Summer Reading Made Easy!

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Below are the required and suggested titles for the Mahopac Middle School’s 2025 summer reading assignments.

 

Incoming sixth graders must choose one of the following books:
Flipped by Wendelin Wendelin Van Draanen
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
Counting by Sevens by Holly Goldberg 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
My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
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
Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
Pax by Sarah Pennypacker

 

Incoming seventh graders must choose one of the following books:
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan
A Gift of Magic by Lois Duncan
I Survived Series (choose one of the 21 books) by Lauren Tarshis
Swindle by Gordon Korman
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson and Chris Tebetts
Rising Above: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in Their Youth to Become Stars by Gregory Zuckerman

 

Incoming eighth graders must choose one of the following books:
Snow Bound by Harry Mazer
That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton
Max the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
The Maze Runner by James Dashner (or the 2nd-3rd book in the series if you
read the first one already)
Slacker by Gordon Korman
I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (or the 2nd-3rd book in the series if
you read the first one already)