Although most students don’t really enjoy reading the stuff they force down your throats at school (some of that stuff is actually REALLY GOOD!), students may want to pick up a book and leisurely read it on the beach on their iPad . It’s a good way to pass the time when they’ve had enough of television, texting, and Facebook.
Here is a link to lists for some summer reading for all elementary and high school levels that will stimulate the mind, challenge the vocabulary, and shoo away boredom.
Here are some of Think Out Here‘s picks:
Early Reading
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Olivia by Ian Falconer
The Jolly Postman by Janet and Alan Ahlberg
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
First Novels
Time Warp Trio: The Not-So-Jolly Roger by Jon Scieszka (the whole Time Warp Trio series is good)
Geronimo Stilton: The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid by Elisabetta Dami
Jigsaw Jones #13: The Case Of The Detective In Disguise by James Preller
Magic Treehouse: Night of the New Magicians by Mary Pope Osborne
George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
Intermediate Elementary
Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Harry Potter: The Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer
Junior High/Early High School
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life by Joss Whedon (the whole Scott Pilgrim series is good)
I Am Number 4 by Pittacus Lore
Battle Royale by Koshun Takami
Who Done It by Jon Scieszka
Intermediate High School
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Hope you enjoy some of Think Out Here’s picks. Write us a comment and tell us what you think! Better yet, find a tutor to deconstruct the novels with you! Have a great summer!
