Mrs. Krebs - H. W. Mountz School

H.W. Mountz School
Summer Academics
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Be a “Summer Reading Star”!!​
★★★ Read any books on this recommended list in addition to required reading and you’ll be entered in a drawing for a special treat from Third Avenue Chocolate Shoppe. Complete a star and hand it in to Mrs. Krebs by the first day of school (September 8). See the website for details or email Mrs. Krebs (​
lkrebs@hwmountz.k12.nj.us​
)! Find your books at the Spring Lake Public Library or BookTowne in Manasquan. 1 190L to 530L 2 420L to 650L 3 520L to 820L 4 740L to 940L The Adventures of Beekle: the Unimaginary Friend ​
(Dan Santat) 480L A Brand New Day with Mouse and Mole ​
(Wong Herbert Yee) 350L Dog and Bear ​
(Laura Vaccaro Seeger) 180L Dolphin Dive ​
(James Buckley) 530L Flo and Wendell Explore (​
William Wegman) Hermelin the Detective Mouse (Mini Grey) The Miniature World of Marvin & James ​
(Elise Broach) 330L Orion and the Dark (Emma Yarlett) Poppleton​
(Cynthia Rylant) 370L Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot​
(Dav Pilkey) 520L Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny​
(John Himmelman) There is a Bird on My Head​
(Mo Willems) 210L The Big Bad Blackout​
(Megan McDonald) 510L Blizzard ​
(John Rocco) 570L Cloud Tea Monkeys ​
(Mal Peet) 850L Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth ​
(Jane O’Connor) 450L Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom ​
(Eric Wight) 530L Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps​
(Cynthia Rylant) 540L Leroy Ninker Saddles Up​
(Kate DiCamillo) 500L Like Bug Juice on a Burger​
(Julie Sternberg) 500L Locomotive​
(Brian Floca) 840L Mr. Putter and Tabby Spill the Beans ​
(Cynthia Rylant) 720L Soupy Saturdays with Pain and the Great One ​
(Judy Blume) 420L The Chicken Squad: the First Misadventures (​
Doreen Cronin) 470L Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things ​
(Lenore Look) 570L Annika Riz, Math Whiz (Claudia Mills) 870L The Beatles Were Fab (and they were funny) (​
Kathleen Krull) 860L Flora and Ulysses ​
(Kate DiCamillo) 520L The Fourteenth Goldfish​
(Jennifer Holm) 550L Frog Song​
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Brenda Z. Guiberson) 950L Gravity​
(Jason Chin) Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution​
(Don Brown) 820L Horrid Henry and the Soccer Fiend ​
(Francesca Simon) 570L Nuts to You ​
(Lynne Rae Perkins) Sugar​
(Jewell Parker Rhodes) 430L The Year of Billy Miller​
(Kevin Henkes) 620L Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain ​
(Russell Friedman) 1140L The Camping Trip that Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and our National Parks (Barbara Rosenstock) 740L Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the Third Wheel (​
Jeff Kinney) 1060L The Great Greene Heist ​
(Varian Johnson) 660L Half a Chance​
(Cynthia Lord) 690L Hold Fast ​
(Blue ​
Balliett) 780L Josephine : the Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker​
(Patricia Hruby Powell) 790L The Luck Uglies ​
(Paul Durham) 800L Mr. Ferris and His Wheel ​
(Kathryn Davis) 900L One and Only Ivan ​
(Katherine Applegate) 570L Plastic, Ahoy!: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ​
(Patricia Newman) 900L Rain Reign​
(Ann M. Martin) 720L H.W. Mountz School
Summer Academics
Absolutely Almost ​
(Lisa Graff) 750L Always, Abigail ​
(Nancy J. Cavanaugh) 790L Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual: Renewing the World's Bird Supply Since 2031 ​
(Kate Samworth) Echo​
(Pam Munoz Ryan) 680L 830L to 1010L Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone​
(JK Rowling) 880L Hope is a Ferris Wheel ​
(Robin Herrera) 860L Lawn Boy ​
(Gary Paulsen) 780L The Madman of Piney Woods (​
Christopher Paul Curtis) 870L The Penderwicks​
(Jeanne Birdsall) 800L A Snicker of Magic​
(Natalie Lloyd) 680L Stealing Home: the Story of Jackie Robinson ​
(Barry Denenberg) 930L When You Reach Me​
(Rebecca Stead) 750L 5 Brown Girl Dreaming ​
(Jacqueline Woodson) 990L The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats : a Scientific Mystery (​
Sandra Markle) 1030L Every Body's Talking : What We Say Without Words​
(Donna M. Jackson, with Carol Kinsey Goman, PhD) 990L Flush ​
(Carl Hiaasen) 830L 925L to 1070L Freedom summer : the 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi ​
(Susan Goldman Rubin) 980L Hello, I’m Johnny Cash​
(Greg Neri) 1020L I Kill the Mockingbird ​
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Paul Acampora) 640L Lincoln’s Grave Robbers ​
(Steve Sheinkin) 930L Masters of Disaster​
(Gary Paulsen) 1100L Red Madness : How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat ​
(Gail Jarrow) 990L The Winter Horses (​
Philip Kerr) 930L Zane and the Hurricane ​
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Rodman Philbrick) 860L 6 Bombs over Bikini : the World's First Nuclear Disaster ​
(Connie Goldsmith) 1150L Counting by 7s ​
(Holly Goldberg Sloan) 770L Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie ​
(Jordan Sonnenblick) 940L Freak the Mighty​
(Rodman Philbrick) 1000L Harris and Me ​
(Gary Paulsen) 1060L 970L to 1120L Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key​
(Jack Gantos) 970L Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy​
(Gary D. Schmidt) 1000L Remaking the John: The Invention and Reinvention of the Toilet ​
(Francesca Davis DiPiazza) 1110L The River​
(Gary Paulsen) 960L Since You’ve Been Gone ​
(Morgan Matson) 970L Stubby the War Dog: The True Story of World War I's Bravest Dog ​
(Ann Bausum) 1110L The True Adventures of Nicolo Zen: A Novel (​
Nicholas Christopher) 1000L 7 8 1010L to 1185L The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ​
(Mark Twain) 970L The Book Thief ​
(Marcus Zusak) 730L Brian’s Winter​
(Gary Paulsen) 1140L Crazy​
(Linda Vigen Phillips) 1070L Harlem Hellfighters​
(J. Patrick Lewis) 1210L The Hobbit ​
(JRR Tolkien) 1000L Kalahari​
(Jessica Khoury) 790L Liar, Liar: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Deception ​
(Gary Paulsen) 940L On the Halfpipe with Tony Hawk (​
Matt Christopher) 1130L The Rifle​
(Gary Paulsen) 1480L Sparkers​
(Eleanor Glewwe) The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim ​
(E.K. Johnston) 1020L ~ Lexile Range listed is for the grade, mid year ~ Some titles listed may not be appropriate for all readers ~ ~ Not all books have lexile levels available ~ ●
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Print up this star.
Fill in the star with your
thoughts about the book!
Check your spelling and be
neat and thorough.
Cut out the star and hand in.
to the library.
All stars due by September 8
to be eligible for the raffle.
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Thought starters:
● Why I loved….
● This is my favorite summer
story because….
● Why I recommend this to a
friend….
● Why I couldn’t put it down….
● Why this made me: laugh, cry,
smile, think…...
Whatever you think, write it down!
Questions?
Check the website or email
Mrs. Krebs
(lkrebs@hwmountz.k12.nj.us)
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A raffle winner will be
selected for grades
1&2
3&4
5&6
7&8