District Curriculum Specialist Secondary Programs Summer Reading Antoinette Parker District Curriculum Specialist April 04, 2019

Summer Reading The purpose of summer reading is to encourage students to develop an enjoyment for reading. An information packet will be shared (digital and hardcopies) with parents, students, and teachers to include: expectations, commonly asked questions, suggested novels, how to access novels, and “book talk” framework. Students will read one of the novels from the list for their grade span or a novel of their choice.

Summer Reading Students in Honors and AP English will have an additional reading assignment, which will also be posted on the HCS website. Students will complete a “Book Talk” on the book they select and submit no later than August 23, 2019. A “Book Talk” convinces or persuades a person to read the book. The essence of a “Book Talk” is to “sell, don’t tell.”

Middle School Selection Pinned by Sharon Flake Patina by Jason Reynolds The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Bradley The River by Gary Paulsen

Middle School Selection Lost in Outer Space: by Todd Olson Merci Suárez by Meg Median The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

High School Selection Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys March Book Three By John Lewis Reached by Ally Condie Ashes by Laurie H. Anderson

High School Selection The Boy In The Black Suit by Jason Reynolds Harbor Me by Jaqueline Woodson Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Honors and AP Selection Grade 6: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Grade 7: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L ’Engle Grade 8: The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor

Honors and AP Selection Grade 9: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Grade 10: Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals Grade 11: (AP English Language); The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien Grade 12: (AP English Literature): Life of Pi by Yann Martel