St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic School

Required Summer Reading List

2013

Entering First Grade:

• The Listening Walk by Paul Showers

Entering Second Grade (Choose 1):

• The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

• If you Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numberoff

Entering Third Grade

• Jake Drake, Bully Buster by Andrew Clements

Entering Fourth Grade

• Punished by David Lubar

Entering Fifth Grade:

• The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 

Entering 6^th

One (1) Required:

• • Any saint book you have not yet read—check the website for an AR quiz if you want the points. (The Vision Books series or Mary Fabyan Windeatt’s books are just a few that are excellent for this age level—see the links below.)

Choose any two (2) books you have not read before. You will take an AR test on these when you return to school, so be sure to take notes.

• • Adam of the Road, Elizabeth Janet Gray (BL 6.5; AR pts. 9.0)                
  • American Tall Tales, Mary Pope Osborne (BL 6.1; AR pts. 3.0)
  • Archimedes and the Door of Science, Jeanne Bendick (BL 6.9, AR pts. 3.0)
  • Blood Red Horse, K. M. Grant (BL 6.3; AR pts. 13.0)
  • Galen and the Gateway to Medicine, Jeane Bendick (BL 6.9; AR pts. 3.0)
  • Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths, Bernard Evslin (BL 5.9; AR pts. 9.0)
  • King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Roger Lancelyn Green (BL 7.7; AR pts. 11.0)
  • Men of Iron, Howard Pyle (BL 9.0; AR pts. 13.0)                          
  • Tales of the Greek Heroes, Roger Lancelyn Green (BL 8.2; AR pts. 9.0)
  • The Bronze Bow, Elizabeth George Speare (BL 5.0; AR pts. 10.0)
  • The Hidden Treasure of Glaston, Eleanore M. Jewett (BL 7.2; AR pts. 14.0)    
  • The Jungle Book, Robert Louis Stevenson (BL 5.8; AR pts. 8.0)
  • The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan (BL 4.5; AR pts. 18.0)
  • The Underneath, Kathi Appelt (BL 5.2; AR pts. 9.0)
  • Within Reach: My Everest Story, Mark Pfetzer (BL 6.0; AR pts. 11.0)
  • Any one of these books in the Chronicles of Narnia series that you have not read:

oThe Magician’s Nephew, C. S. Lewis (BL

oThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis (BL

oThe Horse and His Boy, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.8; AR pts. 8.0)

oPrince Caspian, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.7; AR pts. 7.0)

oThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.9; 9.0)

oThe Silver Chair, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.7; AR pts. 8.0)

oThe Last Battle, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.6; 7.0)

Students will complete an AR test upon returning to school. Always check for your book title in www.arbookfind.com.

Entering 7^th

One (1) Required:

• • Any saint book you have not yet read—check the website for an AR quiz if you want the points! (The Vision Books series or Mary Fabyan Windeatt’s books are just a few that are excellent for this age level—see the links below.)

Options: Choose any two (2) books you have not read before. You will take an AR test on these when you return to school, so be sure to take notes.

• • Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream, Tanya Lee Stone (BL 7.1; AR pts. 4.0)
  • Banner in the Sky, James Ramsey Ullman (BL 5.1; AR pts. 11.0)
  • Castaways of the Flying Dutchman, Brian Jacques (BL 5.4; AR pts. 12.0)
  • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Ben Carson (BL6.8; AR pts. 11.0)
  • Heaven is for Real, Todd Burpo (BL 6.3; AR pts. 6.0)
  • I Heard the Owl Call my Name, Margaret Craven (BL 6.0; AR pts. 6.0)
  • Perelandra, C. S. Lewis (BL 7.3; AR pts. 15.0)
  • Privacy Rights and the Patriot Act, Harold Marcovitz (BL 10.3, AR pts. 3.0)
  • Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929, Karen Blumenthal (BL 7.9; AR pts.5.0)
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (BL 6.6; AR pts. 18.0)
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain (BL 8.1; AR pts. 12.0)
  • The Giver, Lois Lowry (BL 5.7; AR pts. 7.0)
  • Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom (BL 5.5; AR pts. 5.0)
  • Any one of these books in the Chronicles of Narnia series that you have not read:

oThe Magician’s Nephew, C. S. Lewis (BL

oThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis (BL

oThe Horse and His Boy, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.8; AR pts. 8.0)

oPrince Caspian, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.7; AR pts. 7.0)

oThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.9; 9.0)

oThe Silver Chair, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.7; AR pts. 8.0)

oThe Last Battle, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.6; 7.0)

Students will complete an AR test upon returning to school. Always check for your book title in www.arbookfind.com.

Entering 8^th

One (1) Required:

• • Any saint book you have not yet read—check the website for an AR quiz if you want the points! (The Vision Books series or Mary Fabyan Windeatt’s books are just a few that are excellent for this age level—see the links below.)

Choose any two (2) books you have not read before. You will take an AR test on these when you return to school, so be sure to take notes.

• • The Running Dream, Wendelin Van Draanen (BL 4.1; AR pts. 9.0)
  • Death Comes for the Archbishop, Willa Cather (BL7.9; AR pts. 12.0)
  • Under Siege! Three Children at the Civil War Battle for Vicksburg, Andrea Warren (BL 7.9; AR pts. 6.0)
  • With Their Eyes: September 11^th: The View from a High School at Ground Zero, Annie Thoms (BL 6.5; AR pts. 4.0)
  • The Wave, Todd Strasser (BL 5.2; AR pts. 5.0)
  • The New Republic, 1783-1830, Rebecca Stefoff (BL 9.7; AR pts. 4.0)
  • Tales from Shakespeare, Charles and Mary Lamb (BL 12.8; AR pts. 23.0)
  • 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet, Dennis Denenberg (BL 7.4; AR pts. 6.0)
  • The Winged Watchman, Hilda van Stockum (BL 5.1; AR pts. 7.0)                        
  • Night, Elie Wiesel (BL 4.8; AR pts. 4.0)
  • The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (BL 5.1; AR pts. 18.0)
  • Dangerous Crossings, Antonia Banyard (BL7.3; AR pts. 6.0)
  • The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis (BL 8.8; AR pts. 7.0)                
  • Farewell to Manzanar, Jeanne Houston (BL 6.7; AR pts. 7.0)
  • Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima, James Bradley (BL 8.2; AR pts. 9.0)
  • John Treegate’s Musket, Leonard Wibberley (BL 7.1; AR pts. 9.0)
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor (BL 5.7; AR pts. 10.0)    
  • Any one of these books in the Chronicles of Narnia series that you have not read:

oThe Magician’s Nephew, C. S. Lewis (BL

oThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis (BL

oThe Horse and His Boy, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.8; AR pts. 8.0)

oPrince Caspian, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.7; AR pts. 7.0)

oThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.9; 9.0)

oThe Silver Chair, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.7; AR pts. 8.0)

oThe Last Battle, C. S. Lewis (BL 5.6; 7.0)

Students will complete an AR test upon returning to school. Always check for your book title in www.arbookfind.com.