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The following list of novels and works of non-fiction aligns with themes and subjects which you will study in The Language of Literature, the literature series adopted in Vancouver. Reading one or more selections during the summer will provide enjoyable time with a good book and preparation for the coming school year. Consider reading one of the following if you are entering... 6th Grade True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Dolphins and Porpoises by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Tunes for Bears to Dance to by Robert Cormier Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt Stonewall by Jean Fritz 7th Grade Dog Song by Gary Paulsen The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield New Kids on the Block: Oral Histories of Immigrant Teens by Janet Bode The Call of the Wild by Jack London Midnight Is a Place by Joan Aiken Arctic Expedition by Mike Salisbury 8th Grade Park's Quest by Katherine Patterson With Every Drop of Blood: A Novel of the Civil War by James L. Collier and Christopher Collier Where I Want to Be by Cara DeVito A Nation Torn: The Story of How the Civil War Began by Delia Ray Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic Shadow of the Dragon by Sherry Garland Can Bears Predict Earthquakes? Mysteries of Animal Behaviors by Russell Freedman |