6th Grade

Read one book

of your choice:

 

• Red Scarf Girl 

      by Ji-Li Jiang

• Bamboo People 

      by Mitali Perkins

• Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party 

      by Ying Chang Compestine

• Crossing the Wire 

      by Wills Hobbs

• The Heart of a Samurai 

      by Margi Preus

• Homeless Bird 

     by Gloria Whelan

 

Our second unit of study will  focus on the content including the culture of your choice book.  Most importantly, our first quarter exam will come from the reading.

7th Grade

Read one book

of your choice:

 

 

• Navigating Early

           by Clare Vanderpool

 

• Moon Over Manifest

           by Clare Vanderpool

8th Grade

Read one book

of your choice:

 

 

• The Outsiders                         by S.E. Hinton

 

• The Pigman 

              by Paul Zindel

Students should have the book read by the first full week of school.  Literature studies using the novels will begin on Monday, August 17th.