Summer Reading Suggestions 2008 (Grades 5, 6, 7 & 8)

 

 

 

This page was created to offer suggestions for summer reading, but of course should be useful for any season. Most of the authors and titles below are available from the Penturn Library, and the branches of the Toronto Public Library system. To check the availability of a book at the nearest branch of your local library -- go to http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca. You will also find these titles, and others that these authors have written at most good bookstores in the Toronto area.

 

If you are interested in History try:

 

Bagdasarian, Adam. Forgotten Fire

Bradley, Kim. For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy

Cooney, Caroline. Goddess of Yesterday

Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton

Garden, Nancy. Dove and Sword

Gavin, Jamilia. The Eye of the Horse

Grant, Katie. Blood Red Horse

Hewitt, Marsh and Claire Mackay. One Proud Summer

Laird, Elizabeth. Kiss the Dust

Lunn, Janet. The Root Cellar

Matas, Carol. Daniel's Story

Pearson, Kit. The sKy is Falling

Sutcliff, Rosemary. Song for a Dark Queen

 

 

 

If you are interested in other cultures try:

 

Mikaelsen, Ben. The Tree Girl

Namioka, Lensey. Ties that Bind, Ties that Break

Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind

Whelan, Gloria. Chu Ju's House

Yee, Paul. Bone Collector's Daughter

 

 

 

If you are interested in friendship, family and relationships try:

 

Chan,G. The Carved Box

Friesen, G. Losing Forever

Heneghan, J. Flood

Major, Kevin. Far From Shore

Morgenstern, Susie. Secret letters from 0-10

Taylor, Mildred. Let the Circle be Broken

Walter, Eric and Deborah Eliis.Bifocal

Walters, Eric. We All Fall Down

 

 

 

  If you like animals try:

 

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows

London, Jack. The Call of the Wild

Mowat, Farley. Never Cry Wolf

Wilson, Diane Lee. I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade

 

 

 

 

  If you are interested in fantasy and science fiction try:

 

Findlay, Jamieson. The Blue Roan Child

Hughes, Monica. Ths Isis Peddlar

De Lint, Charles. The Harp of the Grey Rose

Lawrence, Louise. Gathering of the Dust

Lowry, Lois. The Gathering Blue

Malley, Gemma. The Declaration

Melling, O.R. The Singing Stone

Paolini, Christopher. Eragon

Pierce, Tamora. Trickster's Choice

Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass 

 

 If you are interested in adventure and mystery try:

 

Christie, Agatha. Death on the Nile

Cormier, Robert. The Rag and Bone Shop

Feinstein, John. Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery

McClintock, Norah. Dead and Gone

Mills, J. C. The Goodfellow Chronicles: The Sacred Seal

Raskin, Ellen. Figgs and Phantoms

Slade, Arthur. Dust

 

If you are interested in sports try:

 

Bloor, Edward. Tangerine

Brooks, Bruce. Moves Make the Man

Christopher, Matt. On the Ice with Wayne Gretzky

Klass, David. Danger Zone

Lynch, Chris. Iceman

Lipsyte, Robert. The Contender

Myers, Walter Dean. Hoops

 

If you are interested in exploration try:

 

Clark, Joan. The Dream Carvers

Lenski, Lois. Indian Captive

 

If you are interested in non-fiction try:

 

Benanav, Michel. Men of Salt: Crosssing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold

Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Cooper, John. Season of Rage

Fleischam, Sid. The Story of the Great Houdini

Houston, Jeanne and James D. Houston. Wakatsuki

Lugovslaia, Nina. I want to Live

Parrado, Nando. Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home

Shone, Rob. Rosa Parks: The Life of a Civil Rights Heroine

Thimmesh, Catherine. Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon

 

 

 

 

 

Compiled by Ruth Tate

June, 2008