SUMMER READING 6-12

For grades 6 through 12, find your grade below, then click on a book title to find a copy in our catalog. Use the place hold button to request the book. You will be prompted for your library card barcode number (or user name if you've logged in to your account and given yourself one), and your PIN(password). Your book is ready for pickup when you are notified by phone call, email, or text. After notification, you have 7 days to pick up your book(s). To change your notification method or to see the status of your hold(s), log in to your library account. 
Got a question? - Please ask!
      FAQs:
     I can keep the books all summer, right?
     You may keep them for 3 weeks.Summer reading books are not renewable.
     This is so other people have a chance to read the book before school starts.
     Are these books available in digital format for download?
     Many titles (not all) are available as downloads in E-Audio or E-Book format.
     To find them search our OverDrive and Hoopla services for those formats.
     Audio books may also be available on CDs or Playaways for physical check out.

The Beanstack teen summer reading challenge starts June 24! If you created an account for a previous challenge, please use the same account. The summer challenge runs for 7 weeks with weekly raffle drawings. The more you read & log, review, attend library programs, & earn badges, the greater your chance of winning a prize.

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    2023 Summer Reading
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Entering Grade 6 :  Click here for the Grade 6 summer reading assignment.
In preparation for 6th grade English language arts class, all students must choose two books to read during the summer. The books are your choice. Only one of your choices may be a graphic novel. There are many book lists on this blog to browse. If you'd like more help choosing your books try our Your Next Great Read service.
Following are suggested titles; you are not limited to these books:

A High Five For Glenn Burke, by Phil Bildner 
Blended, by Sharon Draper 
Fever, 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson
Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, by Stacy McAnulty
New From Here, by Kelly Yang
The Ogress and the Orphans, by Kelly Barnhill
Rain Reign, by Ann Martin
Red Kayak, by Priscilla Cummings 
The Running Dream, by Wendelin Van Draanen
Small as an Elephant, by Jennifer Jacobson
Wishtree, by Katherine Applegate
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Entering Grade 7 :  Click here for the Grade 7 summer reading assignment.
Students entering 7th grade are required to read at least two books over the summer. You may choose any books that interest you that you have not read before.
Following are suggested titles; you are not limited to these books:
 
The Best At It, by Maulik Pancholy
City Spies, by James Ponti
Escape From Aleppo, by N.H. Senzai
Fablehaven, by Brandon Mull
Jelly, by Jo Cotterill 
Kaleidoscope, by Brian Selznick 
Ophie's Ghosts, by Justina Ireland
The Raft, by S.A. Bodeen
Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden
Stand Up, Yumi Chung!, by Jessica Kim
Tangerine, by Edward Bloor
When Stars Are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson
 
Or, find something new! 
If you need help try the Library's reading service: Your Next Great Read
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Entering Grade 8 :  Click here for the Grade 8 summer reading assignment.
Students entering 8th Grade are required to read Nothing But the Truth, by Avi, and to read a 2nd book (your choice) that meets the Fall unit theme requirements.
Here are the requirements:
  • Be over 120 pages in length.
  • Be something you have NOT read before.
  • Be from the point of view of an identity group that is somehow different from you, the reader. For example, the person could be from another country, be of a different gender identity, ethnicity, or religion.
  • Genre is wide open, but please consider the identity requirement carefully. For example, for a young male reader, Harry Potter being "a wizard" is not an authentic interpretation of the theme. 
  • There are no notes required for your choice book. However, you are welcome to take notes if they will help you when discussing these books in the Fall.
Here are a few suggested titles that students have enjoyed in the past:
 
Nonfiction
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, by William Kamkwamba
Chasing Space, by Leland Melvin
Americanized, by Sara Saedi
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction
Code Talker, by Joseph Bruchac
The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis 
Starfish, by Lisa Fippe
Crossing Stones, by Helen Frost
Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse 
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece, by Annabel Pitcher 
All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds
Amal Unbound, by Aisha Saeed
My Mother the Cheerleader, by Robert Sharenow
Flygirl, by Sherri Smith 
 
Do you want help finding something to read? Try the Library's reading service: 
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
2023  Summer Reading

Entering Grade 9 College Prep English   
Read a book chosen from the 2023 HWRHS Community Read Book List. 

 Read a book chosen from the 2023 HWRHS Community Read Book List, and
 Required reading: The Chosen, by Chaim Potok -OR- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith.
Click here for Honors and AP Requirements.
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Entering Grade 10 College Prep English  
Read a book chosen from the 2023 HWRHS Community Read Book List. 

Read a book chosen from the 2023 HWRHS Community Read Book List, and
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Entering Grade 11 College Prep English  
Read a book chosen from the 2023 HWRHS Community Read Book List. 

Read a book chosen from the 2023 HWRHS Community Read Book List, and

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Entering Grade 12 College Prep English  
Read a book chosen from the 2023 HWRHS Community Read Book List.

Read a book chosen from the 2023 HWRHS Community Read Book List, and
Required reading: A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini.
 
Read a book chosen from the 2023 HWRHS Community Read Book List, and
Required reading: The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, -and-
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston.
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Entering Grade 11 or 12  AP Economics 
Required reading: Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science, by Charles Wheelan. (Must be the 2010 or 2019 edition.)
 
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