Weston Christian Academy Elementary School Summer Reading List.
2013
First Grade
• Frog and Toad Series Lobel
• CliffordSeries Bridwell
• Curious GeorgeSeries Rey
• Amelia BedeliaSeries Parish • If You Give a Mouse a CookieSeries Numeroff
• My Best Friend Hutchins
• There Is a Bird on Your Head! Willems
• Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Willems
• Emily’s First 100 Days of School Wells
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Viorst • Henry and MudgeSeries Rylant • How I Became a Pirate Long
• Diary of a Worm Cronin
• Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Henkes
• Owen Henkes
• Tacky the PenguinSeries Lester and Musinger
• Strega Nona de Paola
• Officer Buckle and Gloria Rathmann
• Skippyjon Jones Schachner
• A Bad Case of the Stripes Shannon
• Duck on a Bike Shannon
Second Grade
Miss Nelson is Missing Allard Mr. Popper’s Penguins Atwaters
Brambly Hedge Series Barkle
Madeline Bemelmens
A Bear Called Paddington and others Bond
Squanto and Others Bulla
The Columbus Story Dalgleish Benjamin Franklin Dalgleish
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain Dalgleish
The Biggest Bear Draw
Matchlock Gun Edmonds
The Story About Ping Flack
Only One Woof and Others Harriott
B is for Betsy Haywood Benjamin West and His Cat Frimalkin Henry
Rabbit Hill Lawson Paul Revere’s Ride Longfellow
Rascal North
The Borrowers Norton
The Tales of Peter Rabbit and others Potter More Stories from Grandma’s Attic Richardson
Nate the Great and the Lost List Sharmot Five Little Peppers and How They Grew idney
Caps for Sale Slobokin
Stuart Little White The Trumpet of the Swan White
New Coat for Anna Ziefert
Childhood of Famous Americans Series Various
Favorite Collections 1 & 2 VeritasPress
(www.veritaspress.com )
Aesop’s Fables
Grimm’s Fairy Tales:
One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes The Magic Mirror
The Enchanted Stag Hansel and Grethel
The Story of Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp
The Golden Goose
Other Classical Stories:
Cinderella Puss in Boots
Jack and the Bean Stalk
Little Red Riding Hood The Three Bears
The Princess on the Pea The Ugly Duckling The Light Princess Beauty and the Beast
Third and Fourth Grades
Third grade students must choose two books from this list to read and review.
Fourth grade students are required to read the Book of John as one of their reading selections. A separate book report is attached to review this book. They may choose one other book from this list to read and review.
Born Free Adamson
Jo's Boys, Little Men, Little Women Alcott
Sounder Armstrong
Miss Hickory Bailey
Peter Pan Barrie
The Wizard of Oz Baum
Spirit Flyer Series Bibee
Freckle Juice, Superfudge, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Blume
Paddington Series Bond
Shoeshine Girl Bulla
The Little Princess, The Secret Garden Burnett
The Incredible Journey Burnford
The Midnight Fox Byars
The Family Under the Bridge Carlson
Pinocchio Collodi
James and the Giant Peach Dahl
Daniel Boone Daugherty
Helen Keller Davidson
The Wheel on the School DeJong
Hardy Boys Series Dixon
Twenty-One Balloons du Bois
The Hundred Dresses, The Moffats Estes
Black Stallion Series Farley
The Cabin Faced West Fritz
Stone Fox Gardiner
Old Yeller Gipson
The Wind in the Willows Grahame
Misty of Chincoteague Henry
Sugar Creek Gang Series Hutchens
Nancy Drew Series Keene
Lassie Come Home Knight
Rabbit Hill Lawson
Number the Stars Lowry
Homer Price McCloskey
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH O'Brien
Island of the Blue Dolphins O'Dell
The Indian in the Cupboard Reid Banks
Call It Courage Sperry
American Girl Series Tripp
Charlotte's Web, Trumpet of the Swan White
Swiss Family Robinson Wyss
Fifth Grade
Fifth grade students are required to read the Book of John as one of their reading selections. A separate book report is attached to review this book. They may choose one other book from this list to read and review.
Sounder Armstrong
Tuck Everlasting Babbitt
Turn Homeward, Hannalee Beatty
The Summer of the Swans Byars
Dear Mr. Henshaw Cleary
Robinson Crusoe Defoe
A Christmas Carol Dickens
Hitty: The First Hundred Years Field
Johnny Tremain Forbes
Blue Willow Gates
My Side of the Mountain George
A Father’s Promise Hess
The Phantom Tollbooth Juster
The Jungle Book Kipling
Big Red Kjelgaard
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Latham
Call of the Wild London
White Fang London
Anne of Green Gables Series Montgomery
Rascal North
The Borrowers Norton
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh O'Brien
Bridge to Terabithia Paterson
Cooper Kids Adventure Series Peretti
Pollyanna Porter
The Yearling Rawlings
Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Robinson
The Good Master Seredy
Miracles on Maple Hill Sorenson
The Bronze Bow Speare
Star of Light St. John
The Tanglewood Secret St. John
Freedom Train Sterling
Kidnapped Stevenson
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Taylor
The Cay Taylor
Amos Fortune, Free Man Yates
Name:
Book Title:
Author:
Book Report Card
Grade your book with an A through an F by circling the letter.
Did you enjoy reading the book? A B C D F
Did it have a beginning that grabbed you?
A B C D F
Did you like the characters? A B C D F
Did you like the way it ended? A B C D F
Would you recommend this book t0 your friends? Why or why not?
What was the best part?
What would you change if you had written it?
What would you want others to know about this book?
Book Review of the Book of John
Name _______________
Date _______________
Grade entering in the fall ___________
1. Briefly describe your favorite story from the book of John.
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rite out three verses from this book that meant something to you.
Use a complete sentence to explain why the verses were chosen.
(Don't forget the Scripture reference!)
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Why did you choose this verse?
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Why did you choose this verse?
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Why did you choose this verse?
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3. What is the main idea of this book? Answer in a c
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Weston Christian Academy Middle School Summer Reading List.
2013
Instructions: select one book from LIST A and one book from LIST B from this reading list. After reading, complete a report sheet for each book (copy below) and turn in the report sheets to the Language Arts teacher for a grade. The reading must be completed and the report sheet must be turned in to the Language Arts teacher Monday, August 26, 2013. All report sheets must be turned in at the same
time. Students may read additional books from the list for extra credit. If doing so, fill out a report sheet for each additional book.
Not every book is recommended for every grade level. It is the parent’s responsibility to review the book for suitability of content for the student as well as to gauge the book’s reading level with the student’s ability. Most of the books from List A are considered classical literature including several children’s classics. Books from List B are mostly Christian biographies.
If the student has read one of the books before, he/she must select a new book to be read this summer. List A – SELECT ONE BOOK
1. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Doyle 2. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
3. A Wrinkle in Time – Madeline L’Engle 4. Animal Farm – George Orwell
5. Around the World in 80 Days – Jule Vernes 6. Ben Hur – Lew Wallace
7. Black Beauty – Anna Sewell
8. Captains Courageous – Rudyard Kipling 9. Cry the Beloved Country- Alan Paton
10. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde – Robert Louise Stevenson 11. Emma – Jane Austen
12. Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
13. Freedom Train – Dorothy Sterling 14. Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift 15. Hamlet – William Shakespeare
16. Jacob Have I Loved – Katherine Paterson 17. Kidnapped – Robert Louis Stephenson 18. Kim – Rudyard Kipling
19. Le Morte d’Arthur (King Arthur & his knights) – Sir Thomas Malory 20. Les Miserables - Hugo, Victor
21. Little Men – Louisa May Alcott
22. Little House on the Praire – Laura Ingalls Wilder 23. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
24. Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkein 25. Macbeth – William Shakespeare 26. My Friend Flicka – Mary O’Hara 27. Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens 28. Othello – William Shakespeare 29. Poems – Robert Frost
30. Pride & Prejudice – Jane Austen 31. Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe
32. Roll of Thunder, Here My Cry! – Mildred Taylor 33. Story of My Life – Helen Keller
34. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain 35. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain
36. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson – Emily Dickinson 37. The Best Short Stories of O. Henry – O. Henry
39. The Last Battle – C.S. Lewis
40. The Last of the Mohicans – James Fenimore 41. The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe – C.S. Lewis 42. The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling
43. The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
44. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood – Howard Pyle 45. The Old Man & The Sea – Ernest Hemingway 46. The Secret Garden – Frances Hodges Burnett 47. The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas 48. The Magician’s Nephew – C.S. Lewis
49. The Pilgrim’s Progress (original) - John Bunyan 50. The Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane 51. The Robe – Lloyd Douglas
52. Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson 53. The Wizard of Oz – Frank Baum
54. The Yearling – Marjorie Rawlings
55. Where the Red Fern Grows – Wilson Rawls 56. War of the Worlds – H.G. Wells
LIST B - SELECT ONE BOOK
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David Livingstone, Foe of Darkness – Jeanette Eaton (life of the amazing American missionary to the Native American tribes who influenced millions before his early death in his 20’s)
Do Hard Things – Alex & Brett Harris (written by teens for teens dealing with teen complacency)
Edge of Eternity – Randy Alcorn (Mrs. Brown’s pick! A business executive who has fallen on hard time finds himself mysteriously transferred to another world)
Eric Liddell: Something Greater Than Gold – Janet & Geoff Benge ++ (An Olympic champion who makes a difficult choice to honor his Lord.)
Gifted Hands - Ben Carson (good choice for 6th grade and above – renown surgeon shares his story)
God’s Smuggler – Brother Andrew (older story of smuggling Bibles into a communist nation)
In His Steps – Charles Sheldon (Christian classics on following Jesus)
Know Why You Believe – Paul Little (best for 8th grade – a simple Christian classic on defending the faith)
Lessons from a Sheep Dog – Phillip Keller (true story of a man & a seemingly worthless dog illustrating God’s transformative power & love)
Lies Young Women Believe – Nancy Demoss & Dannah Gresh (good reviews from young women)
Not a Fan: What Does it Mean to Really Follow Jesus? – Kyle Idleman (good reviews from teens)
Morning Star of the Reformation – Andy Thomson (the life of John Wycliffe, a man who helped change the course of western history)
Running on Ice: The Overcoming Faith of Vonetta Flowers – Vonetta Flowers (Christian Olympic skater’s story)
The Cross and the Switchblade – Wilkerson (older story of a gang member who finds faith)
The Persecutor – Sergei Kourdakou * (biography of a former Communist KGB agent who persecuted Christians and then became a Christian himself)
The Screwtape Letters – C.S. Lewis (Christian satirical classic where one senior demon shares with another techniques to move a person away from “the enemy” (God) )
Through Gates of Splendor – Elizabeth Elliott (a moving story of the martyrdom of five young men who take the Gospel to the Huaorani tribe in the Amazon region)
Through My Eyes – Tim Tebow (biography of UF great and now New England Patriot)
Weston Christian Academy
Middle School Summer Reading Report
Your Name: __________________________________
Grade Level you will be attending in the fall (6th, 7th, 8th): ____________ Book Title: __________________________________________________ Author: _______________________________
Write a brief summary of the book (attach notebook paper if there is not enough room). Include the setting (where and when it took place). If a novel, explain the main conflict or problem and how the problem was or was not corrected. If non-fiction, explain how the main character overcame a major problem or situation in his/her life.
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Who is the main character and what made that person interesting?
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What did you enjoy about this book?
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Please check one of the boxes below:
I completely read the book from cover to cover I read most of the book
Signature: ________________________________________________________ Date: __________