Adams Middle School Summer Reading List

Students at are encouraged to read at least two books from their respective grade-level lists over the summer, according to a notice posted on the Adams website. In addition to reading, students should complete a project on one of the books they read. Students who complete the assignment will receive extra credit in their language arts class, an invitation to a summer reading celebration and a certificate of completion.

See below for the reading lists and project options.

EIGHTH-GRADE READING LIST

• The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
• Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
• Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• Maus by Art Spiegelman
• When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
• Let the Circle by Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor
• Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
• Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
• The Pigman by Paul Zindel
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
• Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
• Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman

SEVENTH-GRADE READING LIST

• The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
• Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
• My Brother Sam Is Dead by James and Christopher Collier
• Bud; Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
• Flush by Carl Hiaasen
• Redwall by Brian Jacques
• The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
• A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
• Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
• A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
• The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
• The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

SIXTH-GRADE READING LIST

• The Fighting Ground by Avi
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
• On My Honor by Marion Dale Bauer
• The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain
• The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
• Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
• The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
• The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
• Baby by Patricia MacLachlan
• Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
• Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
• The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
• No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien

FINAL BOOK REPORT OPTIONS

• Write a new ending
• Design a game pertaining to the setting
• Cast a movie for characters (can’t be a movie already)
• Create a diorama of the setting
• Create a sculpture from one of the characters
• Write a critique giving your opinion of the novel
• Make a poster showing characters, setting, and plot
• Write a diary from the main character’s point of view
• Make a cartoon
• Make a travel brochure

For more summer reading ideas, visit Patch's Summer Reading Guide.