BookIdeas:SuggestedSummerReadingforIncoming6thGrade

Theseselectionsweretakenfrommultiplebooklists.RLShasnotreadandapprovedeverybookasappropriateforallagesorallreadinglevels.Wearemerelystrivingtogiveyouabroadselectionfromwhichtochoose.Adultsshouldpreviewcontentandhelpguidestudentsinmakingappropriatechoices.BeforeWeWereFreebyJuliaAlvarez(historicalfiction)

DealingWithDragonsbyPatriciaC.Wrede(fantasy)

AmongtheHidden,byMargaretPetersonHaddix(sciencefiction)

OnlyYouCanSaveMankindbyTerryPratchett(sciencefiction)

TheGirlsbyAmyGoldmanKoss(realisticfiction)

FirePonybyRodmanPhilbrick(realisticfiction)

TheWestingGamebyEllenRaskin(mystery)SomeChristiantitlesforyoungadults:

TheHealer’sApprenticebyMelanieDickerson(fiction)

WaterfallbyLisaTawnBergren(fiction)

FirstDatebyKristaMcGee(fiction)

TheMerchant’sDaughterbyMelanieDickerson(fiction)

TheChroniclesofNarniaseriesbyC.S.Lewis(fantasy)

AYoungWoman’sGuidetoDiscoveringHerBiblebyJimGeorge(nonfiction)

AYoungMan’sGuidetoDiscoveringHisBiblebyJimGeorge(nonfiction)

KissesFromKatie:AStoryofRelentlessLoveandRedemptionbyKatieJ.Davis(nonfiction)

CharacterConcertbyCraigW.Dressler(nonfiction)

DoHardThings:ATeenageRebellionAgainstLowExpectationsbyAlexHarris

HiddenStruggles:Purity,God,GuysandLifebyRachelHamilton

Money:IThinkWe’veMissedthePointbyColeRyan

 

BookIdeas:SuggestedSummerReadingforIncoming7thGrade

Theseselectionsweretakenfrommultiplebooklists.RLShasnotreadandapprovedeverybookasappropriateforallagesorallreadinglevels.Wearemerelystrivingtogiveyouabroadselectionfromwhichtochoose.Adultsshouldpreviewcontentandhelpguidestudentsinmakingappropriatechoices.Cracker:TheBestDoginVietnambyCynthiaKadohata(historicalfiction)

JipbyJacquelineKelly(historicalfiction)

ArtemisFowlbyEoinColfer(fantasy)

CityofEmberbyJeanneDuPrau(fantasy)

TheLightningThiefbyRickRiordan(fantasy)

The13thReality:TheJournalofCuriousLettersbyJamesDashner(sciencefiction)

TheTimeMachinebyH.G.Wells(sciencefiction)

HootbyCarolHiaasen(realisticfiction)

MyOneHundredAdventuresbyPollyHorvath(realisticfiction)

NoMoreDeadDogsbyGordonKorman(realisticfiction)

SammyKeyesandtheHotelThiefbyWendelinVanDraanen(mystery)

TheTrueConfessionsofCharlotteDoylebyAvi(adventure)

CalloftheWildbyJackLondon(adventure)

StormbreakerbyAnthonyHorowitz(adventure)

ManiacMageebyJerrySpinelli(adventure)

SatchelPaige:StrikingOutJimCrowbyJamesSturm(graphicnovel)

AnAmericanPlague:TheTrueandTerrifyingStoryoftheYellowFeverEpidemicbyJimMurphy(nonfiction)

MyLifeinDogYearsbyGaryPaulsen(nonfiction)SomeChristiantitlesforyoungadults:

TheHealer’sApprenticebyMelanieDickerson(fiction)

WaterfallbyLisaTawnBergren(fiction)

FirstDatebyKristaMcGee(fiction)

TheMerchant’sDaughterbyMelanieDickerson(fiction)

TheChroniclesofNarniaseriesbyC.S.Lewis(fantasy)

AYoungWoman’sGuidetoDiscoveringHerBiblebyJimGeorge(nonfiction)

AYoungMan’sGuidetoDiscoveringHisBiblebyJimGeorge(nonfiction)

KissesFromKatie:AStoryofRelentlessLoveandRedemptionbyKatieJ.Davis(nonfiction)

CharacterConcertbyCraigW.Dressler(nonfiction)

DoHardThings:ATeenageRebellionAgainstLowExpectationsbyAlexHarris

HiddenStruggles:Purity,God,GuysandLifebyRachelHamilton

Money:IThinkWe’veMissedthePointbyColeRyan

BookIdeas:SuggestedSummerReadingforIncoming8thGrade

Theseselectionsweretakenfrommultiplebooklists.RLShasnotreadandapprovedeverybookasappropriateforallagesorallreadinglevels.Wearemerelystrivingtogiveyouabroadselectionfromwhichtochoose.Adultsshouldpreviewcontentandhelpguidestudentsinmakingappropriatechoices.BeforeWeWereFreebyJuliaAlvarez(historicalfiction)

ChainsbyLaurieHalseAnderson(historicalfiction)

ATaleDarkandGrimmbyAdamGidwitz(fantasy)

ThingsNotSeenbyAndrewClements(sciencefiction)

HiddenTalentsbyDavidLubar(sciencefiction)

PiecesofGeorgiabyJenniferBryant(realisticfiction)

WalkTwoMoonsbySharonCreech(realisticfiction)

HeatbyMikeLupica(realisticfiction)

GildaJoyce,PsychicInvestigatorbyJenniferAllison(mystery)

Shakespeare’sSecretbyEliseBroach(mystery)

TheVengeanceoftheWitch‐FinderbyJohnBellairs(horror)

DarknessCreeping:TwentyTwistedTalesbyNealShusterman(horror)

TheGirlWhoCouldFlybyVictoriaForester(adventure)

Houdini:theHandcuffKingbyJasonLutes&NickBertozzi(graphicnovel)

TheArrivalbyShaunTan(graphicnovel)

TheRacetoSavetheLordGodBirdbyPhillipHoose(nonfiction)

DavyCrockett:HisOwnStorybyDavyCrockett(nonfiction)

FlagsofOurFathersbyJamesBradley(nonfiction)

SomeChristiantitlesforyoungadults:

AdambyTedDekker(fiction)

OutoftheSilentPlanetbyC.S.Lewis(fiction)

TheHealer’sApprenticebyMelanieDickerson(fiction)

WaterfallbyLisaTawnBergren(fiction)

FirstDatebyKristaMcGee(fiction)

TheMerchant’sDaughterbyMelanieDickerson(fiction)

TheChroniclesofNarniaseriesbyC.S.Lewis(fantasy)

AYoungWoman’sGuidetoDiscoveringHerBiblebyJimGeorge(nonfiction)

AYoungMan’sGuidetoDiscoveringHisBiblebyJimGeorge(nonfiction)

KissesFromKatie:AStoryofRelentlessLoveandRedemptionbyKatieJ.Davis(nonfiction)

CharacterConcertbyCraigW.Dressler(nonfiction)

DoHardThings:ATeenageRebellionAgainstLowExpectationsbyAlexHarris

HiddenStruggles:Purity,God,GuysandLifebyRachelHamilton

Money:IThinkWe’veMissedthePointbyColeRyan

BookIdeas:SuggestedSummerReadingforIncomingFreshmen

Theseselectionsweretakenfrommultiplebooklists.RLShasnotreadandapprovedeverybookasappropriateforallagesorallreadinglevels.Wearemerelystrivingtogiveyouabroadselectionfromwhichtochoose.Adultsshouldpreviewcontentandhelpguidestudentsinmakingappropriatechoices.AlligatorBayoubyDonnaNapoli

AthleticShortsbyChrisCrutcher

BigFishbyDanielWallace

BreathingUnderwaterbyAlexFlinn

CoralinebyNeilGaiman

CrossingStonesbyHelenFrost

DandelionWinebyRayBradbury

Driver’sEdbyCarolineB.Cooney

ElsewherebyGabrielleZevin

FirsttheyKilledMyFather:ADaughterofCambodiaRemembersbyLoungUng

IcySparksbyGwynHymanRubio

IntoThinAirbyJonKrakauer

LiarbyJustineLarbalestier

MakeLemonadebyVirginiaEuwerWolff

Octobersky(akaRocketBoys)byHomerHickam

Soldier’sHeartbyGaryPaulson

SpiesofMississippibyRickbowers

TheBodyofChristopherCreedbyCarolPlum‐Ucci

TheBurnJournalsbyBrentRunyon

TheGreatEscapebyPaulBrickhill

TheRagandBoneShopbyRobertCormier

TheSecretHourbyScottWesterfeld

TheSleddingHillbyChrisCrutcherSomeChristiantitlesforhighschoolstudents:

TheScrewtapeLettersbyC.S.Lewis

MereChristianitybyC.S.Lewis

TremendousTriflesbyG.K.Chesterton

TheMiracleManbyMorrisGoodman

Bonhoeffer:Pastor,Martyr,SpybyEricMetaxas

AmazingGracebyEricMetaxasAManforAllSeasonsbyRobertBolt

TheCollectedShortStoriesofFlanneryO'ConnerbyFlanneryO’Conner

AndtheWordCameWithPowerbyJoanneShetler

HowtoStayChristianinHighSchoolbyStevenP.Gerali

LiveLikeaJesusFreak:SpendTodayAsIfItWereYourLastPaperbackbyDCTalk

“ButDon’tAllReligionsLeadtoGod?”byMichaelGreen

MoreThanaCarpenterbyJoshD.McDowell

TheJesusINeverKnewbyPhilipYancey

God’sWillGod’sBest:ForYourLifebyJoshMcDowell

Don’tJustStandThere,PraySomethingbyRonaldDunn

TheBibleJesusRead:WhytheOldTestamentMattersbyPhilipYancey

BookIdeas:SuggestedSummerReadingforIncomingSophomores

Theseselectionsweretakenfrommultiplebooklists.RLShasnotreadandapprovedeverybookasappropriateforallagesorallreadinglevels.Wearemerelystrivingtogiveyouabroadselectionfromwhichtochoose.Adultsshouldpreviewcontentandhelpguidestudentsinmakingappropriatechoices.TheJournalsofLewisandClarkbyMeriwetherLewis(autobiography)

NeverDieEasy:TheAutobiographyofWalterPaytonbyWalterPayton(autobiography)

Marco’sMillionsbyWilliamSleator(fantasy)

AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur’sCourtbyMarkTwain(fantasy)

Caramelo,OrPuroCuento:ANovelbySandraCisneros(fiction)

TheBellJarbySylviaPlath(fiction)

LookHomeward,AngelbyThomasWolfe(fiction)

RagtimebyE.L.Doctorow(historicalfiction)

TheKingMustDiebyMaryRenault(historicalfiction)

TheListofSevenbyMarkFrost(mystery&suspense)

TheMoor:AMaryRussellNovelbyLaurieR.King(mystery&suspense)

CloudsofWitnessbyDorothyL.Sayers(mystery&suspense)

FaxFromSarajevo:AStoryofSurvivalbyJoeKubert(nonfiction)

TheRightStuffbyTomWolfe(nonfiction)

HardTimesbyCharlesDickens(philosophy&socialcriticism)

TheMetamorphosisbyFranzKafka(philosophy&socialcriticism)

Cat’sCradlebyKurtVonnegut(sciencefiction)

TheTimeMachinebyH.G.Wells(sciencefiction)

FairBall:AFan’sCaseforBaseballbyBobCostas(sports)

Hurricane:TheMiraculousJourneyofRubinCarterbyJamess.Hirsch(sports)

SwimmingtoAntarctica:TalesofaLongDistanceSwimmerbyLynneCox(sports)SomeChristiantitlesforhighschoolstudents:

TheScrewtapeLettersbyC.S.Lewis

MereChristianitybyC.S.Lewis

TremendousTriflesbyG.K.Chesterton

TheMiracleManbyMorrisGoodman

Bonhoeffer:Pastor,Martyr,SpybyEricMetaxas

AmazingGracebyEricMetaxasAManforAllSeasonsbyRobertBolt

TheCollectedShortStoriesofFlanneryO'ConnerbyFlanneryO’Conner

AndtheWordCameWithPowerbyJoanneShetler

HowtoStayChristianinHighSchoolbyStevenP.Gerali

LiveLikeaJesusFreak:SpendTodayAsIfItWereYourLastPaperbackbyDCTalk

“ButDon’tAllReligionsLeadtoGod?”byMichaelGreen

MoreThanaCarpenterbyJoshD.McDowell

TheJesusINeverKnewbyPhilipYancey

God’sWillGod’sBest:ForYourLifebyJoshMcDowell

Don’tJustStandThere,PraySomethingbyRonaldDunn

TheBibleJesusRead:WhytheOldTestamentMattersbyPhilipYancey

BookIdeas:SuggestedSummerReadingforIncomingJuniors

AllJuniorbookselectionsareclassics,writtenbyauthorswhowillbestudiedthroughoutthecourseoftheyear.RLShasnotreadandapprovedeverybookasappropriateforallagesorallreadinglevels.Adultsshouldpreviewcontentandhelpguidestudentsinmakingappropriatechoices.WhiteFangbyJackLondon

TheRedBadgeofCouragebyStephenCrane

MobyDickbyHermanMelville

TheOldManandtheSeabyErnestHemingway

AFarewelltoArmsbyErnestHemingway

ForWhomtheBellTollsbyErnestHemingway

TheSunAlsoRisesbyErnestHemingway

EastofEdenbyJohnSteinbeck

ThisSideofParadisebyF.ScottFitzgerald

AllQuietontheWesternFrontbyErichMariaRemarque

WaldenbyHenryDavidThoreau

LifeontheMississippibyMarkTwain

Pudd’nheadWilsonbyMarkTwain

NotWithoutLaughterbyLangstonHughes

Catch22byJosephHellerSomeChristiantitlesforhighschoolstudents:

TheScrewtapeLettersbyC.S.Lewis

MereChristianitybyC.S.Lewis

TremendousTriflesbyG.K.Chesterton

TheMiracleManbyMorrisGoodman

Bonhoeffer:Pastor,Martyr,SpybyEricMetaxas

AmazingGracebyEricMetaxasAManforAllSeasonsbyRobertBolt

TheCollectedShortStoriesofFlanneryO'ConnerbyFlanneryO’Conner

AndtheWordCameWithPowerbyJoanneShetler

HowtoStayChristianinHighSchoolbyStevenP.Gerali

LiveLikeaJesusFreak:SpendTodayAsIfItWereYourLastPaperbackbyDCTalk

“ButDon’tAllReligionsLeadtoGod?”byMichaelGreen

MoreThanaCarpenterbyJoshD.McDowell

TheJesusINeverKnewbyPhilipYancey

God’sWillGod’sBest:ForYourLifebyJoshMcDowell

Don’tJustStandThere,PraySomethingbyRonaldDunn

TheBibleJesusRead:WhytheOldTestamentMattersbyPhilipYancey

BookIdeas:SuggestedSummerReadingforIncomingSeniors

Theseselectionsweretakenfrommultiplebooklists.RLShasnotreadandapprovedeverybookasappropriateforallagesorallreadinglevels.Wearemerelystrivingtogiveyouabroadselectionfromwhichtochoosefromamong.Adultsshouldpreviewcontentandhelpguidestudentsinmakingappropriatechoices.BritishWorks

TheTurnoftheScrewbyHenryJames

TaleofTwoCitiesbyCharlesDickens

DublinersbyJamesJoyce

1984byGeorgeOrwell

TheImportanceofBeingErnestbyOscarWilde

TheShortStoriesofKatherineMansfieldbyKatherineMansfield

ThePowerandtheGlorybyGrahamGreene

Howard’sEndbyE.M.Forester

TwelfthNightbyWilliamShakespeare

HamletbyWilliamShakespeareWorldWorks

TheCompleteShortStoriesofAntonChekovbyAntonChekov

NotesfromtheUndergroundbyFyodorDostoyevsky

ThePlaguebyAlbertCamus

TheCollectedPoemsofPabloNerudabyPabloNarudaSomeChristiantitlesforhighschoolstudents:

TheScrewtapeLettersbyC.S.Lewis

MereChristianitybyC.S.Lewis

TremendousTriflesbyG.K.Chesterton

TheMiracleManbyMorrisGoodman

Bonhoeffer:Pastor,Martyr,SpybyEricMetaxas

AmazingGracebyEricMetaxasAManforAllSeasonsbyRobertBolt

TheCollectedShortStoriesofFlanneryO'ConnerbyFlanneryO’Conner

AndtheWordCameWithPowerbyJoanneShetler

HowtoStayChristianinHighSchoolbyStevenP.Gerali

LiveLikeaJesusFreak:SpendTodayAsIfItWereYourLastPaperbackbyDCTalk

“ButDon’tAllReligionsLeadtoGod?”byMichaelGreen

MoreThanaCarpenterbyJoshD.McDowell

TheJesusINeverKnewbyPhilipYancey

God’sWillGod’sBest:ForYourLifebyJoshMcDowell

Don’tJustStandThere,PraySomethingbyRonaldDunn

TheBibleJesusRead:WhytheOldTestamentMattersbyPhilipYancey