Here are some important details about Summer Reading at CMS! Please check out the linked files (Each grade level has their own link!) for specifics on the projects that go along with the reading. Each grade level has one required text that should be read by ALL students. The second text is also required, but students may choose from a list of options.
- Required Text: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- Choice of One (Required): Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick, Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling, Restart by Gordon Korman, Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books by Gary Paulsen OR The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling
- Required Text: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Choice of One (Required): Maze Runner by James Dashner, Uglies by Scott Westerfield, Divergent by Veronica Roth, City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau OR Matched by Allie Condy
- Required Text: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- Choice of One (Required): Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, Call of the Wild by Jack London OR Unbound by Ann. E. Burg
- Required Text: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- Choice of One (Required): Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
6th Grade GIFTED:
- Required Text: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
- Choice of One (Required): Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick, Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling OR The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling
7th Grade GIFTED:
- Required Text: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Choice of One (Required): Maze Runner by James Dashner, Uglies by Scott Westerfield, Divergent by Veronica Roth, City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau OR Matched by Allie Condy
8th Grade GIFTED English I:
- Required Text: Night by Elie Wiesel
- Choice of One (Required): Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury