Lawrence Catholic Academy 101 Parker Street, Lawrence, MA 01843

Phone: (978)-683-5822 Fax: (978)-683-1165 www.lawrencecatholicacademy.net

Summer Reading 2017 Incoming 6th Grade Students

Dear Students and Parents/Guardians: To encourage students to continue reading during the summer, we are requiring the children to read at least one new book over vacation. Please select a book from the list of suggested authors below. In addition, the students are required to write a book report (form attached). Please submit the book report to your homeroom teacher on the first day of school. Students will receive a test grade for the completed book report. Incomplete reports will result in a zero. We hope that you will find this an enjoyable as well as productive way to keep your mind alive during the lazy days of summer. Thank you for your cooperation and support in promoting summer reading. Mrs. Assunta Spino, Upper Academy ELA Teacher

Suggested Authors

Lloyd Alexander Avi

Lynn Reid Banks Judy Blume

Sheila Burnford Betsy Byars

Matt Christopher Caroline Cooney

Jean Craighead George Sharon Creech James Dashner

E.L. Konigsburg Jim Kjelgaard

Madeleine L’Engle C.S. Lewis

Jack London Lois Lowry Mike Lupica Ann Martin Lurlene McDaniel Walter Dean Myers Gary Paulsen Katherine Paterson Richard Peck Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Rick Riordan J.K. Rowling Jerry Spinelli J.R. Tolkien

Books About Middle School The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

Favorite Books

Award Winning Books & Authors

Students entering Grade 6 are expected to read a minimum of 45 minutes a day.

Moon Over Manifest

by Clare Vanderpool

Home of the Brave

by Katherine Applegate

Codename Zero

by Chris Rylander

Powerless by Matthew Cody

Chomp by Carl Hiaasen

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Bradley

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

The Journey That Saved Curious George by Louise Borden

Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea

Schooled by Gordon Korman

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Amulet Series by Kazu Kibuishi

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Love that Dog/Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech

El Deafo by Cece Bell

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin

Rollergirl by Victoria

Jamieson

The BFG by Roald Dahl

Lawrence Catholic Academy 101 Parker Street, Lawrence, MA 01843

Phone: (978)-683-5822 Fax: (978)-683-1165 www.lawrencecatholicacademy.net

Book Report

Name: _________________________ 1. Title and Author

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe the Main Characters:

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