Summer Reading and Preparation

Here are some recommended books you could read to prepare for your upcoming school year! These were all recommended by Robert Bortins on the Classical Conversations website.

Recommendations for Challenge B- From the CC Website

The History of Science - it’s only a reference book for students, but if they could read it, even better.

The Hiding Place- because it is the longest book they'll read
Read Fallacy Detective- Link

Other Recommendations

Look over vocabulary for Latin and start making flash cards

Look over Introductory Logic book.

Watch the Tour Guide for Logic and Latin.

Start looking for good science fair project idea book.

Recommendations for Challenge A- From the CC Website 

Paddle to the Sea, by Holling C. Holling: A toy Indian and his canoe travel from Lake Nipigon to the Atlantic Ocean.

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham: From indentured servant to famous navigator, this story follows the life of a self-educated young man and his remarkable contributions to maritime navigation in the early 1700s.

2000 Leagues Under the Sea , by Jules Verne: Sent to investigate mysterious encounters that are disrupting international shipping, Professor Aronnax, his servant Conseil, and disgruntled harpooner Ned Land are captured when their frigate is sunk during an encounter with the "monster." The submarine Nautilus and its eccentric Captain Nemo afford the professor and his companions endless fascination and danger as they're swept along on a yearlong undersea voyage. (free e-book available at http://www.manybooks.net/titles/vernejuletext942000010.html.)

More Than Meets the Eye , Richard Swenson, M.D. (for parents & students!) “Dr. Swenson examines the wonders of creation and explains how they reveal a majestic God whose mastery of detail is evident everywhere.”

If you would like to read beforehand all the literature books required to read, here's a list of the books.

Challenge A

The Door in the Wall

The Secret Garden

The Magician’s Nephew

The Bronze Bow

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Number the Stars

Amos Fortune, Free Man

Challenge B

Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers

A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

The Phantom Tollbooth

Where the Red Fern Grows

The Hiding Place