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Summer Reading List - 2004-2005 - English 10 Grade Honors
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Recommended Reading List - Summer 2005
Many of these recommendations come from assorted lists of Best Books for Middle School Readers and Young Adults as chosen by various committees of the American Library Association.
Association. Although it is not conclusive, or mandatory, it is intended to offer good quality literature and popular reading appeal. It is very important for every student to continue reading during the summer months—’Those who READ Succeed!’
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Recommended Reading List - Summer 2004
Many of these recommendations come from the lists of Best Books for Young Adults as chosen by YALSA a division of the American
Library Association. Although it is not conclusive, or mandatory, it is intended to offer good quality literature and popular reading
appeal. It is so important for every student to continue reading during the summer.
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Studies have shown that the more and
better a child reads directly correlates to that child’s success in school.
This list has been compiled by the School Media Specialists in the five elementary schools in the
Gloversville Enlarged School District, working in conjunction with the Gloversville Free Library.
The books listed have been chosen based on recommendations by the American Library Association,
Reading is Fundamental, Gloversville Enlarged School District School Media Specialists, teacher
suggestions, AND student favorites!
We hope that you will find this list
helpful, and that you will encourage your child to get a head start on this coming school year’s reading
requirements...as well as the pleasure of a summer long adventure in
reading!
5th Grade
Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo 4th Grade
Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling 3rd Grade
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park 2nd Grade
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume 1st Grade
Olivia by Ian Falconer Grades PreK - Kindergarten
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
Gloversville Enlarged School District
High School
Jane Austen - Emma
Michael Crichton - Eaters of the Dead
1984 George Orwell
The Time Machine By H.G. Wells
A Room with a View by E.M. Foster
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe by Douglas Adams
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Al Capone Does My Shirts —Gennifer Choldenko
Battle of Jericho —Sharon M. Draper
Caroline —Neil Gaiman
A Corner of the Universe —Ann Martin
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup —Sharon Creech
Harry Potter series —J. K. Rowling
The House of the Scorpion —Nancy Farmer
Olive’s Ocean —Kevin Henkes
Redwall series—Brian Jacques
The Revealers —Dough Wilhelm
Ruby Holler —Sharon Creech
Series of Unfortunate Events (series) - Lemony Snicket
Shadow Children (series—”Among the”) - Margaret Peterson Haddix
Surviving the Applewhites —Stephanie Tolan
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread — Kate DiCamillo
Touching Spirit Bear — Ben Mikaelsen
Andy Warhol: Prince of Pop — Jane Greenberg & Sandra Jordan
Chicken Soup (series) - Jack Canfield et all
Everything on a Waffle — Polly Horvath
God Went to Beauty School — Cynthia Rylant
Hanna’s Suitcase — Karen Levine
Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison — Marfe Ferguson Delano
Life and Death of Adolf Hitler — James Cross Giblin
Locomotion — Jacquleine Woodson
Merlin and the Making of the King — Margaret Hodges
Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein — Don Brown
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book — Virginia Hamilton
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science — John Fleishman
Remember: The Journey to School Integration — Toni Morrison
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights — Russell Freedman
American Eye: Eleven Artists of the Twentierth Century - Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 - Jim Murphy
Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life - Candace Fleming
Buried in Ice: The Mystery of the Lost Artic Expedition - Owen Beattie and John Geiger
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 - Michael Capuzzo
Corpse, Coffins, and Crypts - Penny Colman
Failure is Impossible: The History of American Women's Rights - Martha Kendall
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road - Julius Brown
Great Fire - Jim Murphy
Greatest: Muhammad Ali - Walter Dean Myers
Inside the Alamo - Jim Murphy
One More River to Cross: An African American Photograph Album - Walter Dean Myers
Strange Mysteries From Around the World - Seymour Simon
Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin Naturalist, Geologist & Thinker - Peter Sis
War and the Pity of War - Neil Philip
Because of Winn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo
Black Mirror - Nancy Werlin
Choosing Up Sides - John H. Ritter
Cripsin: The Cross of Lead - Avi
Fair Weather - Richard Peck
Harry Potter (series) - J. K. Rowling
Holes - Louis Sachar
Hope Was Here - Joan Bauer
How Angel Peterson Got His Name and Other Outrageous Tales and Extreme Sports - Gary Paulsen
Indian in the Cupboard (series) - Lynne Reid Banks
James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
Jip: His Story - Katherine Paterson
Land - Mildred D. Taylor
Long Way From Chicago - Richard Peck
Lord of the Deep - Graham Salisbury
Maze - Will Hobbs
Midwife's Apprentice - Karen Cushman
Oh, the Places You'll Go - Dr. Seuss
Pictures of Hollis Woods - Patricia Reilly Giff
Pirate's Son - Geraldine McCaughrean
Razzle - Ellen Wittlinger
Seires of Unfortunate Events (series) - Lemony Snicket
Single Shard - Linda Sue Park
Tears of a Tiger - Sharon M. Draper
Voice on the Radio - Caroline B. Cooney
Year Down Yonder - Richard Peck
The New York State Education
Department has begun an initiative wherein all students in New York State are encouraged to read at least 25
books per year. Beginning this past school year, many teachers in
Gloversville have had their students keep a log of the books they have read during the year. Click here for the
GESD's report form.
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Mayor of Central Park by Avi
The Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Granny Torelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
An American Plague by Jim Murphy
Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
The Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo
95 lbs. of Lost Hope by Anna Gavalda
The Series of Unfortunate Events series
by Lemony Snicket
The Awful End series by P. Ardagh
Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes
Shoeless Joe and Me by Dan Gutman
The Graduation of Jake Moon
by Barbara Park
Holes by Louis Sachar
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen
A Long Way from Chicago & A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wander by Sharon Creech
The Night the Bells Rang by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
Wayside School series by Louis Sachar
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi
A Series of Unfortunate Events series
by Lemony Snicket
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Holes by Louis Sachar
Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil
E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
The Awful End series by P. Ardagh
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
The Indian in the Cupboard
by Lynn Reid Banks
Lilly’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Graduation of Jake Moon by Barbara Park
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Among the Hidden by Margaret Haddix
The Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka
Ramona Quimby series by Beverly Cleary
Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Stuart Little by E. B. White
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Warner
Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Bunnicula by James Howe
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
by Mordecai Gerstein
Captain Underpants series by Dave Pilkey
Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger
Matt Christopher series (sports books)
Stone Fox by John Gardiner
Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
Marvin Redpost series by Louis Sachar
Tornado by Betsy Byars
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick
Tale of a 4th Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Nate the Great series by Marjorie Sharmat
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant
Sassy Gracie by James Sage
Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
Uses for Mooses and Other Popular Pets by James Thaler
Snowflake Bentley by Mary Azarian
George Washington’s Teeth by Deborah Chamber
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
26 Fairmont Avenue by Tomie dePaola
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
No More Water in the Tub by Tedd Arnold
Berenstain Bears series by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Keep the Lights Burning, Abby by Roop
The Drinking Gourd by F. N. Monjo
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Just Plain Fancy by Patricia Polacco
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judith Barrett
Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline
Pinky and Rex series by James Howe
Hot Air Henry by Mary Calhoun
The Summer My Father was Ten by Pat Brisson
Stop, Drop and Roll by Margery Cuyler
Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Amelia Bedelia series by Tedd Arnold
No Jumping on the Bed by Tedd Arnold
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
by Simms Taback
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh
The Mitten by Jan Brett
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You
by Janet Schulman
Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies
Brave Norman by Andrew Clements
Mark Twain at Work by Howard Goldsmith
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
by Mordecai Gerstein
Breakout at the Bug Lab by Ruth Horowitz
First Flight by George Shea
Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
by Jack Prelutsky
David Adler series—Picture book biographies
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
Minnie and Moo series by Robert Cazet
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
by Mo Willems
Hooray for Grandparent’s Day
by Nancy Carlson
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret
Chodos-Irvine
Something Might Happen by Helen Lester
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
by Laura Numeroff
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
Five Little Monkeys series by Eileen Christelow
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Time for Bed by Mem Fox
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Make Way for Ducklings by Eric Carle
Curious George by H.R. Rey
Alfie Give as Hand by Shirley Hughes
There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
Bark, George! by Jules Feiffer
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr.
Little Miss Spider by David Kirk
Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
I’m Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self
Esteem by Jamie Lee Curtis
Mother Goose Rhymes
Fairy and Folk Tales including: Cinderella, The Gingerbread Man, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, Three Billy Goats’ Gruff,
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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