New Leadership Charter SchoolSummer Reading List: 2007Incoming 6th Grade Students
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Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Alien in a Bottle by Kathy Mackel
Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Crispin: the Cross of Lead by Avi
The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
Ghost Cats by Susan Shreve
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Sounder by William Armstrong
The Island Keeper by Harry Mazer
The Land by Mildred D. Taylor
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan
The Thief Lord and Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
With Love from Spain, Melanie Martin by Carol Weston
The Worry Web Site by Jacqueline Wilson
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Rascal by Sterling North
The River by Gary Paulsen
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
My Brother Sam is Dead by James and Chris Collier
Reading Assignment
- Students must read two books from the list.
Writing Assignment
- Each essay must be three paragraphs: hand written or typed.
- Each paragraph should be at least five sentences long.
- Your writing must identify and discuss characters, theme, plot, conflict, and resolution of the novel.
- You must express one of the following: your personal opinion of the novel, connections you made to the novel, or a lesson you learned.
This assignment is due on the first day of school. It will be the first graded assignment for your 6th Grade English Language Arts class.
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