1. Summer 2009 Reading Recommendations Kenyon Woods Middle School Library 2009 Reading Recommendations Kenyon Woods Middle School Library FICTION

2. The expiration of their visas along with the events of 9/11 bring chaos to a family that considers the United States their homeland.

3. Misidentification at the scene of an auto accident causes both grief and joy.

4. Starting high school is never easy so Scott comes up with a survival plan!

5. Two recent high school graduates set out for the west coast on their bicycles. Only one returns.

6. Best friends become entangled in a tragedy that tests their friendship and their ideas of right and wrong.

7. Desperate for money to pay living expenses, one young man accepts a part time job with nearly deadly results.

8. A thirteen year old Pakistani child manages to escape from the bondage of working in a carpet factory and is eventually able to free other children like himself.

9. Set in a futuristic North America, a televised survival competition pits young people against one another.

10. A young girl impulsively decides to take a bus from Minnesota to Alabama in search of author Harper Lee.

11. A family struggles to survive after a meteor hits the moon.

12. It’s 2025 and the government requires you to be bar coded on your 17 th birthday. Kayla, almost 17, resists the idea of being labeled.

13. When her father announces that he is getting married, again, Evyn is not happy about gaining six new siblings.

14. Ned enlists in the U.S. Marines at the age of 16 and is trained as a code talker.

15. A small group of high school students become involved in a horrific traffic accident with deadly results.

16. After taking his mother’s car out for a “spin” without her permission, Alex soon finds himself on his neighbor’s lawn along with the police. The judge has an unusual punishment ready for him.

17. A tour of duty in Iraq profoundly changes the life of one young man.

18. Two sports reporters discover a “cover-up” concerning football players.

19. A compelling story about a boy whose world falls apart after Pearl Harbor.

20. 2009 Reading Recommendations Kenyon Woods Middle School Library NONFICTION

21. A man-eating shark was considered an old mariner’s tale in 1916. Soon mass hysteria sweeps the eastern coast of the U.S. and the largest shark hunt in history is under way.

22. Our earth is changing and its changing fast. So, what’s going on?

23. Read about the design and construction of seventeen architectural and engineering marvels.

24. Oil has been used for thousands of years but in the last century we have begun to consume it in vast quantities. Just what is this precious commodity?

25. Learn about some of man’s greatest feats and the need to leave a permanent mark on Earth.

26. Read the accounts of five teenagers and how they faced the worst of human evil.

27. Learn about the historical forces behind the creation of the world’s most famous skyscraper.

28. The H.L. Hunley made history in 1864 as the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship. The Hunley never returned to port.

29. Clothes, toys, shoes, food, drinks and skateboards—just how are they made?