Summer Reading
Book Reviews
The goal for summer reading is to keep you reading over the summer and to get you excited about the course. Another objective is to get you reading a text with purpose, such as finding themes and understanding characters. The books were chosen based on their likely interest level and educational value. The assignment is the document below. The links on the right are book reviews. Discuss the options with your parents and choose a book that is appropriate for you. The summer reading document below can be better accessed on the school's website. The book flier will be due the second day of school. For the classic book, there will be a basic plot test (multiple-choice) and a constructed response writing assignment (after reviews in class). Hang on to your quotes because we will need them after school starts.
*On the Edge of Gone got the Best of 2016 by Kirkus and the Chicago Public Library; and the ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017
*All We Have Left got Amazon and Kirkus Best Book of 2016 and won the 2016 BookBrowse YA Award
*The List won ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013 and was one of the Best Books of the Year 2012 by Kirkus
*The Bitter Side of Sweet won Older Readers YALSA 2017 Best Fiction for Young Adults award
*Goodbye Days is an ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten pick
Parent Summer Reading
Parents, are you interested in doing your own summer reading? I recommend Where You Go is Not Who You'll Be by Frank Bruni; The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr; How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims; and The Weekend Effect: The Life Changing Benefits of Taking Time Off and Challenging the Cult of Overwork by Katrina Onstad. Again, these are for the adults if interested, not the kids.