Great Reads

Summer access to online resources

Hoopla, Axis360, cloudLibrary, Flipster, EBSCO ebooks and more (with Warren County Library card)
MackinVia, BrainPop, and EBSCO (through the Stewartsville Middle Media Center)
Project Gutenberg (free access to classic and out of copyright literature)

Stewartsville families have access to Warren County Library services including Hoopla, cloudLibrary, Flipster, EBSCO ebooks. Several digital tools require a library card.

Reading Lists

Find these books and more at the local public library, bookstore, or maybe your home bookshelf! Do not feel limited by these lists -- students may choose to read what they enjoy or find interesting.

Parents and caregivers are highly encouraged to pre-read books to ensure appropriateness for their child.

2025-ALSC-summer-reading-6-8.pdf

Books to Avoid

Books to Avoid: The following books will be read in class at some point during the school year. Students should not choose these books for summer reading.

6th grade: Fish in a Tree (Lynda Hunt), Counting by 7s (Holly Golberg Sloan), Hope Was Here (Joan Bauer), Small Spaces (Katherine Arden), The Outsiders (SE Hinton), Holes (Louis Sachar)
7th grade: Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie (Jordan Sonnenblick), Tangerine (Edward Bloor), The Crossover (Kwame Alexander), I am Malala (Malala Yousafzai), Chains (Laurie Halse Anderson), The Book Thief (Markus Zusak), The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
8th grade: Nothing but the Truth (Avi), House of Scorpion (Nancy Farmer), Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury), Fallen Angels (Walter Dean Meyers), Sunrise over Fallujah (Walter Dean Meyers), Shakespeare’s graphic novels, Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare) without Spark Notes, Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare) with Spark Notes, To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee),The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins), Radium Girls (Kate Moore), The Outsiders (SE Hinton)

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