Required Reading for Sixth Grade Science Scope:

Galileo: Astronomer and Physicist by Robin S. Doak

Required Reading for Seventh Grade Scope:

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Required Reading for Eighth Grade Scope:

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

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One Title Chosen from the List Below:

Voyage of Slaves by Brian Jacques

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt

Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman

King of Shadows by Susan Cooper

The Black Canary by Jane Louise Curry

Anacaona, Golden Flower by Edwidge Danticat

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain

Heroes by Robert Cormier

Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman by Eleanor Updale

The Magic Nation Thing by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

SUMMER READING FOR FUN

GEORGIA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD NOMINEES:

6th GRADE:

Extra Credit by Andrew Clements

Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O’Connor

Swindle by Gordon Korman

Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick

7th Grade:

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Countdown by Deborah Wiles

Scat by Carl Hiassen

Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

8th Grade:

All Shook Up by Shelley Pearsall

Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor

After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick

All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg

2011 Newbery Medal Winner:

Moon Over Manifest by Clara Vanderpool