The Boys’ Summer Reading ~ June

The boys are continuing to read through the summer, partly from their summer reading list challenge (books marked with *).

Leif

The Light Princess and The Golden Key by George MacDonald

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord

(Re-read) Ranger’s Apprentice books 1-6

*Gentle Ben by Walt Morey

The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr

Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen [This and the following two books are hefty books!]

The Search for the Red Dragon

The Indigo King

Moby Dick (Campfire Classics graphic novel)

The Black Star of Kingston by S. D. Smith (prequel to Green Ember)

The Green Ember by S. D. Smith

 

Luke

Fahrenheit 451 (last month)

*Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene

Robert E. Lee: Young Confederate (Childhood of Famous Americans)

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

*To Be a Slave by Julius Lester

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord

(Re-read) The Indian in the Cupboard, The Return of the Indian, The Secret of the Indian, and The Mystery of the Indian

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen

*What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge

*A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Moby Dick (Campfire Classics graphic novel)

The Black Star of Kingston by S. D. Smith (prequel to Green Ember)

The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert DeJong

The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keattey Snyder

 

Levi

[Levi spent a lot of time this past month writing and drawing and less time reading. He may have read or reread other books or listened to audio books, as well.]

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

Murder on the Orient Express (re-read)

*Little Women (re-read)

Invincible Louisa: The story of the author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs

Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman

Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen

The Black Star of Kingston by S. D. Smith (prequel to Green Ember)

Moby Dick (Campfire Classics graphic novel)

Where the Red Fern Grows (Challenge B)