HRA SUMMER READING 2007

Order Form for 6th Grade due April 6, 2007

 

Student Name ________________________________

 

Telephone Number __________________ Email address _____________________

 

Students entering the sixth grade are required to read three books.  All students must read The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 and two other titles from the list below.  Check off the books you are ordering.  Please bring your required book to class on the first day of school.

 

 ______          The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963                                      $6.50

                                                                                                Christopher Paul Curtis

Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny Watson and his family as they take a trip  to visit their grandmother in Birmingham, Alabama during one of the darkest moments in America’s history.  (This book will be used in the classroom during the first quarter.)

 

______           A Wrinkle in Time                                       Madeline L’Engle          $6.50

Travel through time with Meg Murray, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend, Calvin as they search for Meg’s missing father.  Can they outwit the forces of evil

they encounter on their heart-stopping journey through space?

 

______           Hatchet                                                          Gary Paulsen               $6.00

Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single engine plane in which he is flying crashes.  Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing and a hatchet.  It will take all his know-how and determination to survive.

 

______           Walk Two Moons                                       Sharon Creech             $7.00

As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe’s outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold – the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.

 

______           Stormbreaker                                              Anthony Horowitz        $8.00       

After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, Alex is coerced to continue his uncle’s dangerous work for Britain’s intelligence agency.

 

______           Stargirl                                                           Jerry Spinelli                  $9.00      

“Stargirl” bursts onto the scene at Mica High and captures the heart of Leo Borlock.  The student body is enchanted…until they turn on her.

 

 

 

Total Cost                                                                                                                 $___________                                                                                                                                            

Please make checks payable to Friends of the Arts

and return to the Development Office in the enclosed envelope by April 6th.

Questions?  Call Mary Waddill @ 599-6557 or Joni Hafley @ 884-9177