1. District Curriculum Specialist
Secondary Programs
Summer Reading
Antoinette Parker
District Curriculum Specialist
April 05, 2018

2. Summer Reading
The purpose of summer reading is to encourage students to practice reading skills and develop an enjoyment for reading.
An information packet will be shared with parents, students, and teachers to include: expectations, commonly asked questions, suggested novels, how to access novels, and
“book talk” framework. The packet will be available on the
HCS website and in paper form.
Students will read one of the novels from the list for their grade span or a novel of their choice.

3. Summer Reading
Students in Honors, AP, and IB English will have an additional reading assignment which will also be posted on the HCS website.
Students will complete a “book talk” project on their selected book and submit it no later than August 17, 2018.
A “book talk” tries to convince or persuade a person to read the book. The essence of a “book talk” is to “sell, don’t tell.”

4. Middle School Selection
Pacific 1942:Not a Drop to Drink by Todd Olson
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Secrets, Lies, and Algebra by Wendy Lichtman

5. Middle School Selection
The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Bradley
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

6. High School Selection Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
March Book Two By John Lewis
Crossed by Ally Condie
Forge by Laurie H. Anderson

7. High School Selection Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
You Don’t Even Know Me by Sharon Flake
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
FlyGirl by Sherri L. Smith

8. 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

9. 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: (IB & AP English Language); The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Grade 12: (IB & AP English Literature): Life of Pi by Yann Martel