Summer Reading List
2010
FOR YOUR
INFORMATION
·
ALL
students are required to read at least one of the novels listed below for their
respective grade levels.
·
Novels
that are marked with an asterisk are considered to be more challenging.
·
Novels
marked (RS) are only for those students enrolled in RS courses in Grade 9;
however RS students are encouraged to choose any novel from the list.
·
Honors
students must read A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
by Mark Twain, along with two other
texts; at least one must have an asterisk.
|
ENTERING GRADE 7 |
|
|
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
|
Absolutely |
Sharon Creech |
|
Bud Not Buddy |
Christopher Paul Curtis |
|
The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree
(reluctant reader) |
Bill Brittain |
|
Eragon |
Christopher Paolini |
|
The Girls |
Amy Koss |
|
Fever 1793 |
Laurie Halse Anderson |
|
Little Women (challenging) |
Louisa May Alcott |
|
Out of the Dust |
Karen Hesse |
|
Something Wicked this Way Comes |
Ray Bradbury |
|
Tiger Eyes |
Judy Blume |
|
Zlata’s Diary |
Zlata Filipovic |
|
Honors
(choose one) Honors
(choose one) |
|
|
I am |
Sally M. Keehn |
|
Wolf Rider |
Avi |
|
ENTERING GRADE 8 |
|
|
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
|
Contender
(challenging) |
Robert
Lipsyte |
|
Crash
(reluctant reader) |
Jerry
Spinelli |
|
The
Eyes of the Dragon |
Stephen
King |
|
Rewind |
William
Sleator |
|
Lord
of the Deep |
Graham
Salisbury |
|
The
Man Who Was Poe |
Avi |
|
Martian
Chronicles |
Ray
Bradbury |
|
Ryan
White: My Own Story |
Ann Marie Cunningham. Cunningham |
|
The
Second Summer of the Sisterhood (challenging) |
Ann
Brashares |
|
The
Wave (required reading for Honors) students) |
Todd
Strasser |
|
E S L |
|
|
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
|
Baseball Fever |
Johanna Hurwitz (advanced and intermediate) |
|
How to Eat Fried |
Thomas Rockwell (advanced
and intermediate) |
|
Marvin Redpost: Class President |
Louis Sachar (beginners) |
|
ENTERING GRADE 9 |
|
|
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
|
|
S.E.
Hinton (RS only) |
|
Money
Hungry |
Sharon
Flake (RS only) |
|
Annie
John |
|
|
White
Fang |
Jack
London |
|
Separate
Peace |
John
Knowles |
|
Hole
in My Life |
Jack
Gantos |
|
Twisted |
Laurie
Halse Anderson |
|
House
on |
Sandra
Cisneros |
|
Code |
Caroline
B. Cooney |
|
The
Host |
Stephenie
Meyer |
|
The
Boys of Winter |
|
|
*Tuesdays
with Morrie |
Mitch
Albom |
|
*First
Crossing: Stories by Teenage Immigrants |
Donald
R. Gallo |