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 Summer Reading Program (Summer 2009)
 Welcome to the Summer Reading Program at Pioneer Valley Christian School.

 

The purpose of summer reading is:

            1.  to maintain skills
            2.  to provide a common point of reference
            3.  to broaden exposure to various genre
            4.  to encourage a lifelong appreciation for reading
            5.  to introduce complementary material
 
Summer reading is listed by the grade the student will be entering.
 
All attachments are in adobe format.  If you do not have Adobe reader installed on your computer, follow the link to download the free version.

 



 
Books may be located at local bookstores, Amazon.com, BN.com, Half.com, and other internet sites that sell books new and used.  Please note that some books are required to be purchased.
 
Click on the grade your student will enter this fall to access the summer reading requirements.  Be sure to open the “Information attached” link.


  Click on the grade your student will enter this fall to go to their summer reading.
   ·  Second Grade
   ·  Third Grade
   ·  Fourth Grade
   ·  Fifth Grade
   ·  Sixth Grade
   ·  Seventh Grade
   ·  Eighth Grade
   ·  Ninth Grade
   ·  Tenth Grade
   ·  Eleventh Grade
   ·  Twelfth Grade




Grade 2
     Summer Reading
         Information attached



Grade 3
     Summer Reading
         Information attached



Grade 4
     Summer Reading
         Information attached



Grade 5
     Summer Reading
         Information attached



Grade 6
   Where the Red Fern Grows  by Wilson Rawls
         Information attached

   The Black Stallion  by Walter Farley
         Information attached


Grade 7
     

   The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
    and  Crash by Jerry Spinelli
         Information attached for both books


Grade 8
   Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
     and  Messenger by Lois Lowry
         Information attached for both books


Grade 9

   The Pearl by John Steinbeck
     and  The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
         Information attached for both books



Grade 10

   English 10 - A Separate Peace by John Knowles
         Information attached


   English Essentials 10 - A Separate Peace by John Knowles
         Information attached


   Biology - Fearfully and Wonderfully Madeby Paul Brand
         Information attached



Grade 11

     American Literature - Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
         Information attached


     American Literature Essentials - Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
         Information attached


   Honors English
            Marriage to a Difficult Man: The Uncommon Union of Jonathan &
            Sarah Edwards
by Elisabeth D. Dodds
                       and
            Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
         Information attached for both books


     United States History - Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
         Information attached



Grade 12

     AP Literature and Composition only
            Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
                        and
            Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
         Information attached


     Bible 12 - Out of the Depths by John Newton
         Information attached


     Sociology - Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
         Information attached



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