* There is no formal summer reading assignment for Morse Pond School students. However, there is an OPTIONAL SUMMAER READING ASSIGNMENT. This list contains the books that will be part of the Battle of the Books Program, which will be OPTIONAL.

1.  Alone by Megan Freeman
2.  Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
3.  Charlie Thorne & The Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs
4.  The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
5.  Dear Student by Elly Swartz
6.  Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass
7.  Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
8.  Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
9.  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
10.  Holes by Louis Sachar
11. I Survived The California Wildfires, 2018 by Lauren Tarshis
12. Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
13. New Kid by Jerry Craft
14. The Pants Project by Cat Clarke
15. Pippa Park Raises Her Game by Erin Yun
16. This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews
17. The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
18. The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
19. Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui Sutherland
20. You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly