Inheritance Trilogy (2 titles available) Christopher Paolini. Clique series (5 titles
available). Lisi Harrison. Flight 29 series (3 titles available) various authors.
Charter School Middle School Dear Parent or Guardian, The Villages Charter Middle School has a Required Summer Reading Program. The program’s goal is to keep students reading throughout the summer. Reading is the key to success in school and it is important that our students practice the reading skills that they have worked so hard all year to master. The following is the Required Summer Reading List for 6th–8th grade. All of these titles can be found at your local library, online, or at most bookstores. The list includes the current fifteen Sunshine State Young Reader’s books, along with various other titles related to this year’s theme, provided with this list.
Reading is Seriesously Fun!
All local libraries and bookstores have been
Your child must read at least four of the titles from the Required Summer Reading List (not previously read) and complete an AR test for each of the four titles by August 9, 2006. The point value of all four books combined should total at least ten. We expect all of our students to meet this first goal of the 2007 school year and will provide additional opportunities for students who do not fulfill this requirement with 2nd Chance Ranch on Saturday, August 12, 2006. Students should be prepared to do a reading response on one of the titles during the first two weeks of the 2006-2007 school year. Any student wishing to get a head start on the reading response can find the procedures/requirements online at the Critical Thinking page of the school’s website. For your convenience, VCMS will be open on the following dates and times for students wanting to come in and take AR tests over the summer. Please report to the media center for testing. Books will also be available for check out at this time, based on availability. June 6th – Tuesday June 23rd – Friday July 10th – Monday
11:00-1:00 PM 11:00-1:00 PM 11:00-1:00 PM
July 21st – Friday July 31st- Monday
11:00-1:00 PM 11:00-1:00 PM
As students choose which titles they would like to read, they should keep the following in mind: • Students who read all 15 Sunshine State Young Readers books will be eligible to attend the Sunshine Field Trip at the end of the school year. • Students who read any ten books on the list by November will be eligible to attend a field trip in December.
Required Summer Reading List for 6th-8th Grade Reading is Seriesously Fun! Title and Author Inheritance Trilogy (2 titles available) Clique series (5 titles available) Flight 29 series (3 titles available) The Underland Chronicles (4 titles) Pendragon series (7 titles) Alex Rider series (6 titles) Camp Confidential series (8 titles) Spiderwick Chronicles (4 titles) Brian’s Saga (5 titles)
Christopher Paolini Lisi Harrison various authors Suzanne Collins DJ MacHale Anthony Horowitz Melissa Morgan Tony DiTerlizzi Gary Paulson
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Charter School Middle School Sunshine State Young Reader’s Books Title and Author Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator May Bird and the Ever After The Return of Gabriel Peter and the Starcatchers Double Dutch Overboard Flush Quake! Disaster in San Francisco Chasing the Falconers The Boy Who Spoke Dog Lily’s Ghosts Becoming Naomi Leon Cryptid Hunters Truesight The Revealers
Jennifer Allison Jodi Lynn Anderson John Armistead Dave Barry Sharon Draper Elizabeth Fama Carl Hiaasen Gail Langer Karwoski Gordan Korman Clay Morgan Laura Ruby Pam Munoz Ryan Roland Smith David Stahler, Jr. Doug Wilhelm
New this Summer!!! Get ahead on Informational Parental Involvement for 2007….. There are many benefits students experience as they dive into a variety of literature and our hope is to share some of these profitable experiences with our parents as well. Therefore, we are providing you, our parents, with some selections that will hopefully help you better understand your child as they journey through the adolescent years. An added bonus is that parents will be able to earn valuable informational parent involvement time while expanding the understanding of your “tween”. Parents will be awarded two PI hours for each book read with a passing score on the accompanying AR test. The accountability system for you will be very similar to what your child experiences. After reading the book of your choice, you will need to take an AR test on that book in our school’s library. Just like your child, a score of 60% or higher is considered passing and once achieved 2 hours on informational involvement time will be added to your parent involvement account. Limited copies of these titles will be available in our school’s library and, with prior notification, arrangements for Saturday or evening testing can be made as well. We will continue to provide a variety of opportunities throughout the year for you to earn Informational Parent Involvement time, but we considered this to be another avenue to not only accommodate busy schedules but to model the importance of reading. Parental selections are as follows: Homework Without Tears by: Lee Canter The Tween Years: A Parent’s Guide for Surviving Those Terrific, Turbulent, and Trying Times: by Donna Corwin The 7 Worst Things Good Parents Do by: John and Linda Friel
One behalf of the Critical Thinking and Media departments, Happy Reading!
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Charter School Middle School Title Author Inheritance Trilogy Christopher Paolini Eragon Eldest Clique Series Lisi Harrison The Clique Best Friends for Never Revenge of the Wannabes Invasion of the Boy Snatchers Pretty Committee Strikes Back Flight 29 Down Series Various Static Walter Sorrells The Seven John Vornholt The Return John Vornholt Underland Chronicles Suzanne Collins Gregor the Overlander Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane Gregor and the Curse of the Wormbloods Pendragon Series DJ MacHale Merchant of Death The Lost City of Faar The Nerver War The Reality Bug Black Water The Rivers of Zadaa The Quillan Games Alex Rider Adventure Anthony Horowitz Storm Breaker Point Blank Skeleton Key Eagle Strike Scorpia Ark Angel Camp Comfidential Melissa J. Morgan Natalie's Secret Jenna's Dilema Grace's Twist Alex's Challenge TTYL RSVP The Spiderwick Chronicles Tony DiTerlizzi The Field Guide Seeing stones Lucinda's Secret
Read level Points Date read AR score 5.6 7
25 36
4.9 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.6
7 6 10 9 11
4.5
9
4.7 4.7 4.8
8 8 10
5 4.9 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.5
18 17 14 15 17 18
5.1 4.8 4.9 5.1 5
7 8 10 10 12
4.3 4.3 4.3 5.2 5.5 4.4
6 5 5 5 5 5
4.2 4 3.9
1 1 1
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Charter School Middle School The Ironwood Tree Wrath of Mulgrath Brian's Saga Hatchet The River Brian's Winter Brian's Return Brian's Hunt Sunshine State Books 2006 Title Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator May Bird and the Ever After The Return of Gabriel Peter and the Starcatchers Double Dutch Overboard Flush Quake! Disaster in San Francisco Chasing the Falconers The Boy Who Spoke Dog Lily's Ghosts Becoming Naomi Leon Cryptid Hunters Truesight The Revealers
4.3 4.4
1 2
5.7 5.5 5.9 5.5 5.9
7 4 5 4 3
Gary Paulson
Author Read level Points Date read AR score 6.5 10 Jennifer Allison 5.1 12 Jodi Lynn Anderson 4.4 6 John Armistead 5.2 13 Dave Barry 4.9 7 Sharon Draper 5.1 6 Elizabeth Fama 5 9 Carl Hiaasen 4.7 6 Gail Langer Karwoski 4.9 4 Gordan Korman 4.2 4 Clay Morgan 4.3 8 Laura Ruby 5.4 6 Pam Munoz Ryan 4.9 11 Roland Smith 6 8 David Stahler 3.7 7 Doug Wilhelm
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Charter School Middle School Libraries and Bookstores
• Lake County Fruitland Park Library 205 W Berckman Street Fruitland Park, FL 34748 (352) 360-6561 Leesburg Public Library 204 N. 5th Street Leesburg, Fl 34731 (352) 728-9790 Lady Lake Public Library 225 W. Guava Street Lady Lake, Fl 32159 (352) 7532957 •
Sumter County
A.A. Young, Sr. Library 9569 CR 235 Wildwood, Fl 34785 (352) 330-1961 Bushnell Public Library 402 North Florida Street Bushnell, Fl 33513-6108 (352) 793-8274 Villages Public Library 325 Belvedere Boulevard The Villages, Fl 32162 (352) 259-5748 Wildwood Public Library 310 South Palmer Drive Wildwood, Fl 34785 (352) 748-5342 •
Marion County
Ocala Public Library 2720 East Silver Springs Boulevard Ocala, Fl 34470 (352) 368-4545 Belleview Public Library Post Office Box 310 Belleview, FL 34421-0310 (352) 245-3791
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Charter School Middle School
Book Stores All Booked Up New & Used Books 1126 Bichara Blvd, The Villages 259-7772 Books-A-Million 2701 SW College Road Ocala, Fl 34474 237-1707 Barnes & Noble 3500 College Road Ocala, Fl 34474 854-3999 Rain Tree Books 312 County Rd. 25 Lady Lake, Fl 32159 751-5444 Books A Million 3629 South Florida Ave Leesburg, Fl 10401 314-9422
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