JCDSRI SUMMER READING PROGRAM
GRADE 7 & 8
Humanities
Instructors: Mr. Raffeld and Mr. Dilworth
Karolyn White, Librarian and Summer Reading Program Coordinator
kwhite@jcdsri.org
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Students entering the seventh and
eighth grades are required to read 3 books over the summer.
Hopefully you will read many more! Select two books from the
following two lists and one book of your own choosing. These
Suggested Booklists have books at varied levels. Books with a * are
available on audiocassette or CD. Most of these books are available
in public libraries.* The assignment is due the first day of school.
Book
Assignment: Required Reader Response for each book (3 books):
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Name of book and author.
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Would you recommend this book
to a friend? Why? Why not?
Keep your responses to one page
maximum. Responses have to be typed and doubled spaced and written
in a 12 point font.
Responses are due the first day of
school.
Suggested Booklist One
Choose one book from the following:
Little Women. Alcott, L. Set in New
England during the Civil War, the story follows the adventures of
the March sisters as they pursue their dreams. *
The True Confessions of Charlotte
Doyle. Avi. A fast-paced adventure in which a very proper
twelve-year-old girl turns into the swashbuckling mate of a mutinous
crew. Newbery Medal *
The Illustrated Man. Bradbury, R. A
science fiction tale of a wanderer whose body is covered with
tattoos that are magically alive.*
Jane Eyre. Bronte, C. The classic
tale of an orphan girl forced to make her way alone in the world,
from poverty to Thornfield, the estate of moody Mr. Rochester, and
beyond.*
Silent Spring. Carson, R. Exposed
widespread ecological damage by chemicals and created an
environmental awareness that still exists. *
Catherine Called Birdy. Cushman, K.
The journal of a fourteen-year-old daughter of a knight describing
her life, feelings and thoughts while living on a thirteenth century
English manor. Newbery Honor *
The Little Prince. de Saint-Exupéry,
A. A downed pilot in the Sahara Desert meets a little prince, who
asks him to draw a sheep. And so begins their unbelievable
relationship. *
David Copperfield, Dickens, C. The
story of a young man’s adventures on his journey from an unhappy
childhood to adulthood. *
The Hounds of the Baskervilles.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson help a young
nobleman face a terrifying curse on his family. *
A Girl Named Disaster. Farmer, N.
Fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage,
Nhamo struggles to survive. Very poplar MS book. Newbery Honor *
The Man in the Ceiling. Feiffer, J.
Written and illustrated by cartoonist Feiffer, this is a funny,
poignant look at the inner life of an artist, who happens to be a
young boy. Playful use of graphics. *
The Outsiders. Hinton, S. E. (7th
grade only). The classic gang novel filled with suspense and action,
told from the point of view of Ponyboy, a young "greaser."*
The Iliad. Homer and Lombardo, S.
Epic masterpiece chronicles the last days of the Trojan War, but
translated in a modern highly readable prose. *
Princess Bride. Goldman, W. What
happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the
handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be less than the
man of her dreams?*
Shoeless Joe. Kinsella, W.P.
Kinsella uses baseball as a backdrop and metaphor to tell us a
little something more about who we are and what we need. *
Call of the Wild. London, J. Stolen
from his family, a dog named Buck must learn the harsh law of
survival among the men and dogs of the Gold Rush. *
The Hero and the Crown. McKinley,
R. Although Aerin is a Princess, she is shunned because many believe
her mother is a witch. However, when Aerin kills a large dragon with
her blue sword, she is recognized as an extraordinary heroine and
becomes the hero of her kingdom. Newbery Medal *
The Twenty-One Balloons. Pene du
Bois, W. Professor Sherman discovers Krakatoa, a land where the
imaginable happens. Newbery Honor *
The Chosen. Potok, C. The classic
story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them
to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to
each. *
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu.
Rohmer, S. Sax Rohmer, a prolific author of early science fiction
and fantasy, created the super-villain, Dr. Fu Manchu. *
Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows (Book 7). Rowling, J.K. The seventh and final installment.
Endymion Spring, Skelton, M. A
fantasy with two story lines, each revolving around a strange
book--a mysteriously wordless volume that seems to have a life of
its own. *
Baseball in April. Soto, G. Short
stories about the everyday problems of adolescents. Latinos in
central California are the focus of the stories, but the events are
typical of young teens anywhere in the United States. *
Suggested Booklist Two
Choose one book from the following:
Ajeemah and His Son, Berry. J.
Ajeemah and his son Atu are kidnapped from Africa, sold into slavery
and taken to Jamaica, where they are determined to escape.
The Slave Dancer. Fox, P. A
thirteen-year-old boy, kidnapped by the crew of an African bound
ship, is horrified to learn he is on a slave ship Newbery Medal *
Typical American. Gish, J. The
compelling story of a Chinese student adjusting to life in America
as he searched for the American Dream.
The House of Dies Drear. Hamilton, V. A spellbinding tale of a black
family discovering ghostly secrets about the Underground Railroad in
their Civil War-era house. *
Rifles for Watie. Keith, H. A
suspenseful novel, well liked by middle school students, about a
sixteen-year-old Kansas farm boy who joins the union army to fight
on the civil war. He becomes a spy and has to deal a traitor.
Newbery Medal *
The Return. Levitin, S. The
harrowing journey of a black Ethiopian Jewish girl who with her
brother and younger sister travels from their mountain homeland to
the Promised Land called Israel.
These booklists are posted on this
web site in Our School-Library
*These booklists have been sent to
the following public libraries: Central and
Rochambeau in Providence, Barrington, Cranston, and Pawtucket, and
the following bookstores: Books on the Square, College Hill, Ye Ol’
Book Shoppe, Borders in Providence and Cranston, Barnes and Noble in
Warwick, and Barrington Books.
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