Edgewood ISD-Suggested Summer Reading List

May 2016 Dear Parents, This list includes titles of books that your child will enjoy. These titles were selected by the Language Arts Department of the Edgewood Independent School District because they are interesting, engaging, and award winning books. Independent reading is one of the most influential factors for student educational success. For preschoolers, an indicator of their future school success is the involvement of parents reading to their children. In high school independent reading produces increases in vocabulary, which in turn improves student performance and helps them to meet the demands of college. We are providing this list as a starting point to assist you in selecting grade appropriate books for your child. Please help your child select several of these books to read throughout the summer. Your involvement and review of their selections is also an important factor in a successful reading experience. This summer we our asking our students to READ! READ! READ! This will assist in effective literacy development and lifelong learning. Please help us. Encourage your child to read every day. It really does make a difference! Sincerely, The Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Department of the Edgewood Independent School District

Edgewood ISD- Lista sugerida de lectura

mayo de 2016 Estimados padres, Adjunto verá una lista de libros que creemos que su hijo disfrutará leyendo. Esta lista fue confeccionada por el Departamento de Lenguaje del Distrito y contiene libros que los niños encontrarán interesantes. Algunos de ellos han ganado premios por su calidad. La lectura personal es uno de los factores más importantes del proceso educativo. Uno de los indicadores más claros del éxito escolar es la experiencia de la lectura con los padres a edad temprana. En la educación secundaria, la lectura personal ayuda a incrementar el vocabulario, lo cual es un elemento que contribuye a mejorar la expresión escrita y los resultados académicos en la universidad. Revise esta lista con su hijo y seleccione varios libros para leer este verano. Su participación en la selección de las lecturas es también importante. En verano siempre pedimos a los alumnos que LEAN, LEAN y LEAN. Ayúdenos animando a su hijo a leer todos los días. Atentamente, Departamento de Currículo Distrito Escolar Independiente de Edgewood

SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST

2016

For Students Entering Sixth Grade Chronicles of Narnia- C. S. Lewis Heroes Don’t Run: A Novel of the Pacific War- Harry Mazer Because of Winn-Dixie- Kate DiCamillo Hush: An Irish Princess’ Tale- Donna Jo The Penderwicks- Jeanne Birdsall Napoli The Cay- Theodore Taylor

My One Hundred Adventures- Polly Horvath Every Soul a Star- Wendy Mass

Flipped- Wendelin Van Draanen The Underneath- Kathi Appelt

Tuck Everlasting- Natalie Babbit

The Diamond of Darkhold- Jeanne DuPrau

Into the Wild- Erin Hunter

Charlie Bone and the Shadow- Jenny Nimmo

The Dead and the Gone- Susan Pfeffer

White Sand, Red Menace- Ellen Klages

Island of the Aunts- Eva Ibbotson The Willoughbys- Lois Lowry Witness- Karen Hesse

The Door of No Return- Sarah Mussi The Graveyard Book- Neil Gaiman

Saving Lucas Biggs- Marisa De los Santos

Into the Volcano: A Graphic Novel- Don Wood

Swords: An Artist’s Devotion- Ben Boos

Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Rediscovery of the Past- James M. Deem Basketball (or Something Like It)- Nora Raleigh Baskin

The Periodic Table: Elements with Style!Adrian Dingle

2016 TEXAS LONE STAR READING LIST Altebrando, Tara. The Battle of Darcy Lane. Running Press Kids, 2014. ISBN: 9780762449484 Brown, Jennifer. How Lunchbox Jones Saved Me from Robots, Traitors, and Missy the Cruel. Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books, 2015. ISBN: 9781619634541 Buckley, Michael. Undertow. Harcourt Brace and Company, 2015. ISBN: 9780544348257 Caine, Rachel. Ink and Bone. New American Library, 2015. ISBN: 9780451472397 Gonzalez, Christina Diaz. Moving Target. Scholastic Press, 2015. ISBN: 9780545773188 Graff, Lisa. Lost in the Sun. Philomel Books, 2015. ISBN: 9780399164064 Hoose, Phillip. The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. ISBN: 9780374300227 Larson, M.A. Pennyroyal Academy. Putnam Publishing Group, 2014. ISBN: 9780399163241 Laurie, Victoria. When. Disney-Hyperion, 2015. ISBN: 9781484700082 Laybourne, Emmy. Sweet. Feiwel & Friends, 2015. ISBN: 9781250055194 Maetani, Valynne E. Ink and Ashes. Tu Books, 2015. ISBN: 9781620142110 Nielsen, Jennifer A. A Night Divided. Scholastic Press, 2015. ISBN: 9780545682428 Nielsen, Susin. We Are All Made of Molecules. Wendy Lamb Books, 2015. ISBN: 9780553496864 Priest, Cherie. I Am Princess X. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2015. ISBN: 9780545620857 Reynolds, Jason. The Boy in the Black Suit. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015. ISBN: 9781442459502 Schreiber, Joe. Con Academy. Harcourt Brace and Company, 2015. ISBN: 9780544320208

Shine, Joe. I Become Shadow. Soho Teen, 2014. ISBN: 9781616953584 Swendson, Shanna. Rebel Mechanics: All is Fair in Love and Revolution. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. ISBN: 9780374300098 Toten, Teresa. The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B. Delacorte Press, 2015. ISBN: 9780553507867 Yeh, Kat. The Truth About Twinkie Pie. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015. ISBN: 9780316236621

The Texas Lone Star list is a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round Table. The purpose of the list is to encourage students in grades 6, 7, or 8 to explore a variety of current books. The Lone Star list is intended for recreational reading, not to support a specific curriculum. Due to the diversity of this age range, Texas librarians should purchase titles on this list according to their individual collection policies. The annotated 2016 Lone Star Reading List, past Lone Star Reading selections, and additional resources are available at: http://www.txla.org/groups/lone-star.