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 where many homeschool families take advantage of an enrichment program.
Grade 6
The Bronze Bow
The Hobbit
Treasure Island
Tales of Ancient Egypt
The Tale of Troy
Tales of the Greek Heroes
The Luck of Troy
The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy
Belisarius: The First Shall Be Last
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
Around the World in Eighty Days
The Phantom Tollbooth
Little Britches
Tuck Everlasting
Johnny Tremain
The Wizard of Oz
The Trumpeter of Krakow
The White Stag
Men of Iron
Otto of the Silver Hand
The Red Keep
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow
The Lost Baron
Son of Charlemagne
The Dragon and the Raven
In Freedom’s Cause
Winning His Spurs
Wulf the Saxon
A Knight of the White Cross
St. George for England
The Lion of St. Mark
Grades 7 and 8
The Wind in the Willows
As You Like It,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Robinson Crusoe,
Henry V,
Beowulf the Warrior
Everyman
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Canterbury Tales
The Eagle of the Ninth
Anne of Green Gables series
Little Women
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Chestry Oak
Around the World in Eighty Days
Journey to the Center of the Earth
She
King Solomon’s Mines
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
Sherlock Holmes
Across Five Aprils
The Swiss Family Robinson
By Right of Conquest
With Lee in Virginia
With Wolfe in Canada
The Dash for Khartoum
Facing Death
The Shining Company
Sword Song
The Silver Branch
Outcast
The Eagle of the Ninth