Summer Reading 6 th grade Hello Universe by

Summer Reading 6 th grade

Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly The lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.

The Girl who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her.

Track series by Jason Reynolds (Titles: Ghost, Patina, Sunny, or Lu) Ghost, the rookie. Patina, the powerful. Sunny, the star child. Lu, the lightning bolt. A fast but fiery group of kids from wildly different backgrounds become family after they are chosen to compete on an elite track team. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove not only to one another, but to themselves

A Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt Sixth-grader Ally excels at covering the fact that she cannot read, but at her seventh school in as many years she is challenged to admit she needs help.

The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez Twelve-year-old Maria Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malu) reluctantly moves with her Mexican. American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.

Last Man Out by Mike Lupica Twelve-year-old Tommy Gallagher, the bravest and toughest football player on the field, faces his biggest battle ever when his father, a Boston firefighter, is fatally injured while rescuing a child.

Buried Alive! How 33 Miners Survived 69 Days Deep Under the Chilean Desert by Elaine Scott In August 2010, thirty-three miners were buried alive, two thousand feet below the surface of the earth. After seventeen tense days, just as hope was nearly gone, rescuers made contact with the men. Joy broke out around the world--all thirtythree men were alive! But it would be long weeks before they emerged from the mine.

Summer Reading 7 th Grade

Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick When his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteenyear-old Steven tries to deal with his complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family. Watch trailer!

Wishtree by Katherine Applegate An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk. Watch trailer!

Eleven by Tom Rogers Alex Douglas always wanted to be a hero. But nothing heroic ever happened to Alex. Nothing, that is, until his eleventh birthday. Then everything changed. When Alex rescues a stray dog as a birthday gift to himself, he doesn't think his life can get much better. And Radar, his new dog, pretty much feels the same way. But this day has bigger things in store for both of them. Watch trailer!

The Skin I'm In by Sharon Flake Thirteen-year-old Maleeka Madison, insecure about her very dark skin, rejects the support of a new teacher, Miss Saunders, whose skin looks blotched because of a rare medical condition--but soon Maleeka begins to see that Miss Saunders could be a role model, and that she must learn to love herself and accept love from others.

Allies by Alan Gratz It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter, an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle. Meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an elevenyear old French-Algerian girl is desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin. Both children want to fight and survive.

How to turn $100 into $1, 000: earn! invest! save! by James Mc. Kenna The journey starts by teaching readers how to earn their first hundred dollars. From thinking like a millionaire, to learning the ways to get money, to the potential pitfalls every millionaire encounters. Plus chapters on budgeting, saving, and investing.

Chew on this By Eric Schossler A look at fast food, what's in it, how it's made, and what it does to our bodies.

Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans Fourteen-year-old Michael discovers he has special electrical powers and, with the help of his best friends, becomes aware that there are other teens with similar powers, but something or someone is hunting them and, after Michael's mother is kidnapped, he will need to rely on his powers and his friends to rescue his mom, protect himself, and save the others. Watch trailer!

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifthgrader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time. Watch trailer!

Summer Reading 8 th Grade

Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed In Pakistan, Amal holds onto her dream of being a teacher even after becoming an indentured servant to pay off her family's debt to the wealthy and corrupt Khan family.

Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story of how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team. Watch trailer!

The Contender by Robert Lipsyte After a successful start in a boxing career, a Harlem high school dropout decides that competing in the ring isn't enough of life and resolves to aim for different goals.

Refugee by Alan Gratz Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930 s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together. Watch trailer!

Fallout by Todd Strasser Scott's dad is the only one in the neighborhood who builds a bomb shelter during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and when the time comes, more neighbors enter the shelter than Scott's dad is prepared for.

Eyes Wide Open by Paul Fleischman We're living in an aha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never seen before. A wake-up call about the environmental crisis, the book homes in on five "key fronts"--population, consumption, energy, food, and climate.

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery recounts her experiences as the youngest marcher on the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Watch trailer!

The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by Sonia Manzano It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteenyear-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and the neighborhood protests start, things get a lot more complicated—and dangerous.

Legend by Marie Lu In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year -olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy. Watch trailer!