The Best Summer Reading Books
Park Street School Students award medals to their favorite summer reading selections.
One of the delights of summer vacation for students of all ages is the opportunity to read wonderful books. The choices and options can seem endless! Park Street School students in grades 2 – 6 reviewed their summer reading lists that invite them to explore wonderful books, many of which will enrich their learning for the coming school year. This past summer, our students were asked to select their favorite books from their Park Street School summer reading list and award them Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards.
Students in Grades 2 – 6 are delighted to share their results and hope that other students will enjoy them as much as they did!
Grade 2 Winners:
1. Narwhal and Jelly by Ben Clanton (graphic-novel series): 3 gold, 1 bronze
2. Young Pelé : Soccer’s First Star by Lesa Cline-Ransome: 2 gold, 1 silver
3. Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French: 2 gold
Grade 3 Winners:
1. Zoey & Sassafras (series) by Asia Citro : 2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
2. Cam Jansen Mysteries (series) by David A. Adler: 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
3. The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole (or others in original Magic School Bus series): 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze
4. Zita the Spacegirl (series) by Ben Hatke : 2 gold
Grade 4 Winners:
1. Pawcasso by Remy Lai: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
2. The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson by Ann McGovern : 2 gold
3. The American Revolution by Kate Messner (History Smashers series): 2 silver, 1 bronze
4. The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling: 1 gold, 1 silver
Grade 5 Winners:
1. Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac: 5 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze
2. Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff (series): 2 gold, 1 silver
3. Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates: 1 gold, 2 silver
4. Ban This Book by Alan Gratz: 1 gold, 1 silver
Grade 6 Winners:
1. Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories by R.J. Palacio: 2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
2. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson: 2 gold, 1 silver
3. I Am Malala (Young Readers’ edition) by Malala Yousafzai: 2 gold, 1 silver
4. Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff: 2 silver, 2 bronze
5. El Deafo by Cece Bell: 1 gold, 1 bronze
