Roslyn Middle School

English Department

 

Summer Reading 2010

For students entering

Grade 6

 

 

Dear Fifth Grader,

 

Your sixth grade teachers at the Roslyn Middle School are eager to meet you in September and to spend the school year working with you.  In preparation for sixth grade, in addition to reading the school-wide assignment "Three Cups of Tea," your English teacher would like you to read a novel during the summer.  These novels were chosen by the middle school librarian and the English teachers.  The books on this list were selected because they share a common theme:  “Young people must sometimes deal with challenges.”  During the first weeks of school, we will be discussing how the characters in these novels handle challenges in positive ways.

 

            As you are reading the book you choose for summer reading, be sure to keep track of the following information:

 

·         Title of the book

 

·         Author

 

·         Main character’s name and names of other important characters

 

·         What was the greatest challenge faced by that main character?

 

·         How did the character handle that challenge?

 

·         Are there lessons that a middle school student could learn from the way the main character handled his or her challenge?

 

Best wishes for a wonderful, relaxing summer.  We look forward to meeting you.

           

            The Sixth Grade English Teachers

 

 

* Please note: Some books on this list may not be available in paperback.

 

For more information about these books, see the Barnes and Noble website at www.barnesandnoble.com.

 

 

 

Fiction of Today

 

Flipped

Wendelin Van Draanen

 

Handbook for Boys

Walter Dean Myers

 

Stargirl

Jerry Spinelli

 

Frozen Stiff

Sherry Shahan

 

The Same Stuff as Stars

Katherine Paterson

 

Chasing Vermeer

Blue Balliett

 

Sahara Special

Esme Raji Codell

 

Kit’s Wilderness

David Almond

 

 

Fiction of the Past

 

Bud, Not Buddy                                                    

Christopher Paul Curtis

 

Daughter of Venice

Donna Jo Napoli

 

The Thieves of Ostia

Caroline Lawrence

 

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Gennifer Choldenko

 

The Wreckers

Iain Lawrence

 

For Freedom

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

 

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy

 

Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer

 

The Frog Princess

ED Baker

 

Eragon

Christopher Paolini

 

Inkheart

Cornelia Funke

 

The Thief Lord

Cornelia Funke

 

Skellig

David Almond

 

Dr. Franklin’s Island

Ann Halam

 

Night Flying

Rita Murphy

 

The Boy Who Couldn’t Die

William Sleator

 

 

Enjoy your summer reading!