2020 Summer Reading for Mahopac Middle School
Summer Reading Made Easy!
Below are the required and suggested titles for the Mahopac Middle School 2020 summer reading assignment.
6th grade
Required Titles*
Flipped
by Wendelin Van Draanen
Digital copies are available! Check for availability: Middle School Library | Mahopac Library
The Red Pyramid
by Rick Riordan
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7th grade
Required Titles*
My Brother Sam Is Dead
by James Lincoln Collier
Digital copies are available! Check for availability: Middle School Library | Mahopac Library
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare
Digital copies are available! Check for availability: Middle School Library | Mahopac Library
8th grade
Required Titles*
Snow Bound
by Harry Mazer
Digital copies are available! Check for availability: Middle School Library | Mahopac Library
That Was Then, This Is Now
by S.E. Hinton
Digital copies are available! Check for availability: Middle School Library | Mahopac Library
*In addition to the MHLS Catalog, all required titles can be found on Mahopac Library’s 4 Summer Reading Kindles, available for checkout.
Summer Reading Recommendations
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Jake and Lily by Jerry Spinelli
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
Pax by Sarah Pennypacker
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Counting by Sevens by Holly Sloan
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac
The Detective’s Assistant by Kate Hannigan
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder