MRMS - Summer Reading Info 2024

MRMS Summer reading guide

book recs, INFO, and EVENTS

to help with your summer reading!

For rising

5th, 6th, and 7th graders

For rising

5th, 6th, and 7th graders

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Principal’s reading challenge

library card and local library info.

local events at libraries and book shops

sora: FREE digital book access!

how to pick a book that’s right for you

gr. 5: Book recommendations

Gr. 6: Book recommendations

Gr. 7: Book reccommendations & SUMMER reading questions

Book recs from community members

books to read TOGETHER as a family

MRMS Summer reading

PRINCIPAL’S CHALLENGE!

MRMS Summer reading

PRINCIPAL’S CHALLENGE!

Read books, earn raffle entries, win prizes!

READING IS FUN!

MRMS Principal, Dr. Dudley

For each book you read this summer, complete the Google Form below to earn a raffle entry. Each raffle entry gives you a chance to win a cool prize. The more books you read, the more entries you get, the more chances to win!

GOOGLE FORM

Fill this out after each book you complete!

need a library card? Click here!

Local library information

HARWICH

Brooks Free Library

739 Main St, Harwich, MA 02645

Click the image to visit the Brooks Library

WEBSITE

CHATHAM

Eldredge Public Library

564 Main Street

Chatham, MA 02633

Click the image to visit the Eldredge Library

WEBSITE

summer time

READING opportunities/EVENTS

summer time

READING opportunities/EVENTS

Click for the

Eldredge Library Event Schedule

Click for the

Brooks Library Event Schedule

Also, check out these local book shops and other local libraries, and visit their websites to see their Summer events!

Where The Sidewalk Ends (Chatham)

Yellow Umbrella (Chatham)

Below the Brine (Harwich)

Reed Books (Harwich)

Belonging Books - at Love Live Local (Hyannis)

Brewster Ladies’ Library (Brewster)

Dennis Public Libraries (Dennis)

Did you know?

You can access books digitally

ALL SUMMER LONG

using the SORA app!

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS SORA

Sudents log in using their Monomoy Google account

Students can read books on any internet connected device

Once book/audiobook has been checked out, they can read offline

Sora help/FAQs:

https://help.soraapp.com/en-us/home.htm

Choosing a book: the basics

Please select at least one book to read this summer that you have not read before (you can read more than one!)

The book(s) you select should be at an appropriate reading level for you.

You may take suggestions, but the final decision on what you read is yours.

Try to read a few pages every day! Set a goal for yourself; one that works for you!

You may want to keep a reading journal to help you remember what you read each day; this will also help you when you are back at school in September!

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

- Dr. Seuss

P.I.C.K. YOUR BOOK

Here is another quick tip for picking a book that is right for you!

"When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young."

– Maya Angelou

Book Recs!

For Students Entering Grade

Ms. Babb Recommends:

Rain Reign by Ann M.Martin

Fiction

El Deafo by Cece Bell

Graphic Novel

Book trailerS

REIGN RAIN

EL DEAFO

Ms. Hanna Recommends:

Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly

Fiction

A Whole New Ballgame by Phil Bildner

Fiction

Book trailerS

A SONG FOR A WHALE

A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME

Mrs. Laferriere Recommends:

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Fiction/Mystery/Fantasy

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Historical Fiction

Book trailerS

WHEN YOU REACH ME

ESPERANZA RISING

Book Recs!

For Students Entering Grade

Mrs. Sheppard Recommends:

Holes by Louis Sachar

Fiction/Adventure

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Fiction

Book trailerS

HOLES

OUT OF MY MIND

Mrs. Botsford Recommends:

Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Fiction

Alone by Megan Freeman

Fiction

Book trailerS

SHOUTING AT THE RAIN

ALONE

Book Recs!

For Students Entering Grade

Incoming 7th graders should also answer

these questions as they read:

SUMMER READING QUESTIONS - Gr. 7

Mr. Sullivan Recommends:

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

YA Verse Novel

The Storyteller by Brandon Hobson

Fiction/Mystery

Book trailerS

LONG WAY DOWN

THE STORYTELLER

Mrs. Cortese Recommends:

Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

Fiction/Adventure

Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton

Fiction

Book trailerS

ECHO MOUNTAIN

FULL CICADA MOON

Book Recs!

From Monomoy

Community Members

MRMS LIBRARIAN

Ms. Milan Recommends:

Starfish by Lisa Fipps (verse)

Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca (verse)

Thirst by Varsha Bajaj (realistic fiction/social justice)

Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd (school fiction/magical realism/disability representation)

The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix (mystery/scifi/adventure)

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (dystopian/scifi/survival)

Wrecker by Carl Hiassen (mystery/adventure/humor)

Belonging books

Founder:

Erica Tso Haidas

Belonging Books is a community program provider and pop-up bookstore that centers the voices and stories of people of color and other underrepresented communities on Cape Cod. Through its creative programs and events, it creates and holds gathering space for joy, celebration, rest and connection.