Suggested

SUMMER READING LIST

For Entering Grade 9 – 12 Students

Follow-up Activities for Students

June 2003

10^th Grade Reading List

Fiction

Achebe, Chinua No Longer at Ease

Benedict, Helen Bad Angel: A Novel

Bradley, David The Chaneysville Incident

Canty, Kevin Into the Great Wide Open

Caputo, Philip A Rumor of War

Cricton, Michael The Andromeda Strain

Cook, Karin What Girls Learn

Cormier, Robert We All Fall Down

Constain, Thomas B. The Black Rose

Cowan, Andew Pig

Finney, Jack Time and Again

Gaiman, Neil Neverwhere

Giberga, Jane Sughrue Friends to Die For

Haines, Carolyn Touched: A Novel

Hamill, Pete Snow in August

Mannauer, Cathi My Sister’s Bones

Hinton, S.E. Tex

Howe, James The Watcher

Kellerman, Jonathan Survival of the Fittest

Kincaid, Jamaica Annie John

Lee, Marie G. Necessary Roughness

Mazer, Norma Fox When She Was Good

Morrison, Toni Jazz

Myers, Walter Dean Hoops

Paulsen, Gary Sarny: A Life Remembered

Rosen, Isaac Manny

Rostkowski, Margaret Moon Dancer

Tan, Amy The Joy Luck Club

Verne, Jules The Mysterious Island

Walker, Alice The Temple of My Familiar

Wallace, Rich Wrestling Sturbridge

Waltari, Mark The Egyptian

Wells, H.G. The Time Machine

Yoshimura, Akira Shipwrecks

Youmans, Marly Catherwood

Kerr, M.E. Deliver Us from Evil

Klass, David A Different Season

Klein, Norma No More Saturday Nights

Koertge, Ron The Arizona Kid

10^th Grade Reading List

Nonfiction

Aaseng, Nathan Poisonous Creatures

Adelman, Deborah The “Children of Perestroika” Come of Age: Young People of Moscow Talk About Life in the New Russia

Adler, David A. We Remember the Holocaust

Allen, L., et al., Money Matters for Teens

Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Ayer, Eleanor H. Parallel Journeys

Beckner, Chrisanne 100 African Americans Who Shaped American History

Benedict, Ruth Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterson of Japanese Culture

Berenbaum, Michael The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Berenson, Jan Will Power! A Biography of Will Smith

Bernstein Sara The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival

Boas, Jacob We are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust

Bode, Janet Death Is Hard to Live With

Brickhill, Paul The Great Escape

Canfield, Jack, ed. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

Carson, Rachel Silent Spring

Dickinson, Jaon D. Bill Gates: Billionaire Computer Genius

Decurtis, Anthony The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music

Faber Doris, Ed. Smithsonian Book of First Ladies

Filkin, David Stephen Hawking’s Universe: The Cosmos Explained

Finnigan, Dave The Complete Juggler: All the Steps from Beginner to Professional

Fritz, Jean The Double Life of Pocahontas

Gies, Miep Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family

Glennon, Lorraine, ed. 100 Most Important Woman of the 20^th Century

Gordeeva, Ekaterina My Sergei: A Love Story

Haber, Louis Black Pioneers of Science and Invention

Haskins, Jim I Have a Dream: The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hersey, John Hiroshima

Heyes, Eileen Children of the Swastika

Jiang, Ji-Li Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution

Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

Krall, Sarah 100 Folk Heroes Who Shaped World History

Kovic, Ron Born on the Fourth of July

Kushell, Jennifer No Experience Necessary: Young Entrepreneur’s Guide to Staring a Business

Kwan, Michelle Michelle Kwan, Heart of a Champion: An Autobiography

Leitner, Isabella Isabella: From Aushwitz to Freedom

Levi, Primo Survival in Auschwitz

Levine, Ellen, ed. Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activities Tell Their Own Stories

Lord, Bette Bao Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic

Maas, Peter Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War

Macy, Sue Winning Ways: A Photohistory of American Women in Sport

McCarver, Tim Time McCarver’s Baseball for Brian Surgeons & Others Fans: Understanding and Interpreting the Game SO You Can Watch Like a Pro

Melzer, Milton Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust

Meyer, Carolyn Voices of Northern Ireland: Growing Up in a Troubled Land

Michener, James Sports in America

Mowat, Farey And No Birds Sang

Rappoport, Ken Guts & Glory: Making It in the NBA

Reisfeld, Randi Prince William: The Boy Who Will Be King, an Unauthorized Biography

Reiss, Johanna The Upstairs Room

Sagan, Carl Cosmos

Santiago, Esmeralda When I Was Puerto Rican

Seo, Danny Generation React: Activism for Beginners

Sparks, Beatrice, ed. Almost Lost: The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager’s Life on the Streets

Struik, Dirk Jan A Concise History of Mathematics

Taylor, A.J.P. The Struggle of Mastery in Europe

Thomas, Lewis Lives of the Cell

Tuchman, Barara Wertheim The Guns of August

Watson, James D. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

Wickelgren, Ingrid Ramnlin’ Robots: Building a Breed of Mechanical Beasts

Yates, Elizabeth Amos Fortune: Free Man

Zimmerman, Barry Why Nothing Can Travel Faster Than Light: And Other Explorations in Nature’s Curiosity Shop

Suggested Activities for Students

Standard	Activity
E2b	1. Write a letter to the author of the book you read explaining how you felt about it and discussing an issue of importance.
E2b	2. Write a letter from one character to another. Discuss the events of the story.
E2d	3. Create a storyboard for the book. Write a narrative procedure describing the storyboard.
E2b	4. You are a movie director looking for new movie scripts. Evaluate whether the book you have read would make a good film. Describe the audience. Which scenes would be interesting for a move? Decide whether the dialogue should be true to the text or should be rewritten.
E2b	5. Write a letter to another student in a different class describing your book. Convince him or her to read the book.
E1b	6. Write a comparison of two or more books by the same author. Discuss similarities, themes, differences, which book you preferred and why.
E2b	7. Discuss the themes presented in the book you read.
E5a	8. Create a poem or song illustrating the book.
E5b	9. Did the author use an interesting and different writing technique in the book? Write an original short story mimicking (copying) this technique.
E2f	10. Has the book you read influenced your thinking? Compare your ideas before and after reading.

Campus Magnet High Schools Students’ Literature Log Name__________________________ English Teacher __________________________ Grade 9 10 11 12 Fall__ Spring __
Title Author Genre (novel, short story, poem, speech, essay, etc.) Description (suspense, tragedy, romance, science, fiction, historic, etc.) Examples of Literacy Techniques, Descriptive and Figurative Language	Setting (Time & Place) Plot Summary	Themes Conflicts	Protagonists’ (Main Characters) Names & Descriptions Other Characters: names, relationships, descriptions	Related Works (Title, Author, Genre) & How Related 1. 2. 3.

LITERATURE LOG, continued: Title & Author: ________________________________ Your Name__________________

COMMENTS:

Answer the questions completely, thoughtfully, and in accepted English structure in the space below. Add another page if necessary

1. In what way did this book connect to things you’ve known, experienced, or thought about in your own life?

2. What movies, television shows, plays or songs did this book remind you of, and why?

3. What did you especially like or dislike about the book (regarding the plot, the style or tone, or other elements)? Why?

4. Which character did you admire or like the most? Why? Which did you like the least? Why?

5. If you could talk to the author about the story itself or how it affected you, what would you say?

6. If you could talk to just one of the characters, to ask questions, make observations or suggestions, what would you say?