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Recommended Reading List

The recommended reading list is compiled by librarians who are a part of schools within the Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network (HAISLN). The list contains a variety of literature and includes works by some of the most highly regarded authors for children and young adults. The books and lists are reviewed each year by committees within HAISLN who focus on a specific grade level. Efforts continually are made to maintain books of a broad range of interests and levels. This is just one of the many lists of books that are recommended for reading. Please check with the library or visit the Library Web Center for other popular lists of award-winning literature. Please scroll down for the AOS required summer reading overviews.

HAISLN Reading Lists

About the HAISLN Recommended Reading List

This list of titles has been compiled by librarians at member schools of the

Houston Area Independent School Libraries Network (HAISLN). It includes both fiction

and nonfiction books by some of the best authors for children and young adults.

Books on the list are evaluated annually by grade-level committees. Committee

members rely on recommendations from standard, professionally prepared evaluation

aids and on input from students and teachers, as well as the collective HAISLN

expertise. A conscious effort is made to appeal to the broad range of interests,

maturity levels, and reading abilities of students.

In most cases the number of books by any given author is limited to one or two

per grade level list. An older title with superior literary quality may remain on the list

despite newer publications by the same author. Before reading a recommended

author's book that does not appear on the student’s grade list, readers should be

aware that authors often write for multiple interest and age levels. Books that are part

of a series are also noted, but not all books in a series are necessarily appropriate at

the indicated grade level.

Students may find that some titles that are required reading for their classes

appear on this list. Be advised that if a book for required reading is selected for

independent reading, it may have to be re-read with the class at a later date.

This list is offered as one possible source of reading guidance. Additional lists

of award winners and recommended books may be obtained from your school or

public librarian. We hope that books from this list bring students many hours of

enjoyment and encourage the life-long love of reading.

Houston, Texas

March, 2008

Pre-school, Pre-kindergarten, and Kindergarten

Grades 1 and 2

Grades 3 and 4

Grade 5

Grade 6

Grades 7 and 8

Grades 9 and 10

AOS Required Summer Reading Overviews

AOS Lower School Required Summer Reading 2008

All incoming students in Preschool, Prekindergarten, Kindergarten, and 1st grade are expected to read or to be read 20 books of appropriate challenge. In these early grades, no written list is expected by the teacher at the end of the summer. The HAISLN Recommended Reading List 2008 is provided as a selection of good choices. Read widely and have a great time.

All students in grades 2-4 are expected to return to school with a list of the free-choice books they read in the summer. The teacher will collect these lists in the first week of school, and class discussions will take place.

All incoming 2nd grade students are expected to read 20 books of appropriate challenge, including one required title. The HAISLN Recommended Reading List is provided as a selection of good choices.

2nd grade: My Fathers Dragon by Ruth Gannett. ISBN 0394890485

Each student is expected to bring a copy of the book to school in August.

All incoming 3rd grade students are expected to read 6 books of appropriate challenge, including the required book. The HAISLN Recommended Reading List is provided as a selection of good choices.

3rd grade: The Trumpet of the Swans by E. B. White. ISBN 0064408671

All incoming 4th grade students are expected to read 6 books of appropriate challenge, including these two required books. The HAISLN Recommended Reading List is provided as a selection of good choices.

4th grade: Frindle by Andrew Clements. ISBN 0689818769

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. ISBN 0440403278

AOS Middle School Required Summer Reading 2008

All incoming 5th-8th grade students are expected to read a total of 4 books. Their selections beyond the requirements should come from the grade appropriate section of the HAISLN Recommended Reading List 2008. Students should bring to school in the first week a list of the free-choice books they read and be prepared to discuss them.

5th grade: Read both books and two more of your choice from the HAISLN list.

Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer Holm ISBN 0064408566

How I Came to be a Writer by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ISBN 00689838875

6th grade: Read both books and two more age-appropriate titles of your choice. The HAISLN list is a good source for age-appropriate titles.

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls ISBN 0440412676

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi ISBN 9780380728855

7th grade: Read both books and two more of your choice from the HAISLN list.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. ISBN 014038572X

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli ISBN 9780440416777

8th grade: Read the one required book, and three more of your choice from the

HAISLN list.

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. ISBN 9780449911495

Each student is expected to bring a copy of the book to school in August.