Freetown/Lakeville
Entering Grade 7 AND Grade 8
All students must read Refugee by Alan Gratz and ONE book of their choice
All students in grades 9-12 will read:
Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse
Plus one additional book depending on grade and level notated below.
9 Honors:
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
10 Honors:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
11 Honors:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
11 AP:
Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Familyby Miep Gies
12 Honors:
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
12 AP:
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
and
King James Version of the Bible
Old Colony
Entering Grade 9
All students must read ONE book from the list
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of WWII by Joseph Bruchac
classified for more than twenty years.
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
Entering Grade 10
All students must read ONE book from the list
Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishamael Beah
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison
Entering Grade 11
All students must read ONE book from the list
Ready Player One: A Novel by Ernest Cline
Deadline by Chris Crutcher
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Entering Grade 12
All students must read ONE book from the list
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Freetown/Lakeville
Entering Grade 1-3
All students will read a book of their choice. Incoming students will be giving a book talk during the first days of school.
Entering Grade 4
All students must read Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing by Judy Blume and ONE book of their choice
Entering Grade 5
All students must read Wishtree by Katherine Applegate and ONE book of their choice
Entering Grade 6
All students must read Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt and ONE book of their choice
4 Precinct St. | Lakeville, MA 02347
Phone: 508-947-9028 | Fax: 508-923-9934
Click on any of the book titles to place them on hold through the SAILS catalog! Titles that are available at the Library will be in the Children's Room.
Coyle & Cassidy
Entering 5th Grade
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Entering 6th AND 7th Grade
All students must read ONE book from the list
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist by Sylvia Acevedo
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberley Brubaker Bradley
Entering 8th AND 9th Grade
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation by Anne Frank and Ari Folman
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Legend by Marie Lu
Solo by Kwame Alexander
The Unteachables by Gordon Korman
What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper
Entering 10th, 11th AND 12th Grade
Attucks! Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that Awakened a City by Phillip Hoose
Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman
Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Salt by Hannah Moskowitz
The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf
White Rose by Kip Wilson