Intermediate School Summer Reading 2025

 

5th Grade: required books are The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis and Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Students will have some assignments in the opening days of 5th Grade that will focus on these two books.

6th Grade: required book is Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

 

Choose one book from the list below and a third choice book for extra credit (optional).

 

Please see the link below for writing response.

 

 

*The Bark of the Bog Owl, Jonathan Rogers

The Father Brown Reader: Stories from Chesterton (make sure it’s the “reader”) Nancy Carpenter Brown

Henry and the Chalk Dragon, Jennifer Trafton

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien

*The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, Jonathan Auxier

The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic, Jennifer Trafton

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Grace Lin *Shadowmancer, GP Taylor

The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 by Curtis

 

Frindle, Andrew Clements

Janitor’s Boy, Andrew Clements

Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse

Heidi, Johanna Spyri

My Life in Dog Years, Gary Paulsen

The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett

*Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome

The Tale of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo

The Vanderbeekers of 141 st Street, Karina Yan Glaser

The Underneath, Kathy Appelt

Wringer by Jerry Spinelli