Where to Get High School, Middle School Summer Reading Books

Hard to believe, but there are just three weeks until the first day of school. Maybe you've started back-to-school shopping for supplies and outfits to make sure your child is ready for another year. But has your child completed the summer reading requirements yet? 

This year, all students at  are required to read one book over the summer and to respond, on-demand, to prompts from the back of the book during the first few weeks of school.

At , sixth, seventh and eighth graders must read two books, but can choose from a list offered by the school. Middle school students must also fill out a planning sheet for each book.

Read on to see where the high school required reading is still available and for a list of the middle school book choices. 

Mt. Hope High School

Mt. Hope High School students, grades 9 through 12, are required to read "The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education" by Craig M. Mullaney.

While reports that they have none of the 41 books that they normally would have in stock, and is also wiped clean of the book, they can still be reserved from other libraries and be delivered to Bristol or Warren.

If you don't want to wait and would like to own a copy (students are allowed to use the book during the on-demand responses in class) there are plenty of copies still available at . A Novel Idea also offers 20 percent off discounts for high school summer reading books and 15 percent off discounts for middle school summer reading.

To help prepare students for the written assignments that will be implemented when school starts, Rogers Free Library and George Hail Library have offered book talks through the summer. There are still a few dates left to discuss the final portions of the book. Rogers Free Library will host a book talk on August 15 and 17, from 7 to 8 p.m., and George Hail Library will host talks on August 16 and 18, from 4 to 5 p.m.

Kickemuit Middle School

This summer, all sixth, seventh and eighth graders are required to read two books and fill out a planning sheet for each book. The school has offered a list of books to choose from for each grade, but other books that are grade appropriate can be substituted.

Most books are still available at Rogers Free and George Hail Library, and are also featured books that are available at A Novel Idea. See the lists below for grade appropriate suggestions from the school.

Grade 6

• 15 Minutes by Steve Young
• Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenk
• Among the Hidden by Margaret P Haddix
• Beany (Not Beanhead) and the Magic Crystal by Susan Wojciechowski
• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• Disappearing Acts by Betsy Byars
• How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
• Jackie and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman
• Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
• A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
• Lily's Ghosts by Laura Ruby
• Pharaoh's Daughter by Julius Lester
• Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise
• Scat by Carl Hiaasen
• Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
• Something Upstairs by Avi
• The Truth About Truman School by Dori Hillestad Butler
• Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
• Zach's Lie by Roland Smith

Grade 7

• The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter
• Can't Get There From Here by Todd Strasser
• Down A Dark Hall by Lois Duncan
• Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury
• Flipped by Wendelin Van Draahen
• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
• Perfect by Natasha Friend
• Project Sweet Life by Brent Hartiger
• Red Blazer Girls by Michael D. Beil
• The September Sisters by Jullian Cantor
• Schooled by Gordon Korman
• SilverFin by Charlie Higson
• Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
• Waiting For Normal by Leslie Connor
• Wolf Rider by Avi

Grade 8

• The Adoration of Jenna Fox  by Mary E. Pearson
• Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
• After by Francine Prose
• The Book of Dead Days  by Marcus Sedgewick
• Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
• Fake I.D. by Walter Sorrells
• The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman
• Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter Hughes
• Loch by Paul Zindel
• The Man from the Other Side by Uri Orlev
• Monster by Walter Dean Myers
• Nothing to Lose by Alex Flinn
• The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecelia Galante
• Premba’s Song by Tonya C. Hegamin & Marilyn Nelson
• Runner  by Carl Deuker
• Shift by Jennifer Bradbury
• Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar
• Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
• Summer of Fear by Lois Duncan
• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
• Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen