Friday, July 17, 2009

Unofficial Summer Reading List

I have not heard back from Mrs. Schneider regarding the summer reading list, but here are the titles I came up with. Read at least two books. Keep a reading log - use the format we used in class, with the date, book title, author, and pages read. You may be required to complete responses, so use post-it notes for reactions, reflections, and use other paper for envisioning and similar longer and more involved responses.
Hope you are having a great summer! I am staying indoors, trying to keep cool. Baby is due in 6 weeks (and wearing me out already).

You can find out more about these books by visiting:
http://www.bn.com/
http://www.amazon.com/
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm
You are not required to purchase the books you choose, but if you do, bring them with you on the first day of school.

Please do not choose to read books that you have previously read. You may read from any of the bookshelves below, which are categorized by reading level. For example, if you are currently reading on grade level, choose from the proficient bookshelf. If you struggle or have little interest in reading, choose from the high-interest bookshelf.


Accelerated Bookshelf:
Life of Pi (Yann Martell)
The Book Thief (Marcus Zusak)
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
Lovely Bones (Alice Siebold)
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Libba Bray)
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Speak (Laurie Halse Andersen)
Cut (Patricia McCormack)
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (Gabrielle Zevin)
The Natural (Bernard Malamud)
The Body of Christopher Creed (Carol Plum-Ucci)
City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Chains (Laurie Halse Andersen)
Wintergirls (Laurie Halse Andersen)
Night (Elie Wiesel)

Proficient Bookshelf:
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
Scorpions (Walter Dean Myers)
The Graveyard Book (Neal Gaiman)
Baseball in April and Other Stories (Gary Soto)
The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants (Anne Brashears)
Milkweed (Jerry Spinelli)
Raven’s Gate (Anthony Horowitz)
145th St. Stories (Walter Dean Myers)
Elsewhere (Gabrielle Zevin)
El Bronx Remembered (Nicholasa Mohr)
Crispin (Avi)
Killing Mr. Griffin (Lois Duncan)
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
The Man Who Was Poe (Avi)
Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes (Maureen Johnson)

High-Interest Bookshelf:
Stargirl (Jerry Spinelli)
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Tiger Eyes (Judy Blume)
Heat (Mike Lupica)
Wanted (Caroline B. Cooney)
Chasing Vermeer (Blue Balliett)
Slam (Walter Dean Myers)
Hoot (Carl Hiaasen)
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Avi)
Money Hungry (Sharon G. Flake)
The Shadow Club (Neil Schusterman)
Running Out of Time (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
Esperanza Rising (Pam Munoz)
Maniac McGee (Jerry Spinelli)
Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)

Friday, July 3, 2009

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