Brockton Public Schools
Summer Reading List and Log
2018
Dream Big Read
Recommended Reading for Students Entering Grades 1 & 2
Dear Family:
Reading is an important part of everyday life. Just because it is summer, students should not put their books away! Brockton Public Schools invite you and your family to participate in our Summer Reading Program. This year’s theme is “Dream Big, READ!”
The importance of summer reading cannot be overemphasized. Educational researchers note that some children’s reading levels dropped as much as two grades when students did not read regularly over the summer months. It is really simple: the more students read the better readers they become. Your support is a critical part of the Summer Reading Program.
Students entering grades 6, 7 and 8 are required to read at least one book from the Recommended Authors List, the Optional Titles List or students may also choose to read a book of their choice. As a parent or guardian, you may choose a book to read together.
Students will list all books they have read on the Reading Log and then complete an activity for ONE book from the Option Blocks. Extra forms will be available at all branches of the Brockton Public Library and on the Brockton Public Schools’ website: www.bpsma.org
In September, students will have conversations centering on their summer reading. Students will pass in Reading Logs and Option Block activities and participate in school celebrations planned at each building.
Sincerely,
Kathleen A. Smith, JD
Superintendent of Schools
Recommended Authors List
- Isaac Asimov (science fiction)
- Avi (multi-genre)
- James Berry (fiction)
- Nancy Bond (fiction: fantasy)
- Ray Bradbury (science fiction)
- Bruce Brooks (fiction)
- Joseph Bruchac (fiction: historical)
- Alice Childress (fiction: realistic)
- Vera and Bill Cleaver (fiction)
- James and Christopher Collier (fiction: historical)
- Robert Comier (fiction)
- Sharon Creech (fiction: realistic)
- Michael Dorris (fiction)
- Paul Fleischman (poetry, fiction)
- Russell Freedman (biography)
- Jack Gantos (fiction: humorous)
- Sheila Gordon (fiction: Africa)
- Bette Green (fiction)
- Rosa Guy (fiction: realistic)
- James Herriot (informational: animals)
- Karen Hesse (fiction: historical, fanciful)
- Irene Hunt (fiction: historical: realistic)
- Paul Janeczko (poetry)
- Angela Johnson (fiction)
- Diane Wynne Jones (fiction: fantasy)
- Norton Juster (fiction: fantasy)
- M.E. Kerr (fiction: realistic)
- E. L. Konigsburg (fiction: realistic)
- Kathryn Lasky (multi-genre)
- Madeleine L’Engle (fiction: fantasy)
- Ursula LeGuin (fiction: fantasy)
- Robert Lipsyte (fiction: realistic)
- Lois Lowry (fiction)
- Anne McCaffrey (fiction: fantasy)
- Robin McKinley (fiction: fantasy)
- Patricia McKissack (informational: history)
- Albert Marrin (biography)
- Milton Meltzer (informational: history: biography)
- Jim Murphy (informational: history)
- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (fiction: realistic)
- Naomi Nye (poetry: fiction)
- Richard Peck (fiction: historical, realistic)
- Daniel Pinkwater (fiction: humorous)
- Philip Pullman (fiction: fantasy)
- Ellen Raskin (fiction: mystery)
- J. K. Rowling (fiction: fantasy)
- Cynthia Rylant (short stories: poetry)
- Louis Sachar (fiction: humorous, realistic)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (fiction: historical)
- Gary Soto (fiction)
- Mildred Taylor (historical: fiction)
- Theodore Taylor (fiction: historical)
- Yoshiko Uchida (fiction: historical; nonfiction)
- Cynthia Voigt (fiction: realistic, fantasy)
- Yoko Kawashima Watkins (fiction: historical)
- Janet Wong (poetry)
- Laurence Yep (fiction)
- Jane Yolen (fiction: fantasy)
- Paul Zindel (fiction: realistic)
Optional Titles Available at Public Libraries
For Students Entering Grade 6
- The Chronicles of Narnia – C. S. Lewis
- The Egypt Game – Zilpha Snyder
- Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
For Students Entering Grade 7
- A Wrinkle in Time – Madeline L’Engle
- The Black Pearl – Scott O’Dell
- Lily’s Crossing – Patricia Reilly Giff
For Students Entering Grade 8
- Esperanza Rising – Pam Munoz Ryan
- Solitary Blue – Cynthia Voight
- That Was Then, This is Now – S. E. Hinton
Or a book of your choice!
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