The designated summer reading books for students entering sixth grade are:

 

• A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett
• Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Davis Wyss

 

These books were included in your book fees at enrollment/re-enrollment and can be picked up in the front office of either campus after enrollment/re-enrollment is complete through Admissions.

Students entering 6th grade are asked to annotate their books. Students need to make a minimum of 10 notations for each category. The annotations will constitute your child’s first reading grades of the year. A guide to annotating is available below. These books will also be the source of discussion during the first couple of weeks of school.

While we are requiring your child to read two books, we encourage him/her to read all throughout the summer.  Below is a list of grade-level books that your child may enjoy. This will be a great introduction to the reading your child will do throughout the year. 

 

• Chronicles of Mansoul: A John Bunyan Classic by Ethel Barrett
• Peter Pan by James Barrie
• A Gathering of Days by Joan W. Blos
• The Incredible Journey by Shelia Burnford
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol
• Frindle by Andrew Clements
• The Adventures of Max & Liz series and The Epic Order of the 7 series by Jenny L. Cote
• The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
• Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
• Grimms’ Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
• From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. J. Konigsburg
• Lassie, Come Home by Eric Knight
• Kilmeny of the Orchard or the Emily series by L. M. Montgomery
• Rascal by Sterling North
• The Borrowers series by Mary Norton
• Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald Sobol
• Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson
• Treasures of the Snow by Patricia M. St. John