SSCPS Summer Reading - LEVEL III

Level III – Grades 5 and 6

ELA Required Reading: Students are required to read one book from either the Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners list or the Newbery Award Winning Novels list.  Read a second book from any source as long as it is age and grade appropriate. 

LINK TO CORETTA SCOTT KING BOOK AWARD WINNERS LIST

LINK TO NEWBERY AWARD WINNING NOVELS LIST

 

5TH GRADE
SOCIAL STUDIES: Students are encouraged to choose one of the following:

The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson by Ann McGovern
Any book from the Birchbark House series by Louise Erdrich (5 LISTED BELOW)

6TH GRADE
SOCIAL STUDIES: Students are encouraged to choose one of the following:

The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Treasury of Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods,Goddesses, Monsters & Mortals by Donna Jo Napoli and Christina Balit
The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

 

The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson By Ann McGovern, Harold Goodwin (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Ann McGovern, Harold Goodwin (Illustrator)
$6.99
ISBN: 9780590430524
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Published: Scholastic Paperbacks - June 1st, 1990

The Birchbark House By Louise Erdrich Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9780063064164
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Published: HarperCollins - November 16th, 2021

The Game of Silence (Birchbark House #2) By Louise Erdrich Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9780064410298
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Published: HarperCollins - June 13th, 2006

The Porcupine Year (Birchbark House #3) By Louise Erdrich, Louise Erdrich (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Louise Erdrich, Louise Erdrich (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780064410304
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Published: HarperCollins - September 14th, 2010

Chickadee (Birchbark House #4) By Louise Erdrich, Louise Erdrich (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Louise Erdrich, Louise Erdrich (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780060577926
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Published: HarperCollins - August 27th, 2013

Makoons (Birchbark House #5) By Louise Erdrich, Louise Erdrich (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Louise Erdrich, Louise Erdrich (Illustrator)
$9.99
ISBN: 9780060577957
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Published: HarperCollins - August 7th, 2018

The Golden Goblet (Newbery Library, Puffin) By Eloise Jarvis McGraw Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780140303353
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - May 6th, 1986

Treasury of Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters & Mortals By Donna Jo Napoli Cover Image
$24.95
ISBN: 9781426313806
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Published: National Geographic Kids - October 22nd, 2013

Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid, The-The Kane Chronicles, Book One By Rick Riordan Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9781368013581
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Published: Disney Hyperion - April 3rd, 2018