Sixth Grade

Requirements:
Students should read one narrative text and one informational text that thematically connect with each other.
They will have to take notes in a graphic organizer located on the LMC page.
Suggestions for pleasure:
“Holes” by Louis Sachar.
This novel is both comical and interesting. It can be violent and, at times, very moving. This story is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats, who stole a pair of famous shoes for his father’s business without knowing how important they were. When he gets into some trouble, he doesn’t know the half of what he’s getting into, but the experience might be a lesson for him – and for all of the readers of this book.
“The Boy Who Dared” by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
This is a book that is based on the true story of Helmuth Hubener’s life. He was the youngest person to be sentenced to death by the Nazis during World War II. This terrifying story about war, death and truth is sure to bring a tang of bittersweetness to your summer.
“The Night Gardener” by Jonathan Auxier.
This spooky tale is a Victorian ghost story that follows two Irish siblings who travel to work at an old English manor. But the family they work for, as well as the house, do not turn out to be the way the children expected. Soon, they are confronted with a ghost and an ancient curse that could threaten their lives.

Seventh Grade

Requirements:
Students must read “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton and two other books of their choice.
For every book, students must put in a few quotes and write responses in the graphic organizer on the LMC page.
Suggestions for pleasure:
“Eleanor and Park” by Rainbow Rowell.
This book is set over the course of one year in 1986, and it is about two star-crossed misfits. They are smart enough to know that their first love never lasts, but they are brave enough to try. When you read this, you may find yourself laughing, crying, and relating back to your own life.
“Every Day” by David Levithan.
In this young adult novel, which Entertainment Weekly calls a “wise, wildly unique” story, you will read about A, a teenager who wakes up every morning just to see that he is in a new person’s body. A new life. Everyday.
“We Were Liars” by E. Lockhart.
This young adult suspense novel was a National Book Award finalist. In it you will find a beautiful and distinguished family, a private island, a brilliant but damaged girl, a political boy, a group of friends who lie, a revolution, an accident, a secret, lies upon lies, true love and the truth. The rest is up to you to find out by reading it this summer.

Eight Grade

Requirements:
For summer reading, students should read one fiction and one nonfiction book of their choice
Suggestions for pleasure:
“Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell.
In this book, the author takes a reader through an intellectual journey, looking at the smartest, the brightest, the most famous and the most successful people. “1984” by George Orwell
This dystopian novel was published in 1949, and takes place in a futuristic Great Britain, a province of superstate Oceania in a world of ongoing war, with always present government surveillance, and public manipulation. This superstate is under the control of the privileged elite of the Inner Party, a party and government that will not stand individualism or independent thinking, and calls thinking such as that “thoughtcrime” and this is enforced by the “Thought Police.”
“The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka
This book is about Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a large insect. When Gregor goes to tell his boss why he was late, his appearance scares him so much that Gregor’s boss runs out of the building. In this somewhat twisted, heartbreaking story, you will learn that it is important to accept people for who and what they are.