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2021-2022 Summer Reading Program (Grades K-1)PurposeThe purpose of Hillsdale Academy’s summer reading program is to encourage independent readingoutside of school, provide students with a shared experience that can serve as a reference point fordiscussions in the coming school year, augment the Hillsdale Academy curriculum, and cultivate a love ofreading.Reading MaterialsParents of incoming kindergarten and first grade students should read aloud to their child at least twobooks from the list below.Assessment/GradingOn the first day of school parents will be sent a summer reading review sheet that should be completedand returned to the teacher and will count for a completion grade. This sheet should include the titles andauthors of the two books that were read to the student as well as a signed affirmation that, “I have readthese books to my child in their entirety during the course of this past summer.” While material from thebooks may be woven into class discussions, no additional graded assignments will be given over thesummer reading.Book ListMargery Williams, The Velveteen RabbitMichael Bond, A Bear Called PaddingtonRobert McCloskey, Blueberries for SalWilliam Steig, Brave IreneWilliam Steig, Doctor DeSotoHarriet Ziefert, A New Coat for AnnaDon Freeman, DandelionHildegarde H. Swift and Lynd Ward, The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray BridgeThornton Burgess, Big Book of Animal Stories (or others of his animal story compilations)George Seldon, The Cricket in Times SquareAstrid Lindgren, Pippi LongstockingE. B. White, Stuart LittleBeverly Cleary, The Mouse and the MotorcycleBetty MacDonald, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Summer Reading Program Affirmation SheetStudent name (print):Grade level:List the titles and authors of the books that you read this summer for the summer reading program andthen sign the affirmation below.Required:Optional:I affirm that I have read these books to my child in their entirety during the course of the summer of2021.*Signature:*(If a required book has been read before, you are affirming here that you read it AGAIN, completely, inthe summer of 2021. Optional books must be new this summer.)
2021-2022 Summer Reading Program (Grades 2-6)PurposeThe purpose of Hillsdale Academy’s summer reading program is to encourage independent readingoutside of school, provide students with a shared experience that can serve as a reference point fordiscussions in the coming school year, augment the Hillsdale Academy curriculum, and cultivate a love ofreading.Reading MaterialsStudents are expected to read two books each summer for the summer reading program. The first book isrequired and is read by all students entering a given grade. The required book for each grade has beenselected by the faculty because of the ways that it augments the curriculum for that grade. The secondbook may be selected by individual students from the list of optional books for their grade level. In thecase of both required and optional books, students must read full versions of the text (i.e., not abridged,edited, or graphic versions).Assessment/GradingOn the first day of school students are expected to submit a summer reading review sheet to theirliterature teacher that will count for a completion grade. This sheet should include the titles and authors ofthe two books students read as well as a signed affirmation that, “I have read these books for the firsttime, in their entirety, during the course of this past summer.” While material from the required book maybe woven into class discussions, no additional graded assignments will be given over the summer reading.Incoming 2nd GradeRequired:Peter and Connie Roop, Keep the Lights Burning, AbbieOptional:Alice Dalgliesh, The Bears on Hemlock MountainBeatrix Potter, Tales from Beatrix PotterMarjorie Weinman Sharmat, Nate the GreatJohn Reynolds Gardiner, Stone FoxGertrude Chandler Warner, The Boxcar Children (any book in the series)Incoming 3rd GradeRequired:Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and TallOptional:A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh (original and unabridged)William Pene Du Bois, The Twenty-One BalloonsE. B. White, The Trumpet of the SwanRichard Atwater, Mr. Popper’s PenguinsRobert McCloskey, Homer Price
Incoming 4th GradeRequired:Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big WoodsOptional:Lois Lenski, Indian CaptiveKenneth Grahame, The Wind in the WillowsLaura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie (or any other book in the series)E. L. Kongisburg, Tales from the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerOliver Hunkin, Dangerous JourneyAvi, PoppyIncoming 5th GradeRequired:C. S. Lewis, The Magician’s NephewOptional:Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern GrowsEsther Forbes, Johnny TremainNorton Juster, The Phantom TollboothGeorge MacDonald, The Princess and the GoblinFrances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret GardenIncoming 6th GradeRequired:Elizabeth Yates, Amos Fortune, Free ManOptional:Lois Lowry, The GiverWilliam H. Armstrong, SounderElizabeth George Speare, The Sign of the BeaverElizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird PondAvi, True Confessions of Charlotte DoyleHugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
2021–2022 Summer-Reading Program (Grades 7–12)PurposeHillsdale Academy’s summer-reading program is designed with several purposes in mind: to encourage independent reading outside of school, to provide students with a shared experience that can serve as a reference point for discussions inthe coming school year, to augment the Hillsdale Academy curriculum, and to cultivate a love of reading.Reading MaterialsStudents are expected to read two to four books (depending on the grade level) each summer for thesummer-reading program. The required books are read by all students entering a given grade; these havebeen selected by the faculty to augment that grade’s curriculum. The optional book(s) will be chosen byindividual students from the “Optional” list for the grade level. In the case of both required and optionalbooks, students must read full versions of the text (i.e., not abridged, edited, or graphic versions).Book AvailabilityLiterature books for the school year are purchased by families for their students. Because some of therequired summer-reading books are expensive texts, some hard-to-find, some specifictranslations/editions, the required reading for grades 7–11 (not for grade 12) is provided for your studentfrom our library. Optional texts are available on a first-come basis. These books must be returned to theAcademy library when school resumes in the fall.Assessment/GradingOn the first day of school, students are expected to submit the attached summer-reading review-sheet totheir literature teacher for a completion grade. Your student will list the books read and sign anaffirmation that these books were read for the first time, in their entirety, during the past summer.Teachers may also give another assignment or essay related to the required book as it is integrated intocoursework during the school year.INCOMING 7TH GRADERequired:Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. BowditchOptional (choose 1):Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young GirlRudyard Kipling, The Jungle BookScott O’Dell, Island of the Blue DolphinsLouisa May Alcott, Little WomenJack London, The Call of the WildG. A. Henty, The Dragon and the RavenG. A. Henty, The Young Carthaginian
INCOMING 8TH GRADERequired:Mark Twain, The Prince and the PauperOptional (choose 1):Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in TimeRobert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island (original and unabridged)Richard Adams, Watership DownJules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days (original and unabridged)Marjorie Rawlings, The YearlingINCOMING 9TH GRADERequired:Aeschylus, The Persians and Seven Against ThebesPlutarch, Makers of Rome (Cato the Elder, Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, and MarkAntony)Optional (choose 1):Lloyd Douglas, The RobeGeorge Bernard Shaw, PygmalionHenryk Sinkiewicz, Quo VadisLew Wallace, Ben HurLouis de Wohl, Citadel of God: A Novel about Saint BenedictLouis de Wohl, The Restless Flame: A Novel about Saint AugustineINCOMING 10TH GRADERequired:Robert Bolt, A Man for All SeasonsSir Thomas Malory, King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales, ed. VinaverOptional (choose 1):G. K. Chesterton, Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb OxG. K. Chesterton, Saint Francis of AssisiAlfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the KingT. H. White, Once and Future KingSigrid Undset, Catherine of SienaAugustine, On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina)Richard of St. Victor, The Mystical Ark, or Benjamin Major
INCOMING 11TH GRADERequired:Carrie Young, Nothing to Do but StayMark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry FinnDavid McCullough, 1776 (excerpts: pages 44–69, 75–112, 135–140, 212–229,241–246, and 272–294)Optional (choose 1):Wendell Berry, Jayber CrowWilla Cather, Death Comes for the ArchbishopErnest Hemingway, A Farewell to ArmsJohn Steinbeck, The Grapes of WrathOwen Wister, The VirginianMarilynne Robinson, Gilead: A NovelErich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western FrontINCOMING 12TH GRADE:Required:Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and PunishmentRobert Penn Warren, All the King’s MenC. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, included in The C. S. Lewis Signature Classics: AnAnthology** (ISBN-13: 978-0062572547)**12th-grade must buy this required book for use during the school yearOptional (choose 1):Mary Shelley, FrankensteinJohn Milton, Paradise LostJane Austen, Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen, Sense and SensibilityJane Austen, EmmaAnthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot SeeGeorge Eliot, MiddlemarchWilliam Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity FairVictor Hugo, Les MiserablesAlexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Summer-Reading Program Affirmation SheetStudent name (print):Grade level:List the titles and authors of the books that you read this summer for the summer-reading program andthen sign the affirmation below.Required:Optional:I affirm that I have read these books for the first time, in their entirety, during the course of the summer of2021.*Signature:*(If a required book has been read before, you are affirming here that you read it AGAIN, completely, inthe summer of 2021. Optional books must be new to you this summer.)
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge . Thornton Burgess, Big Book of Animal Stories (or others of his animal story compilations) George Seldon, The Cricket in Times Square . Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking . E. B. White, Stuart Little . Beverly Cleary, The Mouse and the Motorcycle . Betty MacDonald, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
