required to choose books only from this list. HOWEVER, ALL STUDENTS
ENTERING ... Sandry's Book, Tris's Book, Daja's Book (T). Rogers, M. Freaky
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THE HOCKADAY MIDDLE SCHOOL 2013 SUMMER READING LIST BEFORE FIFTH GRADE The following list includes a variety of suggested authors and titles. You are not required to choose books only from this list. HOWEVER, ALL STUDENTS ENTERING 5TH GRADE ARE REQUIRED TO READ THE SECRET GARDEN BY FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS IN AUGUST. THE SECRET GARDEN IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN THE HOCKADAY BOOKSTORE. Enjoy your summer reading! Aiken, J. Alexander, L. Applegate, K. Avi Babbitt, N. Balliett, B. Barron, T.A. Birdsall, J. Burnett, F. H. Byars, B. Cassidy, C. Choldenko, G. Christopher, J. Clements, A. Cooper, S. Creech, S. Dahl, R. DuPrau, J. Ferris, J. Fitzhugh, L George, J.C. Gutman, D. Hahn, M.D. Hesse, K. Holt, K. Horvath, P. Hunter, E. Ibbotson, E. Juster, N. Kessler, L. Klise, K. Langton, J. Larson, K.
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (T) The Beggar Queen (T) The One and Only Ivan Something Upstairs (T) Tuck Everlasting (T) The Danger Box (T) The Merlin Effect (T) The Penderwicks (series) (T) The Secret Garden (T) REQUIRED FOR ALL STUDENTS ENTERING 5TH GRADE Summer of the Swans (T) Indigo Blue (T) Al Capone Shines My Shoes (T) The White Mountains (T) About Average (T) Over Sea, Under Stone (T) The Castle Corona (T) Boy: Tales of Childhood (autobiography) (T) The City of Ember (T) Once Upon a Marigold (T) Harriet the Spy (T) My Side of the Mountain (T) The Homework Machine (T) Daphne’s Book (T) Witness (T) Dancing in Cadillac Light (T) Everything on a Waffle Into the Wild (T) The Secret of Platform 13 (T) The Phantom Tollbooth Philippa Fisher’s Fairy Godsister (T) Trial by Jury, Journal (T) The Diamond in the Window (T) The Friendship Doll (T) 1
Law, I. Lawrence, C. L’Engle, M. Levine, G. Lewis, C.S. Liu, Na Lowry, L. Montgomery, L. Paterson, K. Peck, Richard Pierce, T. Rogers, M. Rose, C. S. Sleator, W. Stanley, D. Streatfeild, N. Van Draanen, W. Weston, C. Whelan, G.
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Scumble (T) The Dolphins of Laurentum (T) A Wrinkle in Time (T) Two Princesses of Bamarre (T) The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (T) Little White Duck: A Childhood in China Number the Stars (T) Anne of Green Gables (T) Bridge to Terabithia (T) A Year Down Yonder (T) Sandry’s Book, Tris’s Book, Daja’s Book (T) Freaky Friday (T) May B.: a novel Marco’s Millions (T) Bella at Midnight (T) Ballet Shoes (T) Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (T) The Diary of Melanie Martin (T) Chu Ju’s House (T) (You may read any title by G. Whelan EXCEPT Homeless Bird. It is a classroom novel in 5th grade.) Ribbons (T) Odysseus and the Serpent Maze (T)
You will probably enjoy reading this title or any other title by this author.
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