All Elementary students are required to choose an additional book of their choice
and complete a book report for both books due the first day of classes for a quiz grade.

A sample report should contain: Student's name and grade, title of book, author, number of pages in book, story summary (what the book was about), recommendation: (liked/disliked, why did you like/dislike the book?), and finally the written statement: I have read ___ pages of my book. Please use a separate sheet of paper for each report.

  Middle School

Atwater, Richard,
Mr. Popper’s Penguins

George, Jean J.,
Julie of the Wolves

Hunt, Irene,
Across Five Aprils

O’Brien, Robert C.,
The Secret of Nimh

O’Brien, Robert C.,
Mrs. Frisby and the
Rats of Nimh

Paterson, Katherine,
Bridge to Terabithia

Paulson, Gary,
The Island

Paulson, Gary,
Hatchet

Rawls, Wilson,
Where the
Red Fern Grows

White, E. B.,
Trumpet of the Swans

Anderson, Hans Christian,
Fairy Tales

Burnett, Frances Hodgson,
A Little Princess

Burnett, Frances Hodgson,
The Secret Garden

Carroll, Lewis,
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Grahame, Kenneth,
The Wind In The Willows

ten Boom Corrie,
The Hiding Place

Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm,
Grimm's Fairy Tales

LaHaye, Tim & Jenkins, Jerry,
Left Behind, The Kids

Lewis, C. S.,
The Lion, The Witch,
And The Wardrobe

London, Jack,
The Call Of The Wild

London, Jack,
White Fang

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan,
The Yearling

Sperry, Armstrong,
Call It Courage

Spyri, Johanna,
Heidi

Steinbeck, Joh,
The Red Pony

Twain, Mark,
Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Verne, Jules,
Around The World
In Eighty Days

Wilder, Laura Ingalls,
Little House On The Prairie

Aesop's Fables

Armstrong, William Howard,
Sounder

Crane, Stephen,
The Red Badge of Courage

Defoe, Daniel,
Robinson Crusoe

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan,
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Franklin, Ben,
The Autobiography of Ben Franklin

Gilbreth, Frank Jr. & Gilbreth Carey, Ernestine,
Cheaper By The Dozen

Kipling, Rudyard,
Captains Courageous

L'Engle, Madeleine,
A Wrinkle In Time

Montgomery, L.M.,
Anne Of Green Gables

Pyle, Howard,
Men Of Iron

Richter, Conrad,
The Light In The Forest

Sewell, Anna,
Black Beauty

Speare, Elizabeth,
The Bronze Bow

Stevenson, Robert Louis,
Treasure Island

Tolkien, J.R.R.,
The Hobbit

Twain, Mark,
The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn

Verne, Jules,
Journey To The Centre
Of The Earth

Wyss, Johann David,
The Swiss Family Robinson

  High School

Suggested Reading (Students enrolled in English Honors are required to choose one)

Bradbury, Ray,
The Martian Chronicles

Bunyan, John,
The Pilgrim's Progress

Cervantes, Miguel de,
Don Quixote

Chekov, Anton,
The Cherry Orchard

Dickens, Charles,
David Copperfield

Dickens, Charles,
Great Expectations

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan,
The Hound of the Baskervilles

Dumas, Alexandre,
The Three Musketeers

Forester, E. M.,
A Passage to India

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel,
One Hundred Years
of Solitude

Herriot, James,
All Creatures
Great and Small

Hunt, Irene,
Across Five Aprils

Keller, Macy-Hellen,
Teacher: Anne Sullivan

Lee, Harper,
To Kill a Mockingbird

Melville, Herman,
Moby Dick

Paton, Alan,
Cry the Beloved Country

Richardson, Don,
Peace Child

Shakespeare, William,
Merchant of Venice

Stevenson, Robert Louis,
Kidnapped

Swift, Jonathon,
Gulliver's Travels

Tolkein, J.R.R.,
The Hobbit

Twain, Mark,
The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn

West, Jessamyn,
The Friendly Persuasion

World History Honors Requirements
Students enrolling in World History Honors must select an additional book from the Honors Reading List (appropriate to World History), from which students will be required to turn in a 1-2 page report on the first full day of History class.  This report should include three components:  1) a brief (one paragraph) summary of the book, 2) a discussion of the historical accuracy and/or context of the book (what was really happening in history at the time that the story in the book takes place), supported by specific examples, and 3) a discussion of the historical importance of the book (what kind of effect or impact did the book have), whether past or present.  The report must be typed in 10 or 12 point Times New Roman or Arial Font, with 1-inch margins.

A.P. American History Requirements
Students enrolling in both English Honors and A.P. American History must select two additional books from the Honors Reading List, from which students will be required to turn in a 1-2 page report on the first book the first full day of English class and the second book on the first full day of History class.  The English report should include the three components listed above. The History report should also include three components:  1) a brief (one paragraph) summary of the book, 2) a discussion of the historical accuracy and/or context of the book (what was really happening in history at the time that the story in the book takes place), supported by specific examples, and 3) a discussion of the historical importance of the book (what kind of effect or impact did the book have), whether past or present.  Both reports must be typed in 10 or 12 point Times New Roman or Arial Font, with 1-inch margins.

A.P. English Literature Requirements
Students enrolled in A.P. English Literature must select two additional books from the Additional Reading List, from which students will be required to turn in a 1-2 page report on each book the first full day of English class.  These reports should include three components:  1) a brief (one paragraph) summary of the book, 2) an explanation of a theme or motif (an idea or symbol that reoccurs in the story), and 3) a character analysis of two or three characters from the story.  The reports must be typed in 10 or 12 point Times New Roman or Arial Font, with 1-inch margins.