Reading Opportunities
6th GRADE READING LIST
OUT OF THE DUST
Karen Hesse (Scholastic Press 1997)
JAKE'S ORPHAN
Peggy Burke (KD Publishing, 2000)
FIRST FAST
Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1998
SHARING BLESSINGS
Rachel Musleah and Rabbi Michael Klayman (Jewish Lights Publishing, 1997
A FRIEND INDEED
Mary Ann Short (1st Books Library, 1999)
JOSEPH
Brian Wildsmith (Wm.B.Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1997)
IGBAL MASIH and the
CRUSADERS AGAINST CHILD SLAVERY
Susan Kuklin (Henry Holt & Co. 1997)
7th GRADE READING LIST
THE BRONZE BOW Elizabeth George Speare
Historical Fiction: This book will help the students to understand how
young people responded to Jesus in His own time. What was it really like to
live under Roman rule? Was the “Kingdom” Jesus referred to going to be a
political one …a physical one ... or a spiritual one? (Required reading:
class reading assignment)
Gospel Scenes for Teens
Ten Ways to Get into the New Testament: A Teenager's Guide
Available through Liguori Publications, 1991
Don't Read This Book Warning: Contents May Alter Your Outlook on Life
Available through Liguori Publications, 1996
Let's Begin with Prayer: 130 Prayers for Junior and Senior High Schools
Available through Ave Maria Press, 1997
The Catholic Youth Bible: New Revised Standard Catholic Edition
Available through Saint Mary's Press, 2000
The Jesus Story
Available through Sheed and Ward Publishers, 1991
Meeting Jesus
Available through HarperCollins, 1991