Well, we put our noses to the grindstone and were able to complete our Spring semester ahead of schedule. We worked through weekends and holidays so that we could start the summer a little early this year. We are looking forward to devoting more of our time to playing the piano, guitar, penny whistle and fiddle, conducting fun experiments and working on art and science projects, and last but not least summer reading! We are lucky to spend a lot of our summer at the beach and there is nothing better than having your feet in the sand and your head in a great story. The kids picked some fantastic selections for this summer and I’m excited to see what they think of the books! Check out their lists and please share what you are excited to read this summer.
Payton’s List:
Emma by Jane Austen
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
A Rose for Miss Emily by William Faulkner
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Dubliners by James Joyce
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The 5 people You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Alborn
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Jack’s List:
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein
The Serpent’s Shadow
Tarzan by Edgar Rice Borroughs
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
The King Must Die by Mary Renault
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Siddartha by Herman Hesse
Squire Tales Series by Gerald Morris
Ava’s List:
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Inventions Of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
King Solomon’s Mines by Sir H. Rider Haggard
The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
Dear Ellen Bee by Mary E Lyons
Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
Carolina’s Courage by Elizabeth Yates
Five Children And It by E. Nesbit
The Galileo School 