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Indiana Department of Education
2008 Summer Reading List

Summer offers a perfect time to read for pleasure whether relaxing at home or on vacation. An added benefit is that lots of reading during the summer helps a reader become a better reader. This list may be shared with teachers, parents or sent home with children.

This list provides lots of good choices for summer reading across all grade levels. There is something here for everyone, but it is not an all inclusive list. Many of the authors on the list have written other interesting works. Many titles are the first in a series that may spur readers into reading the other books about the same characters.

Parents and families will want to preview every title for appropriateness of content, interest, and reading level before selecting it for summer reading for their children.

Indiana Reading List and
2008 Summer Reading List

Title/Description	Updated	PDF	Word
Grades K-2	06/20/2006	114 KB	--
Grades 3-5	06/20/2006	117 KB	--
Grades 6-8	06/20/2006	119 KB	--
Grades 9-12	06/20/2006	111 KB	--
All Grades as one PDF	06/20/2006	907 KB	--

2008 Summer Reading List NEW	05/15/2008	92 KB	160 KB

Additional Information
Teachers and parents should always carefully review any title on the list for suitability of content, as well as for reading or interest level, before sharing the book with a child, adolescent, or young adult. Q. What is the Indiana Reading List? A. Designed as a companion piece to Indiana's new academic standards for English/language arts, the selections in the Indiana Reading List illustrate the quality and complexity of the materials to be read by students at each grade level. The Indiana Reading List is not required reading for students nor is it meant to be all-inclusive. Q. How was the Indiana Reading List compiled? A. The reading list is a compilation of lists submitted from school districts in Indiana, selections from a wide range of award-winning literature and selections from lists developed and published by professional associations. In spring 2000, as part of the academic standards development work, the Department of Education asked all Indiana schools to share their local recommended reading lists. More than 100 schools responded. Schools are encouraged to use these lists to develop local reading selections.

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