Jefferson Middle School has a Summer Reading program which includes a variety of books that studens can choose from in order to complete their reading requirement. Scroll down for the book selections for each grade level, or click on the links below for a downloadable copy:
Incoming 6th Grader Summer Reading List
Incoming 7th Grader Summer Reading List
Incoming 8th Grader Summer Reading List
Incoming 6th Grade Summer 2019 Reading Program: Select two of the following titles:
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Brown Girl Dreaming Woodson, Jacqueline |
Counting By 7s Sloan, Holly Goldberg |
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Finding Someplace Patrick, Denise Lewis |
The Immortal Fire Ursu, Anne |
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Ninth Ward Rhodes, Jewell Parker |
Nobody’s Princess Friesner, Esther |
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Schooled Korman, Gordon |
Standing for Socks Weissman, Elissa Brent |
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Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March Lowery, Lynda |
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 Brimner, Larry Dane |
Incoming 7th Grade Summer 2019 Reading Program: Select two of the following titles:
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All Heart: My Dedication and Determination to Become One of Soccer’s Best Lloyd, Carli |
All the Right Stuff Myers, Walter Dean |
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Divergent or any book from the Series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant) Roth, Veronica |
The Fifth Wave Yancey, Richard |
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Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science Atkins, Jeannie |
Full Cicada Moon Hilton, Marilyn |
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The London Eye Mystery or its sequel The Guggenheim Mystery Dowd, Siobhan/Stevens, Robin |
See You in the Cosmos Cheng, Jack |
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Tight Maldonado, Torrey |
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle Connor, Leslie |
Incoming 8th Grade Summer 2019 Reading Program:
Assignment: The assignment has two parts:
- All students are expected to read No Summit Out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits by Jordan Romero (with Linda LeBlanc).
- Additionally, all students will read one (or more) of the books from the following list:
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The Benefits of Being an Octopus Braden, Ann |
The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students Jurmain, Suzanne |
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Ghost Reynolds, Jason |
The Gospel According to Larry Tashijian, Janet |
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The Last Best Days of Summer Hobbs, Valerie |
Okay for Now Schmidt, Gary |
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Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team that Changed a Town St. John, Warren |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: U.S. Supreme Court Justice McCaffrey, Paul |
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The Seventh Most Important Thing Pearsall, Shelley |
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different – A Biography Blumenthal, Karen |