2006 FRESHMAN SUMMER READING
LIST
Now that you have graduated from middle school, we want
to encourage you to continue to read over the summer.
During the summer, all students entering Curriculum I
are required to read The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, which tells of an unusual herošs
journey, a central theme of the ninth grade year.
Students entering Curriculum II are required to read Tears
of a Tiger
by Sharon Draper.
All students are also required to read one book from the list below, and one
book of their
choice.
At the beginning of the school year, students will be
asked to consider, discuss, and respond to the books verbally and/or in written
form. A summer reading examination
is usually given. Students should be prepared to bring either the books or
detailed notes, or both to class
sometime during the first weeks of school
If students have read any of these books previously, they should choose
others for their summer reading.
Have a great summer and Read,
Read, Read
Albanov,Valerian,
In the Land of White Death (nonfiction)
Alvarez, Julia, Before We Were Free
Anderson, Laurie Halse, Speak
Beals, Melba Patillo, Warriors Don't Cry (nonfiction)
Bennett, James, The Squared Circle (sports mystery)
Berg, Elizabeth,
Durable Goods
Bradbury, Ray, Dandelion Wine
Bradley, Marion,
Firebrand
Card, Orson Scott,
Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow
Chbosky, Stephen,
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Chin, Frank,
Donald Duk
Cormier, Robert,
Tenderness
Courtenay, B.,
Power of One
Crutcher, Chris,
Running Loose, Ironman or Whale Talk
Demetz, Hanna,
The House on Prague Street
Dickens, Charles,
Oliver Twist
Doyle, Roddy,
The Snapper
duMaurier, Daphne, Rebecca
Gaines, Ernest ,
A Gathering of Old Men or A Lesson Before Dying
Geras, Adele,
Troy
Gibbons, Kaye,
Ellen Foster
Gordon, Sheila,
Waiting for the Rain
Hamill, Pete,
Snow in August
Haruf, Kent,
Plainsong
Hemingway, Ernest,
The Old Man and the Sea
Katz, Jon, Geeks (nonfiction)
Kincaid, Jamaica,
Annie John
King, Steven, The Stand
Kinsella, W.P., Shoeless Joe
Kipling, Rudyard, Captains Courageous
Leonard, Elmore,
52 Pick Up
Lynch, Chris,
Iceman or
Inexcusable
Maguire, Gregory,
Wicked
Malamud, Bernard, The Natural
Martinez, Victor,
Parrot in the Oven, Mi Vida
Mathabane, Mark, Kaffir Boy
McCafferty, Megan, Sloppy Firsts
Monroe, Mary,
God Don't Like Ugly
Montgomery, Lucy Maud, Anne of Green Gables
Mori, Kyoko,
Shizuku's Daughter
Myers, Walter Dean, Fallen Angels or Hoops or Monster
Otsuka, Julie,
When the Emperor Was Divine
Peters, Julie Ann,
Luna
Potok, Chaim,
The Chosen
Pullman, Phillip,
The Golden Compass
Renault, Mary,
The King Must Die
Rouse,
The Iliad
Rushdie, Salman, Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Santiago, Esmeralda, When I Was Puerto Rican (nonfiction)
Senna, Danzi, Caucasia
Shange, Ntozake,
Betsey Brown
Smith, Betty,
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Stoker, Bram,
Dracula
Tolkien, J.R.R.,
The Hobbit
Townsend, Sue, The Diary of Adrian Mole
Twain, Mark , The Adventures of Tom Sawyer or The Prince and the Pauper
Wallace, Velma, Two Old Women
White, T. H., The Sword in the Stone or The Once and Future King
Wideman,John Edgar, Brothers and Keepers
Wilhelm, Kate, Good Children
Williams-Garcia, Rita, Like Sisters on the Homefront
Revised
May 4, 2006