Entering Grades 4 through 6

In September 2008

REQUIRED READING

GRADE 4

Students entering grade four are required to read Windcatcher by Avi. In addition, students must read three other books.

Avi. Windcatcher  
Tony is learning to sail – and loving it!  But suddenly he becomes confused about his heading and feels lost.  Who are the people with the fancy motorboat who are too busy searching beneath the water to hear his call for help?  After getting back to shore, Tony keeps an eye on the mysterious couple and becomes involved in a hunt for a 200-year-old shipwreck.

GRADE 5
Students entering grade five are required to read Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech. In addition, students must read three other books.  

Creech, Sharon. Ruby Holler
Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.

GRADE 6

Students entering grade six are required to read Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. In addition, students must read three other books.

Creech, Sharon.  Walk Two Moons  
Take a cross country journey with a thirteen year old girl whose only desire is to be reunited with her mother.