Eastview Middle School6th Grade Summer Reading

* REQUIRED READING * The Lightning Thief

Additional Book Suggestions - Fiction

Every incoming 6th grader must read The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan as a summer reading book.

The additional titles on this list are SUGGESTED summer reading books. If students prefer, they may select their own additional books to read with the help of parents/guardians, school librarians, teachers, and the staff at the public library. Great books can also be found online at NoveList Plus, accessed through the district’s resource page (see details below).

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

Dogsong by Gary Paulsen

A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels assailed by the modernity of his life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.

Freak the Mighty  by  W. R. Philbrick

Eighth grader Max has learning disabilities. His new friend Freak has birth defects that have affected his body but not his brilliant mind. Max and Freak discover that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.

Additional Book Suggestions – Fiction continued

* Remember, it’s OKAY to read magazines, comics, and graphic novels! They count as reading too….just read! *

NON-FICTION

*** If you prefer reading information books, go to the TROVE or the EDGE at our public library. Ask the librarian to show you the non-fiction section that interests you…then BROWSE

THE SHELVES, until you find a book you will enjoy reading! * YAY NonFiction *

ONLINE RESOURCES

The district offers great online resources for free! To access these resources, use the same password you used during the school year. (Check your summer reading packet for password reminders.) Start at the district’s home page http://www.whiteplainspublicschools.org click on “Students/Parents” select “Internet Resources for Students”, and then select your school.

Check out the links below for videos, games, cool information, and book recommendations!

BrainPop  NoveList® Plus TrueFlix™(Scholastic) Science Flix 

All of us at Eastview look forward to seeing you in September.

Y A Y R E A D I N G !

Wonder  by R. J. Palacio

Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman was born with extreme facial abnormalities. He was not expected to live, but he did. Auggie goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a middle school in Manhattan. Auggie endures the taunts and fears of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

Holes by Louis Sachar

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune, which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.