{"id":3036,"date":"2016-05-23T14:43:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T21:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/?p=3036"},"modified":"2016-06-06T13:19:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T20:19:16","slug":"summer-reading-lists-for-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/2016\/05\/23\/summer-reading-lists-for-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading Lists for 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Screen<\/a>Summer is almost here which means more time to read! Even if you don’t think of yourself as a reader, I am willing to bet there is at least one title in this post that will grab your attention. Most of these books have multiple starred reviews – you can think of them as the cream of the crop. Some of my favorites, I’ve put in bold below. Please leave a comment of your favorite reads or what you’re planning on reading this summer. Happy Reading!<\/p>\n

Grades 1-3<\/span><\/h4>\n

Anything but Ordinary Addie<\/span><\/i> by Mara Rockliff
\n<\/span>Are We There Yet? <\/span><\/i>By Dan Santat
\n<\/span>The Cow that Climbed a Tree <\/span><\/i>\u00a0by Gemma Merino
\n<\/span>Cricket Song<\/span><\/i> by Anne Hunter
\n<\/span>The Day the Crayons Came Home <\/span><\/i>by Drew Daywalt
\n<\/span>Earmuffs for Everyone! <\/span><\/i>By Meghan McCarthy
\n<\/span>Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and her Flying Machine <\/span><\/i>\u00a0by Heather Lang
\n<\/span>Finding Winnie: the True Story of the World\u2019s Most Famous Bear <\/span><\/i>by Lindsay Mattick
\n<\/span>Hare and Tortoise<\/span><\/i> by Alison Murray
\n<\/span>How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom <\/span><\/i>by Steve Jenkins
\n<\/span>It\u2019s Only Stanley <\/span><\/i>by Jon Agee
\n<\/span>I will Chomp You!<\/span><\/i> By Bob Shea
\n<\/span>Little Robot <\/span><\/i>by Ben Hatke
\n<\/span>The Nonsense Show <\/span><\/i>by Eric Carle
\n<\/span>The Princess and the Pony <\/span><\/i>by Kate Beaton
\n<\/span>Rain Fish <\/span><\/i>by Lois Ehlert
\n<\/span>Rude Cakes <\/span><\/i>by Rowboat Watkins
\n<\/span>Spot, the Cat <\/span><\/i>by Henry Cole
\n<\/span>The Story of Diva and Flea <\/span><\/i>by Mo Willems
\n<\/span>Stuck <\/i><\/strong>by Oliver Jeffers<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Swap! <\/span><\/i>By Steve Light
\n<\/span>There is a Tribe of Kids <\/span><\/i>by Lane Smith
\n<\/span>The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Ann Frank\u2019s Window <\/span><\/i>by Jeff Gottesfeld
\n<\/span>Thunder Boy Jr. <\/span><\/i>by Sherman Alexie
\n<\/span>Waylon!: One Awesome Thing <\/span><\/i>by Sara Pennypacker
\n<\/span>The Whisper <\/span><\/i>by Pamela Zagarenski
\n<\/span>Written and Drawn by Henrietta <\/span><\/i>by Liniers
\n<\/span>You Never Heard of Casey Stengel?! <\/span><\/i>By Jonah Winter<\/span><\/p>\n

Grades 3-6<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

The Astounding Broccoli Boy<\/span><\/i> by Frank Cottrell Boyce
\n<\/span>The Blackthorn Key <\/span><\/i>by Kevin Sands
\n<\/span>Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods: 20 Chilling Tales from the Wilderness <\/span><\/i>by Hal Johnson
\n<\/span>Firefly Hollow<\/span><\/i> by Alison McGhee
\n<\/span>Fish in a Tree <\/span><\/i>by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
\n<\/span>Free Verse <\/span><\/i>by Sarah Dooley
\n<\/span>Full Cicada Moon <\/span><\/i>by Marilyn Hilton
\n<\/span>Harriet the Invincible<\/span><\/i> by Ursula Vernon
\n<\/span>How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom <\/span><\/i>by Steve Jenkins
\n<\/span>The Land of Forgotten Girls <\/span><\/i>by Erin Entrada Kelly
\n<\/span>Listen, Slowly <\/span><\/i>by Thanhha Lai
\n<\/span>Little Robot <\/span><\/i>by Ben Hatke
\n<\/span>Lost in NYC: a Subway Adventure <\/span><\/i>by Nadja Spiegelman
\n<\/span>Maybe a Fox <\/span><\/i>by Kathi Appelt
\n<\/span>The Nest <\/span><\/i>by Kenneth Oppel
\n<\/span>The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs <\/span><\/i>by Cylin Busby
\n<\/span>Nooks & Crannies <\/span><\/i>by Jessica Lawson
\n<\/span>Ollie\u2019s Odyssey<\/span><\/i> by William Joyce
\n<\/span>The Paperboy <\/span><\/i>by Dav Pilkey
\n<\/span>Pax <\/i><\/strong>by Sara Pennypacker<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Rain Reign <\/i><\/strong>by Ann Martin<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Raymie Nightingale <\/span><\/i>by Kate DiCamillo
\n<\/span>Rules for Stealing Stars <\/span><\/i>by Corey Ann Haydu
\n<\/span>The Same Stuff as Stars <\/span><\/i>by Katherine Paterson
\n<\/span>Slacker <\/span><\/i>by Gordon Korman
\n<\/span>Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard<\/span><\/i> by Jonathan Auxier
\n<\/span>The Thing about Jelleyfish<\/span><\/i> by Ali Benjamin
\n<\/span>The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Ann Frank\u2019s Window <\/span><\/i>by Jeff Gottesfeld
\n<\/span>The Turn of the Tide <\/span><\/i>by Rosanne Parry
\n<\/span>Waylon!: One Awesome Thing <\/span><\/i>by Sara Pennypacker
\n<\/span>The Wild Robot \u00a0<\/span><\/i>by Peter Brown
\n<\/span>Wolf Hollow <\/i><\/strong>by Lauren Wolk<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Written and Drawn by Henrietta <\/span><\/i>by Liniers
\n<\/span>You Never Heard of Casey Stengel?! <\/span><\/i>By Jonah Winter<\/span><\/p>\n

Grades 6-8<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook<\/span><\/i> by Connor Leslie
\n<\/span>The Blackthorn Key <\/span><\/i>by Kevin Sands
\n<\/span>Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods: 20 Chilling Tales from the Wilderness <\/span><\/i>by Hal Johnson
\n<\/span>Fish in a Tree <\/span><\/i>by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
\n<\/span>The Forbidden Wish <\/span><\/i>by Jessica Khoury
\n<\/span>Free Verse <\/span><\/i>by Sarah Dooley
\n<\/span>Full Cicada Moon <\/span><\/i>by Marilyn Hilton
\n<\/span>Goodbye Stranger <\/i>by Rebecca Stead
\n<\/strong>The Hired Girl <\/span><\/i>by Laura Amy Schlitz
\n<\/span>The Lie Tree <\/span><\/i>by Frances Hardinge
\n<\/span>Listen, Slowly <\/span><\/i>by Thanhha Lai
\n<\/span>Listen to the Moon <\/span><\/i>by Michael Morpurgo
\n<\/span>Lost in NYC: a Subway Adventure <\/span><\/i>by Nadja Spiegelman
\n<\/span>Lost in the Sun <\/span><\/i>by Lisa Graff
\n<\/span>Lottery Boy <\/span><\/i>by Michael Byrne
\n<\/span>Maybe a Fox <\/span><\/i>by Kathi Appelt
\n<\/span>The Nest <\/span><\/i>by Kenneth Oppel
\n<\/span>Nooks & Crannies <\/span><\/i>by Jessica Lawson
\n<\/span>Orbiting Jupiter <\/i>by Gary D. Schmidt
\n<\/strong>Pax <\/i>by Sara Pennypacker
\n<\/strong>Raymie Nightingale <\/span><\/i>by Kate DiCamillo
\n<\/span>Rules for Stealing Stars <\/span><\/i>by Corey Ann Haydu
\n<\/span>The Same Stuff as Stars <\/span><\/i>by Katherine Paterson
\n<\/span>Samurai Rising: the Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsue <\/span><\/i>by Pamela S. Turner
\n<\/span>The Seventh Most Important Thing <\/span><\/i>by Shelley Pearsall
\n<\/span>Shadowshaper <\/span><\/i>by Daniel Jose Older
\n<\/span>Slacker <\/span><\/i>by Gordon Korman
\n<\/span>Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard<\/span><\/i> by Jonathan Auxier
\n<\/span>Terror at Bottle Creek <\/span><\/i>by Watt Key
\n<\/span>The Thing about Jelleyfish<\/span><\/i> by Ali Benjamin
\n<\/span>The Trouble in Me <\/span><\/i>by Jack Gantos
\n<\/span>Vango: Between Sky and Earth <\/span><\/i>by Timothee de Fombelle
\nThe War that Saved my Life\u00a0<\/em>by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley<\/strong>
\n<\/span>We Will not be Silent: the White Rose Student Resistance Movement the Defied Adolf Hitler <\/span><\/i>by Russell Freedman
\n<\/span>Wolf Hollow <\/i><\/strong>by Lauren Wolk<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Grades 9 and up<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

All American Boys <\/span><\/i>by Jason Reynolds
\n<\/span>A Step Toward Falling <\/span><\/i>by Cammie McGovern
\n<\/span>Black Dove White Raven <\/span><\/i>by Elizabeth Wein
\n<\/span>The Boys Who Challenged Hitler <\/span><\/i>by Phillip M. Hoose
\n<\/span>Burn Baby Burn <\/span><\/i>by Meg Medina
\n<\/span>Challenger Deep <\/span><\/i>by Neal Shusterman
\n<\/span>Conviction <\/span><\/i>by Kelly Loy Gilbert
\n<\/span>Cuckoo Song <\/span><\/i>by Frances Hardinge
\n<\/span>Dime <\/span><\/i>by E. R. Frank
\n<\/span>The Emperor of any Place <\/span><\/i>by Tim Wynne-Jones
\n<\/span>The Forbidden Wish <\/span><\/i>by Jessica Khoury
\n<\/span>The Ghosts of Heaven<\/span><\/i> by Marcus Sedgwick
\n<\/span>The Hired Girl <\/span><\/i>by Laura Amy Schlitz
\n<\/span>I Crawl Through It <\/span><\/i>by A. S. King
\n<\/span>The Last Boy and Girl in the World <\/span><\/i>by Siobhan Vivian
\n<\/span>The Last Leaves Falling <\/span><\/i>by Sarah Benwell
\n<\/span>Lottery Boy <\/span><\/i>by Michael Byrne
\n<\/span>Martin Marten<\/span><\/i> by Brian Doyle
\n<\/span>The Memory of Light <\/span><\/i>by Francisco X Stork
\n<\/span>Orbiting Jupiter <\/i><\/strong>by Gary D. Schmidt<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The Passion of Dolssa <\/i><\/strong>by Julie Berry<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Salt to the Sea <\/i><\/strong>by Ruta Sepetys<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Samurai Rising: the Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsue <\/span><\/i>by Pamela S. Turner
\n<\/span>Shadowshaper <\/span><\/i>by Daniel Jose Older
\n<\/span>The Steep and Thorny Way <\/span><\/i>by Cat Winters
\n<\/span>These Shallow Graves <\/i><\/strong>by Jennifer Donnelly<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The Tightrope Walkers <\/span><\/i>by David Almond
\n<\/span>The Trouble in Me <\/span><\/i>by Jack Gantos
\n<\/span>Vango: Between Sky and Earth <\/span><\/i>by Timothee de Fombelle
\n<\/span>The Walls Around Us <\/span><\/i>by Nova Ren Suma
\n<\/span>The Wrath and the Dawn <\/i>by Renee Ahdieh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adult books that I’ve recently enjoyed:<\/span><\/h4>\n

A Man Called Ove\u00a0<\/i>by Fredrik Backman<\/strong>
\nThe Invention of Wings<\/em> by Sue Monk Kidd<\/strong>
\nThe Choosing<\/em> by Rachelle Dekker<\/strong>
\nThe Nightingale<\/em> by Kristin Hannah<\/strong>
\nLessons from Madame Chic: 20 Stylish Secrets I Learned While Living in Paris\u00a0<\/em>by Jennifer L. Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n

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