Welcome to Summer Reading!
Here are the assignments, by grade level. All of the summer reading titles are readily available at local bookstores, public libraries and online retailers, and in a variety of formats (see notes.) Download the complete list
Grade 4
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Grade 5
Belle Teal by Ann M. Martin
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
Grade 6
Good Masters, Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
Grade 7
March Book 1 by John Lewis
Students can read beyond the requirement and continue with March Book 2, if they choose.
George Washington Spy Master by Thomas Allen
Grade 8
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
March Book 3 by John Lewis
Grade 4
El Deafo by Cece Bell
- available as an ebook
Grade 5
Belle Teal by Ann M. Martin
- available as an ebook and audiobook
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
- available as an ebook and audiobook
Grade 6
Good Masters, Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
- available as an ebook and audiobook
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
- available as an ebook and audiobook
Grade 7
March Book 1 by John Lewis
Students can read beyond the requirement and continue with March Book 2, if they choose.
- available as an ebook and audiobook
George Washington Spy Master by Thomas Allen
- available as an audiobook
Grade 8
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
- available as an ebook and audiobook
March Book 3 by John Lewis
- available as an eBook
- Most incoming 8th grade students have read March Book 2. It is advised that those students who have not read visit their local library to find a copy, before reading Book 3.
Additional Summer Reading Suggestions
Looking for a few good books? Explore these suggested reading lists from our local libraries and book sellers, and more!
Massachusett's Libraries Summer Reading Program: On Your Mark, Get Set...READ!
Newton Free Library
Needham Public Library
Brookline Public Library
Boston Public Library
Massachusett's Libraries Summer Reading Program: On Your Mark, Get Set...READ!
Newton Free Library
Needham Public Library
Brookline Public Library
Boston Public Library