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2025 Summer Reading

Summer reading is required for all students entering 1st through 12th grades. Please see the sidebar packets for 1st-3rd grade assignments. For grades 4-12, there are two components to the assignment - a required book and a student-choice book. Required books are listed below. However, please use the sidebar packets for complete information about the required book and student-choice book assignments.
Charlotte's Web
Rising 4th Grade Required Book
Charlotte's Web - E. B. White
 
In this endearing story, a little girl and Charlotte, a beautiful gray spider, struggle to save their friend Wilbur, an affectionate but bashful pig, from being butchered.
Mrs. Frisby
Rising 5th Grade Required Book
 
When Timothy, the youngest of a family of field mice, becomes ill, his mother, Mrs. Frisby, enlists the help of the Rats of NIMH to move their home from the path of the farmer's plow.
Magician's Nephew
Rising 6th Grade Required Book
The Magician's Nephew - C. S. Lewis
 
Two friends are hurled into another world where they encounter an evil sorceress and witness the creation of the land of Narnia by the Great Lion, Aslan.
Robin Hood
Rising 7th Grade Required Book
 
Robin Hood, champion of the poor and the oppressed, stands against the cruel power of Prince John and the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham. Taking refuge in Sherwood Forest with his band of men, he remains determined to outwit his enemies.
Peter Pan
Rising 8th Grade Required Book
Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie
 
Peter Pan, a young boy who can fly and refuses to grow up, takes the Darling children to Neverland, where together they have many magical adventures.
Hound of the Baskervilles
Rising 9th Grade Required Book
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
 
A terrifying specter in the shape of a hound was once said to have hunted a Baskerville ancestor across the moors. A recent mysterious death suggests that the hound has returned.
Frederick Douglass
Rising 10th Grade Required Book
 
This 1845 autobiography provides a personal account of Douglass' childhood and horrifying experiences as a slave in Maryland, as well as his dramatic escape and eventual freedom.
A Man for All Seasons
Rising 11th Grade Required Book
A Man for All Seasons - Robert Bolt
 
Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England, faces a moral dilemma as he is forced to choose between his loyalty to King Henry VIII and his own conscience, ultimately leading to his trial and execution.
1984
Rising 12th Grade Required Book
1984 - George Orwell
 
Winston Smith rewrites history to satisfy the Party, but with each lie he writes, he grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who commit thoughtcrimes. Big Brother is always watching, however.