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Summer Reading Booklists
Explore Tails and Tales 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:
Kindergarten - Grade 3 are required to read the listed titles and encouraged to read at least three books of their choice. Middle School students are required to read the title listed for their grade level along with one choice book.
Required:
Kindergarten --Dog on a Frog? or Frog on a Log? by Kes and Claire Gray
1st Grade-- Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
2nd Grade-- When I was Young in the Mountain by Cynthia Rylant
3rd Grade-- Frindle by Andrew Clements
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
Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
Winterbourne Home: Vengence and Valor by Ally Carter
Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai
Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret by Trudi Trueit
President of the Whole 5th Grade by Sherri Winston
Grades 6/7
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Serena Says by Tanita S. Davis
You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P by Alex Gino
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
7th Grade Only-- Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan
All students -- No required texts, books should be selected according to interest and independent reading level. There are suggested titles and authors including:
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Incoming Freshmen: Peak by Roland Smith
Returning students--no list; your choice
Grade 7: Eleven by Tom Rogers
All English Courses Grades 8-12: Here to Stay by Sara Farizan
Honors Level:
Grade 8: Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Grade 9: All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
Grade 10: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Grade 11: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Grade 12: Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness by Liz Murray
