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Middle School Summer Reading List 2018 Middle School Summer Reading List 2018 Dear Families, Summer break is here! It is a golden opportunity for your family to get to all those books that you all have been wanting to read! In this booklet you will find the Middle School Summer Reading list in which I have tried to include a variety of titles that will appeal to a broad range of readers. Please use this list as a guide and even as a jumping off point to give you ideas about what to read. I have included genres and authors that are popular with our students, loved by the librarians and teachers and titles that are hot off the press! On the first page, you will see the required reading assignments divided by grade level.Please encourage your children to read the required reading selections towards the end of the summer, as the teachers will use these books in September for a variety of assignments. You can find these books at your local public libraries, bookstores, and through online vendors. Students should complete the Middle School Reading Log (found in the back of this packet) with the assistance of a parent. Please make sure to add your signature as your child completes each book! Next year’s Karla Harry Visiting Author will be Matt de la Peña. He has written a variety of books, from young adult to picture books, on many topics such as his love of basketball and sport, his experiences as a Mexican-American, and writing science fiction and thrillers. I have included a page showcasing his work and I encourage students to explore his books over the summer. Many of the books, designated as ‘eBook’ or ‘digital audiobook’ on this list, are available through the Joukowsky Family Library’s digital collection. Please find the instructions for accessing this collection in the following pages. Have a wonderful summer of reading and be sure to share your favorite books when you return in September! Sincerely, Mimi Roterman Library Support Required summer reading Entering fifth grade: Entering seventh grade: Please read two titles that are from these nine genres: 1) Please select one choice from the following: Realistic Fiction / Science Fiction / Mystery & Horror Med Head: My Knock-Down, Drag-Out, Drugged- Historical Fiction / Nonfiction / Fantasy Up Battle with my Brain by James Patterson and Hal Novel in Verse / Autobiography & Biography Friedman Graphic Novel The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Please choose books that you have not read before Skloot and make sure your two choices are not from the Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary same genres (like two graphic novels for instance). Of Roach course, you can read more than two books over the 2) Please select two additional titles from elsewhere summer! in this booklet or you are welcome to make your own You can use the booklet as a guide to make your book choices with the help of a parent. choices or not. Whatever titles you choose, please have a parent help you so that you are sure it is a ‘just Entering eighth grade: right’ book (not too easy, not too hard) for you. 1) Please select one choice from the following: Remember to record your choices in the log at the Spare Parts by Joshua Davis back of this booklet. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba Entering sixth grade: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Required reading: The Misfits by James Howe 2) Please select two additional titles from elsewhere Please select two additional titles from elsewhere in in this booklet or you are welcome to make your own this booklet or you are welcome to make your own book choices with the help of a parent. book choices with the help of a parent. *Notice that other books in the The Misfits series have been included, should they interest you! French eighth grade: La terre est ronde, Lectures ELI Junior by B. Brunetti Teacher will distribute book to students in June Spanish fifth grade: ABeCedario Salvaje (2009) by Yanitzia Canetti Book can be ordered from www.amazon.com Spanish sixth grade: El Nabo Gigante (1998) by Aleksei Tolstoy. Illustrated by Niamh Sharkey Book can be ordered from www.amazon.com Spanish seventh grade: Un Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos / A Kite for the Day of the Dead (bilingual version, 1999) by Elisa Amado Book can be ordered from www.amazon.com Spanish eighth grade: Incoming eighth grade Spanish students should choose ONE picture book to read. All titles relate to our yearlong theme of immigration in the United States. Students should read their book over the summer and bring it to school in September. They will be participating in book talks during the year. The first two choices are bilingual books while the second two are written in Spanish only. All books can be found at amazon.com CHOOSE ONE: Del Norte al Sur / From North to South (2010) by René Colato Lainez, illustrated by Joe Cepeda. El Niño de Cabeza / The Upside Down Boy (2000) by Juan Felipe Herrera, illustrated by Elizabeth Gómez Un Mundo Nuevo (1999) by D.H. Figueredo, illustrated by Enrique O. Sánchez Al Fin en Casa (2002) by Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by Felipe Dávalos Accessing the Joukowsky Family Library’s eBooks and audiobooks From desktop or laptop: 1) Go to http://library.gordonschool.org and click on the blue Gordon School link. 2) Choose the “Catalog” tab and click the “Destiny Discover” link on the left sidebar. 3) To view or check out any eBook/audiobook, you will need your login username: graduatingyearfirstinitiallastname (e.g. 2022gcooke) password: bookshelf 4) Once you have selected a title from the available eBook/audiobook titles in Destiny Discover, click the title link below the book cover to check out and open or play the title. 5) Once you have checked out a title, you can access the content for fourteen days. 6) Most eBooks/audiobooks can only be checked out by one person at a time. EBooks with the infinity icon are avail- able for check out by an unlimited number of readers. From tablet devices or smart phones: 1) Go to your device’s app store. 2) Search for Destiny Discover and download this free app. 3) Open the app and scroll through the locations to select Rhode Island, then type in Gordon in the school box. Then enter your login information: username: graduatingyearfirstinitiallastname (e.g. 2022gcooke) password: bookshelf 4) Click the blue login button. 5) You now have the option to search for a specific item or browse eBooks or audiobooks. 6) Once you have selected a title from those available in Destiny Discover, click the green “Checkout/Hold” button to check out and begin reading/listening. 7) Once you have checked out an eBook/audiobook, you can access the title by pressing the “Open” button. 8) You may return the title early by clicking on “Bookbag” from the main menu in the upper right corner. Select Checkouts and then Return. 9) Most eBooks can only be checked out by one person at a time. EBooks with the infinity icon are available for check out by an unlimited number of readers. 10) The circulation period for eBooks and digital audiobooks is fourteen days. By Matt de la Peña 2018 Karla Harry Visiting Author Ball Don’t Lie The Hunted “I think God put me here to play ball,” says More than a month after they set sail in a busted seventeen-year-old Sticky. Shuffled between foster dinghy at the end of The Living (2013), Shy, Marcus, homes since childhood, the skinny, white teen Carmen, and Shoeshine finally arrive at the California devotes himself to playing basketball at Lincoln coast, only to discover incredible devastation wrought Rec, a gritty Los Angeles gym, where he has found both by the earthquake and fever-pitch panic over a family among the serious players, mostly black Romero disease. Condemned buildings hold stacks men. In colloquial language filled with the words of untouched rotting bodies, safety is prohibitively and rhythms of hip hop and the street, de la Peña’s expensive, and roving gangs patrol the streets with debut tells a riveting story about Sticky’s struggle to the directive to shoot anyone trying to travel, which is secure a college basketball scholarship and deepen bad news for Shy and his friends, who are determined his relationship with his girlfriend. The disjointed to make it to Arizona with the remaining vaccines. De narrative, which loops between past and present, la Peña keeps up the frantic pace he set in The Living may slow a few readers. Others, though, will see the as the foursome treks through ruined towns and tries nonlinear story as a reflection of Sticky’s own internal to outrun the mysterious SUVs on their tail. And all journey as he faces violent childhood tragedies, his the while, in an effortlessly slang-inflected tone, Shy numbed emotions, and his sometimes-compulsive weighs his responsibilities, worries about whether he behavior (he repeats actions such as shoe-tying until is brave enough, and considers what makes a hero. they feel right). Teens will be strongly affected by With a careful balance between fast-paced plot and the unforgettable, distinctly male voice; the thrilling, meaningful, diverse character development, this is unusually detailed basketball action; and the questions a great crossover for fans of both thrillers and more about race, love, self-worth, and what it means to character-driven novels. build a life without advantages. *Sequel to The Living* Young Adult Young Adult Realistic Fiction Science Fiction/Thriller (digital audiobook) (available in paperback) (available in paperback) The Living Eternity Ring (Infinity Ring Series Book 8) Shy Espinoza is eleven days into his summer job on a Dak Smyth and Sera Froste are heroes.
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