What should I tell my 6th-
8th grade students to read over summer vacation? What books would I
want them to have if they were stranded on a deserted island? If I was to
create a “Librarian’s Emergency Backpack” with books that I felt my students
should read, what would be in it? Books that would teach them about life and
also foster a love of reading, books they could read over and over again and
hopefully encounter something new each time. There are so many books to
consider and I know that I will want to amend this list as soon as I post it,
but for now here is what would be in my backpack:
Charlotte’s Web
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Dune
All Creatures Great and
Small
The Killer Angels
The Greatest Generation
Speaks
For girls I would add: Are
You There God It’s Me Margaret, Harriet the Spy, Anne of Green
Gables, and Pride and Prejudice
For boys I would add: Phineas
Gage: a gruesome but True Story, Hatchet, Brian’s Song and Chasing
Lincoln’s Killer
What would you put in
your backpack?
