DIRECTIONS: Pick THREE books from this list, read them this summer and fill out the attached “LOVE IT OR LOSE IT?” sheet. Tell me if you LOVE these books or if our library should “LOSE THEM.” Return the sheet to Mrs. Guzik (or email it to me at [email protected]) by 8/31. You will earn a prize and be entered into a drawing for a $10 Barnes & Noble Gift Card. You will get one additional entry in the gift card drawing for every EXTRA book you read (after the first three). Plus, you’ll get a bonus entry for every book you choose from this list that was published in 1999 or earlier (in bolded italics).
For Older Students (Gr. 6-8) A Gathering of Days by Joan Blos (1980 NW) For Older Students (Gr. 6-8) A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (2002 NH) Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata Kira Kira (2005 NW) Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (2005 NH, M.C. Higgins the Great by Virginia Hamilton (1975 NW) 2007 CYRM W) The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman (1996 NW) Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (1978 NW) Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (1993 NW) The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth Speare (1962 NW) Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (2011 NW) Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (2000 NW) The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg (2005 ALA) Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry (1941 NW) Paperboy by Vince Vawter (2014 NH) Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (2009 ALA) Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff (2003 NH, 2006 Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan (2012 MA) CYRM N) Crispin the Cross of Lead by Avi (2003 NW) Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (2006 NH) Criss Cross by Lynne Perkins (2006 NW) Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson (1945 NW) Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor (1977 NW) The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (1973 NH) Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer (1937 NW) Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (2012 NW) Rules by Cynthia Lord (2007 NH, 2010 CYRM N) Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt (1983 NW, 1985 CYRM N) Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark (1953 NW) Doll Bones by Holly Black (2014 NH, 2016 CYRM N) The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman (2004 ALA) The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli (1950 NW) The Sign of the Beaver (1984 NW, 1987 CYRM N) Drawing from Memory by Allen Say (2011 multiple awards) The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox (1974 NW) Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine (1998 NH, 2000 CYRM W) The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1976 NH) The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (2003 CYRM N) by Margarita Engle (2009 NH) Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman by Meg Wolitzer (2011 ALA) Tall Story by Candy Gourlay (2011 ALA) From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by The Wanderer by Sharon Creech (2001 NH) The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt (2008 NH, 2010 CYRM N) E.L. Konisburg (1998 NW) Up A Road Slowly by Irene Hunt (1967 NW) The Giant Slayer by Iain Lawrence (2013 CYRM W) When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (2010 NW) The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman (1995 MA) When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Holt (1999 Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech (2003 ALA) National Book Award) Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (1988 NH, 1990 CYRM N) The White Stag by Kate Seredy (1938 NW) Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus (2011 NH) The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare (1959 NW) Heat by Mike Lupica (2006 ALA) Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Chris Healy (2012 MA) The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (2007 NW) AWARDS KEY: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (2003 NH) NH= Newbery Honor Book Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer (2001 NH) I, Juan De Pareja by Elizabeth Trevilo (1966 NW) NW= Newbery Medal Winner Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (2003 ALA) CYRM N - CA Young Reader Medal Nominee Jacob, Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (1981 NW) CYRM W - CA Young Reader Medal Winner Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (1944 NW) ALA = American Library Association Notable Book MA = Multiple smaller awards
THERE WILL BE A GIFT CARD WINNER IN BOTH THE GR. 2-5 AND GR. 6-8 CATEGORIES. Students you may choose books from whatever age category you wish, but PLEASE discuss your choices with a parent! LOVE IT OR LOSE IT? Did you LOVE the books you read this summer? Should we keep them in the Glenoaks Library, or is it time to LOSE THEM?
Student Name: ______Grade: ______
PLEASE LIST THE 3 BOOKS YOU READ FROM THE “LOVE IT OR LOSE IT” LIST AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS (print another sheet if you read more than three books:
1) Book Title: ______
Did you like this book? (circle one) Yes No
What was your favorite part? ______
Would you recommend this book to a friend? (circle one) Yes No
Should we KEEP this book in the library, or LOSE it? (circle one) Yes No
2) Book Title: ______
Did you like this book? (circle one) Yes No
What was your favorite part? ______
Would you recommend this book to a friend? (circle one) Yes No
Should we KEEP this book in the library, or LOSE it? (circle one) Yes No
3) Book Title: ______
Did you like this book? (circle one) Yes No
What was your favorite part? ______
Would you recommend this book to a friend? (circle one) Yes No
Should we KEEP this book in the library, or LOSE it? (circle one) Yes No
ADD UP YOUR POINTS: 1) Give your self 1 point for completing the “Love it or Lose it” three book challenge. ______2) Give yourself an additional point for EACH book you read over the 3 book minimum. ______3) Give yourself an additional point for EACH book you read that was published in 1999 or earlier (the bolded choices in italics on the Love it or Lose it book list. ______4) Add up your points on lines 1, 2, and 3. ______5) Turn this form in to Mrs. Guzik by 8/31 (or email it to her at: [email protected]