The following titles are age appropriate books from a variety of genres that are considered to be excellent literature. These stories are recommended by our teachers to feed children’s imaginations, fuel their excitement in learning, and nourish their souls during summer vacation. The reading is not required but highly encouraged for young and old alike.
* Advanced Reading Level
+ Pertain to topics that will be studied in history during the upcoming year
Suggested Fiction and Historical Fiction
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings *
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Boy in the Alamo by Margaret Cousins
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
Sounder by William H. Armstrong
Hitty Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien *
The Dragon King Trilogy (In the Hall of the Dragon King; The Warlords of Nin; The Sword and the Flame) by Stephen R. Lawhead *
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
Tintin Books by Hergé
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Suggested Biographies
Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House by Sterling North +
Basher Five-Two (US Pilot in Bosnia) by Captain Scott O’Grady
Bruchko (Missionary to S. American Indians) by Bruce Olson
Carry a Big Stick: The Uncommon Heroism of Theodore Roosevelt by George Grant *+
Children of the Storm (Christian family in the former Soviet Union) by Natasha Vins
Davy Crocket: His Own Story by David Crockett +
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank *+
If I Perish (Christian in Japan during WWII) by Esther Ahn Kim
Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Stopped Death by Sharon Linnea *
The Wright Brothers by Quentin Reynolds +
George Washington Carver: An American Biography by Rackham Holt +
Daniel Boone: His Own Story by Daniel Boone +
Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman +
Stonewall by Jean Fritz +
Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks +
The Story of Thomas Alva Edison by Margaret Cousins
