2015 FSMS SUMMER READING LIST
6th Grade
Regular ELA: Choose one of the following:
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Travel Team by Mike Lupica
Heaven by Angela Johnson
Iqbal by Francesco D’Adamo
GT/Pre AP must choose one from the following list:
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Travel Team by Mike Lupica
Heaven by Angela Johnson
Iqbal by Francesco D’Adamo
And an additional one from the following:
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
7th Grade
Regular ELA: Choose one from the following list:
RF - Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
RF - Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanan
HF - Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant
SF - Truesight by David Stahler, Jr.
NF - Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton and Rick Bundschuh
Pre-AP: Choose two different genres from the following list:
RF - Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
RF - Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanan
HF - Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant
SF - Truesight by David Stahler, Jr.
NF - Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton and Rick Bundschuh
8th Grade:
Pre-AP
How to Read Literature Like a Professor, for Kids by Thomas C. Foster
In addition, select one of the following:
Gifted Hands by Ben Carson
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Regular ELA:
How to Read Literature Like a Professor, for Kids by Thomas C. Foster
The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
6th Grade
Regular ELA: Choose one of the following:
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Travel Team by Mike Lupica
Heaven by Angela Johnson
Iqbal by Francesco D’Adamo
GT/Pre AP must choose one from the following list:
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Travel Team by Mike Lupica
Heaven by Angela Johnson
Iqbal by Francesco D’Adamo
And an additional one from the following:
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
7th Grade
Regular ELA: Choose one from the following list:
RF - Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
RF - Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanan
HF - Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant
SF - Truesight by David Stahler, Jr.
NF - Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton and Rick Bundschuh
Pre-AP: Choose two different genres from the following list:
RF - Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
RF - Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanan
HF - Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant
SF - Truesight by David Stahler, Jr.
NF - Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton and Rick Bundschuh
8th Grade:
Pre-AP
How to Read Literature Like a Professor, for Kids by Thomas C. Foster
In addition, select one of the following:
Gifted Hands by Ben Carson
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Regular ELA:
How to Read Literature Like a Professor, for Kids by Thomas C. Foster
The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson