SBISD Summer Reading

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SBISD Summer Reading

• For Incoming 6th Graders

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SUMMER L O S S
JUST SAY NO!!!
Decrease in reading rate due to the brain
becoming fat and lazy because you dont read
during summer vacation.
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Summer Reading Requirement

• Read one of the following titles
• Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan
• Crash by Jerry Spinelli
• The Girls by Amy Goldman Koss
• Iqbal A Novel by Francesco DAdamo
• Mister Monday by Garth Nix
• Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
• Olives Ocean by Kevin Henkes
• Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings
• So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane
• Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan
• Tangerine by Edward Bloor
• The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
• Any Small Goodness A Novel of the Barrio by
  Tony Johnston
• Curse of the Campfire Weenies by David Lubar
• Stormbreaker The Graphic Novel by Anthony
  Horowitz
• 8th Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod,
  Vol. I) by Heather Brewer

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Summer Reading Requirement

• 6th Grade- 1st 6 Weeks
• Your 6th grade ELA teacher will assess your
  reading of the book you selected for a grade
  during the 1st six weeks.

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Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Main Character Naomi León, 11 Setting
Avocado Acres Present Fiction
Awards Americas Award IRA Notable Book ALA
Notable Book Parents Choice Silver
Award Booksense Book of the Year NCTE Notable Book
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Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Main Character Crash Coogan, 12 Setting North
Dakota Present Fiction Awards ALA Best
Book State-level awards including Massachusetts,
Nevada, Wyoming, Virginia, Minnesota, Illinois,
Maine, Wisconsin, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
South Carolina.
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The Girls by Amy Goldman Koss
Main Character Maya, Candace Setting Middle
School Present Fiction--Multiple
Narrators Awards ALA Best Book for YA ALA Quick
Pick Lone Star Book
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Iqbal A Novel by Francesco DAdamo
Main Character Iqbal Masih, 13 Fatima,
13 Setting Lahore, Pakistan 1986-95 Docu-novel
Awards Lone Star Book ALA Notable Book IRA
Notable Book Various State Awards
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Mister Monday by Garth Nix
Main Character Arthur Penhaligon, 13 Setting
Anywhere, US Present Fantasy Adventure First
book in Keys to the Kingdom Series Awards Aurea
lis Award CBC Commendation
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Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Main Character Katie Takeshima Setting
Georgia, US late 1950s Fiction Awards 2005
Newberry Medal Boston Globe-Horn Book
Award Readers Choice Award
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Olives Ocean by Kevin Henkes
Main Character Martha, 12 Setting New
England Present Fiction Awards ALA Notable
Book Newberry Honor Book ALA Booklist Editors
Choice
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Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings
Main Character Brady Setting Chesapeake
Bay Present Awards ALA Best Book for
YA Readers Choice Award IRA Choice Book
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So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane
Main Character Nita Callahan, 13 Setting
Anywhere, US Present Book I in the Young Wizard
Series Awards ALA Quick Pick Campbell Sci-Fi
Award NY Times Bestseller
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Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan
Main Character Jake Semple, 13 Setting Rural
North Carolina Present Fiction-Comedy Awards S
chool Library Journal Best Book ALA Booklist
Editors Choice ALA Notable Book
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Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Main Character Paul Fisher, 13 Setting
Florida, US Present Awards ABA Pick of the
Lists ALA Best Book Horn Book Award IRA YA Choice
Book Lone Star Book Various State-level awards
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The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

• Main Character Lucky Trimble
• Setting Hard Pan, California,
  population, 43
• Present
• Fiction/humor
• Awards
• ALA Newbery Medal ALA Notable Children's
  Books CCBC Choices (Cooperative
  Children's Book Council) Dorothy
  Canfield Fisher Book Award
• Master List (VT) Focal Award
  Kirkus Editor's Choice

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Any Small Goodness A Novel of the barrio by
Tony Johnston

• Main Character Arturo
  Rodriguez
• Setting Present, A Los
  Angeles barrio
• Realistic Fiction
• Awards
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  Nutmeg, Childrens Book Award Nominee
  Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
  Nominee
  
  Southern California
  Booksellers Award Hedgie Award
  Best Read-Aloud Chapter
  Book
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  William Allen White Childrens Book Award
  Nominee
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  John and Patricia Beatty Award, California
  Library Association

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Curse of the Campfire Weenies and Other Warped
and Creepy Tales by David Lubar

• Genre Short Story
  Collection
• Description Pleasingly
  short, well- crafted stories a mix of the
  comic and the creepy, the merely
  weird with the truly haunting.
• Award Winning Author
• David Lubar has won
  countless awards for
  his contributions to young adult literature.
  Awards include YALSA
  Best book for Young
  Adults, YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant
  Young Adult Readers, Rebecca
  Caudill Young Readers Book Award
  nominee, Texas Lone Star Reading
  List, YALSA Popular Paperback for Young
  Adults, VOYA's Best Science Fiction,
  Fantasy, and Horror List, VOYA Top
  Shelf Fiction for Middle School
  Readers, International Reading
  Association Reader's Choice Book

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Stormbreaker The Graphic Novel by Anthony
Horowitz

• Main Character Alex Rider, a
• teenage James Bond recruited to Englands
  famous MI6.
• Setting modern day England
• Awards Author is winner of awards such
  as Odyssey, Alex, Red House Childrens
  Books Award, Grand Prix European Award,
  Childrens Literature Prize, and New York
  Times Best Sellers List for childrens series

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8th Grade Bites The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod,
Vol Iby Heather Brewer

• Main Character young teen, Vladamir Tod
• Setting Any city, USA
• Awards 2008 Quick Picks for Young
  Adult Readers (ALA), Missouri State Truman
  Readers Award nominee, Pacific Northwest
  Library Associations Young Readers Choice
  Award