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Interested students in fifth through eighth grades will be asked to read a list of books between now and next spring. During class next April, students will receive points for answering questions beginning with, “In which book does …”

The twelve best scorers in grades five and six will compete against Calvert School in Horn Theater on April 23 (fifth grade) and 24 (sixth grade) at 9 a.m. Top scorers in grades 7 and 8 will compete against one another in front of the entire Middle School.

Questions? Contact Librarian Nancy McFadden.

The list of books for grades five and six is posted below:

Ballad of Lucy Whipple (Cushman)
Black Cauldron (Alexander)
Case of Lion Dance (Yep)
The Dark is Rising (Cooper)
Flying Solo (Fletcher)
Jack on the Tracks (Gantos)
Landry News (Clements)
Lord Kirkle's Money (Avi)
Midwife's Apprentice (Cushman)
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh (O’Brien)
My Life in Dog Years (Paulsen)
My Side of the Mountain (George)
My Teacher is an Alien (Coville)
Secret of Platform 13 (Ibbotson)
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World (Armstrong)
Skellig (Almond)
Titanic Crossing (Williams)
Transall Saga (Paulsen)
Two Old Women (Wallis)
Williwaw (Bodett)

Here is the reading for grades seven and eight:

Among the Hidden (Peterson Haddix)
Ballad of Lucy Whipple (Cushman)
The Dark is Rising (Cooper)
Face on the Milk Carton (Cooney)
Jason’s Gold (Hobbs)
Lord Kirkle's Money (Avi)
Lost in the Barrens (Mowat)
Red Badge of Courage (Crane)
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World (Armstrong)
Transall Saga (Paulsen)
Two Old Women (Wallis)
Wolf by the Ears (Rinaldi)