I wouldn’t characterize our homeschool as a classical model, but I sure do love to fill our book basket with classical literature.  Below you’ll find a list of books that I expect Ben will have read before he enters high school. Because things can be so crazy during the school year, and much of our homeschool is rich is living literature, summer is the perfect time for him to spend checking these books off his list. 

If you’re looking for some good quality selections for summer reading for middle school students, I think you’ll enjoy this one. It was heavily influenced by our local classical Christian school.

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Grade 6

The Bronze Bow

Anne of Green Gables

The Hobbit

Treasure Island

Grade 7

The Wind in the Willows

As You Like It, by Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Shakespeare

Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe

Grade 8

Henry V, by Shakespeare

Beowulf the Warrior

Everyman

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Canterbury Tales

The Eagle of the Ninth

 

What classics would you add to my list? 

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