The books listed in this flyer are available in your local neighborhood library so that they will be available to you and your child all summer long.

I count on your efforts to communicate the higher standards called for in our state and city.  Your example, encouragement, and support of your child's reading will go a long way toward helping us meet the student learning goals that we all share.

Summer gives you more time to help your child develop a love for books and reading. The staff of the Boston Public Schools and the Boston Public Library are ready and willing to assist you in planning a summer reading program for your child.

Happy Reading!

Sincerely,

DR. THOMAS PAYZANT
Superintendent
Boston Public Schools

Grades 6-8 SUMMER READING LIST

CONTEMPORARY FICTION:

American Eyes: New Asian Americans Carlson
Frenchtown Summer Cormier
Snail Mail No More Danziger & Martin
A Girl Named Disaster Farmer
The Skin I'm In Flake
Whirligig Fleishman
The Eagle Kite Fox
Jack's New Power: Gantos
Second Cousins Hamilton
Heaven Johnson
Hidden Talents Lubar, D.
145th Street Stories Myers
Walker's Crossing Naylor
All Alone in the Universe Perkins
Holes Sachar
Stargirl Spinelli
My Angelica Williams
Lena Woodson
The Amah Yep

BIOGRAPHY:

Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado Aronson
Ida B. Wells Fradin
The Life and Death of Crazy Horse Freedman
The Double Life of Pocahontas Fritz
Nikki Giovanni Josephson
Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini Lalicki
Helen Keller, Rebellious Spirit Lawlor, L.
No Pretty Pictures Lobel
Chinese Cinderella: The Story of an Unwanted Daughter Mah, A.
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali Myers

FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION:

Tomorrowland Cart, M.
King of Shadows Cooper
Akiko on the Planet Smoo Crilly, M.
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm Farmer
Ella Enchanted Levine
Rose Daughter McKinley
The Changeover Mahy
The Wind Singer Nicholson
The Golden Compass Pullman
The Other Ones Thesman

INFORMATIONAL BOOKS:

Navajo Code Talkers Aaseng
Kids on Strike Bartoletti
Liberty Curley
Give Me Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence Freedman
Neale S. Godfrey's Ultimate Kids' Money Book Godfrey
A Dime A Dozen Grimes
The Bone Dectectives: How Foresenic Anthropologists Solve Crimes... Jackson
Building Big Macaulay
Girls Got Game Macy
Black Hands, White Sails McKissack
Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America Murphy
At Her Majesty's Request Myers, W.D.

MYSTERY:

Skellig Almond,
Coffin on a Case Bunting
Tarot Says Beware Byars
In the Middle of the Night Cormier
I Dream of Murder Dexter
The Case of the Missing Cutthroats George
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn Hoobler
Jade Green Naylor
Search for the Shadowman Nixon
The Ruby in the Smoke Pullman
The Westing Game Raskin
Hand of the Necromancer Strickland
The Vandemark Mummy Voight
Never Trust a Dead Man Vande Velde
The Case of the Goblin Pearls Yep

LEGENDS AND MYTHS:

The Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories Courtland & Herzog
Kissing the Witch Donoghue
The Greek Gods Evslin
The Ch'i-Lin Purse Fang
Her Stories Hamilton
Spiders in the Hairdo Holt, D.
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights McCaughrean
Greek and Roman Mythology Nardo, Don
The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women Tchana

CORE LITERATURE:

GRADE 6:

Catherine Called Birdie Cushman
Guests Dorris
Clay Marble Fong Ho
Gift Giver Hansen
Number of Stars Lowry
Going Home Mohr
Bridge to Terabithia Paterson
Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls
Taking Sides Soto
Maniac Magee Spinelli
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Taylor
So Far from the Bamboo Grove Watkins

GRADE 7:

Among the Volcanoes Castaneda
Dark Is Rising Cooper
Monkey Island Fox
Young Landlords Myers
Scorpions Myers
Black Pearl O'Dell
Hatchet Paulsen
Witch of Blackbird Pond Speare
Let the Circle Be Unbroken Taylor
Grab Hands and Run Temple
Taste of Salt Temple
Homecoming Voight
Goodbye, Vietnam Whelan
Dragonwings Yep

GRADE 8:

Nothing But the Truth Avi
Journey of the Sparrows Buss
Year of Impossible Goodbyes Choi
Children of the River Crew
Diary of Anne Frank Frank
The Giver Lowry
Hoops Myers
Lyddie Paterson
Harriet Tubman Petry
High Elks Treasure Sneve
The Pearl Steinbeck
Road to Memphis Taylor
Dicey's Song Voight
Dragon's Gate Yep

HISTORICAL FICTION:

Kit's Wilderness Almond, D.
Bud, Not Buddy Curtis
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Cushman
The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker DeFelice
Lily's Crossing Giff
A Light in the Storm: the Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin Hesse
Gold Dust Lynch
A Boy at War Mazer
Stones in Water Napoli
The War In Georgia Oughton
Jip: His Story Paterson
Alida's Song Paulsen
My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nanie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl Rinaldi, Ann
Sending One Angel Down Schwratz
Joan of Arc Stanley, Diane
Queen's Own Fool Yolen

LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL 6-8:

Trubino Armstrong
Entre Dos Lunas Creech
Laura Contra el Tiempo  Cueto
Diario Zlata Filipovic
Julie y los lobos George
Rebeldes Hinton
El dador Lowry
La Senora Frisby y las ratas de Nimh O'Brien
No me llama Angelica O'Dell
Einstein y la relatividad Parker
Un puente hasta Therabithia Paterson
El signo del castor Speare
Lloro por la tierra Taylor
Espacio y planetas Time-Life
Juan de Pareja  Trevino

Los libros en Español están disponibles en la Biblioteca Central como también en las siguientes Bibliotecas de: Dudley, Connolly, Egleston Square, Parker Hill y las sucursales del South End. Los títulos que no se encuentrar en estas agencias, pueden ser ordenados Viá Préstamos, entre las Bibliotecas que integran el Sistema.

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
SUMMER READING PROGRAM, 2002

Star Spangled Summer

The Boston Public Library's Summer Reading program invites all readers to focus on the magical world of books. Special programs and activities are planned to encourage families to get involved in reading together.

For more information, call the nearest branch library.

Adams Street 617-436-6900
Allston 617-787-6313
Brighton 617-782-6032
Charlestown 617-242-1248
Codman Square 617-436-8214
Connolly 617-522-1960
Dudley 617-442-6186
East Boston 617-569-0271
Egleston Square 617-445-4340
Faneuil 617-782-6705
Fields Corner 617-436-2155
Grove Hall 617-427-3337
Hyde Park 617-361-2524
Jamaica Plain 617-524-2053
Lower Mills 617-298-7841
Mattapan 617-298-9218
North End 617-227-8135
Orient Heights 617-567-2516
Parker Hill 617-427-3820
Roslindale 617-323-2343
South Boston 617-268-0180
South End 617-536-8241
Uphams Corner 617-265-0139
Washington Village 617-269-7239
West End 617-523-3957
West Roxbury 617-325-3147

Central Library 617-536-5400
Children's Room ext. 2328
Copley Square