Rising 9th and 10th grade: 2015 Community Summer Reading List
In addition to any reading assigned for specific classes, pick at least one book from this Community Summer Reading list. This book must, on your honor, be one that you have not read before. You can read any digital or print edition of your book. The online version of this list (found on SPSG’s Learning Management System) links to book reviews.
You will use the LMS over the summer to complete a short assignment related to your summer reading. Under the Summer Activities tab, go to the Upper School Community Summer Reading group and to the correct grade level. From there, students can browse the assignments by clicking on the Resources button in the top banner. Pick one assignment to complete. To post the completed assignment, please click on the Discussions button and go to the correct activity’s discussion board topic. Students should post their initial assignment by July 21st, and then reply to at least one other student’s assignment post by August 21st. Please contact SPSG's Director of Instructional Technology, Emily Ziegler, [email protected] if you have problems logging or questions about the activity.
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson A Dog’s Purpose: A Novel for Humans by W. Bruce Cameron À la Carte by Tanita S. Davis All These Things I’ve Done (or any in the Birthright series) by Gabrielle Zevin Ash by Malinda Lo The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King. Being Emily by Rachel Gold Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Boxers/Saints (read both, 2 part graphic novel) by Gene Luen Yang Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan Breakfast at Tiffany's: And Three Stories by Truman Capote Code Name Verity (or its sequels) by Elizabeth Wein Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons Daughter of Smoke and Bone (or any in series) by Laini Taylor The Distance Between Us by Kasie West Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel Without Letters by Mark Dunn Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design by Chip Kidd Graceling (or any in series) by Kristin Cashore Hero by Perry Moore The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Rising 9th and 10th grade: 2015 Community Summer Reading List (continued)
How it Went Down by Kekla Magoon How to Build a House by Dana Reinhardt I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta Kindred by Octavia Butler Legend (or any in the series) by Marie Lu Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Orleans by Sherri L. Smith The Princess Bride by William Goldman Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay The Selection (or any in the series) by Kiera Cass Spare Parts: Four Mexican American Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream by Joshua Davis Stardust by Neil Gaiman Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery by Alan Bradley Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela and Elaine DePrince The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith The Truth About Forever or This Lullaby, both by Sarah Dessen The Tyrant's Daughter by J.C. Carleson This Side of Home by Renée Watson This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl with Lori and Wayne Earl Throne of Glass (or any in series) by Sarah J. Maas True Grit by Charles Portis Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion Watership Down by Richard Adams Wicked by Gregory Maguire Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin