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St. Alphonsus Catholic School
(click on the grade to view each list)
1st Grade
Title |
Author |
Level |
Points |
Go Dog, Go |
P.D. Eastman |
1.2 |
0.5 |
Hop On Pop! |
Dr. Seuss |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Arthur series |
Brown |
1.5 – 3.9 |
0.5-1.0 |
Jan Brett books |
Jan Brett |
1.8 – 5.3 |
0.5 |
Henry and Mudge series |
Cynthia Rylant |
2.1 – 2.8 |
0.5 |
Good Night Moon |
Brown |
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Owen |
Keven Henkes |
2.4 |
0.5 |
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake |
Laura Numeroff |
2.4 |
0.5 |
Amelia Bedelia series |
Peggy Parish |
2.5 |
0.5 |
Frog and Toad series |
Lobel |
2.6 – 2.9 |
0.5 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
Eric Carle |
2.9 |
0.5 |
Julius, the Baby of the World |
Kevin Henkes |
3.0 |
0.5 |
The Magic School Bus series |
Joanna Cole |
3.1 |
0.5 |
Where the Wild Things Are |
Maurice Sendak |
3.4 |
0.5 |
Stellaluna |
Janell Cannon |
3.5 |
0.5 |
Amazing Grace |
Mary Hoffman |
3.5 |
0.5 |
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble |
William Steig |
4.0 |
0.5 |
Choose 2 books from this list to read this summer.
Please choose books closest to your own reading level (ZPD). If you are not sure, hold up a finger each time you read a word you don’t know. If you are holding up 5 fingers before you’ve finished a page, the reading level is too high and you will be easily frustrated.
Take the online tests after you finish reading the book. You must score at least 85% on tests for the books to count. If you score below 85%, you must read and test on another book.
Go to arbookfind to see other AR books.
2nd Grade
Title |
Author |
Level |
Points |
Dogku
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Clements, Andrew
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1.1 |
0.5 |
Arthur books |
Brown |
1.5 – 3.9 |
0.5-1.0 |
Jan Brett books |
Brett, Jan |
1.8 – 5.3 |
0.5 |
Skippyjon series |
Schackner, Judith |
1.9 – 3.8 |
0.5 |
If Mom had Three Arms |
Orloff, Karen K |
1.9 |
0.5 |
Henry and Mudge series |
Rylant, Cynthia |
2.1 – 2.8 |
0.5 |
Magic School Bus series |
Cole, Joanna |
2.2 – 4.3 |
0.5-1.0 |
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa |
Silverman, Erica |
2.3 |
0.5 |
Amelia Bedelia series |
Parish, Peggy |
2.5 |
0.5 |
Junie B. Jones series |
Park, Barbara |
2.5 – 3.0 |
0.5 |
Frog and Toad series |
Lobel |
2.6 – 2.9 |
0.5 |
Miss Nelson books |
Allard |
2.7 – 3.0 |
0.5 |
Babysitters Club |
Martin, Ann M. |
2.9 – 4.7 |
0.5-6.0 |
A to Z Mystery series |
Roy, Ron |
3.2 – 3.4 |
1.0 |
Animal Ark series |
Baglio, Ben |
3.2 – 5.3 |
0.5-4.0 |
The Stinky Cheese Man |
Scieszka, Jon |
3.4 |
0.5 |
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day |
Viorst, Judith |
3.7 |
0.5 |
The Not-So-Jolly Roger
(Time Warp Trio series) |
Scieszka, Jon |
3.8 |
1.0 |
The Legend of the Bluebonnet |
DePaola, Tomie |
4.2 |
0.5 |
Choose 2 books from this list to read this summer.
Please choose books closest to your own reading level (ZPD). If you are not sure, hold up a finger each time you read a word you don’t know. If you are holding up 5 fingers before you’ve finished a page, the reading level is too high and you will be easily frustrated.
Take the online tests after you finish reading the book. You must score at least 85% on tests for the books to count. If you score below 85%, you must read and test on another book.
Go to arbookfind to see other AR books.
3rd Grade
Title |
Author |
Level |
Points |
Skippyjon series |
Judith Schachner |
1.9 – 3.8 |
0.5 |
Magic Tree House series |
Mary Pope Osborne |
2.1 -3.1
(varies with title) |
1.0 |
Henry and Mudge series |
Cynthia Rylant |
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0.5 |
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa |
Erica Silverman |
2.3 |
0.5 |
Mercy Watson series |
Kate DiCamillo |
2.6 – 2.8 |
0.5 |
Junie B. Jones series |
Barbara Park |
2.5 – 3.0 |
1.0 |
Henry’s Freedom Box |
Ellen Levine |
3.0 |
0.5 |
Freckle Juice |
Judy Blume |
3.1 |
0.5 |
A to Z Mystery series |
Ron Roy |
3.2 – 3.4 |
1.0 |
Animal Ark series |
Ben Baglio |
3.2 – 5.3 |
0.5 – 4.0 |
Cam Jansen series |
David Adler |
3.3 – 3.9 |
1.0 |
How to be Cool in the Third Grade |
Betsy Duffey |
3.5 |
1.0 |
Because of Winn-Dixie |
Kate DiCamillo |
3.9 |
3.0 |
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane |
Kate DiCamillo |
4.4 |
2.0 |
The Toughest Cowboy |
John Frank |
4.6 |
0.5 |
Chocolate Touch |
Patrick Catling |
4.7 |
2.0 |
James and the Giant Peach |
Roald Dahl |
4.8 |
4.0 |
Ramona series |
Beverly Cleary |
4.8 – 5.6 |
3.0 – 4.0 |
Stuart Little |
E. B. White |
6.0 |
3.0 |
Abraham’s Search for God |
Jacqueline Jules |
3.1 |
0.5 |
Choose 2 books from this list to read this summer.
Please choose books closest to your own reading level (ZPD). If you are not sure, hold up a finger each time you read a word you don’t know. If you are holding up 5 fingers before you’ve finished a page, the reading level is too high and you will be easily frustrated.
Take the online tests after you finish reading the book. You must score at least 85% on tests for the books to count. If you score below 85%, you must read and test on another book.
Go to arbookfind to see other AR books.
4th Grade
Title |
Author |
AR Level |
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing |
Judy Blume |
3.3 |
Frindle |
Andrew Clements |
5.4 |
Series: Hatchet The River |
Gary Paulsen |
levels vary |
Series: books by Beverly Cleary |
Beverly Cleary |
levels vary |
The Velveteen Rabbit |
Margery Williams |
4.9 |
The Trumpet of the Swan |
E.B. White |
4.9 |
Alejandro’s Gift |
Richard E. Albert |
5.0 |
Tuck Everlasting |
Natalie Babbitt |
5.0 |
The Year of the Dog |
Grace Lin |
4.2 |
The Secret of the Painted House |
Marion Dane Baurer |
2.8 |
Lost and Found |
Andrew Clements |
5.0 |
Lawn Boy |
Gary Paulsen |
4.3 |
Flush |
Carl Hiaasen |
5.0 |
St John Bosco and St Dominic Savio |
Catherine Beebe |
4.5 |
Choose 2 books to read and take tests on this summer.
You must go ahead and take the tests!
Take the online tests after reading the book. You must score at least 85% on tests for the books to count. If you score below 85%, you must read and test on another book.
Go to arbookfind to find out if a book is AR.
5th Grade
Title |
Author |
AR Level |
Series: Storm; Breaker; Point Blank
Skeleton Key; Eagle Strike; Scorpia |
Anthony Harowitz |
levels vary |
Charlie Pippin |
Candy Dawson Boyd |
4.6 |
Maniac Magee |
J. Spinelli |
4.7 |
Where the Red Fern Grows |
Wilson Rawls |
4.9 |
Old Yeller |
Fred Gipson |
5.0 |
No Talking |
Andrew Clements |
5.0 |
The Secret of Nimh |
Robert C. O’Brien |
5.0 |
The Black Stallion |
Walter Farley |
5.2 |
Artemis Fowl series |
Eoin Colfer |
5.0 |
Series: Brian’s Winter; Brian’s Return; Brian’s Hunt |
Gary Paulsen |
levels vary |
Extra Credit |
Andrew Clements |
5.3 |
The Cricket in Times Square |
George Selden |
4.9 |
Joey Pigza Loses Control |
Jack Gartos |
4.9 |
St Anthony of Padua |
Margaret Charles Kerry |
4.9 |
Learning About Love from the Life of Mother Teresa |
Brenn Jones |
5.0 |
Optional choices
Title |
Author |
Level |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
6.1 |
The Two Towers |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
6.2 |
The Return of the King |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
6.3 |
Choose 2 books to read and take tests on this summer.
You must go ahead and take the tests!
Take the online tests after reading the book. You must score at least 85% on tests for the books to count. If you score below 85%, you must read and test on another book.
Go to arbookfind to find out if a book is AR.
6th Grade
Title |
Author |
AR Level |
Holes |
Louis Sachar |
4.6 |
Ella Enchanted |
Gail Carson Levine |
4.6 |
Tangerine |
Edward Bloor |
4.3 |
Walk Two Moons |
Sharon Creek |
4.9 |
Bud, Not Buddy |
Christopher Paul Curtis |
5.0 |
The Chronicles of Narnia series |
C. S. Lewis |
levels vary |
Inkheart |
Cornelia Funke |
5.4 |
My Side of the Mountain |
Jean Craighand George |
5.2 |
Bernine Magruder series |
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
5.1 |
Series: Heartlight; The Ancient One; The Merlin Effect;
The Lost Years of Merlin; The Seven Songs of Merlin
The Fires of Merlin
|
T.A. Barron |
levels vary |
The View from Saturday |
E.L. Konigsburg |
5.9 |
Journeys with Mary: Apparitions of Our Lady |
Zerlina de Santis |
5.5 |
St Benedict: Hero of the Hills |
Mary Fabyan Windeatt |
5.8 |
Adara |
Beatrice Gormley |
5.9 |
St Dominic and the Rosary |
Catherine Beebe |
5.9 |
Optional choices
Title |
Author |
Level |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
6.1 |
The Two Towers |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
6.2 |
The Return of the King |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
6.3 |
Choose 2 books to read and take tests on this summer.
You must go ahead and take the tests!
Take the online tests after reading the book. You must score at least 85% on tests for the books to count. If you score below 85%, you must read and test on another book.
Go to arbookfind to find out if a book is AR.
7th Grade
Title |
Author |
AR Level |
The Diary of a Young Girl |
Anne Frank |
6.5 |
Redwall |
Brian Jacques |
5.6 |
The City of Ember |
Jeanne DuPrau |
5.0 |
The Lost Years of Merlin |
T. A. Barron |
5.1 |
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle |
Avi |
5.3 |
Journeys with Mary: Apparitions of Our Lady |
Zerlina de Santis |
5.5 |
St Benedict: Hero of the Hills |
Mary Fabyan Windeatt |
5.8 |
Catherine, called Birdy |
Karen Cushman |
6.4 |
Gone with the Wind |
Margaret Mitchell |
7.1 |
The Pearl |
John Steinbeck |
7.1 |
The Namesake |
Jhumpa Lahiri |
7.2 |
The Rainmaker |
John Grisham |
7.2 |
Brave New World |
Aldous Huxley |
7.5 |
Optional choices
Title |
Author |
Level |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
6.1 |
The Two Towers |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
6.2 |
The Return of the King |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
6.3 |
Choose 2 books to read and take tests on this summer.
You must go ahead and take the tests!
Take the online tests after reading the book. You must score at least 85% on tests for the books to count. If you score below 85%, you must read and test on another book.
Go to arbookfind to find out if a book is AR.
8th Grade
Title |
Author |
AR Level |
The Saga of Lewis and Clark |
Thomas Schmidt |
8.2 |
An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with the Truth |
Mahatma Gandhi |
8.3 |
The Screwtape Letters |
C. S. Lewis |
8.8 |
Great Expectations |
Charles Dickens |
9.2 |
Uncle Tom’s Cabin |
Harriet Beecher Stowe |
9.3 |
A Tale of Two Cities |
Charles Dickens |
9.7 |
“Child of the Dark Prophecy” |
T. A. Barron |
5.6 |
“Something Wicked This Way Comes” |
Ray Bradbury |
4.8 |
“Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter” |
Adeline Yen Mah |
7.1 |
The Invisible Man |
H.G. Wells |
7.7 |
Animal Farm |
George Orwell |
7.3 |
Mother Teresa |
Amy Ruth |
8.5 |
Optional choices
Title |
Author |
Level |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
6.1 |
The Two Towers |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
6.2 |
The Return of the King |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
6.3 |
Choose 2 books to read and take tests on this summer.
You must go ahead and take the tests!
Take the online tests after reading the book. You must score at least 85% on tests for the books to count. If you score below 85%, you must read and test on another book.
Go to arbookfind to find out if a book is AR.
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