Eagles Landing Middle School
2022-2023 Summer Reading Program
For Incoming 6
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, 7
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, and 8
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Grade Students
Welcome to the Eagles Landing Middle School Summer Reading Program! All students are
required to parcipate. Eagles Landing Middle School believes in promong a high degree
of academic excellence in our students, which begins with a strong foundaon in reading.
Direcons for parcipaon in our reading program:
1. Over the summer, read one of the novels from the aached, 2-sided Sunshine State
Young Readers Award Books 2022-2023 list.
The list is aached. It can also be found here:
2022-23_Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books
2. Use your knowledge of the novel to respond to the aached assignment.
3. Turn your assignment into your Language Arts teacher at any me during the first
two weeks of school to receive credit.
Summer Reading Program: Frequently Asked Quesons (FAQ’s)
1. Where can I obtain a copy of the recommended books?
Books may be purchased almost anywhere that books are sold.
ELMS does not recommend or endorse any parcular purchasing locaon, but has nofied some local
book stores and public library locaons of our summer reading program. They are:
Barnes and Noble: 1400 Glades Rd., Boca Raton 561-750-2134
SW County Regional Library: 20701 95th Ave., Boca Raton 561-482-4554
West Boca Branch Library : 18685 State Road 7, Boca Raton 561-470-1600
Books can also be ordered online through Amazon.com
Eboooks may be available here:
hp://www.pbclibrary.org/virtual-library
https://www.wpb.org/government/mandel-public-library-of-west-palm-beach/e-books-movies-music
2. Is the program mandatory?
Yes. All incoming or returning students in grades 6, 7, and 8 must read a novel from the Sunshine
State Young Readers Award List 2022-2023 during the summer or within the first two weeks of the
school year. The assignment is required for students to earn credit.
3. I have just enrolled at Eagles Landing Middle School. Do I sll have to parcipate?
Students enrolled on or aer August 1, 2022, are exempt from the program but may parcipate if
they choose. Eagles Landing strongly encourages all newly enrolled students to parcipate.
Happy Reading!
Sunshine State Young Readers Award
Books 2022-2023 List for Grades 6-8
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston
Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. So when she discovers a
ticking briefcase in his closet containing a nomination for a tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Aairs,
she's certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton--if only she can wrap her head
around the idea of magicians, fairies, aliens, and other supernatural creatures all being real.
Archimancy Shadow School by J. A. White
Cordelia Liu knew Shadow School was going to be dierent with black gates and ivied walls as well as
long hallways lined with old paintings. There is a tower with a window that looks like an eye. Dierent
she expected and dierent she could handle. Still, Cordelia can’t shake the feeling that something’s not
right, and that she’s being carefully watched by someone or something.
Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Whatever her name is, it won’t last long. Katrina doesn’t know any of the details about her past, but she
does know that she and her parents are part of the Witness Protection Program. Whenever her parents say
they have to move on and start over, she takes on a new identity. A new name, a new hair color, a new
story.
Curse of the Night Witch by Alex Aster
On Emblem Island all are born knowing their fate. Their lifelines show the course of
their life and an emblem dictates how they will spend it. Twelve-year-old Tor Luna was
born with a leadership emblem, just like his mother. But he hates his mark and is
determined to choose a dierent path for himself. So, on the annual New Year's Eve
celebration, where Emblemites throw their wishes into a bonfire in the hopes of having
them granted, Tor wishes for a dierent power.
Double the Danger and Zero Zucchini by Betsy Uhrig
Books aren’t supposed to be dangerous. Are they?
Alex Harmon prefers running over and sitting still reading. His aunt oers to pay him to point
out the boring parts in her children’s books; he figures it’s an easy way to make ten bucks. The
problem is that her book is about a grumpy frog and prize-winning zucchini.
Find out how things change for Alex!
Dragon Ops by Mari Mancusi
One wrong move, and it's game over.
Welcome to DRAGON OPS, the world's first augmented-reality video-game theme park.
Set on a once-deserted island, our three beta players-classic gamer geek Ian; his
adventure-seeking sister, Lily; and their too-cool-for-gaming cousin, Derek-have been
lucky enough to score an invite to play before the fully immersive experience opens to the
public.
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan
It's been almost a year since Sila's mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey. The long
separation is almost impossible for Sila to withstand. But things change when Sila accompanies
her father (who is a mechanic) outside their Oregon town to fix a truck. There, behind an enormous
stone wall, she meets a grandfatherly man who only months before won the state lottery. Why not
find out what happens next? What can Sila, a grandfatherly man and an elephant have in common?
Sunshine State Young Readers Award
Books 2022-2023 List for Grades 6-8, Page 2
Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter by Beth McMullen
Having a world-traversing archaeologist dad means twelve-year-old Lola Benko is used to moving
around not putting down roots anywhere. But every day and every hunt for something hidden is an
adventure, and no matter what, she and her dad are an unbeatable team. Then her father disappears.
What will Lola do next?
Pixie Pushes On by Tamara Bundy
Pixie's defenses are up, and it's no wonder. She's been uprooted, the chickens seem to have it in for her, and now her
beloved sister, Charlotte, has been stricken with polio and whisked away into quarantine. So it's not surprising Pixie
lashes out. But her habit of making snap judgements--and giving her classmates nicknames like "Rotten Ricky" and
"Big-Mouth Berta"--hasn't won her any friends. At least life on the farm is getting better with the delivery of its newest
resident--a runt baby lamb.
Quintessence by Jess Redman
Three months ago, twelve-year-old Alma moved to the town of Four Points. Her panic attacks started a
week later, and they haven’t stopped, even though she told her parents that they did. Every day she feels
less and less like herself. Then Alma meets the ShopKeeper in the town's junk shop, The Fifth Point. The
ShopKeeper gives her a telescope and this message: Read the book to find the secret message!
Rivals by Tommy Greenwald
The people of Walthorne love their basketball—and one of the things they love most is the special rivalry between the
Walthorne North Middle School Cougars and the Walthorne South Middle School Panthers. As the season begins, two
star players are feeling the heat: Austin Chambers, captain of Walthorne North, worries that he’s not good enough to
live up to his father’s legacy, while across town, the brilliantly talented Carter Haswell, captain of Walthorne South, is
already under pressure to get a scholarship that might ease his family’s financial stress.
Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie
Claire has absolutely no interest in the paranormal. She’s a scientist, which is why she can’t think of anything worse
than having to help out her dad on one of his ghost-themed Chicago bus tours. She thinks she’s made it through when
she sees a boy with a sad face and dark eyes at the back of the bus. There’s something off about his presence,
especially because when she checks at the end of the tour…he’s gone.
The Smartest Kid in the Universe by Chris Grabenstein
Jake's middle school is about to be shut down. Jake and his friends know their school's worth saving-if they could only
figure out how! When Jake spies a bowl of jelly beans at the hotel where his mom works, he eats them. But
uh-oh-those weren't just jellybeans, one of the scientists at his mom's conference is in the process of developing the
first ingestible information pills. And THAT'S what Jake ate. Find out what happens next!
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
Ever since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she’s been bullied about her
weight. To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules–like “no making waves,” “avoid eating in public,” and “don’t
move so fast that your body jiggles.” And she’s found her safe space–her swimming pool–where she feels weightless
in a fat-obsessed world. In the water, she can stretch herself out like a starfish and take up all the room she wants.
Find out how Ellie does something about being her own fabulous self!
Words on Fire by Jennifer Nielsen
Danger is never far from Audra’s family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian Cossack
Soldiers, who insist that everyone must become Russian. They have banned Lithuanian books, religion, culture,
and even the language. Audra knows her parents are involved in something secret and perilous in June 1893.
Audra embarks on a dangerous journey to deliver a mysterious package for her parents after Russian Cossacks
arrest them. Can joining the underground network of book smugglers give Audra a chance to rescue her parents?
