Dear
Students and Parents,
Lots of
you will spend your summer relaxing and participating in activities you
enjoy. We hope reading will be among those. Be sure to take advantage of the district-wide
Webster READS! Program so that your time spent reading can be recognized and
rewarded at Hixson Middle School next fall.
Also, all area public libraries are offering incentive reading programs,
with prizes and fun activities. You can list any books read for one of those
programs on the Webster READS form, also (click the link and print the form or stop by the Hixson office to pick one up).
You
might even get a head start on reading books from one of the Missouri
Association of School Librarians (MASL) book awards lists. The Truman Readers Award is for books written
especially for students in grades six through eight. The nominated books reflect
the range of interests, reading levels, and even maturity levels found at
middle school.
Truman 2013-14 Reader
Award Nominees
Carson,
Rae. The Girl of Fire and Thorns
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Lu,
Marie. Legend
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Flinn,
Alex. Cloaked
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Evans,
Richard Paul. Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25
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Hirsch,
Jeff. The Eleventh Plague
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Rorby,
Ginny. Lost in the River of Grass
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Johnson,
Maureen. The Name of the Star
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Stephens,
John. The Emerald Atlas
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Jones,
Traci L. Silhouetted by the Blue
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Van
Draanen, Wendelin. The Running Dream
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Kogler,
Jennifer Anne. The Death Catchers
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Wells,
Robinson E. Variant
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In
addition, you can use the Library link to access the Destiny Quest Library
Catalog page. We have Resource Lists posted with many reading suggestions or
you can ask for ideas at your local public library. Happy summer and happy
reading!
Sincerely,
JoAnne
Williams
Hixson
Middle School
Library Media Specialist