Summer Reading Booklists
Imagine Your Story this summer...
with these suggested titles for children and teens!
(Click right on the titles to go to the CWMARS catalog, see each book, and place a hold!)
Children
Middle Grades
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, and Legends
Sukey and the Mermaid by Robert D. San Souci
Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile by Won-Ldy Paye
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
The Goat-Faced Girl: A Classic Italian Folktale by Leah Sharpe
Little Gold Star/A Cinderella Cuento by Joe Hayes
Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott
Non-Fiction/Biographies
Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis
Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz
Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World by Vashti Harrison
Emmanuel's dream : the true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle
Realistic Fiction
Firebird by Misty Copeland
Our Favorite Day by Joowon Oh
Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons
The Fisherman and the Whale by Jessica Lanan
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
Fractured Fairytales & Silly Stories
Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? and Other Notorious Nursery Rhyme Mysteries by David Levinthal
The Very Smart Pea and the Princess to Be by Mini Grey
Ninja Red Riding Hood by Corey Rosen Schwartz
The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray
This is Not That Kind of Book by Christopher Healy
Teens
Non-Fiction/Biographies
Finding Wonders: A Verse History of Girls and Science by Jeannine Atkins
When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs by America's Test Kitchen
All in a Drop: how Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World by Lori Alexander
This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
Realistic Fiction
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Thriller/Adventure
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker
Can You Survive [...]? An Interactive Survival Adventure (series)
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
Graphic Novels & Fantasy
The Dragonet Prophecies by Tui Sutherland
The Girl Who Drank the Moon or The Witch's Boy by Kelly Regan Barnhill
Amulet by Kabu Kibuishu
Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty
Silver Batal and the Water Dragon Races by Kristin Halbrook
Short Stories/Anthologies
A Phoenix First Must Burn, Patrice Caldwell, ed.
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, Ellen Oh, ed.
A Tyranny of Petticoats, Jessica Spotswood, ed.
Dear Heartbreak, Heather Demetrios, ed.
The Other Side by Juan Pablo Villalobos
Realistic Fiction
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz
The Education of Margo Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera
You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your A** by Meg Medina
Fairy Tales with a Fresh Spin
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie Dao
Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire
The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Grim, Christine Johnson, ed.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
A Face Like Glass by Francis Hardinge
The Young Elites by Marie Lu
Because You'll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Memoirs
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
Positive: Surviving My Bullies, Finding Hope, and Living to Change the World by Paige Rawl
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir by Stan Lee
These reading lists have been provided to the Millbury Public Library by representatives of the respective schools. For further questions regarding assignments or reading requirements, please contact the school (links to the schools provided below). Note that these lists link to a version of the print copies; try a fuller catalog search for the titles in other formats, including downloadable e-books and audiobooks, or different editions.
Elmwood Street Elementary School:
All students--no list; your choice
Abbey Kelley Shaw Charter School:
Required books:
4th Grade--Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate Dicamillo
5th Grade--The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
6th Grade--Restart by Gordon Korman
7th Grade--When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Choice Book (Choose one):
Grades 4/5
The Strangers by Margaret Haddix Peterson
Charlie Hernandez and the League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo Jake and Lily by Jerry Spinelli
Race the Wild: Rain Forest Relay by Kristin Earhart
Crumbled! The Misadventures of Nobbin Swill by Lisa Harkrader
Grades 6/7
Zack Delacruz: Me and My Big Mouth by Jeff Anderson
Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Charlie Hernandez and the League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo
The Strangers by Margaret Haddix Peterson
The Finest Hours The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman
Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever. by Betsy Bird, ed.
All students: your choice, one fiction or non-fiction book
Grade 6: choose one of the following:
The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
The War with Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith
Incoming Freshmen: Peak by Roland Smith
Returning students--no list; your choice
Grade 7: Eleven by Tom Rogers
Grade 8: Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Grade 9 (Honors/College Prep): All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
Grade 10 (Honors/College Prep): The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Grade 11 (AP): In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Grade 11 (Honors/College Prep): Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Grade 12 (AP): How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Grade 12 (Honors/College Prep): Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness by Liz Murray