Wilmington High School & Middle School Announce Summer Reading Lists; All Books Available FOR FREE ONLINE

WILMINGTON, MA — Below is an announcement from Wilmington Public Schools:

Wilmington Public Schools is recommending summer reading assignments for all students entering grades 6-12. Students taking AP English Language & Composition or AP English Literature & Composition will have required assignments. Summer reading encourages independent learning, active reading, and critical thinking. Summer reading also helps students maintain the progress they have made as readers and writers during the academic year.

For Summer Reading 2020, the English department at WMS and WHS has curated a list of recommended books that students can obtain electronically, at no cost through the app Hoopla. Students can sign into Hoopla through their library card. Students who do not yet have a library card can obtain one through the Boston Public Library eCard — this resource is free to all Massachusetts residents.

Wilmington Middle School

  • Grade 6: Information sheet and note-taking guide
    • El Deafoby Cece Bell
    • Hello, Universeby Erin Entrada Kelly
    • New Kid, by Jerry Craft
    • The Tiger Rising, by Kate DiCamillo
    • Orphan Island, by Laurel Snyder
    • You Go First, by Erin Entrada Kelly
  • Grade 7: Recommended summer reading journaland information sheet
    • Pop, by Gordon Korman
    • They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott
    • The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill
    • The Pants Project, by Cat Clarker
    • New Kid, by Jerry Craft

Wilmington High School

Recommended titles for students entering English 9-12 CP/Honors:

  1. Feed, by M.T. Anderson
  2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer
  3. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
  4. Sabriel, by Garth Nix
  5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
  6. Monster, by Walter Dean Myers
  7. The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo
  8. With the Fire On High, by Elizabeth Acevedo
  9. Milk and Honey, by Rupi Kaur
  10. Lies My Teacher Told Me, by James W. Loewen
  11. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
  12. The Radium Girls, by Kate Moore
  13. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
  14. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
  15. The Princess Diaries, by Meg Cabot
  16. The Mountains Sing, by Que Mai Phan Nguyen

As you read, we recommend that you actively think about the book by using a dialectical journal.

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