Legacy Middle School Summer Reading List
2008-2009
Dear Legacy Students,
The summer reading list at Legacy is the 2008-2009 Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award list. To encourage Legacy students to read, the media center staff is offering a “FREE BOOK” to every student who reads at least two books on this list.
Here’s what you need to do to earn the free book:
1. Read at least two books on this list.
2. Pass AR quizzes on the books OR have your parents sign the list to verify that you read the books.
3. Return the list to me, in the media center, during the first week of school.
Have a wonderful summer! I look forward to seeing you in August! Happy reading!
Mrs. Gross, Library Media Specialist
Legacy Middle School Summer Reading List
Adam Canfield of the Slash (2007) Michael Winerip
AR RL 5.4 Pts. 9.0
While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle school students, Adam and Jennifer, uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city’s government.
Black Duck (2007) Janet Taylor Lisle
AR RL 4.8 Pts. 8.0
Years after the event, Ruben Hart tells the story of how his family and his best friend’s family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.
Eggs (2008) Jerry Spinelli
AR RL 3.6 Pts. 4.0
Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp (2008) Rick Yancy
AR RL 4.9 Pts. 10.0
Through a series of dangerous and violent misadventures, teenage loser Alfred Kropp rescues King Arthur’s legendary sword Excalibur from the forces of evil.
Hurt Go Happy (2007) Ginny Rorby
AR RL 5.2 Pts. 9.0
Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis has been deaf since age six, but her mother has refused to let her learn sign language. Joey lives an isolated life, until she meets a doctor and his chimpanzee, who secretly teach her how to sign.
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life (2008) Wendy Mass
AR RL 4.6 Pts. 11.
Just before his thirteenth birthday, Jeremy Fink receives a keyless locked box from his dead father that supposedly contains the meaning of life.
Kimchi & Calamari (2007) Rose Kent
AR RL 4.6 Pts. 6.0
After getting caught lying about who his grandfather was on a school project, fourteen-year-old Joseph is forced to redo the assignment and learns more about his heritage than he ever thought possible.
The Kingdom Keepers (2007) Ridley Pearson
AR RL 4.2 Pts. 9.0
Five teenagers are hired to be guides at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. When the theme park uses DHI technology to transform the boys into hologram projections to guide the guests around, the boys learn that the park is in danger and try to save the park from the Disney villains and witches.
Out of Patience (2008) Brian Meehl
AR RL 4.9 Pts. 9.0
Twelve-year-old Jake Waters cannot wait to escape his small town in Kansas until the arrival of a cursed toilet plunger causes him to re-evaluate his feelings toward his family and its history.
Peak (2008) Roland Smith
AR RL 5.0 Pts. 9.0
A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
Red Kayak (2006) Priscilla Cummings
AR RL 4.9 Pts. 8.0
Living near the water on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, thirteen-year-old Brady and his best friends, J.T. and Digger, become entangled in a tragedy which tests their friendship and their ideas about right and wrong.
Rules (2008) Cynthia Lord
AR RL 3.9 Pts. 4.0
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence, but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.
The Sacrifice (2007) Kathleen Benner Duble
AR RL 4.6 Pts. 5.0
Two sisters are accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts in 1962. As they await their trial in a miserable prison, their mother searches frantically for a way to obtain their freedom.
Shakespeare’s Secret (2007) Elise Broach
AR RL 4.0 Pts. 6.0
A misfit 6th grade girl gets the unexpected attention of a popular boy when she moves into a new house that supposedly has a valuable hidden diamond.
Whisper in the Dark (2005) Joseph Bruchac
AR RL 5.5 Pts. 5.0
A terrifying Native American legend begins to come true for a teenage girl whose recovery from the accident that killed her parents has stunned everyone.