Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Some Notes About Posting/Commenting
I have been so excited to read all of the posts that have been added so far. Since this is new for all of us here are a few things that will make the blog better.
Put your name in your post or else they look anonymous in the blog.
Be Patient, when you add a comment I get an email and have to approve it. I will be checking email daily but it may take time for your post/comment to appear.
Keep Reading !!!!!!
Thursday, June 10, 2021
What to post
Summer Reading
Summer Experience
Read a minimum of two books from the suggested list or a book that has been approved by me.
Post to the blog 4 times about your book. A post can be your opinion, something you like about the book a specific character or event, it can even be a question. Please be careful not to give away any spoilers or endings. Post at least once in June and once in July making sure you have posted twice before school starts. (In other words, don’t wait until August)
Reply to at least two posts by other students. Always be respectful in your posts say something meaningful. Just saying “I agree” or “good point” don’t mean much and won’t be counted.
If you are checking, yes, you need a total of 6 entries on the blog 4 posts and 2 comments.
For the Summer Experience---
Post pictures and describe somewhere you went over the summer. This could be as simple as a local museum or a hike in one of the nearby California State Parks. Some of you may be fortunate to travel out of the area if so pick one of the places you visit and tell us about it. Don’t forget to post a picture too!
Monday, June 7, 2021
6-8 Summer Reading List
6th Grade
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
Kira Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Among the Hidden Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan ( any in the series or any Rick Riordan book)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
The Benedict Society by Trento Lee Stewart
Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson
The Scorpio Races by Magggie Stiefvater
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
School For Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Beyonders by Brandon Mull
Navigating Early by Care Vanderpool
Lockwood & Co- The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
Hilo Book 1 by Judd Winick (Graphic Novel)
7th Grade
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Say It Ain’t So by Josh Berk
Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Curtis
Accidental Genius of Weasle High byRick Detorie
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
SYLO (The Sylo Chronicles) by D. J. MacHale
The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake
The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata
The Girl From Felony Bay by J. E. Thompson
Revolution by Deborah Wiles
Jackaby or Beastly Bones by William Ritter
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Leviathan by Scott Westerfield or any books in the trilogy
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart any in the series
Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
8th Grade
Bottom of the 33rd by Dan Barry
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
The Selection by Kiera Cass
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin (National Book Award Finalist 2015 YA)
Ghost by Jason Reynolds (National Book Award Finalist 2016 YA)
The Girl from Felony Bay by J. E. Thompson
Warp by Eoin Colfer (Any in the series)
Countdown or Revolution by Deborah Wiles
Mechanica Betsy Cornwell
March Book 1, March Book 2, and March Book 3 by John Lewis & Andrew Aydin
These are Graphic Novels, March Book 3 won the following awards.
· 2016 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature
· 2017 Printz Award Winner
· 2017 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
· 2017 Sibert Medal Winner
· 2017 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Winner
· 2017 Walter Award Winner
A Long Way Down- by Jason Reynolds
· A Newbery Honor Book
· A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
· A Printz Honor Book
· Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
· Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award
· An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fiction
I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter- by Erika Sanchez
· National Book Award Finalist
The 57 Bus- by Dashka Slater
· YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist
Far From the Tree- by Robin Benway
· National Book Award Winner
Brown Girl Dreaming Jacquline Woodson
Winner of the National Book Award for YA
Coretta Scott King Award
Newberry Honor Book
Scythe Neal Shusteterman
Printz Honor
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