Summer Reading Opportunity for rising 9th-12th grade students
We hope you are enjoying your summer vacation!
Would you like to be rewarded in the fall for your summer reading? We have a deal for you!
Listed below are the details.
● All books must be from the lists of authors and biographies below. (See page two also.) ● You must not have read any of the books before. ● You must keep track of your reading and turn in the attached form by the first Monday of school. ● Reading forms must be signed by a parent. ● Incentives: ○ 3 books = 1 assigned dress-down day (We’ll let you know the day.) ○ 5 books = 2 assigned dress-down days ○ 7 books = 2 assigned dress-down days and enter a drawing for one of three PDQ gift cards
Recommended Christian Biographies Forward in the Face of Fear, by Edgar Feghaly Shadow of the Almighty, (Jim Elliot), by Elisabeth Elliot In the Presence of My Enemies, (Gracia Burnham), pub. Tyndale House David Brainerd’s Personal Testimony, (selections from his journal), pub. Baker *The Life of David Brainerd, compiled by Jonathan Edwards, pub. Baker Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, by Eric Metaxas pub. Thomas Nelson *The Autobiography of George Muller, pub. Whitaker House *Robert Murray McCheyne, a Biography, by A.A. Bonar *John Hyde, the Apostle of Prayer, by Francis McGaw, pub. Bethany House Praying Hyde, by Carre, pub. Bridge Publishing *Missionary Patriarch, (autobiography of John G. Paton), pub. Vision Forum Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur, by Frank Houghton, pub. CLC A Chance to Die, (Amy Carmichael), by Elisabeth Elliott, pub. Baker Jonathan Goforth, by Rosalind Goforth, pub. Bethany House *The Life of D. L. Moody, by his son, pub. Sword of the Lord Publishers Genius of Geneva (John Calvin). By Penning and Barrington David Livingstone, by Jane Penge, pub. Ywam Publishing Here I Stand, (Martin Luther), by Bainton, pub. Abingdon Classics God’s Outlaw, (William Tyndale), by Brian Edwards, pub. Evangelical Press *How I Know God Answers Prayer, by Rosalind Goforth, pub. Moody Press Gladys Aylward: Missionary in China, by Sam Wellman, pub. Barbour *Judson of Burma, by B. R. Peam, pub. Edinburgh House Press To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson, by Courtney Anderson My Heart in His Hands, (Ann Judson), by Sharon L. James, pub. Evangelical Press Evidence Not Seen, (Darlene Rose), pub. Harper Eric Liddell: Something Greater than Gold, by Janet Penge, pub. Ywam Pub. End of the Spear (5 martyred missionaries in Ecuador), by Steve Saint Daktar: Diplomat in Bangladesh, by Viggo Olsen, pub. Kregel Publishing William Carey and the Missionary Vision, by Daniel Webber, pub. Banner of Truth William Carey, by S. Pearce Carey, pub. Wakeman Trust Peace Child, by Don Richardson, pub. Gospel Light Tortured for Christ, (Richard Wurmbrand), pub. Living Sacrifice Book Co. Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret, by Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor, pub. Moody Henry Martyn: Pioneer Missionary to India and Islam, by Jessie Page *The Life of George Whitefield - 2 vols., by Arnold Dallimore, pub. Banner of Truth Walking with the Giants: A Minister’s Guide to Good Reading and Great Preaching, by Warren W. Wiersbe, pub. Baker Giants of the Missionary Trail, by Eugene Meyers Harrison, pub. Fairfax Baptist Temple
**See next page for list of authors.
FCS does not endorse the content of every work from each of the authors listed below. We rely on parents to research the selected work before the child begins reading.
Friendship Christian School Author List for Summer Reading / Quarterly Projects FCS does not endorse the content from all of the authors listed below. We rely on parents to research the content before the student begins reading.
9th Grade 11th Grade Veronica Roth Victor Hugo Charles Dickens Herman Melville J.R.R. Tolkien Ernest Hemingway Homer James Fenimore Cooper John Knowles Betty Smith Lorraine Hansberry Chaim Potok Daniel Defoe Thomas Hardy Jules Verne Arthur Miller Lewis Carroll Nathaniel Hawthorne Stephen Crane Harper Lee Anne Frank Fyodor Dostoevsky Susanne Collins E.M. Forster Edith Wharton Anthony Trollope
12th Grade 10th Grade Mary Shelley Harriet Beecher Stowe Bram Stoker John Gunther Willa Cather Jim Stovall Jane Austen Mark Twain Alexandre Dumas Alan Paton George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw Oscar Wilde Ray Bradbury Charlotte Bronte Charles Dickens William Shakespeare Madeleine L’Engle Markus Zusak Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Kazuo Ishiguro Daphne du Maurier Edith Wharton Joseph Conrad Thomas Hardy George Eliot Henry James Emily Bronte
Student name ______**Print as many copies of this form as you need. Turn them in to your English teacher during English class on the first Monday of school.
Title of book/Author # of pages and time it Parent Signature (Must be from the Authors list or took you to read the (Needs to be actual the Christian Biography list) book (hrs/min.) signature--not typed)
Book title #pages and time Parent Signature
Briefly list favorite character and why or least favorite character and why.
Book title # of pages and time Parent Signature
Briefly list favorite character and why or least favorite character and why.