Library - Town School

Reading Lists

Looking for a good book? These thematic and leveled lists should help you find just the right read.

Fifth Grade Reading Partners (Ms. Liu)

Sci-Fi/Disaster Novels for middle-school readers

Fantasy books

Wartime Adventures

Action & Suspense

Required Summer Reading (upper school only)

For fifth-grade summer reading (Ms. Liu/Mr. Virani) click here.

For sixth-grade summer reading (Mr. Kyle/Ms. Landis), click here.

For seventh-grade summer reading (Ms. Anker & Mr. de Carion), click here.

For eighth-grade summer reading (Ms. Anker & Mr. de Carion), click here.

Although the Town School library is closed over the summer, most of the books on our suggested summer reading lists are available from the San Francisco Public Library. We also send copies of these lists to local bookstores, including Borders (downtown) and Books Inc. (Laurel Village, Chestnut Street, Opera Plaza).

Suggested Summer Reading Lists:

Entering First Grade	Entering Third Grade
Entering Second Grade	Entering Fourth Grade
Entering Fifth & Sixth Grade	Entering Seventh & Eighth Grade

For additional summer reading ideas, we recommend the following websites:

San Francisco Public Library Recommended Reading -- Thematic lists compiled by children's librarians at the SFPL.
Los Angeles Public Library Great Books page -- A good place to find lists of popular authors and series, new releases, old favorites, and grade-by-grade reading recs.
HAISLN 2009 Summer Reading Lists -- A grade by grade set of lists compiled by librarians from the Houston Area Independent School Library Network.
Boston Public Library -- Thematic lists, mostly for elementary-school readers.