Grade | Book Title | Links and Information |
Incoming 5th Graders | Front Desk by Kelly Yang | For purchase: Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Front-Desk-Scholastic-Gold-Kelly/dp/1338157825 Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/front-desk-kelly-yang/1127027041?ean=9781338157826 YouTube links to listen to chapters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z466AUWVz0k&list=PL7wQn00s0P-JLq72XF9OHVynqOHcllAXx Please complete the chapter packet the can be found on the Knox Trail webpage |
Incoming 6th Graders | “Flipped” Novel by Wendelin Van Draanen | Free to read online: https://www.onlinereadfreebooks.com/en/Flipped-620660/1 For purchase: Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Flipped-Wendelin-Van-Draanen/dp/0375825444 Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/flipped-wendelin-van-draanen/1100619071 You can find Youtube links to listen to chapters being read: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88V95lD6KS4 Please complete brief summaries for each chapter- as you do so consider perspectives that each character has about the other. You may do the summaries in a notebook, or a Google Doc. |
Incoming 7th Graders | “Red Kayak” by Priscilla Cummings | Amazon link to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Red-Kayak-Priscilla-Cummings/dp/0142405736 Also available at: Sugden Library Audio link (for listening and following along): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DqcdxMOJr8&list=PLymPuTL623OaLMrPSgLKn8gZZ9DJkkJsN Assignment: BRIEF chapter summaries, 5 to 7 sentences each.Focus on plot, characters and important events. |
Incoming 8th Graders | Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck | Available for purchase at: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/of-mice-and-men-john-steinbeck/1100154558?ean=9780140177398 Assignment: Brief chapter summaries, 5 to 7 sentences, focusing on plot, characters, and important events. |
Summer Reading 2022
June 15, 2022
