Summer Literature 2026 Summer Camp

Summer offers the perfect climate for reading, reflection, and fermentation. 

Trade the digital interface for the printed page; unplug the technology and rediscover the depth of traditional reading.

Grade 3 - 4

   
 

Wk 0 : 6/22 - 6/26

The Borrowers: Mary Norton

Sess 1

Wk 1 : 6/29 - 7/2

The One and Only Ivan: Katherine Applegate

Wk 2 : 7/6 - 7/10

The Door in the Wall: Marguerite de Angeli

Sess 2

Wk 3 : 7/13 - 7/17

The Secret Garden: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Wk 4 : 7/20 - 7/24

The Penderwicks: Jeanne Birdsall

Sess 3

Wk 5 : 7/27 - 7/31

Charlotte’s Web: E. B. White

Wk 6 : 8/3 - 8/7

Because of Winn-Dixie: Kate DiCamillo

Sess 4

Wk 7 : 8/10 - 8/14

The Invention of Hugo Cabret: Brian Selznick

Wk 8 : 8/17 - 8/21

Pinocchio: Carlo Collodi

     
     

Grade 5

   
 

Wk 0 : 6/22 - 6/26

Dogsong: Gary Paulsen

Sess 1

Wk 1 : 6/29 - 7/2

The Lightning Thief: Rick Riordan

Wk 2 : 7/6 - 7/10

The Penderwicks at Point Mouette: Jeanne Birdsall

Sess 2

Wk 3 : 7/13 - 7/17

The Tiger Rising- Kate DiCamillo

Wk 4 : 7/20 - 7/24

Wonder: R. J. Palacio

Sess 3

Wk 5 : 7/27 - 7/31

Gregor the Overlander: Suzanne Collins

Wk 6 : 8/3 - 8/7

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: C. S. Lewis

Sess 4

Wk 7 : 8/10 - 8/14

A Wrinkle in Time: Madeleine L'Engle

Wk 8 : 8/17 - 8/21

Wringer: Jerry Spinelli

     
     
     

Grade 6 - 8

   
 

Wk 0 : 6/22 - 6/26

Nothing But the Truth: Avi

Sess 1

Wk 1 : 6/29 - 7/2

The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien

Wk 2 : 7/6 - 7/10

A Separate Peace: John Knowles

Sess 2

Wk 3 : 7/13 - 7/17

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Arthur Conan Doyle

Wk 4 : 7/20 - 7/24

When: Victoria Laurie

Sess 3

Wk 5 : 7/27 - 7/31

Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury

Wk 6 : 8/3 - 8/7

Oliver Twist: Charles Dickens

Sess 4

Wk 7 : 8/10 - 8/14

The Giver: Lois Lowry

Wk 8 : 8/17 - 8/21

The Chocolate War: Robert Cormier