Riviera Preparatory School encourages reading enrichment throughout the year.  During the summer break from school and the formal study of literature, it is important that students continue to grow in their literary experiences and critical reading development.  A list of the summer reading assignments for our students is provided below.  These works of literature should be added to your personal summer reading selections.

You will notice that we are asking all students, parents, faculty, and staff to read one (1) common text.   This book, in many ways, reflects Riviera’s mission to enable students to realize their creative and intellectual potential and to use their talents for the well being of others as well as themselves. 

Beyond this school wide text, students in each incoming grade level are assigned two (2) specific works relevant to the grade’s curricular focus in Language Arts. 

Enjoy the summer!

2011 Summer Reading Requirements for Grades 6 – 9:

• REQUIRED FOR ALL STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 6 - 9 & RECOMMENDED FOR PARENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF:
  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (ISBN# 0061730335)
    • by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

• Entering grade 6:
  • The House on Mango Street (ISBN#0679734775)
    • by Sandra Cisneros
  • *100 Great Poems for Boys (ISBN# 044656382X) OR *100 Great Poems for Girls (ISBN# 0446563846) [*After reading all the poems, make a list of your five (5) favorite poems. Explain in two or three sentences why you like each one. Bring this list with you on the first day of school.]

• Entering grade 7
  • Dandelion Wine (ISBN# 0553277537)
    • by Ray Bradbury
  • The Pearl
    • by John Steinbeck (ISBN# 014017737X)

• Entering grade 8
  • Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths
    
    • by Bernard Evslin, Wliiam Hofmann (Illustrator) (ISBN# 0553259202)
  • The Book Thief
    
    • by Markus Zusak (ISBN# 0375842209)

• Entering grade 9
  • "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe available at www.online-literature.com/poe/31/
    • [Please print a copy, highlight and write in the margins the meanings of any unfamiliar words, and bring the story with you the first day of school.]
  • The Help
    
    • by Kathryn Stockett (ISBN# 9780425232200)