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JFK Middle School Summer Reading List 2011
Teen Nutmeg Book Awards 2012 Nominees
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| Author |
Title |
| Collins, Suzanne |
The Hunger Games |
| Korman, Gordon |
Pop |
| Lieb, Josh |
I Am A Genius of Unspeakable Evil... |
| Magoon, Kekla |
The Rock and the River |
| Trigiani, Adriana |
Viola in the Reel Life |
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Hiaasen, Carl
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Scat |
| Gray, Keith |
Ostrich Boys |
| Dashner, James |
The Maze Runner |
| George, Jessica Day |
Princess of the Midnight Ball |
| Bodeen, S.A. |
The Compound |
Award Winners
| Author |
Title |
| Woodson, Jacqueline |
Feathers |
| Gaiman, Neil |
The Graveyard Book |
Larson, Kirby
Smith, Hope Anita |
Hattie Big Sky
Keeping the Night Watch |
| Leavitt, Martine |
Kenturah and Lord Death |
| Law, Ingrid |
Savvy |
| Felin, M. Sidney |
Touching Snow |
Contemporary Fiction
| Author |
Title |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
Cricket Man |
| Boyce, Frank Cottrell |
Framed |
| Creech, Sharon |
Hate That Cat |
| Auch, M.J |
One-Handed Catch |
| Barkley, Brad |
Scrambled Eggs at Midnight |
| Rosenbloom, Fiona |
We Are So Crashing Your Bar Mitzvah
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Lin, Grace
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The Year of the Dog |
Historical Fiction
| Author |
Title |
| Hesse, Karen |
Brooklyn Bridge |
| Weyn, Suzanne |
Distant Wave: A Novel of the Titanic |
| Sedgwick, Marcus |
The Foreshadowing |
| Salisbury, Graham |
House of the Red Fish |
| Avi |
Iron Thunder: The Battle Between the Monitor and the Merrimac |
| Miller, Sarah |
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller |
Classics
| Author |
Title |
| Alcott, Louisa M. |
Little Women |
| Bagnold, Enid |
National Velvet |
| Dickens, Charles |
Oliver Twist |
| Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| London, Jack |
White Fang and Call of the Wild |
| Wyss, Johann David |
The Swiss Family Robinson |
| Stevenson, Robert Louis |
Treasure Island |
| Sewell, Anna |
Black Beauty |
| Adams, Richard |
Watership Down |
| Grimm, Jacob |
Grimm's Fairy Tales |
| Twain, Mark |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| Twain, Mark |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Adventure
| Author |
Title |
| Martin, Rafe |
Birdwing |
| Creech, Sharon |
The Castle Corona |
| Brewer, Heather |
Eighth Grade Bites: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod |
| Becker, Tom |
Darkside |
| Parker, Robert B. |
Edenville Owls |
| Tingle, Rebecca |
The Edge on the Sword |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly |
Eleven |
| Barnes, Jennifer Lynn |
Golden |
| Colfer, Eoin |
Half-Moon Investigations |
| Sleator, William |
The Last Universe
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| Bloor, Edward |
London Calling |
| McCaughrean, Geraldine |
Peter Pan in Scarlet |
| Hautman, Pete |
Rash |
| Schmidt, Gary D. |
Straw into Gold
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| Catanese, P.W. |
The Thief and the Beanstalk |
Enfield High School Summer Reading List 2011
Entering Grade 9
Students who are enrolled in English 9-1 (Honors English 9) MUST READ TWO BOOKS during the summer from the list below. AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE BOOKS MUST BE A "CLASSIC NOVEL" from the selections below (denoted with bold and *). Students who are enrolled in English 9-2 and English 9-3 MUST READ ONE BOOK during the summer from the list below.
| Title |
Author |
| Acceleration |
McNamee, Graham |
| All Creatures Great and Small* |
Herriot, James |
| Almost Lost |
Sparks, Beatrice |
| Animal Farm* |
Orwell, George |
| Born to Rock |
Korman, Gordon |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime |
Haddon, Mark |
| Fire-us #1: The Kindling |
Armstrong, Jennifer |
| The Fountainhead |
Rand, Ayn |
| Girl, Interrupted |
Kaysen, Susanna |
| The Heart is a Lonely Hunter* |
McCullers, Carson |
| Heat |
Lupica, Mike |
| The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again* |
Tolkien, J.R.R. |
| Jane Eyre* |
Bronte, Charlotte |
| The Last of the Mohicans* |
Cooper, James Fenimore |
| Monster |
Myers, Walter Dean |
| Murder of Roger Ackroyd |
Christie, Agatha |
| Wuthering Heights* |
Bronte, Emily |
| Great Expectations* |
Dickens, Charles |
| The Hunger Games |
Collins, Suzanne |
| Jurassic Park |
Crichton, Michael |
Entering Grade 10
Every student will read one of the recommended titles.
Honors students will read a second book, not necessarily from the list.
| Title |
Author |
| The Good Earth (Classic) |
Buck, Pearl S. |
| Angela's Ashes (Contemporary) |
McCourt, Frank |
| The Glass Castle (Nonfiction) |
Walls, Jeanette |
Entering Grade 11
Every student will read one of the recommended titles.
Honors students will read a second book, not necessarily from the list.
| Title |
Author |
| Animal Farm (Classic) |
Orwell, George |
| A Thousand Splendid Suns (Contemporary) |
Hosseini, Khaled |
| Persepolis (Nonfiction) |
Satrapi, Marjane |
Entering Grade 12
Every student will read one of the recommended titles.
Honors students will read a second book, not necessarily from the list.
| Title |
Author |
| Invisible Man (Classic) |
Ellison, Ralph |
| A Prayer for Owen Meany (Contemporary) |
Irving, John |
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Nonfiction) |
Eggers, Dave |
Fermi High School Summer Reading List 2011
Entering Grade 9
Students who are enrolled in English 9-1 (Honors English 9) MUST READ TWO BOOKS during the summer from the list below. AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE BOOKS MUST BE A "CLASSIC NOVEL" from the selections below (denoted with bold and *). Students who are enrolled in English 9-2 and English 9-3 MUST READ ONE BOOK during the summer from the list below.
| Title |
Author |
| Acceleration |
McNamee, Graham |
| All Creatures Great and Small* |
Herriot, James |
| Almost Lost |
Sparks, Beatrice |
| Animal Farm* |
Orwell, George |
| Born to Rock |
Korman, Gordon |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime |
Haddon, Mark |
| Fire-us #1: The Kindling |
Armstrong, Jennifer |
| The Fountainhead |
Rand, Ayn |
| Girl, Interrupted |
Kaysen, Susanna |
| The Heart is a Lonely Hunter* |
McCullers, Carson |
| Heat |
Lupica, Mike |
| The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again* |
Tolkien, J.R.R. |
| Jane Eyre* |
Bronte, Charlotte |
| The Last of the Mohicans* |
Cooper, James Fenimore |
| Monster |
Myers, Walter Dean |
| Murder of Roger Ackroyd |
Christie, Agatha |
| Wuthering Heights* |
Bronte, Emily
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| Great Expectations* |
Dickens, Charles |
| The Hunger Games |
Collins, Suzanne |
| Jurassic Park |
Crichton, Michael |
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Entering Grade 10
Students who are enrolled in English 10-1 (Honors English 10), Survey of British Literature, Survey of American Literature, Survey of World Literature, Individual and Society, Critical Writing, Honors Searching and Writing, and Honors Writing and the Media:
MUST READ TWO BOOKS during the summer from the list below. AT LEAST ONE OF THESE BOOKS MUST BE A "CLASSIC" FROM THE LIST BELOW (denoted with bold and *).
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Students who are enrolled in all other English courses MUST READ ANY ONE BOOK during the summer from the list below. |
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| The Bell Jar* |
Plath, Sylvia |
| Nineteen Minutes |
Picoult, Jodi |
| Angela's Ashes |
McCourt, Frank |
| The Good Earth* |
Buck, Pearl |
| Rule of the Bone |
Banks, Russell |
| Deadline |
Cutcher, Chris |
| Dracula* |
Stoker, Bram |
| Peace Like a River |
Enger, Leif |
| The Big Sleep* |
Chandler, Raymond |
| Flight |
Alexie, Sherman |
| Into the Wild |
Krakauer, Jon |
| First they Killed My Father |
Ung, Loung |
| Memoirs of a Geisha |
Golden, Arthur |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea* |
Verne, Jules |
| Thirteen Reasons Why |
Asher, Jay |
| The Secret Life of Bees |
Kidd, Sue Monk |
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Entering Grade 11
Students who are enrolled in English 10-1 (Honors English 10), Survey of British Literature, Survey of American Literature, Survey of World Literature, Individual and Society, Critical Writing, Honors Searching and Writing, and Honors Writing and the Media:
MUST READ TWO BOOKS during the summer from the list below. AT LEAST ONE OF THESE BOOKS MUST BE A "CLASSIC" FROM THE LIST BELOW (denoted with bold and *).
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Students who are enrolled in all other English courses MUST READ ANY ONE BOOK during the summer from the list below. |
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| The Mole People |
Toth, Jennifer |
| A Prayer for Owen Meany |
Irving, John |
| Animal Dreams |
Kingsolver, Barbara |
| She's Come Undone |
Lamb, Wally |
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The World According to Garp
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Irving, John |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* |
Twain, Mark |
| The Grapes of Wrath* |
Steinbeck, John |
| Oliver Twist* |
Dickens, Charles |
| Fast Food Nation |
Schlosser, Eric |
| The Right Stuff |
Wolfe, Tom |
| Into Thin Air |
Krakauer, Jon |
| Pride and Prejudice* |
Austen, Jane |
| Feed |
Anderson, M.T. |
| Walden* |
Thoreau, Henry David |
| The Physick Book of Deliverance |
Howe, Katherine |
| The Name of the Wind |
Rothfuss, Patrick |
| Water for Elephants |
Gruen, Sara |
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Entering Grade 12
Students who are enrolled in English 10-1 (Honors English 10), Survey of British Literature, Survey of American Literature, Survey of World Literature, Individual and Society, Critical Writing, Honors Searching and Writing, and Honors Writing and the Media:
MUST READ TWO BOOKS during the summer from the list below. AT LEAST ONE OF THESE BOOKS MUST BE A "CLASSIC" FROM THE LIST BELOW (denoted with bold and *).
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Students who are enrolled in all other English courses MUST READ ANY ONE BOOK during the summer from the list below. |
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| The Awakening* |
Chopin, Kate |
| The Road |
McCarthy, Cormac |
| Cry, the Beloved Country |
Paton, Alan |
| A Thousand Splendid Suns |
Hosseini, Khaled |
| Native Son* |
Wright, Richard |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin* |
Stowe, Harriet Beecher |
| A Tale of Two Cities* |
Dickens, Charles |
| The Namesake |
Lahiri, Jhumpa |
| All Quiet on the Western Front* |
Remarque, Erich Maria |
| Ladies and Gentleman, The Bronx is Burning |
Mahler, Johnathan |
| Sophie's World |
Gaarder, Jostein |
| Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
Pirsig, Robert |
| The Help |
Stockett, Kathryn |
| Forever War |
Filkins, Dexter |
| The Fountainhead |
Rand, Ayn |
| The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks |
Skloot, Rebecca |
| The Joy Luck Club |
Tan, Amy |
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