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If you are looking for a book for the summer or during the school year, there are quite a few reading lists available on the Internet geared towards primary or secondary students.  Many will contain brief descriptions of the book, as well as reading level, too.

The links below are just to get you started.  As always, you can talk to anyone in the library for suggested reads at any time of the year.

Secondary Summer Reading Assignments

Our handout on Choosing Books

Middle School & High School

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Students going to AP English

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Students going to 12th grade

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Students going into Pre-AP English

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Students going to 11th grade

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Students going to 10th grade

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Students going to 9th grade

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Students going to 8th grade

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Students going to 7th grade

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Students going to 6th grade

**All files are in Word format...

MY FAVORITE IS The Dalton School Middle School 2002 Summer Reading Lists

bullet Outstanding Books for the College Bound Student - Annotated from American Library Association
Links for each of the major genres are at the bottom of the page
bulletAMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION LISTS

Libros en Español

bullet Boletín de noticias de Books of the World

The following links are from Education World (These were all in one place, so I used them...)

bullet Summer Reading Lists Charlottesville (Virginia) Catholic School presents these lists or required and suggested reading. Separate lists for each grade K to 8.
bullet Summer Fun Reading List These lists compiled by elementary school librarian Joan Kimball include books for students in K through 5. Book lists are divided by grade levels of students entering grades K and 1, 2 and 3, and 4 and 5, as well as into such categories as poetry, picture books, and classic fiction to read aloud to the whole family.
bullet Elementary Summer Reading List This list from the Wayland (Massachusetts) Public Schools includes fiction titles for beginning readers, students in grades 2 and 3, and students in grades 4 and 5, as well as lists of books of poetry, books of fairy tales, biographies, books for families to read aloud, and more.
bullet Boulder (Colorado) Public Library Booklists for Kids This list of lists from the BPL includes summer reading chapter books and summer reading picture books.
bullet Boston Public Schools Summer Reading Lists Four lengthy book lists -- for students in grades K through 3, 4 and 5, 6 through 8, and 9 through 12 -- offer titles sorted by genre. These lists, created in association with the Boston Public Library, include titles in Spanish for students in grade K through 8.

ADDITIONAL SUMMER READING RESOURCES

bullet Summer Reading Tips for Parents According to the LD Online Web site, "Studies show that most students experience a loss of reading skills over the summer months, but children who continue to read actually gain skills." This site offers tips that encourage parents to help children sustain reading skills during the summer. Although directed to parents of children with learning disabilities, any teacher might include these tips in an end-of-year newsletter as a reminder to parents.
bullet Publish Your Book Reviews Have children publish their book reviews on Web sites that offer readers the opportunity to share their opinions about books. This issue of Barbara Feldman's Surfing the Net with Kids newsletter offers links to a handful of such opportunities!
 

Web page designed and updated by Thomas David Rompf, Head of Information Services.  Last updated 08/20/2008

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