School Required Reading Lists
Kingsport City Schools
Summer Reading List: 2025-2026
Please select at least one book from the appropriate list below.
Parents: please use parental discretion when helping your child select summer reading books. If for any reason you would like to select an alternate text for your student, please contact the school and they will make arrangements for an alternate choice.
6th Grade Summer Reading List (Choose one from the list below)
- 11 Birthdays – Wendy Mass
- Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell
- Heat – Mike Lupica
- The Running Dream – Wendelin Van Draannen
- Restart – Gordon Korman
- Woods Runner – Gary Paulsen
7th Grade Summer Reading List (Choose one from the list below)
- Booked – Kwame Alexander
- Chains – Laurie Halse Anderson
- Cinder – Marissa Meyer
- Fish in a Tree – Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer – John Grisham
- Brian’s Winter – Gary Paulson
8th Grade Summer Reading List (Choose one from the list below)
- Ashes in the Snow/Between Shade of Gray – Ruta Sepetys (same book, different titles)
- The Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Edition) – Daniel James Brown
- The Contender – Robert Lipsyte
- Milkweed – Jerry Spinelli
