Please find listed below the summer reading selections for middle school PreAP and GT classes; all Longview ISD PreAP, Honors,  and AP English classes require that books be read during the summer for participation in these advanced level classes. PreAP English classes require a strong foundation in reading skills, and students will read extensively throughout the year. It is necessary that students enrolled in the middle school PreAP or Honors classes make a commitment to the summer reading as well as extensive reading during the school year.

6th Grade
One book required reading
The Watsons Go to Birmingham (1963) by Christopher Paul Curtis
or
Yolanda's Genius by Carol Fenner
7th Grade 
Two books required reading
Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov, required
and
Belle Prater's Boy  by Ruth White
or
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
8th Grade 
Two books required reading
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes, required
and
Swallowing Stones
by Joyce McDonald
or
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

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