Suggested
SUMMER
READING LIST
For Entering Grade 9 – 12
Students
Follow-up Activities for
Students
June 2003
9th
Grade Reading List
Fiction
Adler, Elizabeth The
King’s Shadow
Alvarez, Julia In the
Time of the Butterflies
Bakis, Kirsten Lives
of the Monster Dogs
Beagle, Peter S. The
Last Unicorn
Block, Francesca Lia Weetzie
Bat
Blume, Judy Forever
Bonner, Cindy Lily: A.
Novel
Borton de Trevino, Elizabeth I, Juan de Pareja
Bradley, Marion Zimmer The
Mists of Avalon
Bridgers, Sue Ellen Keeping
Christina
Brooks, Bruce The
Moves Make the Man
Brooks, Terry The
Sword of Shannara
Burnford, Sheila The
Incredible Journey
Butler, William The
Butterfly Revolution
Chadwick, Bruce Infamous
Trials
Childress, Alice A
Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But a Sandwich
Cole, Brock Celine
Covington, Dennis Lizard
Crutcher, Chris Running
Loose
Dickinson, Peter A Bone from a Dry Sea
Draper, Sharon M. Tears of a Tiger
Duncan, Lois Killing
Mr. Griffin
Ellis, Ella Thorp Swimming
with the Whales
Fitch, Janet Kicks
Fox, Paula The Moonlight Man
Garden, Nancy Annie on
My Mind
Gibbons, Kaye Ellen
Foster
Grant, Cynthia D. Mary Wolf
Guy, Rosa The Friends
Hahn, Mary Downing The
Wind Blows Backward
Harris, Due Mother
Earth, Father Sky
Ho, Minfong Rice
Without Rain
Hobbs, Valerie How Far
Would You Have Gotten If I Hadn’t Called You Back?
Hogan, James P. Bug
Park
Hurwin, Davida A Time
for Dancing
Kaye, Geraldine Someone
Else’s Baby
Kerr, M.E. Deliver Us
from Evil
Klass, David A
Different Season
Klein, Norma No More
Saturday Nights
Koertge, Ron The
Arizona Kid
LeMieux, A. C. Do
Angels Sing the Blues?
L’Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time
Letts, Billie Where
the Heart Is
Lewis, C.S. Out of the
Silent Planet
Lipsyte, Robert The Contender
Lott, Brett Jewel
Lynch, Chris Timber
Mahy, Margaret Memory
Marsden, John Letters from the Inside
Martinez, Victor Parrot
in the Oven: Mi Vida
Miller, Frances The
Truth Trap
Mori, Kyoko Shizuko’s
Daughter
Morressy, John The
Juggier
Myers, Walter Dean
Slam!
Napoli, Donna Jo Song
of the Magdalene
Nathan, Robert Portrait
of Jennie
O’neal, Libby The
Language of Goldfish
Parks, Gordon The
Learning Tree
Paterson, Katherine Jacob
Have I Loved
Paton, Walsh Jill
Grace
Peck, Richard The Last
Safe Place on Earth
Pennebaker, Ruth Don’t
Think Twice
Santiago, Danny Famous
All Over Town
Sleator, William House
of Stairs
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
Sutcliff, Rosemary The
Shining Company
Temple, Frances Taste
of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti
Voight, Cynthia Jackaroo
Welter, John I Want to
Buy a Vowel: A Novel of Illegal Alienation
White, Ellen Emerson The
Road Home
Williams, Michael Crocodile
Burning
Willis, Connie To Say
Nothing of the Dog
Williams-Garcia, Rita Like
Sisters on the Homefront
Woodson, Jacqueline I
Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This
9th
Grade Reading List
Nonfiction
Aitkens, Maggi Kerry,
A Teenage Mother
Allaby, Michael Hurricanes
Ashe, Arthur Days of
Grace
Ballard, Robert D. The
Discovery of the Titanic
Berg, Adriane G. The
Totally Awesome Money Book for Kids (and their Parents)
Blatner, David The Joy
of Pi
Bode, Janet Hard Time:
A Real Like Look at Juvenile Crime and Violence
Callahan, Steven Adrift:
Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea
Canning, Peter Paramedic:
On the Frontlines of Medicine
Ceram, C.W. Gods,
Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
Chadwick, Bruce Infamous
Trials
D’Ambrosio, Richard No
Language But a Cry
Davis, Kenneth C. Don’t
Know Much About Geography: Everything You Need to Know about the World But
Never Learned
Dewdney, A.K. Yes, We Have No Neutrons: An Eye-Opening
Tour Through the Twists and Turns Through Bad Science
Drimmer, Fredrick Incredible
People: Five Stories of Extraordinary Lives
Duncan, Lois Who
Killed My Daughter?
Fagan, Brian M. Time
Detectives: How Archaeologists Use Technology to Recapture the Past
Filipovie, Zlata
Zlata’s Diary
Fisher, David Hard
Evidence: How Detectives Inside the
FBI’s Sci-Crime Lab Have Helped Solve America’s Toughest Cases
Fleming, Robert The
Success of Caroline Jones Advertising, Inc.: An Advertising Success Story
Gertler, Nat Computer
Illustrated
Gies, Frances Life in
a Medieval Village
Gies, Joseph Life in a
Medieval Castle
Gonzalez, Philip The
Dog Who Rescues Cats
Graham, Robin Lee Dove
Hall, Eleanor J. Garbage
Hayden, Torey L. Ghost
Girl: The True Story of a Child in Peril and the Teacher Who Saved Her
Humes, Edward No
Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court
Hurley, Joanna Mother
Teresa: Apictorial Biography
Jussim, Daniel AIDS
& HIV: Risky Business
Knutson, Roger Furtive
Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures Who Live on You
Mandela, Nelson Mandela:
An Illustrated Autobiography
Marshall, Joseph E., Jr. Street Soldier: One Man’s Struggle to Save a Generation, One
Life at a Time
McBride, James The
Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute
to His White Mother
Nelson, Havelock Bring
the Noise: A Guide to Rap Music and
Hip-Hop Culture
O’Mara, Michael, ed. Diana
Princess of Whales: Her Life in Photographs
Owen, Trevor The
Learning Highway: A Student’s Guide to Using the Internet in High School and
College
Packer, Alex J. How
Rude!: The Teenager’s Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior, and Not Grossing
People Out
Read, Piers Paul Alive:
The Story of the Andes Survivors
Robbins, Lawrence H. Stones, Bones, and Ancient Cities: the
Greatest Archaeological Discoveries of All Time
Rodriquez, Richard Hunger
of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriquez, an Autobiography
Salzman, Mark Lost in
Pace: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia
Sherrow, Victoria Mental
Illness
Taylor, John H. Unwrapping
a Mummy: The Life, Death and Embalming of Horemkenesi
Thomas, Peggy Medicines
from Nature
Thomson, Peggy The
Nine-Ton Cat: Behind the Scenes at an Art Museum
Wakin, Edward How TV
Changed America’s Mind
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. |