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1. 5th Grade Summer Reading Assignment

   2014 Nomineesof the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award
2. Rebecca Caudill 2014 Nominee Choices for Summer Reading I, Emme Freke by Elizabeth Atkinson Close to Famousby Joan Bauer Mockingbirdby Kathryn Erskine The Outcastsby John Flanagan The Lions of Little Rockby Kristin Levine The Hunt for the Seventh by Christine Morton Shaw Wonderby R.J. Palacio Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot" by Michael O. Tunnell Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 by Sally M. Walker Breaking Stalin's Noseby Eugene Yelchin
3. Summaries: Realistic Fiction I, Emme Freke by Elizabeth Atkinson Life wasn't always like this. In fact, when I was younger and shorter and dumber I usually had one or two friends to play with at recess. My grades were good, but nothing special. Then my height and brains took off one summer as if someone watered me with too much fertilizer. Even my dull hair turned redder. To make matters worse, to make matters impossibly worse, my name is Emma Freke. Like, if you say it slowly, Am a Freak. Close to Famous by Joan Bauer When twelve-year-old Foster and her mother land in the tiny town of Culpepper, they don't know what to expect. But folks quickly warm to the woman with the great voice and the girl who can bake like nobody's business. Soon Foster - who dreams of having her own cooking show one day - lands herself a gig baking for the local coffee shop, and gets herself some much-needed help in overcoming her biggest challenge - learning to read . . . just as Foster and Mama start to feel at ease, their past catches up to them. Thanks to the folks in Culpepper, though Foster and her mama find the strength to put their troubles behind them for good.
4. Summaries: Realistic Fiction Cont. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine Caitlin has Asperger's. The world according to her is black and white; anything in between is confusing. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. But Devon has died, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught that he is just not helpful. Caitlin wants everything to go back to the way things were, but she doesn't know how to do that. Then she comes across the word closure- and she realizes this is what she needs. And in her search for it, Caitlin discovers that the world may not be black and white after all. Wonder by R.J. Palacio I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face.
5. Summaries: Historical Fiction Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six: The Young Pioneer is devoted to Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and Communism. A Young Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to conscience. A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize shortcomings. But now that it is finally time to join the Young Pioneers, the day Sasha has awaited for so long, everything seems to go awry. He breaks a classmate's glasses with a snowball. He accidentally damages a bust of Stalin in the school hallway. And worst of all, his father, the best Communist he knows, was arrested just last night. The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine As twelve-year-old Marlee starts middle school in 1958 Little Rock, it feels like her whole world is falling apart. Until she meets Liz, the new girl at school. Liz is everything Marlee wishes she could be: she's brave, brash and always knows the right thing to say. But when Liz leaves school without even a good-bye, the rumor is that Liz was caught passing for white. Marlee decides that doesn't matter. She just wants her friend back. And to stay friends, Marlee and Liz are even willing to take on segregation and the dangers their friendship could bring to both their families.
6. Summary: Fantasy The Outcasts by John Flanagan They are outcasts. Hal, Stig, and the others - they are the boys the others want no part of. Skandians, as any reader of Ranger's Apprentice could tell you, are known for their size and strength. Not these boys. Yet that doesn't mean they don't have skills. And courage - which they will need every ounce of to do battle at sea against the other bands, the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race. The icy waters make for a treacherous playing field . . . especially when not everyone thinks of it as playing. Full of seafaring adventures and epic battles, Book 1 of The Brotherband Chronicles is sure to thrill readers of Ranger's Apprentice while enticing a whole new generation just now discovering the books.
7. Summary: Mystery The Hunt For the Seventh by Christine Morton-Shaw A haunted mansion. Six dead children. A garden of statues. With every step he takes around the carefully manicured grounds of Minerva Hall, Jim is haunted by the ghosts of children, long dead, whom no one else can see. Urging him to "find the Seventh," the children leave him cryptic clues pointing to a devastating ancient prophecy that only he can stop from being fulfilled. Jim befriends another boy—Einstein, who lives at the Hall. Einstein is autistic and very, very smart. If anyone can help Jim find the Seventh, perhaps he can—Einstein clearly knows more than he is saying. At the same time, the dead children seem to be leaving Jim some sort of macabre treasure trail. If Jim doesn't figure out the clues, innocent people will die. But how can Jim find the answers while the dangers of the Hall grow ever more threatening? And even if he can, the real question is—is Jim already too late?
8. Summary: Cultural Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth For eleven-year-old Gopal and his family, life in their rural Indian village is over: We stay, we starve, his baba has warned. They flee to the big city of Mumbai in hopes of finding work and a brighter future. Gopal is eager to help support his struggling family, so when a stranger approaches him with the promise of a factory job, he jumps at the offer. But there is no factory, just a stuffy sweatshop where he and five other boys are forced to work for no money and little food. The boys are forbidden to talk or even to call one another by their real names. Locked away in a rundown building, Gopal despairs of ever seeing his family again. Late one night, when Gopal decides to share kahanis, or stories, he realizes that storytelling might be the boys' key to survival. If he can make them feel more like brothers than enemies, their lives will be more bearable in the shop—and they might even find a way to escape.
9. Summaries: Non-Fiction Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlifts "Chocolate Pilot" by Michael O. Tunnell World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force pilot Gail Halvorsen wanted to bring some happiness to the children of the city-but what could one man in one plane do? Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917by Sally M. Walker On December 6, 1917 two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. One ship was loaded top to bottom with munitions and one held relief supplies, both intended for war torn Europe. The resulting blast flattened two towns, Halifax and Dartmouth, and killed nearly 2,000 people. As if that wasn't devastating enough, a blizzard hit the next day, dumping more than a foot of snow on the area and paralyzing much-needed relief efforts.
10. Helpful Hints... When you read the book, take notes with post-it notes or annotate the book you purchased. (Annotate means to take notes in the margin of the book.) This will help you… remember the book when you return to school in August complete the project that your 6th grade literature teacher will assign. Some things to identify... protagonist/antagonist and setting problem in the story (conflict) Questions, connections, or inferences you made while reading
11. Helpful Hints continued... Remember reading is like sports and music; the more you practice the better you become. "Practice Makes Perfect!" So read anything that you can over the summer. Below are a few summer reading programs to look into. ELA Library Summer Reading Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Imagination's Destination http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/4317416