DMS Summer Reading
for ELA classes
All Sixth Grade PreAP/GT ELA
GT students must choose TWO books from the district summer reading list:
The Wizard of Oz (Puffin Classics version) by Baum
Iqbal by D'Adamo
The Conch Bearer by Divakaruni
Phineas Gage by Fleischman
La Linea by Jaramillo
A Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle
The Dream Bearer by Myers
Hatchet by Paulsen
Becoming Naomi Leon by Ryan
The Wednesday Wars by Schmidt
ALL SEVENTH GRADE ELA
All students read Everlost by Neal Shusterman.
PreAP/GT ALSO read one book from this list:
- A Life in the Wild by Turner
- Bull Rider by Williams
- Good Enough by Yoo
- The Secret Garden (Puffin Classics Version) by Burnett
- Almost Astronauts by Stone
- Day of Tears by Lester
- Isaac's Storm by Larson
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Verne
- A Step from Heaven by Na
- Everlost by Shusterman
- Lightning Thief by Riordan
ALL EIGHTH GRADE ELA
Read Make Lemonade by Wolff.
PreAP/GT also reads: The Giver by Lois Lowry
DULLES HIGH SCHOOL PreAP
The House on Mango Street by Cisneros
All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque