji‐Li Jiang, The Red Scarf Girl
Jack London, White Fang
Joseph Krumgold, Onion John
Gary Paulsen, The Island
Jerry Spinelli, Wringer
Cynthia Voight, Homecoming
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