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Dear Students and Parents/Guardians,
We are pleased to present the Greenfield Middle School Summer Reading List. We are working to ensure high standards and expectations for every student. We believe that literacy is a priority for all grade levels. We need your help in ensuring that your children meet these high standards. Your example, encouragement, and support will go a long way toward helping us reach the goal of every student becoming a competent reader.

Summer gives you more time for reading and to help your children develop a love for books and reading. The books listed on this form are available at the public library and our local librarians can certainly assist you. The authors and books suggested are only a starting point, however, the list was developed referring to suggested authors from the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Frameworks (http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html).

Our early work together in language arts may include writings and discussions about summer reading experiences. We are expecting that each student will read at least 2-3 books over the summer vacation and be prepared to participate fully with us in September.

Additionally, here is a link to list of Good Reads recommended books (http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1145701) generated by GMS students surveying staff & students. It's unique to GMS.and consists of titles GMS students have actually READ. These are their favorites. They really did read them!!!

Happy reading!
Robin Shtulman and the Greenfield Middle School Language Arts Department

Source: http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/worm-read.gi

Asimov, Isaac (science fiction)

• I, Robot (The Robot Series)
• The Foundation Novels

Coville, Bruce (fantasy)

• Aliens Ate My Homework
• The Unicorn Chronicles
• Amulet of Doom

Hinton, S.E. (realistic fiction)

• That Was Then, This is Now
• The Outsiders/Tex

Paulsen, Gary (realistic fiction)

• Hatchet
• Brian's Winter
• How Angel Peterson Got his Name

Taylor, Mildred (historical fiction)

• The Song of theTrees
• Roll of Thunder. Hear My Cry

Avi (multi-genre)

• Crispin: Cross of Lead
• The Man Who Was Poe
• Bright Shadow
• The Barn

Creech, Sharon (realistic fiction)

• Love that Dog
• Ruby Holler
• Chasing Redbird
• Walk Two Moons

Konigburg,E.L (realistic fiction)

• Silent to the Bone
• From the Mixed up Files…
• The View from Saturday

Peck, Richard (fiction)

The Teacher's Funeral

A Year Down Under/Are You in the House Alone?

Taylor, Theodore (historical fiction)

• The Bomb
• The Cay
• Timothy of the Cay

Bradbury, Ray (science fiction)

• The Martian Chronicles
• Dandelion Wine

Cushman,Karen (histfiction)

• Catherine, Called Birdy
• The Midwife's Apprentice

L'Engle, Madeleine (fantasy)

• A Wrinkle in Time
• The Wind in the Door
• Moon by Night

Pinkwater, Daniel (humorous fiction)

• Fat Men from Space

Uchida, Yoshiko (hist. fiction/nonfiction)

• Invisible Thread

Cleaver, Vera & Bill (fiction)

• Where the Lilies Bloom

Dorris, Michael (fiction)

• Guests
• Morning Girl

Lowry, Lois (fiction)

• The Giver
• Anastasia Krupnik
• Gathering Blue

Raskin, Ellen

• The Westing Game
• Spectacles

Voight, Cynthia (realistic fiction/fantasy)

• Dicey's Song
• The Homecoming

Collier, James & Christopher (historical fiction)

• Winter Hero

Fleischman, Paul (poetry, fiction)

• Whirligig
• Seedfolks
• I Am Phoenix
• Poems for 2 Voices

Myers, Walter Dean (fiction)

• Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid
• Hoops
• Scorpions

Rowling, J.K (fantasy)

• Harry Potter series

Yolen, Jane (fantasy)

• Briar Rose
• The Devil's Arithmetic
• Dragon's Blood

Cooper, Susan (fantasy)

• The Dark is Rising
• The Grey King
• The Selkie Girl

Freedman, Russell (biography)

• Lincoln: A Photobiography

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds (realistic fiction)

• Shiloh
• Walker's Crossing
• Beetles Lightly Toasted

Sachar, Louis

• Holes
• Small Steps
• Stories from Wayside School

Yep, Lawrence (fiction)

• Dragon Wings
• Child of the Owl
• Dragon Steel

Cormier, Robert (fiction)

• In the Middle of the Night
• Frenchtown Summer

Hiasson, Carl (fiction)

• Hoot
• Flush

Paterson, Katherine

• Lyddie
• Park's Quest
• The Bridge to Terabithia

Spinelli, Jerry

• Milkweed
• Loser
• Maniac Magee
• Stargirl
• Pacific Crossing

Zindel, Paul (realisticfiction)

• The Pigman
• The Pigman's Legacy

Aesop's Fables

Asian and African folktales and legends

French fairy tales

Grimm's fairy tales

Stories about King Arthur, Robin Hood, Beowulf and Grendel, St. George and the Dragon

American folktales, legends, and myths

Bible as literature

Greek, Roman, and Norse Myths

Myths and legends of indigenous peoples of North America

Tales from Hans Christian Anderson and Rudyard Kipling

Alcott, Louisa

Collodi, Carlo

Harte, Bret

North, Sterling

Speare, Elizabeth George

Alexander, Lloyd

Defoe, Daniel

Hughes, Langston

Norton, Mary

Swift, Jonathan

Babbit, Natalie

Dickens, Charles

Irving, Washington

O'Dell, Scott

Spyri, Johanna

Baum, L. Frank

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

Lear, Edward

Poe, Edgar Allan

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Barrie, James

Forbes, Esther

Lewis, C.S.

Pyle, Howard

Thurber, James

Benet, Stephen/Rosemarie

Fox, Paula

London, Jack

Rackham, Arthur

Tolkien, J.R.R.

Brink, Carol Ryrie

Frost, Robert

Longfellow, Henry Wad.

Raskin, Ellen

Twain, Mark

Carroll, Lewis

George, Jean Craighead

McCord, David

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan

White, E.B.

Coatsworth, Elizabeth

Grahame, Kenneth

Nash, Ogden

Sewell, Anna

White, T.H.

Ciardi, John

Hamilton, Virginia

Nesbit, Edith

Shakespeare, William

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

ALA Notable Books

Any of the many excellent nonfiction titles published, especially in an area of personal interest.

Caldecott Medal Winners

Newbery Medal Winners

The Horn Book Award Winners