Does your child have a Required Summer Reading list for school?

[94bruin]

DD1 going into middle school /6th grade. She is supposed to read 4 books of her choice this summer. It hasn't been an issue as she loves to read. Dd1 is going into the 2nd grade. Our elementary school doesn't have any summer requirements.

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[MelissaTC]

M is taking Honors English as well. No reading list.

[Meatball Mommie]

Yes to the required reading list - at our school (K-12) there is required reading for kids entering grades 4 and up. There is also required work for other classes (e.g. World Cultures in grade 8 and AP classes in HS).

DS1, entering grade 8:
Reading: The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton) and Quicksilver (Stephanie Spinner)
There will be a test on Quicksilver the first week of school (handwritten notes are encouraged); and there's an essay for The Outsiders
World Cultures: watch 2 out of 5 movies from this list (Spartacus, Ben-Hur, Cleopatra, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Ten Commandments)
They need to be prepared to discuss the movies.

DS2, entering grade 6:
Reading: Must read Blizzard!: The Storm that Changed America (Jim Murphy) and choose 2 from a list
He chose Red Pyramid (Rick Riordan) and Walk Two Moons (Sharon Creech).
List:

Hatchetby Gary Paulsen
Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Boy at War by Harry Mazer
Runaway Twinby Peg Kehret
Summer Ball, Heat, Game Changer, & Travel Team ALL by Mike Lupica
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Elijah of Buxtonby Christopher Paul Curtis
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
Zach’s Lieby Roland Smith

They have worksheets with standard questions (characters, plot, etc.)

[Corie]

DS1 is going into 8th grade. One of his required reading is "Fish in a Tree".
https://www.amazon.com/Fish-Tree-Lyn...fish+in+a+tree

That book looks really good! I just added it to my Amazon cart.

[lizzywednesday]

...
The Spider and the Spindle (a book by Neil Gaiman)
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I think you mean The Sleeper and the Spindle. It's been on my TBR list since it was released; I love Neil Gaiman.

[mom2224]

I think you mean The Sleeper and the Spindle. It's been on my TBR list since it was released; I love Neil Gaiman.

My nephew (rising 6th grader) read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman for Summer Reading and loved it. By looking at it I think my rising 4th grader would enjoy it as would I!

[mom2224]

This is our 4th grade list: (it is a year round school so only 6 weeks off at Summer so most of these are read throughout the year... school started Monday 7/25)

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Greetings From Nowhere by Barbara O'Connor
Jake by Audrey Couloumbis
Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Smells Like a Dog by Suzanne Selfors
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd
The League of Seven by Alan Gratz
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
Ungifted by Gordan Korman
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen

[lizzywednesday]

My nephew (rising 6th grader) read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman for Summer Reading and loved it. By looking at it I think my rising 4th grader would enjoy it as would I!

I've read that; it's fantastic!

However, I do recommend reading it before your 4th grader does before handing it over, due to some of the plot elements. (I'm sorry for the vagueness but I'm really trying not to be spoiler-y and finding it hard to balance the two.)

Another Gaiman novel that I can recommend wholeheartedly (and with no preview) for your 4th grader is Fortunately, the Milk, which takes the basic premise of a "shaggy dog story" and runs with it. In the US edition, the illustrations are by Skottie Young; in the UK edition, they're by Chris Riddell. No matter which version you get, you'll get a great story.

[Twoboos]

DD1 entering 7th, So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins (who comes to the school each year to speak to the 7th current grade class).

DD2 entering 6th, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit.

Fish in a Tree is really good, I read it when DD1 read it, I think she was in 5th.