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Entering 6 th Grade Summer Reading 2016 Required List (Choose One) Featured Novel: Title: Swindle Author: Gordan Korman Reading Level:T/40 Summary: After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker. Title: All Alone in the Universe Author: Lynne Rae Perkins Reading Level: S/40 Summary: When her best friend since the third grade starts acting as though Debbie doesn't exist, Debbie finds out the hard way that life can be a lonesome place. But in the end the heroine of this wryly funny coming-of-age story--a girl who lives in a house covered with stuff that is supposed to look like bricks but is just a fake brick pattern-- discovers that even the hourly tragedies of junior high school can have silver linings, just as a house covered with Insul-Brick can protect a real home. This first novel shines--fun, engrossing, bittersweet, and wonderfully unpredictable. Title: The Alphabet City Ballet Author: Erika Tamar Reading Level: N/30 Summary: Marisol has always loved to dance— to the salsa at family parties, to the boom boxes on Loisada Avenue. Then she wins a scholarship to ballet school and discovers an inspiring new world of beauty and discipline. But when violence erupts in Alphabet City, Marisol’ s dream starts to slip away. To keep dancing she must make heartbreaking choices— perhaps impossible ones.

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Page 1: Required List - Saint Athanasius Catholic Academy · 2019-12-18 · Summary:When her best friend since the third grade starts acting as though Debbie doesn't exist, Debbie finds out

Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Required List (Choose One)

Featured Novel:

Title: Swindle

Author: Gordan Korman

Reading Level:T/40

Summary: After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a

valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to

break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money

to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.

Title: All Alone in the Universe

Author: Lynne Rae Perkins

Reading Level: S/40

Summary: When her best friend since the third grade starts acting as though

Debbie doesn't exist, Debbie finds out the hard way that life can be a lonesome

place. But in the end the heroine of this wryly funny coming-of-age story--a girl who lives in a

house covered with stuff that is supposed to look like bricks but is just a fake brick pattern--

discovers that even the hourly tragedies of junior high school can have silver linings, just as a

house covered with Insul-Brick can protect a real home. This first novel shines--fun, engrossing,

bittersweet, and wonderfully unpredictable.

Title: The Alphabet City Ballet

Author: Erika Tamar

Reading Level: N/30

Summary: Marisol has always loved to dance— to the salsa at family parties, to the

boom boxes on Loisada Avenue. Then she wins a scholarship to ballet school and

discovers an inspiring new world of beauty and discipline. But when violence erupts in Alphabet

City, Marisol’ s dream starts to slip away. To keep dancing she must make heartbreaking choices—

perhaps impossible ones.

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Title: Gregor the Overlander

Author: Suzanne Collins

Reading Level: T/50

Summary: When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment

building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches

coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no

accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain

future. Gregor wants no part of it until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his

father's disappearance. Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change

both him and the Underland forever.

Title: Ida B

Author: Katherine Hannigan

Reading Level: S/40

Summary: In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B. spends happy hours being home-

schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins

treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to

public school.

Title: Hoot

Author: Carl Hiaasen

Reading Level: W/60

Summary: Unfortunately, Roy's first acquaintance in Florida is Dana Matherson, a

well-known bully. Then again, if Dana hadn't been sinking his thumbs into Roy's

temples and mashing his face against the school-bus window, Roy might never have spotted the

running boy. And the running boy is intriguing: he was running away from the school bus, carried

no books, and — here's the odd part — wore no shoes. Sensing a mystery, Roy sets himself on

the boy's trail. The chase introduces him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion,

some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes with

unnaturally sparkling tails

Title: The Music of Dolphins

Author: Karen Heese

Reading Level:V/50

Summary: After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn she

has been raised by dolphins and attempt to rehabilitate her to the human world.

After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn she has been

raised by dolphins and attempt to rehabilitate her to the human world.

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Suggested Titles for Entering 6th Grade

Title: Al Capone Does My Shirts

Author: Gennifer Choldenko

Reading Level: T/50

Summary: Moose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work

as a prison guard and his sister, Natalie, can attend a special school. But Natalie

has autism, and when she's denied admittance to the school, the stark setting of

Alcatraz begins to unravel the tenuous coping mechanisms Moose's family has used

for dealing with her disorder. When Moose meets Piper, the cute daughter of the

Warden, he knows right off she's trouble. But she's also strangely irresistible. All

Moose wants to do is protect Natalie, live up to his parents' expectations, and stay

out of trouble. But on Alcatraz, trouble is never very far away. Sequel: Al Capone

Shines My Shoes

Title: The Aurora County All-Stars

Author: Deborah Wiles

Reading Level: R/40

Summary: Twelve-year-old House Jackson, team captain and star pitcher of the

Aurora County All-Stars, is finally ready to play again after being sidelined for a

year with a broken elbow, but a standoff ensues when the team's big game is

scheduled for the same day as Aurora County's two-hundredth anniversary

pageant--an event directed by the very girl who caused Jackson's injury.

Title: The Great Gilly Hopkins

Author: Katherine Paterson

F&P Level: S/40

Summary: An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and

fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.

Title: My Side of the Mountain

Author: Jean George

Reading Level: U/50

Summary: A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living

alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence

on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human

companionship.

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Title: Pictures of Hollis Woods

Author: Patricia Reilly Giff

Reading Level: V/50

Summary: Troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who

needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a

family that truly seemed to care about her.

Title: Rules

Author: Cynthia Lord

Reading Level: R/40

Summary: Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near

impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around

his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules — from "a peach is

not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public" — in order to stop his

embarrassing behaviors. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a paraplegic boy,

and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking

behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?

Title: There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom

Author: Louis Sachar

Reading Level: Q/40

Summary: An unmanageable, but lovable, eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in

himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit too.

Title: Turtle in Paradise

Author: Jennifer Holm

Reading Level: S/40

Summary: Life isn't like the movies, and 11-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple.

She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood

ending. After all, it's 1935, and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are

scarce. But when Turtle's mama gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like

kids, Turtle is forced to head off to Key West, Florida, to stay with relatives she's

never met. Florida is like nothing Turtle has ever seen: hot, strange, and full of

wild, ragtag boy cousins...and even secret treasure. Before she knows what's

happened, Turtle finds herself coming out of the shell she has spent her life

building, and as she does, her world opens up in the most unexpected ways.

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Title: Wringer

Author: Jerry Spinelli

Reading Level: U/50

Summary: For as long as Palmer LaRue can remember, he has dreaded the day he

will turn ten and must take his place beside the other ten-year-old boys in town

and become a wringer, a tradition passed down from father to son. From Newbery

Medal winner Jerry Spinelli comes a gripping tale of how one boy learns how to

overcome his fears.

Title: A Wrinkle in Time

Author: Madeleine L'Engle

Reading Level: W/60

Summary: Meg Murry, her brother Charles, and their friend Calvin, embark on a

journey through space and time, assisted by three otherworldly women, when they

set out to find Meg's father, a physicist who disappeared while experimenting with

time travel.

Suggested Authors and Series

AUTHORS SERIES

Avi Carl Hiaasen Gary Paulsen Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Roald Dahl Judy Blume Gordon Korman Matt Christopher Mike Lupica

Little House on the Prairie Chronicles of Narnia Lemony Snicket Spiderwick Chronicles The Baseball Card Series 39 Clues

Picking a “Just-Right” Book – The Five Finger Test

If you are still looking for a book at a different reading level, be sure to check out the following pages for Additional Suggested Book Titles by Reading Level.

If you are struggling to pick out a book that is appropriate for your reading level, try this:

1. Choose the book that you would like to read.

2. Look at a random page in the middle.

3. Hold five fingers up.

4. Put one finger down for each word you cannot read correctly or do not understand.

5. If you end up with all five fingers down, the book is too hard.

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ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED BOOK TITLES BY READING LEVEL Guided Reading Level N /DRA-2 Level: 30

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

26 Fairmount Avenue 9780698118645

dePaola, Tomie NF

Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon 9780142406199

Danziger, Paula F

Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid 9780689862960

Benton, Jim F

The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot 9780448420417

Greenburg, Dan F

Bozo the Clone 9780448415604

Greenburg, Dan F

The Chalk Box Kid 9780394891026

Bulla, Clyde R. F

The Chocolate Touch 9780688161330

Catling, Patrick Skene F

Clara Barton: Spirit of the American Red Cross 9780689865138

Lakin, Patricia NF

Davy Crockett: A Life on the Frontier 9780689859441

Krensky, Stephen NF

Don't Count on Dracula 9780448421759

Greenburg, Dan F

Double Team 9780448447124

Teitelbaum, Michael F

Dr. Jekyll, Orthodontist 9780448413389

Greenburg, Dan F

Elvis the Turnip...and Me 9780448417493

Greenburg, Dan F

Evil Queen Tut and the Great Ant Pyramids 9780448418766

Greenburg, Dan F

The Fran That Time Forgot 9780689862984

Benton, Jim F

The Fran with Four Brains 9781416902324

Benton, Jim F

The Frandidate 9781416902348

Benton, Jim F

Frantastic Voyage 9781416902300

Benton, Jim F

Ghost Wolf 9781551433417

Bradford, Karleen F

Hand-Off 9780448449005

Teitelbaum, Michael F

Home Field Advantage 9780448448992

Teitelbaum, Michael F

Hoop City 9780974169569

Blumenthal, Scott and Bret Hodus

F

Invaders from Outer Space 9780789439987

Wilkinson, Philip NF

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level N /DRA-2 Level: 30

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Joe DiMaggio: Young Sports Hero 9780689831867

Dunn, Herb NF

Lunch Walks Among Us 9780689862953

Benton, Jim F

Marsh Island 9781554691173

Bates, Sonya F

The Revenge of the McNasty Brothers 9780805078374

Trine, Greg F

Saturn 9780736851749

Richardson, Adele NF

School Days Around the World 9780756625481

Chambers, Catherine NF

Sea Dog 9781551434063

Gaetz, Dayle Campbell F

Who Was Leonardo Da Vinci? 9780448443010

Edwards, Roberta NF

Who Was Sacagawea? 9780448424859

Fradin, Dennis NF

Who Was William Shakespeare? 9780448439044

Mannis, Celeste Davidson

NF

Wild Pitch 9780448447117

Teitelbaum, Michael F

Wilma Rudolph 9781575054421

Sherrow, Victoria NF

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level O /DRA-2 Level: 34

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Alley of Shadows 9781598899221

Brenezoff, Steve F

Amber Brown Goes Fourth 9780142409015

Danziger, Paula F

Amber Brown Is Green with Envy 9780439071710

Danziger, Paula F

The Amusement Park Mystery 9780807503195

Warner, Gertrude C. F

Baseball Fever 9780380732555

Hurwitz, Johanna F

Baseball's Best: Five True Stories 9780394809830

Gutelle, Andrew NF

The Black Pearl Mystery 9780807507841

Warner, Gertrude C. F

The Blue Bay Mystery 9780807507940

Warner, Gertrude C. F

Chasing The King 9780974169576

Stein, Joshua F

A Cheese-Colored Camper 9780439691390

Stilton, Geronimo F

Chocolate Fever 9780142405956

Smith, Robert K. F

Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls 9780545174763

Martin, Ann M. F

Clementine's Letter 9780786838851

Pennypacker, Sara F

Field Trip to Niagara Falls 9780439691468

Stilton, Geronimo F

George Washington: Young Leader 9780020421504

Stevenson, Augusta NF

The Golden Glove 9781561455058

Bowen, Fred F

Happy Birthday, Mallory! 9780822565024

Friedman, Laurie F

Harry Houdini: Young Magician 9780689714764

Borland, Kathryn NF

Heart to Heart with Mallory 9780822571339

Friedman, Laurie B. F

Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph 9780020419808

Wilkie, Katharine E. NF

Hello Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle 9780064401494

MacDonald, Betty F

Henry Ford: Young Man with Ideas 9780020419105

Aird, Hazel B. NF

Here Comes McBroom! 9780688163648

Fleischman, Sid F

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level O /DRA-2 Level: 34

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

I Am Rosa Parks 9780141307107

Parks, Rosa with Jim Haskins

NF

Jake Drake, Bully Buster 9781416939337

Clements, Andrew F

Jake Drake, Know-It-All 9781416939313

Clements, Andrew F

The Life of Me 9780448443768

Winkler, Henry F

Meg Mackintosh and the Mystery at Camp Creepy 9781888695038

Landon, Lucinda F

Mark Twain: Young Writer 9780689714801

Mason, Miriam E. F

Meg Mackintosh and the Mystery at the Soccer Match 9781888695052

Landon, Lucinda F

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level P /DRA-2 Level: 38

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Balto and the Great Race 9780679891987

Kimmel, Elizabeth C. NF

Batter Up! 9781434205155

Maddox, Jake and Temple, Bob

F

Beware! It's Friday the 13th 9780448435312

McMullan, Kate F

BMX Bully 9781598892369

Maddox, Jake F

Board Rebel 9781598894141

Maddox, Jake F

Countdown to the Year 1000 9780448435084

McMullan, Kate F

Danger! Wizard at Work 9780448435299

McMullan, Kate F

Face-Off 9781598892376

Maddox, Jake F

Fantastic Mr. Fox 9780142410349

Dahl, Roald F

Felita 9780141306438

Mohr, Nicholasa F

Free Throw 9781598892383

Maddox, Jake F

The Hundred Dresses 9780152052607

Estes, Eleanor F

The Knights of the Kitchen Table 9780142400432

Scieszka, Jon F

The Land I Lost 9780064401838

Huynh, Quang Nhuong NF

The Long Way Around 9780974199733

Hand, Jimmie F

Sideways Stories from Wayside School 9780380698714

Sachar, Louis F

The Slime That Would Not Die 9780448449128

Dower, Laura F

Sound Off! 9780448446981

Steinberg, D. J. F

Storm Surfer 9781434205216

Maddox, Jake F

Summer Reading Is Killing Me 9780142401156

Scieszka, Jon F

Tut's Mummy Lost...And Found 9780394891897

Donnelly, Judy NF

Water Buffalo Days 9780064462112

Huynh, Quang Nhuong NF

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level Q /DRA-2 Level: 40

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Dear Mr. Henshaw 9780380709588

Cleary, Beverly F

Double Fudge 9780142408780

Blume, Judy F

Extreme Mountain Biking 9780778717249

MacAulay, Kelley and Bobbie Kalman

NF

Extreme Skateboarding 9780778717140

Kalman, Bobbie NF

Finding The Titanic 9780590472302

Ballard, Robert NF

Free Climb 9781434208804

Maddox, Jake F

Fudge-A-Mania 9780142408773

Blume, Judy F

Lewis and Clark: Opening the American West 9780778724469

Rodger, Ellen NF

Little House in the Big Woods 9780064400015

Wilder, Laura Ingalls F

Moon Runner 9780763633042

Marsden, Carolyn F

Paintball Blast 9781598894172

Maddox, Jake F

Shipwreck 9780439164566

Korman, Gordon F

Sport Bikes 9780778730354

Bailey, Katherine NF

The Stonekeeper 9780439846813

Kibuishi, Kazu F

Superfudge 9780142408803

Blume, Judy F

Who Was Helen Keller? 9780448431444

Thompson, Gare NF

Who Was Johnny Appleseed? 9780448439686

Holub, Joan NF

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level R /DRA-2 Level: 40

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Amelia Earhart: Legendary Aviator 9780736896597

Anderson, Jameson NF

The Basket Counts 9780316140768

Christopher, Matt F

The Big Nap 9780152024796

Hale, Bruce F

The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse 9780152024857

Hale, Bruce F

Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World 9780736861939

Jacobson, Ryan NF

Everything Bug: What Kids Really Want to Know About Insects and Spiders 9781559718912

Winner, Cherie NF

Everything Cat: What Kids Really Want to Know About Cats 9781559718653

Crisp, Marty NF

Everything Dog: What Kids Really Want to Know About Dogs 9781559718547

Crisp, Marty NF

Everything Dolphin: What Kids Really Want to Know About Dolphins 9781559710497

Crisp, Marty NF

Everything Reptile: What Kids Really Want to Know About Reptiles 9781559711647

Winner, Cherie NF

The Family Under the Bridge 9780064402507

Carlson, Natalie Savage

F

Farewell, My Lunchbag 9780152026295

Hale, Bruce F

George Eastman and the Kodak Camera 9780736879002

Fandel, Jennifer NF

Give My Regrets to Broadway 9780152167301

Hale, Bruce F

Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade! 9780448436197

Winkler, Henry F

Holy Enchilada! 9780448433530

Winkler, Henry F

I Got A "D" In Salami 9780448431635

Winkler, Henry F

The Jacket 9780689860102

Clements, Andrew F

John F. Kennedy: American Visionary 9780736879040

Olson, Nathan NF

The Landry News 9780689828683

Clements, Andrew F

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level R /DRA-2 Level: 40

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Lost on a Mountain in Maine 9780688115739

Fendler, Donn NF

My Dog's a Scaredy-Cat 9780448438788

Winkler, Henry F

My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard 9780448437491

Winkler, Henry F

On the Field with Eli and Peyton Manning 9780316036962

Christopher, Matt NF

The Report Card 9780689845246

Clements, Andrew F

Sacagawea: Journey into the West 9780736896634

Gunderson, Jessica NF

Who Was Marco Polo? 9780448445403

Holub, Joan NF

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level S /DRA-2 Level: 40

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Abominable Snowman 9781933390017

Montgomery, R.A. F

Aliens Stole My Body 9781416953593

Coville, Bruce F

Benedict Arnold: American Hero and Traitor 9780736879064

Burgan, Michael NF

Benjamin Franklin: An American Genius 9780736861892

Olson, Kay NF

Beyond Escape! 9781933390154

Montgomery, R.A. F

The Borrowers 9780152047375

Norton, Mary F

A Boy Called Slow 9780698116160

Bruchac, Joseph NF

The Calling 9780761360698

Nykko F

The Case of the Twin Teddy Bears 9780671793029

Keene, Carolyn F

The Chocolate-Covered Contest 9780671034436

Keene, Carolyn F

The Doll People 9780786812400

Martin, Ann M. and Laura Godwin

F

Eleanor 9780140555837

Cooney, Barbara NF

Finding Elmo 9781551436869

Polak, Monique F

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 9780689711817

Konigsburg, E.L. F

George Washington: Leading a New Nation 9780736861953

Doeden, Matt NF

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup 9780064409605

Creech, Sharon F

Hot Hand 9780142414415

Lupica, Mike F

I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X 9781416938828

Coville, Bruce F

Jackie Robinson: Baseball's Great Pioneer 9780736861977

Glaser, Jason NF

Jane Goodall: Animal Scientist 9780736868853

Krohn, Katherine NF

John Sutter and the California Gold Rush 9780736862073

Doeden, Matt NF

Journey Under the Sea 9781933390024

Montgomery, R.A. F

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Guided Reading Level S /DRA-2 Level: 40

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Long Shot 9780142415207

Lupica, Mike F

Long-Arm Quarterback 9780316105620

Christopher, Matt F

Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid 9780805072426

Fletcher, Ralph NF

Matilda 9780142410370

Dahl, Roald F

Room One: A Mystery or Two 9780689866876

Clements, Andrew F

Safe at Home 9780142414606

Lupica, Mike F

The Sea of Monsters 9781423103349

Riordan, Rick F

Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School 9780590457262

Sachar, Louis NF

The Sinking of the Titanic 9780736852470

Doeden, Matt NF

Space and Beyond 9781933390031

Montgomery, R.A. F

The Tarantula in My Purse 9780064462013

George, Jean C. NF

Two-Minute Drill 9780142414422

Lupica, Mike F

The Van Gogh Cafe 9780152057503

Rylant, Cynthia F

The Voyage of the Mayflower 9780736862110

Lassieur, Allison NF

Young Riders of the Pony Express 9780736868839

Gunderson, Jessica NF

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Guided Reading Level T /DRA-2 Level: 50

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone 9780736896405

Fandel, Jennifer NF

Babe and Me 9780380805044

Gutman, Dan F

The Battle of Gettysburg 9780736868808

Burgan, Michael NF

Boy: Tales of Childhood 9780142413814

Dahl, Roald NF

The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad 9780736896528

Olson, Nathan NF

The Creation of the U.S. Constitution 9780736896535

Burgan, Michael NF

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 9780810993136

Kinney, Jeff F

Dog Days 9780810983915

Kinney, Jeff F

Frozen Man 9780805046458

Getz, David NF

Henry Ford and the Model T 9780736896429

O'Hearn, Michael NF

Honus and Me 9780380788781

Gutman, Dan F

The Horse and His Boy 9780064471060

Lewis, C.S. F

Jackie and Me 9780380800841

Gutman, Dan F

Kicker 9781551437064

Bossley, Michele Martin F

The Last Battle 9780064471084

Lewis, C.S. F

The Last Straw 9780810970687

Kinney, Jeff F

Leon's Story 9780374443306

Tillage, Leon NF

Levi Strauss and Blue Jeans 9780736896467

Olson, Nathan NF

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 9780064471046

Lewis, C.S. F

The Magician's Nephew 9780064471107

Lewis, C.S. F

Mickey and Me 9780064472586

Gutman, Dan F

The Mystery of the Roanoke Colony 9780736896573

Niz, Xavier NF

The Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving 9780736896566

Englar, Mary NF

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level T /DRA-2 Level: 50

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Prince Caspian 9780064471053

Lewis, C.S. F

Rodrick Rules 9780810994737

Kinney, Jeff F

Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception 9780440419921

Van Draanen, Wendelin F

Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary 9780440416432

Van Draanen, Wendelin F

Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway 9780440419112

Van Draanen, Wendelin F

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief 9780679892649

Van Draanen, Wendelin F

Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf 9780375802553

Van Draanen, Wendelin F

Sammy Keyes and the Sisters Of Mercy 9780375801839

Van Draanen, Wendelin F

Shoeless Joe and Me 9780064472593

Gutman, Dan F

The Silver Chair 9780064471091

Lewis, C.S. F

Stuffed 9781551435008

Walters, Eric F

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 9780064471077

Lewis, C.S. F

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level U /DRA-2 Level: 50

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

The BFG 9780142410387

Dahl, Roald F

The Black Circle 9780545060455

Carman, Patrick F

Blazer Drive 9781551437170

Brouwer, Sigmund F

Calder Game 9780439852081

Balliett, Blue F

Cobra Strike 9781551437255

Brouwer, Sigmund F

A Dangerous Path 9780060525651

Hunter, Erin F

Dark River 9780060892074

Hunter, Erin F

The Darkest Hour 9780060525859

Hunter, Erin F

Ella Enchanted 9780064407052

Levine, Gail Carson F

The Emperor's Code 9780545090667

Korman, Gordon F

Fire and Ice 9780060525590

Hunter, Erin F

Flip-Flop Girl 9780140376791

Paterson, Katherine F

Forest of Secrets 9780060525613

Hunter, Erin F

Ginger Pye 9780152025052

Estes, Eleanor F

Hush 9780142415511

Woodson, Jacqueline F

In Too Deep 9780545090643

Watson, Jude F

Into the Wild 9780060525507

Hunter, Erin F

Knots in My Yo-Yo String 9780679887911

Spinelli, Jerry NF

The Maze of Bones 9780545090544

Riordan, Rick F

Miss Popularity 9780439888141

Sedita, Francesco F

One False Note 9780545090605

Korman, Gordon F

Ordinary Genius: The Story of Albert Einstein 9781575050676

McPherson, Stephanie S. NF

Rosa Parks 9780141301204

Parks, Rosa NF

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level U /DRA-2 Level: 50

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

The Salem Witch Trials 9780736852463

Martin, Michael NF

The Secret Garden 9780689831416

Burnett, Frances H. F

The Silk Route 9780064434683

Major, John S. NF

The Sword Thief 9780545090599

Lerangis, Peter F

The Tale Of Despereaux 9780763625290

DiCamillo, Kate F

Tangerine 9780152057800

Bloor, Edward F

The Tarantula Scientist 9780618915774

Montgomery, Sy NF

The Viper's Nest 9780545090650

Lerangis, Peter F

Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens 9780689716799

Lauber, Patricia NF

Wired 9781551434780

Brouwer, Sigmund F

Wringer 9780064405782

Spinelli, Jerry F

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level V /DRA-2 Level: 50

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Absolutely Normal Chaos 9780064406321

Creech, Sharon F

Amos Fortune, Free Man 9780140341584

Yates, Elizabeth NF

The Austere Academy 9780064408639

Snicket, Lemony F

Beauty 9781416949428

Wallace, Bill F

The Black Tower 9780142409374

Byars, Betsy F

Can You Get an F In Lunch? 9780439025553

Krulik, Nancy F

The Carnivorous Carnival 9780064410120

Snicket, Lemony F

The Clay Marble 9780374412296

Ho, Minfong F

The Ersatz Elevator 9780064408646

Snicket, Lemony F

Esperanza Rising 9780439120425

Ryan, Pam Munoz F

The Fighting Ground 9780064401852

Avi F

Gone-Away Lake 9780152022723

Enright, Elizabeth F

Gregor and the Code of Claw 9780439791441

Collins, Suzanne F

Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane 9780439650762

Collins, Suzanne F

Gregor the Overlander 9780439678131

Collins, Suzanne F

The Grim Grotto 9780064410144

Snicket, Lemony F

Harry Houdini 9780756612450

Cobb, Vicki NF

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 9780439136365

Rowling, J.K. F

Hitmen Triumph 9781551438733

Brouwer, Sigmund F

Holes 9780440414803

Sachar, Louis F

The Hostile Hospital 9780064408660

Snicket, Lemony F

Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion 9780736878999

Gianopoulos, Andrea NF

The Journey 9780439405584

Lasky, Kathryn F

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level V /DRA-2 Level: 50

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

The Miserable Mill 9780064407694

Snicket, Lemony F

More About Boy 9780142414989

Dahl, Roald NF

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 9780689710681

O'Brien, Robert C. F

Princess Academy 9781599900735

Hale, Shannon F

The Reptile Room 9780061146312

Snicket, Lemony F

Samuel Morse and the Telegraph 9780736878982

Seidman, David NF

The Slippery Slope 9780064410137

Snicket, Lemony F

The Snake Scientist 9780618111190

Montgomery, Sy NF

Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson 9780590425605

Denenberg, Barry NF

The Vile Village 9780064408653

Snicket, Lemony F

The Wide Window 9780061146336

Snicket, Lemony F

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level W /DRA-2 Level: 60

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

After the Dancing Days 9780064402484

Rostkowski, Margaret F

Adam of the Road 9780140324648

Gray, Elizabeth Janet F

Amelia Earhart 9781402751578

Jones, Victoria Garrett NF

Blue Heron 9780380720439

Avi F

A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw 9780374416966

Singer, Isaac Bashevis NF

Coraline 9780380807345

Gaiman, Neil F

Dragonwings 9780064400855

Yep, Laurence F

The Dragonslayer 9780439706377

Smith, Jeff F

Eyes of the Storm 9780439706384

Smith, Jeff F

Fantastic Feats and Failures 9781553376347

Yes Magazine, Eds. NF

The Fall 9780439176828

Nix, Garth F

Fablehaven 9781416947202

Mull, Brandon F

Freak the Mighty 9780439286060

Philbrick, Rodman F

Ghost Circles 9780439706346

Smith, Jeff F

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 9780439785969

Rowling, J.K. F

Heartbeat 9780060540241

Creech, Sharon F

Helen Keller: Courage in Darkness 9781402751479

Berne, Emma Carlson NF

Inkheart 9780439709101

Funke, Cornelia F

Insect 9780756630041

Mound, Laurence NF

Jack's New Power: Stories from a Caribbean Year 9780374437152

Gantos, Jack F

Mammal 9780756607036

Parker, Steve NF

Maniac Magee 9780316809061

Spinelli, Jerry F

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level W /DRA-2 Level: 60

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Maya Angelou 9780140383591

Pettit, Jayne NF

Native American Doctor 9780876145487

Ferris, Jeri NF

An Ocean Food Chain 9780898127409

Trabox, A. D. NF

Out from Boneville 9780439706407

Smith, Jeff F

Perseus 9781580138888

Storrie, Paul F

Pride of Puerto Rico: The Life of Roberto Clemente 9780152634209

Walker, Paul Robert NF

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver 9780689846243

Konigsburg, E.L. F

A Rainforest Food Chain 9780898127393

Trabox, A.D. NF

Safe at Home 9781933423272

Bott, Paula F

Secrets of the Mummies 9780789434425

Griffey, Harriet NF

Sea Otter Rescue 9780140566215

Smith, Roland NF

Slam! 9780545055741

Myers, Walter Dean F

Walk Two Moons 9780064405171

Creech, Sharon F

Tuck Everlasting 9780312369811

Babbitt, Natalie F

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level X /DRA-2 Level: 60

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Black Heroes of the American Revolution 9780152085612

Davis, Burke NF

Bird 9780142405444

Johnson, Angela F

Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir 9780064461344

Greenfield, Eloise NF

The Clique 9780316701297

Harrison, Lisi F

Double Identity 9780689873799

Haddix, Margaret P. F

Earthquake Terror 9780140383430

Kehret, Peg F

The Egypt Game 9781416990512

Snyder, Zilpha K. F

Found 9781416954217

Haddix, Margaret P. F

Greenwitch 9780689840340

Cooper, Susan F

The Glory Field 9780545055758

Myers, Walter Dean F

It's Not Easy Being Mean 9780316115056

Harrison, Lisi F

Looking Back: A Book of Memories 9780385326995

Lowry, Lois NF

The Looking Glass Wars 9780142409411

Beddor, Frank F

Make Way for Sam Houston 9780698116467

Fritz, Jean NF

The Master Puppeteer 9780064402811

Paterson, Katherine F

Millicent Min, Girl Genius 9780439425209

Yee, Lisa F

The Never War 9780743437332

MacHale, D.J. F

Out of the Dust 9780590371254

Hesse, Karen F

Peter and the Starcatchers 9780786849079

Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson

F

Pilgrims of Rayne 9781416914174

MacHale, D.J. F

Queen Eleanor, Independent Spirit of the Medieval World 9780395981399

Brooks, Polly S. NF

Queste 9780060882099

Sage, Angie F

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level X /DRA-2 Level: 60

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports 9780446194044

Patterson, James F

Slipping 9781599903606

Bell, Cathleen Davitt F

Somewhere In The Darkness 9780545055772

Myers, Walter Dean F

Through My Eyes 9780590189231

Bridges, Ruby NF

Traitor: The Case Of Benedict Arnold 9780698115538

Fritz, Jean NF

Travel Team 9780142404621

Lupica, Mike F

The Wednesday Wars 9780547237602

Schmidt, Gary D. F

Within Reach: My Everest Story 9780141304977

Pfetzer, Mark NF

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level Y /DRA-2 Level: 70

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

After Tupac and D Foster 9780142413999

Woodson, Jacqueline F

All-American Girl 9780061479892

Cabot, Meg F

The Arctic Incident 9781423124542

Colfer, Eoin F

Artemis Fowl 9781423124528

Colfer, Eoin F

Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel 9780786848829

Colfer, Eoin F

Bad Boy: A Memoir 9780064472883

Myers, Walter Dean NF

The Call of the Wild 9780141321059

London, Jack F

Children of the Dust Bowl 9780517880944

Stanley, Jerry NF

A Corner of the Universe 9780439388818

Martin, Ann M. F

The Devil's Arithmetic 9780140345353

Yolen, Jane F

Double Dutch 9780689842313

Draper, Sharon M. F

The Endless Steppe 9780064470278

Hautzig, Esther NF

Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff 9780140326130

Myers, Walter Dean F

Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans and Waterways 9781575423487

Kaye, Cathryn Berger and Coust

NF

Greek Myths 9780618154265

Coolidge, Olivia NF

I Have Lived a Thousand Years 9780689823954

Bitton-Jackson, Livia NF

Instead of Three Wishes 9780060842314

Turner, Megan Whalen F

Just Ella 9780689831287

Haddix, Margaret P. F

The Man Who Was Poe 9780380711925

Avi F

The Schwa Was Here 9780142405772

Shusterman, Neal F

Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales 9780698118089

Jacques, Brian F

Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 9780060007676

Warren, Andrea NF

The Time Paradox 9781423108375

Colfer, Eoin F

Touching Spirit Bear 9780380805600

Mikaelsen, Ben F

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Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016

Guided Reading Level Z /DRA-2 Level: 80

Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction

Among the Barons 9780689839108

Haddix, Margaret P. F

Among the Betrayed 9780689839092

Haddix, Margaret P. F

Among the Brave 9780689857959

Haddix, Margaret P. F

Among the Impostors 9780689839085

Haddix, Margaret P. F

Body Systems and Health 9781403475275

Fullick, Ann NF

The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 9780826317971

Jimenez, Francisco NF

City of the Beasts 9780060535032

Allende, Isabel F

Freedom's Children 9780698118706

Levine, Ellen NF

The Greatest: Muhammad Ali 9780590543439

Myers, Walter Dean NF

The Hobbit 9780618150823

Tolkien, J.R.R. F

The Hunger Games 9780439023528

Collins, Suzanne F

To Kill A Mockingbird 9780446310789

Lee, Harper F

Living Green 9781435853652

Nagle, Jeanne NF

Lord of The Flies 9780399501487

Golding, William F

Mariel of Redwall 9780441006946

Jacques, Brian F

Marlfox 9780441006939

Jacques, Brian F

Mattimeo 9780441006106

Jacques, Brian F

Miracle's Boys 9780142415535

Woodson, Jacqueline F

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 9780446574754

Hamilton, Edith NF

Never Cry Wolf 9780316881791

Mowat, Farley NF

Pearl Harbor: The U.S. Enters World War II 9780531254509

Dougherty, Steve NF

Redwall 9780441005482

Jacques, Brian F