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Boston Public Library
Mount
Alvernia
Academy Summer Reading Lists
5th Grade
2002
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Mount
Alvernia Academy
20 Manet Road
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167
June 2002
Dear Parents and Students:
We have selected the following list of books as summer reading
for the children entering Grade 5. You are required to read four
books and ten poems. After you read each selection, please record
the title and the author on the Required Reading Book Log or Required
Reading Poetry Log. Also, be sure to have your parents sign the
logs after you read each book and poem.
Please read the following three required books:
| Title |
Author |
Publisher |
Award |
| The
Castle in the Attic |
Elizabeth
Winthrop |
Yearling |
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| Dear
America (choose one of the four selections listed below) |
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Across
the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie
Campbell, 1847 |
Kristiana
Gregory |
Scholastic |
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Freedom's
Wings: Corey's Diary, Kentucky to Ohio, 1857 |
Sharon
Dennis Wyeth |
Scholastic |
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The
Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo
Girl, New Mexico, 1864 |
Ann
Turner |
Scholastic |
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Westward
to Home: Joshua's Diary, The Oregon Trail, 1848 |
Patricia
Hermes |
Scholastic |
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| Time
for Andrew |
Mary
Downing Hahn |
Avon |
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For your fourth book, you may select one of the books on
the Recommended Reading List. Read ten poems from the books
on the Recommended Poetry Reading List. These do not have
to be from ten different books.
You are also required to complete the three activities in this
packet.
Activity 1: For the book that you chose from the Dear
America series, please complete one of the following activity
choices: Map Maker or Compare/Contrast Chart.
Activity 2: For the book, Time for Andrew, please
complete the Extra, Extra, Extra Project.
Activity 3: After reading the ten poetry selections from
the Recommended Poetry Reading List, please complete the Diamante
activity.
On the first day of school, please bring your Book Log, Poetry
Log and your three activities with you. We hope that you enjoy
these excellent children's literature selections. Have a wonderful
summer!
The Fifth Grade Teachers
Recommended Poetry Reading List - Grade 5
| Title |
Author |
Publisher |
Award |
| At
the Crack of the Bat |
Lilliam
Morrison |
Hyperion |
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| Casey
at Bat |
Ernest
L. Thayer |
David
R. Godine |
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| Desert
Voices |
Byrd
Baylor |
Macmillan |
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| Dinosaurs |
Lee
Bennett Hopkins |
HBJ |
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| The
Dragons are Singing Tonight |
Jack
Prelutsky |
Greenwillow |
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| Earth
Songs |
Myra
Chon Livingston |
Holiday
House |
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| The
Night of the Whippoorwill |
Nancy
Larrick |
Philomel |
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| O
Sliver of Liver: Together with other Triolet, Cinquains, Haiku
Verses and a Dash of Poems |
Myra
Chon Livingston |
Macmillan |
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| Piping
Down the Valley Wild |
Nancy
Larrick |
Delacorte |
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| Where
the Sidewalk Ends |
Shel
Silverstein |
Harper |
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| Recommended
Reading List - Grade 5 |
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| Abel's
Island |
William Steig |
Farrar,
Strauss |
Newbery
Honor, ALA Notable |
| Babe
the Gallant Pig |
Dick
King-Smith |
Dell |
ALA
Notable |
| Beat
the Turtle Drum |
Constance
Greene |
Puffin |
ALA
Notable, IRA-CBC Childr. Choice |
| The
Black Pearl |
Scott
O'Dell |
Dell |
Newbery
Honor |
| The
Borning Room |
Paul
Fleischman |
Harper
Collins |
Notable
Social Studies |
| Bunnicula:
A Rabbit Tale of Mystery |
Deborah
& James Howe |
Houghton
Mifflin |
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| Caddie
Woodlawn |
Carol
Ryrie Brink |
Macmillan |
Newbery
Honor |
| Courage
at Indian Deep |
Jane
Resh Thomas |
Houghton
Mifflin |
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| Cousins |
Virginia
Hamilton |
Scholastic |
Notable
Science, Social Studies |
| The
Cricket in Times Square |
George
Selden |
Dell |
Newbery
Honor, Booklist Choice |
| Dog
Friday |
Hilary
McKay |
Aladdin |
ALA
Notable |
| Exploring
the Titanic |
Robert
D. Ballard |
Scholastic |
ALA
Best Book, Notable Science |
| The
Family Under the Bridge |
Natalie
Savage Carson |
Scholastic |
Newbery
Honor |
| The
Fighting Ground |
Avi |
Harper
Collins |
ALA
Notable |
| A
Fine White Dust |
Cynthia
Rylant |
Dell |
ALA
Notable, Newbery Honor |
| Harriet
the Spy |
Louise
Fitzhugh |
Dell |
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| Harriet
Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad |
Ann
Petry |
Archway |
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| The
House of Wings |
Betsy
Byars |
Penguin |
ALA
Notable |
| Island
of the Blue Dolphins |
Scott
O'Dell |
Dell |
Newbery
Medal |
| The
Isand on Byrd Street |
Uri
Orlev |
Houghton
Mifflin |
ALA
Notable |
| Letters
from Rifka |
Karen
Hesse |
Penguin |
ALA
Best Book, Christopher Award |
| Lost
Star: The Sotry of Amelia Earhart |
Patricia
Lauber |
Scholastic |
Notable
Social Studies |
| A
Man Named Thoreau |
Robert
Burleigh |
HBJ |
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| Misty
of Chincoteague |
Marguerite
Henry |
Macmillan |
Newbery
Honor |
| On
My Honor |
Marion
Dane Bauer |
Dell |
Newbery
Honor, ALA Notable |
| The
Pinballs |
Betsy
Byars |
Harper
Collins |
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| Sing
Down the Moon |
Scott
O'Dell |
Dell |
Newbery
Honor |
| S.O.R.
Losers |
Avi |
HBJ |
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| Stonewards |
Pam
Conrad |
Harper
Collins |
Edgar
Award for Mystery |
| Summer
of the Swans |
Betsy
Byars |
Puffin |
Newbery
Medal |
| The
Trading Game |
Alfred
Slote |
Harper
Collins |
Notable
Social Studies |
| Volcano |
Patricia
Lauber |
Macmillan |
Newbery
Honor, ALA Notable |
| The
Voyage of the Frog |
Gary
Paulsen |
Yearling |
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| The
Wind in the Willows |
Kenneth
Grahame |
Bantam |
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| The
Wright Brothers |
Russell
Freedman |
Clarion |
Newbery
Honor |
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Books: |
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| Chronicles
of Narnia |
C.S.
Lewis |
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| Einstein
Anderson |
Seymor
Simon |
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| The
Great Brain |
John
D. Fitzgerald |
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| The
Prydian Chronicles |
Lloyd
Alexander |
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