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Required Reading: Second Street Campus

Second Street Campus

For rising seventh graders, the required reading is: 

  • March, Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

  • TWO choice books from the independent reading list. Click the blue tabs near the top of the page to see some book trailers and covers for independent reading options!  You can also download the full list HERE.

Source: Laurel Johnson

For rising eighth graders, the required reading is: 

  • The Storyteller by Brandon Hobson

  • TWO choice books from the independent reading list. Click the blue tabs near the top of the page to see some book trailers and covers for independent reading options! You can also download the full list HERE.

Source: Scholastic

Required Reading: Cooper Campus

Cooper Campus

For rising seventh graders, the required reading is: 

  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

  • TWO choice books from the independent reading list. Click the blue tabs near the top of the page to see some book trailers and covers for independent reading options! You can also download the full list HERE.

Source: Toronto Star

Jason Reynolds: Why It's Important For Kids to Read

Jason Reynolds, DC-area author of Ain't Burned All the Bright (a realistic fiction independent reading choice book) and a former Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, discusses why he feels it's important for kids to read.

Source: Left Bank Books