• Cougars & the Community Read! Summer Reading Program

    We have partnered with the Kutztown Community Library and Firefly Bookstore to bring the joy of reading to the community!

    As we enter into summer break, the English Language Arts (ELA) department has exciting news to share with you about Summer Reading. This summer, there are no required reading lists (other than high school AP courses), no projects, no tests. We just want you to read! Below are the ways you can participate in the “Cougars & the Community Read” summer program.

    Get Free/Discounted Books! 

    Students entering grades 6-12 in the 2020/21 school year will receive a $15 coupon to use at the local, independently owned Firefly Bookstore. A coupon code will be emailed to you from your teacher. 

    Additionally, Firefly Bookstore is offering ALL K-12 students 25% off select book purchases on their website. This coupon code cannot be used in combination with other coupons or offers. One coupon per customer. Use coupon code: FIREFLYREADING when checking out.


    Want to Borrow Books? 

    Starting June 15, you may borrow books from any KASD library this summer! Follow these 4 easy steps:

    1. Go to Kutztown’s Library Catalog, Destiny.
    2. Select your School, and then search in the search window, or select the Visual tab, or Destiny Quest tab.
    3. Click on a book from your results list to learn more about it.
    4. Fill out the Book Request form, and then pick up your books at the Kutztown Community Public Library. (See their website for dates/times.)

    Of course, you can also borrow books from the Community Library, as well! (If you need a Community Library card, just click here.)


    Like Prizes? Take part in Firefly's Summer Reading Challenge and the Kutztown Community Library’s summer reading program.  

    Not Sure What to Read? If you’re not sure what book(s) to read, some teachers have suggested a few books for you. Check out the Teacher Recommendations, below, or see the recommendations here.

  • TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS 

    Mrs. Stern:

    		  

    Mrs. Fricke:

    Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

    		  

    The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

    Eggs by Jerry Spinelli

    		  

    Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

    Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

    		  

    Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry by Mildred Taylor

    Restart by Gordon Korman

    		  

    Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

     

    		  

    The Giver (series) by Lois Lowry

    Mrs. Neuheimer:

    		  

    The Hunger Games (series) by Suzanne Collins

    Ghost by Jason Reynolds (a fast, can't put it down read)

    		  

    Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief (series) by Rick Riordan

    Shelter (Book One)-A Mickey Bolitar novel by Harlan Coben

    		  

    A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

    The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

    		  

    Cinder by Marissa Meyer

     

    		  

    The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

    Mrs. Chester:

    		  

    We Should Hangout Sometime by Josh Sundquist

    Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

    		  

    The Fault in our Stars by John Greene

     Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

    		  

    Monster by Walter Dean Myers

     

    		  

    All the Right Stuff by Walter Dean Myers

    Mrs. Haring:

    		  

    A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

    Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

    		  

    The Boy who Harnessed the Wind by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba

    Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson

    		  

    Bomb by Steve Sheinkin

    Falling Over Sideways by Jordan Sonnenblick

    		  

     

    Towers Falling by Jewel Parker Rhoades

    		  

    Mrs. Beidelman:

    Soar by Joan Bauer

    		  

    The Changling by Philippa Gregory

     

    		    Simon by Rosemary Sutcliff 

    Mrs. Brett:

    		  

    The Queen’s Daughter by Susan Coventry

    Ghost by Jason Reynolds (for a fast, can't put it down read)

    		  

    Maid of the King’s Court by Lucy Worsley

    The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum (for all science and mystery-loving readers)

    		  

     

    Any field guide to learn more about the amazing flora and fauna in your backyard

    		  

     

     

    		  

     

    Mr. Huffert:

    		  

    Mrs. Patten:

     Spy School by Stuart Gibbs. A funny adventure story of middle schooler Ben Ripley who gets recruited to the CIA's Academy of Espionage.

    		  

    Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning, by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
     To Night Owl From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer. A story told in emails about two middle schoolers who have never met but whose parents are involved in a long distance relationship. The parents plot to send the kids to summer camp so they can meet.    

    Greetings from Witness Protection by Jake Burt. Orphan Nicki Demere’s story. She's a middle schooler who is placed with a family that's in the Witness Protection Program.