Sleepy Hollow Middle School English 7

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AUTHOR TITLE

Adam, Paul Max Cassidy Escape From Shadow Island

 Allison, Jennifer Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator  Asher, Jay The Future of Us  Avi The Fighting Ground  Baskin, Nora Raliegh The Summer before Boys  Bauer, Joan Close to Famous  Beil, Michael The Red Blazer Girls (Series)  Bennett, Cherie Life in the Fat Lane  Birdsall, Jean The Penderwicks (Series)  Black, Holly Doll Bones  Blume, Judy Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself  Brewer, Heather The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd  Broach, Elise Shakespeare’s Secret  Bruchac, Joseph Skeleton Man  Bruchac, Joseph Sacagawea  Buyea, Rob Because of Mr. Terrupt  Byng, Georgia Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism  Carson, Rae The Girl of Fire and Thorns  Carter, Ally I’d Tell You I Love You, but Then I’d Have to Kill You (Series)  Chainand, Soman The School For Good and Evil  Chapman, Fern Is it Night or Day?  Choldenko, Gennifer No Passengers Beyond this Point  Christie, Agatha Murder in Mesopotamia  Cisneros, Sandra House on Mango Street  Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games (Series)  Cooper, Michael *Remembering Manzanar  Cormier, Robert After the First Death  Cooper, J. California *Family  Cushman, Karen Alchemy and Meggy Swann  Coy, John Love of the Game  Dashner, James The Maze Runner  Davis, J. Checking on the Moon  Di Camillo, Kate Flora and Ulysses  Dowd, Siobhan The London Eye Mystery  Ferraiolo, Jack Big Splash  Flood, Nancy Bo Warriors in the Crossfire  Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain  Freedman, Benedict & Nancy *Mrs. Mike  Funke, Cornelia The Thief Lord  Gantos, Jack Dead End in Norvelt  Gantos, Jack From Norvelt to Nowhere  Gidwitz, Adam A Tale Dark and Grimm  Haddix, Margaret Peterson Among the Hidden (Series)  Hiaasen, Carl Chomp  Hicks, Deron Secrets of Shakespeare’s Grave  Holm, Jennifer L. Turtle in Paradise  Horowitz, Anthony Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Series)  Korman, Gordon Chasing the Falconers  LaFleur, Suzanne Eight Keys  Lee, Tanith Wolf Tower (Series)  L’ Engle, Madeline A Wrinkle in Time  Lethcoe, Jason Wings (Series)  Levine, Gail Carson Fairest  Lowry, Lois The Willoughbys  Mc Caughrean, Geraldine The Death Defying Pepper Roux  Mely, Maile The Apothecary  Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables  Nixon, Joan Lowery The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore  O’Brien, Robert Z For Zachariah  Palacio, R. C. Wonder  Parry, Rosanne Heart of a Shepherd  Pashley, Hilton Gabriel’s Clock  Paterson, Katherine Bread and Roses Too  Paulsen, Gary Hatchet  Pearson, Ridley Kingdom Keepers  Perkins, Lynne Rae As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth  Riordan, Rick Maze of Bones  Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter (Series)  Saldana, Rene The Whole Sky Full of Stars  Selznick, Brian Wonderstruck  Sharra, Michael *Killer Angels  Sleator, William *House of Stairs  Smith, Roland Tentacles  Snyder, Laurel Bigger Than a Bread Box  Sonnenblick, Jordan Curveball: the year I lost my grip  Spinelli, Jerry Stargirl  Spratt, R.A. The Adventures of Nanny Piggins  Stead, Rebecca When You Reach Me  Stewart, Paul Beyond the Deep Woods (Series)  Tashjian, Janet My Life as a Book  Van Draanen, Wendelin Swear to Howdy  Wearver, Will Memory Boy; The Survivors  Whelan, Gloria Small Acts of Amazing Courage  Williams-Garcia, Rita One Crazy Summer  Willner-Pardo, Gina Figuring Out Frances  Zusak, Markus Fighting Ruben Wolfe

Short Stories

 Soto, Gary SC Sot Baseball in April and other stories  Jimenez, Francisco SC Jim *The Circuit: stories from the life of a migrant child  Martinez, Rueben SC Mar Once Upon a Time: Traditional Latin American Tales  Poe, Edgar Allan SC Poe Tales of Mystery and Madness

Non-Fiction

 Bolden, Tanya 973.7 Bol Emancipation Proclamation:Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty  Croy, Anita 985 Cro Solving the Mysteries of Machu Picchu  Davis, Ossie 812 Dav Escape to Freedom  Freedman, Russell BIOG Fra Becoming Ben Franklin  Freedman, Russell BIOG Laf Lafayette and the American Revolution  Lagos, Alexander 741.5 Lag Sons of Liberty  Mc Cann, Michelle 920 Boy Boys Who Rocked the World  Mc Cann, Michelle 920 Mcc Girls Who Rocked the World  Macy, Sue 796.6082 Mac Wheels of Change: how Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom  McPherson, James M. BIOG Lin Abraham Lincoln  Murphy, Jim 973.891 Mur Across America on an Emigrant Train  O’Connell, Caitlin 599.67 Oco The Elephant Scientist  Reit, Seymour BIOG Edm Behind Rebel Lines  Rondina, Catherine 398.9 Ron Don’t Touch that Toad & Other Strange Things Adults Tell You  Rusch, Elizabeth Eruption  Sheinkin, Steve 973.7092 She Lincoln’s Grave Robbers  Sheinkin, Steve BIOG Arn The Notorious Benedict Arnold  Turck, Mary 613.2 Tur Healthy Snack and Fast-Food Choices  Walker, Sally 971.6 Wal Blizzard of Glass: the Halifax Explosion of 1917

*More Challenging

(Series) indicates there is more than one book by the same author in the series. Students may read any or all in the series. English 7 students must read three books from the English 7 list.

Sleepy Hollow Middle School English 8

AUTHOR TITLE

 Asher, Jay Thirteen Reasons Why  Bacigalupi, Paolo Ship Breaker  Baldwin, James *Go Tell it on the Mountain  Bauer, Joan Best Foot Forward  Benn, James Billy Boyle: a World War II Mystery  Bennett, Jay Dark Corridor  Boyne, John The Boy in the Striped Pajamas  Blume, Judy Tiger Eyes  Bradley, Kimberly Jefferson’s Sons  Brahmachari, Sita Mira in the Present Tense  Bruchac, Joseph Code Talkers  Bruchac, Joseph Wolf Mark  Choldenko, Gennifer Notes From a Liar and Her Dog  Christie, Agatha The Body in the Library  Clarke, Judith One Whole and Perfect Day  Clayton, Emma The Roar  Cormier, Robert *Heroes  Cormier, Robert *Beyond the Chocolate War  Doctorow, Cory Little Brother  Doyle, Arthur Conan A Study in Scarlet  Evans, Richard Michael Vey  Flanagan, John The Ruins of Gorlan (or other from Ranger’s Apprentice series)  Flanagan, John The Outcasts (or other from Brotherhood Chronicles Series)  Friesner, Esther Threads and Flames  Frost, Helen Hidden  Gier, Kerstin Ruby Red  Giff, Patricia Reilly Pictures of Hollis Woods  Green, John The Fault in Our Stars  Harris, Joanne Runemarks  Hautman, Pete Snatched  Hemingway, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea  Herlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea  Hobbs, Valerie Sonny’s War  Horrowitz, Anthony Raven’s Gate (or other from the Gatekeeper series)  Jones, Kari Storm Tide  Kelly, Jacqueline The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate  Kerr, Phillip The Winter Horses  King, Stephen The Body  Klass, David You Don’t Know Me  Konigsburg, E.L. Silent to the Bone  Korman, Gordon Pop  Lore, Piticus I Am Number Four (or others from Lorien Legacy series)  Lloyd, Saci The Carbon Diaries 2015  Lupica, Mike Summer Ball  Lupica, Mike Shoot Out  Lynch, Chris The Right Fight  Mankell, Henning *When the Snow Fell  Marsh, Katherine The Night Tourist (Series)  McNamee, Graham Bonechiller  Mullin, Mike Ashfall  Myers, Walter Dean Kick  Myers, Walter Dean Somewhere in the Darkness  Na, An Wait for Me  Naidoo, Beverley Burn my Heart  Noel, Alyson Evermore (Series)  Patterson, James Maximum Ride: the Angel Experiment (Series)  Peck, Richard The River Between Us  Peck, Richard A Year Down Yonder  Pierce, Tamora Circle of Magic (Series)  Pullman, Philip The Golden Compass (Series)  Rennison, Louise Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Series)  Riggs, Ransom Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children  Ritter, John The Boy Who Saved Baseball  Runcie, James The Discovery of Chocolate  Schmidt, Gary Okay for Now  Spinelli, Jerry Milkweed  Stewart, Trenton The Mysterious Benedict Society  Stone, Phoebe The Romeo and Juliet Code  Strasser, Todd Fallout  Valentine, Jenny Me. the Missing, and the Dead  Veciano-Suarez, Ana Flight to Freedom  Vanderpool, Clare Moon over Manifest  Watkins, Yoko Kawashima So Far From the Bamboo Grove  Westerfeld, Scott The Uglies  Wolff, Virginia Euwer Make Lemonade  Wynne-Jones, Tim The Maestro

Short Stories

 Bruchac, Joseph (ed) SC Lay Lay-ups and Long Shots  Card, Orson Scott SC Ors Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show  Dahl, Roald SC Dah Tales of the Unexpected  Doyle, Arthur Conan SC Doy The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes  Poe, Edgar Allan SC Poe Eight Tales of Terror  Soto, Gary SC Sot Help Wanted  Vande Velde, Vivian SC Van Being Dead

Non-Fiction

 Baldwin, James 301.45 Bal The Fire Next Time  Bullard, Lisa 808.5 Bul Your Oral or Multimedia Presentation  Carson, Mary Kay 599.4 Car The Bat Scientists  Coffey, Mark BIOG Riv The Closer (Mariano Rivera)  Dawson, George BIOG Daw Life is Good  Earl, Esther BIOG Ear The Star Won’t Go Out  Freedman, Russell 323.1196 Fre Freedom Walkers  Hamen, Susan 338.7 Ham Google: the company and its founders  Hanger, Trudy 796.357 Han The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League  Hinds, Gareth 741.5 Hin The Odyssey  Jenks, Andrew 791.4302 Jen Andrew Jenks: My Life as a Young Filmaker  Krull, Kathleen 133.3 Kru They Saw the Future  Lake, Matthew 973 Lak Weird U.S.: a freaky field trip through the 50 states  Lang, Lang BIOG Lan Lang Lang  Lewis, John BIOG Lew March  Mack, Jim 649 Mac Be a Great Babysitter  Marrin, Albert 974.7 Mar Flesh and Blood So Cheap  Myers, Walter Dean BIOG Mye Bad Boy: A Memoir  Napoli, Donna Jo 398.2093 Nap Treasury of Greek Mythology  Nava, Yolanda (ed.) 170 Nav It’s All in the Frijoles  Oarwardine, Mark 591 Car Natural History Museum Book of Animal Records  Prins, Marcel 920 Pri Hidden Like Anne Frank  Raczka, Bob 704 Rac Before They were Famous: how seven artists got their start  Spiegelman, Art 940.53 Spi Maus  Sheinkin, Steve 623.4 She Bomb  TenNapel, Doug GrN FIC Ten Ghostopolis  Tohe , Laura 940.54 Toh Code Talker Stories  Wells, H.G. 741.5 Hel The Time Machine

*More Challenging (Series) indicates there is more than one book by the same author in the series. Students may read any or all in the series.

English 8 students must read three books from the English 8 list.

Sleepy Hollow High School English 9

AUTHOR TITLE

 Austen, Jane Emma  Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility  Barnes, Jennifer The Naturals  Bartoletti, Susan Campbell The Boy Who Dared  Benway, Robin Going Rogue  Benway, Robin Also Known As  Blundell, Judy Strings Attached  Brashares, Ann The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Series)  Bronte, Charlotte *Jane Eyre  Brown, Ryan Play Dead  Bruchac, Joseph Killer of Enemies  Buck, Pearl S. *The Good Earth  Caine, Rachel Prince of Shadows  Carmichael, Clay Wild Things  Charbonneau, Joelle The Testing  Christie, Agatha The Mysterious Affair at Styles  Colfer, Eoin Artemis Fowl (Series)  Curtis, Christopher Paul Bucking the Sarge  Dickens, Charles *David Copperfield  Doctorow, Cory For the Win  Du Maurier, Daphne *Rebecca  Garcia, Kami Beautiful Creatures  Garcia, Kami Beautiful Darkness  Gardner, Sally Maggot Moon  Garfinkle, Debra Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl  Green, John Looking For Alaska  Haas, Abigail Dangerous Girls  Halam, Ann Snakehead  Hamilton, Steve The Lock Artist  Harmon, Michael The Last Exit to Normal  Harper, Karen Down River  Hautman, Pete The Big Crunch  Hautman, Pete Godless  High, Linda Sister Slam  Higson, Charles By Royal Command (Series)  Hijuelos, Oscar Dark Dude  Johnson, Maureen 13 Little Blue Envelopes (Series)  Jones, Traci Silhouetted by the Blue  Kidd, Susan Monk The Secret Life of Bees  Kittredge, Caitlin The Iron Thorn  Leck, James The Adventures of Jack Lime  Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks  London, Jack Call of the Wild  Lowry, Lois Gossamer  Lupica, Mike Heat  McBride, Lish Hold Me Closer, Necromancer  McCall, Guadalupe Under the Mesquite  McNicoll, Sylvia Last Chance for Paris  Marillier, Juliet Daughter of the Forest (Series)  Medina, Meg Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass  Mullin, Caryl Rough Magic  Myers, Walter Dean Riot  Oates, Joyce Carol Big Mouth & Ugly Girl  Oppel, Kenneth The Dark Endeavor  Potok, Chaim *The Chosen  Reeve, Philip Here Lies Arthur  Reinhardt, Dana The Summer I Learned to Fly  Riordan, Rick The Lightning Thief (Series)  Riordan, Rick The Lost Hero (Series)  Rosoff, Meg Picture Me Gone  Rosoff, Meg There is No Dog  Roth, Veronica Divergent or other books by this author  Ryan, Carrie The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Series)  Schrefer, Eliot Endangered  Scott, Michael The Alchemyst  Sepetys, Ruta Between Shades of Gray  Sharenow, Robert The Berlin Boxing Club  Smith, Roland Peak  Staples, Suzanne Fisher Under the Persimmon Tree  Steinbeck, John The Red Pony  Stewart, Trenton The Mysterious Benedict Society  Stiefvater, Maggie Shiver (Series)  Talkington, Amy Liv Forever  Thompson, Kate Creature of the Night  Twain, Mark *The Prince and the Pauper  Volponi, Paul The Final Four  Volponi, Paul Rooftop  Walker, Alice The Color Purple  Wells, H.G. *The Invisible Man  Wiggins, Bethany Stung  Wilson, Daniel Robopocalypse  Yancey, Rick The Curse of the Wendigo (Series)  Zevin, Gabrielle Elsewhere

Short Stories

 Kaminky, Stuart (ed) SC On On a Raven’s Wing: New Tales in Honor of Edgar Allan Poe  Mercado, Nancy (ed.) SC Eve Every man for Himself: Ten Stories About Being a Guy  Noyes, Deborah (ed.) SC Got Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales

Non-Fiction

 Bartoletti, Susan 322.4 They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group  Bligh, William 919.504 Bli *The Bounty Mutiny  Blumenthal, Karen 796 Blu Let Me Play: the Story of Title IX  Blumenthal, Karen BIOG Job Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different  Capek, Michael 931 Cap Emperor Qin’s Terra Cotta Army  Cruz, Victor BIOG Cru Out of the Blue  Deraniyagala, Sonali BIOG Der Wave  Duncan, Lois 364.1 Dun Who Killed My Daughter?  Higashida, Naoki BIOG Hig The Reason I Jump  Hoose, Phillip M. 598. 072 Moonbird  Hurston, Zora Neale BIOG Hur Dust Tracks on a Road  Johnson, Rebecca 591.77 Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures  Kamkwamba, William BIOG Kam *The Boy who Harnessed the Wind  Moss, Wendy L. 158.1 Mos Being Me: a kid’s guide to boosting self-esteem  Pele BIOG Pel Why Soccer Matters  Perez, Chris BIOG Sel To Selena With Love  Platt, Richard 974.7 Pla New York City: an illustrated history of the Big Apple  Ross Michael 920 Ros A World of Her Own: 24 Amazing Women Explorers  Sandler, Martin 979.803 San The Impossible Mission  Sands, Emily 932.02 San The Egyptology Handbook  Schlosser, Eric 394.1 Sch Chew on This  Scott, Elaine 522 Sco Space, Stars and the Beginning of Time: what the Hubble Telescope Saw  Shields, Charles J. BIOG Lee I am Scout  Shone, Rob 930.1 Sho Ancient Treasures  Sobol, Dava BIOG Gal *Galileo’s Daughter  Yolen, Jane 920 Yol Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murdresses…

*More Challenging (Series) indicates there is more than one book by the same author in the series. Students may read any or all in the series.

English 9R and 9H students must read three books from the above list.

Sleepy Hollow High School English 10

AUTHOR TITLE

 Agee, James *A Death in the Family  Allende, Isabel City of the Beasts  Allende, Isabel Kingdom of the Golden Dragon  Alvarez, Julia In the Time of the Butterflies  Alcott, Louisa May Little Women  Avasthi, Swati Chasing Shadows  Black, Holly Coldest Girl in Coldtown  Booth, Coe Bronxwood  Card, Orson Scott Ender’s Game  Cather, Willa *Death Comes for the Archbishop  Chbosky, Stephen The Perks of Being a Wallflower  Cole, Teju Every Day is for the Thief  Cohen, Joshua Leverage  Connor, Leslie Waiting for Normal  Cooper, Michelle A Brief History of Montmaray (Series)  Crutcher, Chris Ironman  de la Pena, Matt Mexican White Boy  Diaz, Junot The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao  Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan The Hound of the Baskervilles  Garcia Marquez, Gabriel *One Hundred Years of Solitude  Gardner, John Grendel  Gibson, Marley Radiate  Grant, Helen The Vanishing of Katharina Linden  Green, John An Abundance of Katherines  Green, John Paper Towns  Griffin, Paul The Orange Houses  Hersey, John *A Bell for Adano  Hidier, Tanuja Desai Born Confused  Holub, Josef Innocent Soldier  Hopkins. Ellen Crank  Hopkins, Ellen Glass  Hughes, Mark Peter Lemonade Mouth  Johnson, Angela The First Part Last  Kinsella, Sophie Confessions of a Shopaholic  Krech, Bob Rebound  Kwok, Jean Girl in Translation  Laybourne, Emmy Monument 14

 McCullers, Carson *The Heart is a Lonely Hunter  Matson, Morgan Amy & Roger’s Epic Tour  Monaghan, Annabel A Girl Named Digit  Morris, Mary McGarry The Lost Mother  Mosley, Walter Fortunate Son  Moyer, Kermit The Chester Chronicles  Mullin, Mike Ashfall  Myers, Walter Dean Sunrise Over Fallujah  Ness, Patrick The Knife of Never Letting Go (Series)  Oppel, Kenneth The Dark Endeavor  Palahniuk, Chuck *Pygmy  Paolini, Christopher Eragon (Series)  Paulsen, Gary Soldier’s Heart  Perker, M.K. Insomnia Café  Reinhardt, Dana How to Build a House  Reinhardt, Dana The Things a Brother Knows  Richter, Conrad *The Sea of Grass  Riordan, Rick The Red Pyramid (Series)  Ryan, Carrie The Forest of Hands and Teeth  Ryan, Pam Munoz Esperanza Rising  Schraff, Anne Unforgiven or other titles by this author  Sedgwick, Marcus Midwinter Blood  Tucker, Todd Over and Under  Turner, Ann Warren Hard Hit  Twain, Mark *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court  Van Diepen, Allison Snitch  Vonnegut, Kurt *Cat’s Cradle  Wartski, Maureen Crane A Boat to Nowhere  Wasserman, Robin The Book of Blood and Shadow  Weisberger, Lauren The Devil Wears Prada  White, T.H. *The Once and Future King  Williams-Garcia, Rita Jumped  Wouk, Herman The Caine Mutiny  Zarr, Sara How to Save a Life  Zeller, Florian Julien Parme  Zink, Michelle This Wicked Game  Zuzak, Markus *The Book Thief

Short Stories

 Black, Holly et.al. SC Zom Zombies vs. Unicorns  Diaz, Junot SC Dia Drown  Soto, Gary SC Sot Petty Crimes  Mazer, Anne SC Wal A Walk in my World: international stories about youth

Non-Fiction

 Abbott, Jim BIOG Abb Imperfect  Anderson, Kristen 808.88 Dea Dear Teen Me  Angelou, Maya BIOG Ang Gather Together in My Name  Burch, Jennings M. 362.7 Bur They Cage the Animals at Night  Eastham, Chad 248.8 Eas Guys Are Waffles, Girls Are Spaghetti  Fleischman, Sid BIOG Twa The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West  Glenn, Mel 811 Gle Split Image: a story in poems  Hauser, Brooke 373.18 Hau The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Kids  Laurenza, Domenico 629.13 Leonardo on Flight  Macaulay, David 612 Mac The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body  Mandela, Nelson BIOG Man Long Walk to Freedom  McDougall, C. 796.4209McD Born to Run  Moore, Wes 920 Moo Discovering Wes Moore  Myers, Walter Dean 940.4 Mye Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride met Courage  Owen, Mark BIOG Owe No Easy Day  Rigsby, Mike 641.042 Rig Doable Renewables  Rivera, Mariano BIOG Riv The Closer  Rockliff, Mara 174 Roc Get Real: what kind of world are you buying?  Rodriguez, Luis J. BIOG Rod Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.  Rubin, Robert Alden 821.008 Love Poetry Out Loud  Santiago, Esmeralda BIOG San When I was a Puerto Rican  Silver, Maya 616.99 Sil My Parent Has Cancer and It Sucks  Suarez, Ray 973 Sua Latino Americans  Tardi, Jacques 741.5 Tar It was the War of the Trenches  Winchester, Simon 551.21 Win Krakatoa  Yousafzai, Malala BIOG Mal I Am Malala

*More Challenging (Series) indicates there is more than one book by the same author in the series. Students may read any or all in the series.

English 10R and 10H students must read three books from the above list.

Sleepy Hollow High School English 11

AUTHOR TITLE

 Allende, Isabel Daughter of Fortune  Atkins, Ace The Ranger  Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (Series)  Beam, Cris I Am J  Beaudoin, Sean Wise Young Fool  Bradbury, Ray *Something Wicked This Way Comes  Brezenoff, Steve Brooklyn Burning  Bruchac, Joseph Code Talker  Burgess, Melvin Smack  Christie, Agatha Murder on the Orient Express  Cleave, Chris Little Bee  Colfer, Eoin Airman  de la Pena, Matt I Will Save you  Dole, Mayra Lazara Down to the Bone  Donoghue, Emma Room  Faulkner, William *The Sound and the Fury  Flake, Sharon You Don’t Even Know Me  Ford, Jamie Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet  Frank, Hillary The View From the Top  Fredericks, Mariah Season of the Witch  Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time  Hawthorne, Nathaniel *The House of the Seven Gables  Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms  Hesse, Hermann Siddhartha  Holt, Elliot You Are One of Them  King, Stephen Full Dark, No Stars  King, Stephen The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon  Kinsella, W.P. Shoeless Joe  Kizer, Amber A Matter of Days  Koryta, Michael The Ridge  Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake  Letts, Billie The Honk and Holler Opening Soon  Letts, Billie Where the Heart Is  Linko, Gina Indigo  Lockhart, E. Dramarama  Mc Cormick, Patrick Never Fall Down  McDonell, Nick *An Expensive Education  Moore, Graham The Sherlockian  Morrison, Toni Paradise  Mosley, Walter Devil with a Blue Dress  Murphy, Julie Side Effects May Vary  Myers, Walter Dean Hoops  Oates, Joyce Carol High Crime Area  Ondaatje, Michael *The English Patient  Oppel, Kenneth Airborn (Series)  Perez, Ashley What Can’t Wait  Peters, Julie Ann she loves you, she loves you not  Picoult, Jodi My Sister’s Keeper  Ritter, John Under the Baseball Moon  Roskos, Evan Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets  Schmidt, Gary D. Trouble  Shoup, Barbara Everything You Want  Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn  Sparks, Nicholas The Last Song  Steinbeck, John *East of Eden  Steinbeck, John *The Grapes of Wrath  Tintera, Amy Reboot  Valentine, Jenny Broken Soup  Venkatraman, Padma Climbing the Stairs  Volponi, Paul Rikers High  Voorhees, Coert The Brothers Torres  Ward, Jesmyn Salvage the Bones  Wells, Rebecca Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood  Whaley, John Where Things Come Back  Wright, Richard *Native Son  Zuzak, Markus I am the Messenger

Short Stories

 Anderson, Sherwood SC And *Winesburg, Ohio  Link, Kelly SC Lin Pretty Monsters  Cortez, Sarah SC You You Don’t Have a Clue:Latino mystery stories for teens

Non-Fiction

 Beah, Ishmael BIOG Bea Long Way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier  Boyd, Danah 004.67 It’s Complicated  Byrne, David 780.9 How Music Works  Cafaro, Phillip 363.7 Lif Life on the Brink  Carnevale, Linda 378.1 Car Hot Words for the SAT  Collins, Billy (ed.) 811 Poe Poetry 180: An Anthology of Contemporary Poems  Crooks, Clayton 794.8 Cro !Phone Game Development for Teens  Davis, William 973.7 Dav The Fighting men of the Civil War  de la Bedoyere 609 Ide Ideas That Changed the World  Deng, Ayuel et. al. 920 Den Courageous Journey: Walking the Lost Boys’ Path from the Sudan to America  Foner, Eric 973.7092 Fon The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery  Galeano, Eduardo 796.334 Gal Soccer in Sun and Shadow  Hall, Shyima BIOG Hal Hidden Girl  Harden. Blaine BIOG Shi Escape from Camp 14  Hillenbrand, Laura BIOG Zam Unbroken: a World War II Story of Survival…  Jay-Z BIOG Jay Jay-Z Decoded  Krakauer, Jon 796.522 Kra Into Thin Air  Kurlansky, Mark 323.1196 Kur Ready for a Brand New Beat  Lewis, Michael BIOG Ohe The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game  McGough, Matthew BIOG McG Bat Boy (Coming of Age with the New York Yankees)  Nafisi, Azar 820.9 Naf *Reading Lolita in Tehran  Orlean, Susan 636.737 Orl RinTinTin  Pfarrer, Chuck 958.104 Pfa Seal Target Geronimo  Robbins, Alexandra 303.3 Rob The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth  Skloot, Rebecca BIOG Lac The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks  Twain, Mark 818 Twa *Life on the Mississippi  Youngs, Jennifer Leigh 613.7 You Feeling Great, Looking Hot and Loving Yourself

*More Challenging

(Series) indicates there is more than one book by the same author in the series. Students may read any or all in the series.

English 11R students must read two books from the above list and the assigned short stories. English 11H students must read The Crucible by Arthur Miller and two books from the above list, one of which must be a non-fiction title. The 11H summer assignment given by Ms. Donahue must also be completed. A.P. English Language and Composition students must complete the summer assignment given by Mrs. Rosenwasser.

 Sleepy Hollow High School English 12

AUTHOR TITLE

 Anderson, Laurie Halse Chains  Brashares, Ann The Here and Now  Burd, Nick The Vast Fields of Ordinary  Caletti, Deb Stay  Christie, Agatha And Then There Were None  Cortez, Sarah You Don’t Have a Clue  Doller, Trish Where the Stars Still Shine  Donnelly, Jennifer Revolution  Egan, Jennifer *A Visit from the Goon Squad  Eggers, Dave *A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius  Fesperman, Dan The Prisoner of Guantanamo  Fletcher, Christine Ten Cents a Dance  Fuentes, Carlos The Eagle’s Throne  Gaiman, Neil Ocean at the End of the Lane  Gill, David Macinnis Soul Enchilada  Green, John An Abundance of Katherines  Green, John Paper Towns  Heller, Joseph *Catch 22  Irving, John The World According to Garp  Islas, Arturo The Rain God  Jackson, Shirley We Have Always Lived in the Castle  Joyce, James *Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man  Kass, Pnina Moed Real Time  Keegan, Marina The Opposite of Loneliness  Kesey, Ken *One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest  King, Stephen 11/22/63  Konigsburg, Bill Openly Straight  Lamb, Wally She’s Come Undone  Larsson, Stieg The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Series)  Lockhart, E. We Were Liars  Lupton, Rosamund Sister  McGuane, Thomas *Driving on the Rim  Morgenstern, Erin The Night Circus  Morrison, Toni *A Mercy  Murray, Paul Skippy Dies  Myracle, Lauren Shine  Niffenegger, Audrey The Time Traveler’s Wife  O’Breht, Tea The Tiger’s Wife  O’Brien, Tim The Things They Carried  Ondaatje, Michael *Anil’s Ghost  Paton, Alan *Cry, The Beloved Country  Perkins, Stephanie Anna and the French Kiss  Powers, Richard The Echo Maker  Pynchon, Thomas Bleeding Edge  Rebeck, Theresa Three Girls and their Brother  Riggs, Ransom Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children  Russell, Karen Swamplandia!  Sparks, Nicholas Dear John  Stork, Francisco Marcelo in the Real World  Taylor, Laini Daughter of Smoke & Bone  Tolstoy, Leo *War and Peace  Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse Five  Walls, Jeanette Half Broke Horses  Werlin, Nancy Impossible  Whitehead, Colson Zone One  Wilson, Edward Anthill  Zarr, Sara Sweethearts

Short Stories

 Lahiri, Jhumpa SC Lah Interpreter of Maladies  Lahiri, Jhumpa SC Lah Unaccustomed Earth  Matheson, Richard SC Mat Nightmare at 20,000 Feet  Millhauser, Steven SC Mil *Dangerous Laughter

Non-Fiction

 Angelou, Maya BIOG Ang The Heart of a Woman  Aronson, Marc 810.8 War War Is…Soldiers, survivors, and storytellers talk about war  Boo, Katherine 305.5 Boo *Behind The Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity  Byrne, David 796.6 Byr *Bicycle Diaries  Davis, Sampson, et. al 920 Dav The Pact: Three Young Men make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream  Dawkins, Richard BIOG Daw An Appetite for Wonder  Driver, Stephanie 332.024 Per Personal Finance: a guide to money and business  Feinstein, John 796.323 Fei Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four  The Freedom Writers 305.235 Fre The Freedom Writers’ Diary  Gladwell, Malcolm 155.2 Gla David and Goliath  Hillenbrand, Laura BIOG Zam Unbroken: a WWII story of survival, resilience and redemption  Isaacson, Walter BIOG Job Steve Jobs  Johnson, Steven 612.8 Joh *Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life  Junger, Sabastian 910.453 Jun The Perfect Storm  Katz, Jon 338.7 Kat Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho  Kyle, Chris BIOG Kyl American Sniper  Mc Bride, James BIOG McB The Color of Water  Pausch, Randy BIOG Pau *The Last Lecture  Quinones-Hinojosa, A BIOG QUI Becoming Dr. Q  Randall, Lisa 500 Ran Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How physics and scientific thinking illuminate the universe

 Schiff, Stacy BIOG Cle Cleopatra  Spiegelman, Art BIOG Spi MetaMaus  Tabor, James M. 796.52 Tab Blind Descent: the quest to discover the deepest place on earth  Wahab, Saima BIOG Wah In My Father’s Country  Wright, Richard BIOG Wri *Black Boy

*More Challenging

(Series) indicates there is more than one book by the same author in the series. Students may read any or all in the series.

English 12R & 12 ELA students must read three books from the above list (or the ESL list if appropriate).

English 12H students must read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, 1984 by George Orwell, and do the summer assignment given by Mrs. McGough-Choi. A.P. English students must read Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, and complete the summer assignment given by Mrs. Meyer.

Sleepy Hollow Middle and High School -- ESL

Alvarez, Julia Before We Were Free

12 year old Anita’s life under the harsh rule of a Dominican dictator

Anaya, Rudolph Bless Me, Ultima

Young Antonio is forced to choose between two opposing ways of life

Freedman, Russell Children of the Wild West

A history with original photos, showing life for whites and Native Americans in the U.S.

Cisneros, Sandra The House on Mango Street

A sensitive novel about a Mexican-American girl growing up in Chicago

Saldana, Rene Jr. Finding Our Way

Stories of love, danger, loyalty and pride

Ancona, George Murals: Walls that Sing

A beautiful art book about murals

Greenberg, Keith Erik Erik Is Homeless

A real-life story of a boy and his mom, who are homeless

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter (Series)

The exciting continuing story of a young English boy with magic powers

Sachar, Louis Holes

A troubled boy with a weird family is sent to a very strange detention camp

Harness, Cheryl Rabble Rousers: 20 Women Who Made a Difference

Inspiring biographies of women who stood up for what was right

Jimenez, Francisco Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child

Autobiographical account of a young Mexican boy’s struggle for education in a migrant family

Jimenez, Francisco Breaking Through

Jimenez finishes telling the story of his childhood as a boy in a migrant family

Johnson, Angela The First Part Last

Teenagers confront the realities of pregnancy and responsibilities

Fleischman, Paul Whirligig

High School student Brent kills a girl when driving drunk and is offered an unusual way to make amends for his mistake

Portis, Charles True Grit

14 year old Mattie Ross and cranky old U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn go into the Indian Territories to avenge her father’s death

Salinas, Eva 609.8 Latin Americans Thought of It.

Schwartz, Alvin, Helquist, Brett Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Frightening stories of horror, revenge, the supernatural, graveyards, and darkness

Hiassen, Carl Hoot

A funny mystery with some ideas on ecology

Cameron, Ann Colibri

A girl kidnapped in Guatemala tries to find her family

Ochoa, Annette Pina Night Is Gone, Day Is Still Coming: Stories and Poems

Find out how some Native American young people feel about their lives

Hoobler, Dorothy We Americans: Voices of the Immigrant Experience

The variety of immigrants in America

Conrad, Pam Pedro’s Journal

A fictional tale of a boy who sailed with Columbus on the Pinta, Nina, and the Santa Maria

Hinton, S.E. That Was Then, This Is Now

If you liked The Outsiders (or Los Rebeldes), you’ll like this too

Myers, Walter Dean 145th Street

Stories about people who live in Manhattan; you’ll feel like you live there too

Fritz, Jean China Homecoming

True stories of a young American girl who grew up in China in the 1920’s, feeling homesick and out of place. Eventually she comes to the U.S., but as an adult, returns to visit China

Steinbeck, John The Red Pony

If you’ve ever had a pet you loved, this is a book you’ll enjoy

Steinbeck, John The Pearl

Kino, a young pearl diver, enjoys his simple life with his family until his son is stung by a scorpion and their lives change forever

Richter, Conrad The Light in the Forest

Immigrants have always faced problems in America; even in the 1700’s, Native Americans and whites had their differences

Schaefer, Jack Shane

You might be surprised to learn that all the conflicts in the Old West were not between cowboys and Native Americans

Spinelli, Jerry Stargirl

16 year old Leo loves Stargirl, even though she is different and the other students make fun of her

Sparks, Nicholas A Walk to Remember

Total opposites Landon and Jamie struggle to keep their love strong despite disapproval and secrets