Summer Reading Adventure Everett Public Schools Two Cities, One School District

Read to Cure the “Summer Slide” Studies show that the effect of reading four to five books over the summer is enough to stop a decline in reading achievement from spring to fall. In a nutshell, if you don’t use it, you lose it. When school starts in the fall, students who don’t read over the summer “slide” backwards.

What should you do to be a part of the program? Read two books from your grade level list and complete an activity for each. Three Quotes that represent the main character and explain… Draw an object that symbolizes the theme and explain… Write a poem that represents a major conflict… Create a comic strip that summarizes your book… Explain how the novel is a product of the author’s experiences…

Can I Read Other Books? Of course! After you finish the required books, read as many books as you can, and read any book that interests you. You can complete other activities to earn other incentives. Or just read for fun!

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1861)  In this unflaggingly suspenseful story of aspirations and moral redemption, humble, orphaned Pip, a ward of his short-tempered older sister and her husband, Joe, is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman. And, indeed, it seems as though that dream is destined to come to pass — because one day, under sudden and enigmatic circumstances, he finds himself in possession of "great expectations.“  808/ Clip from a movie version 808/

Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (2007)  Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.  h?v=iQMyOkvbu7A h?v=iQMyOkvbu7A  Student book trailer

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (2011)  In 1941, fifteen year old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.  u630dERY5Sc u630dERY5Sc  Author video

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (2013)  Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star- crossed misfits smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.  h?v=qoXDeHfvuww h?v=qoXDeHfvuww  Student trailer

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (1991)  For Esperanza, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, life is an endless landscape of concrete and rundown tenements, and she tries to rise above the hopelessness.  h?v=jYqFvWEh9nQ h?v=jYqFvWEh9nQ  Student trailer

The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen (2012)  When thirteen-year-old Henry and his family relocate to a city to leave behind a secret tragedy, Henry finds a journal is his best friend.  h?v=7J5BAFDF6xY&index=7&list =PLKFeLoSdGJVzmW9ypmGrJ__ JJpnfmxZG- student trailer h?v=7J5BAFDF6xY&index=7&list =PLKFeLoSdGJVzmW9ypmGrJ__ JJpnfmxZG-

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011)  In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.  fXryyx4erU fXryyx4erU

Where do I find books?  Visit the Jackson Library during the summer.  Order the book through the UW Bookstore.  Visit the Mill Creek Library.

Where can I go online?  Visit the Jackson Library page for updates and book ideas. They will have all of the summer information posted for your reference