Student Edition High School 2015-16

July 23, 2015

Dear Imagine Parents/Guardians and Students,

We invite you to participate in the Eighth Annual Imagine Schools National Advanced Reading Challenge (ARC). This initiative is designed to challenge students to choose high quality literature, to read as much and as often as they are able, and to share their love for reading with peers and adults on their Imagine campus. The ARC fosters students “acquiring and owning” their education by “developing academic and character habits to increase learning opportunities” and “becoming independent, self‐directed learners.” (pp. 20‐21, Imagine Schools Academic Excellence Framework).

Many students are capable of moving ahead academically with only limited direction and attention from teachers. What they need is encouragement to take risks, to develop perseverance, and to venture out into the world of ideas and knowledge. We also believe that one of the best ways to become a life‐long learner is to develop a love of reading. Dennis’ older brother Ray read and reported on over 100 books in his sophomore year in high school. He now has a personal library in his home that houses over 10,000 books. Similarly, when she was in the 4th grade, Eileen received $100 from her parents for reading 100 books during the school year. This challenge fanned her love of reading and further inspired her to have high academic aspirations.

The Advanced Reading Challenge is open to Imagine Schools’ students in grades 3‐12 who are at or above grade level in reading, and who can assume responsibility for independent work beyond their class and homework assignments. The ARC book list is comprised of high quality “classic” books at or above grade level. We ask students not to deviate from the attached reading lists, with the exception that students can select up to three books that are not the lists to read towards the challenge. Students may read from lists higher than their grade level, but not below their grade level. Books selected by students must have coordinator approval.

Grade‐level book lists have been updated to provide more choices to students. As was the case in past years, by accepting this challenge students pledge to read each book and complete a short response of their choice in order to certify their accomplishment. Imagine will give a $50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card to each student who reads and reports on the designated number of books (25 for grades 3‐8 and 15 for grades 9‐12) in a school year, and these students will be recognized nationally by Imagine Schools. Last year, close to 2,000 Imagine students participated in the ARC, and 285 were given awards for completing the challenge.

We hope that by taking on this challenge, students will stretch themselves to accomplish more than they might have in an ordinary year, enjoy some great new books, and model achievement and excellence for their friends and peers.

With gratitude,

Eileen Bakke Dennis Bakke Co‐Founder Co‐Founder Imagine Schools Imagine Schools

Imagine Schools 2015-16 Advanced Reading Challenge Grades 9-12 Congratulations on your decision to challenge yourself through reading! We hope that by taking on this CHALLENGE, you will stretch yourself to accomplish more than you might have in an ordinary year, enjoy some great new books, and model achievement and excellence for your friends and peers.

Your Role as a Student: 1. Sign the commitment to read the designated number of books (15 for grades 9‐12) not previously read. a. You can choose two or three books of your choice to count towards the challenge. These books must be appropriate, challenging and approved by your Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator or teacher. b. You can also listen to 2‐3 ARC books on tape or CD. Your local library should have several of your ARC books on tape or CD. 2. Prepare a reading portfolio in which a table of contents with a list of books read and all corresponding projects are stored/showcased (*see attached table of contents) 3. Participate in school initiated activities (e.g., after school book club to present projects, etc.) as designated by your school of attendance. 4. Submit all materials upon completion to your school’s Advanced Reading Coordinator by Monday, May 2nd, 2016.

Helpful Adults: Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator: This person will receive guidelines from the Imagine Schools office and will help you with the expectations and materials needed to complete the reading challenge. He/she may hold meetings to share information with you and your parents, answer questions that you might have along the way, and find ways to help you complete this challenge.

Teachers: Your teachers should be able to help you get started, share information with your parent/guardian, remind you of deadlines, and help you make contact with the Advanced Reading Challenge coordinator throughout the school year.

Parent/Guardian: Your parent or guardian should talk with you about the expectations of the Advanced Reading Challenge and support you by: 1. Signing the reading contract 2. Helping you find books (at the public library if needed) 3. Asking you about the books you are reading and responses you are completing. 4. Participating as an audience for your book summaries, discussions, and project presentations at school or home.

Librarian/Media Specialist: Your school librarian or media specialist can help you find books in your school library or identify books on the reading lists that are in the public library collection. 1 Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

Important Dates:

Start Your school will start whenever your coordinator is ready. Return your contract to the ARC Coordinator by the first week of October at the latest. Begin reading!

Monday, May 2nd, 2016: All student portfolios must be turned in to your ARC End Coordinator by Monday, May 2nd, 2016.

2 Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

Imagine Schools 2015-2016 Advanced Reading Challenge Creative Responses to Literature Grades 9-12

After reading each book from the Imagine Schools Advance Reading Challenge list, create a new entry in your Reading Portfolio Table of Contents (see attached sheet). Then choose a way to present your understanding of the book you just finished. Include each final draft in your portfolio to share with your class and school. If your final draft is not written, be sure to get a picture or include notes from an oral presentation so that there is record of what you have done for each book. Keep all finished products organized neatly in your portfolio. Remember, the goal of this challenge is to enjoy some great new books and help your friends to enjoy them too!

Monologue Power Author of Persuasion Interview

Poster Project Character Visual Correspondence Imaging

The Press Quotable Mapping Conference Quotations the Way

Book Club Alternatives PowerPoint Presentation

Point of Decision Current Events Publisher’s Promotion

Glog Prezi Book Blog Entry

3 Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

Responding to Literature Descriptions Grades 9-12

Monologue: Perform a monologue, pretending you are the main character (or another significant character) in your book.

Poster Project: Use an art form of your choice to create a graphic way to retell the most important parts of the novel you read.

The Press Conference: Take on the role of the main character in your book. Hold a press conference to answer your classmates’ prepared questions.

Book Club: Participate in (or lead) a book club discussion with other students and/or teachers in your school who are reading the same book.

Point of Decision: List important decisions made by book characters and explain what happens in the story as a result of those decisions.

The Power of Persuasion: Write a 2 to 3‐minute radio advertisement persuading the public why they should buy and read this book.

Character Correspondence: Write and address two letters to characters in your book.

Quotable Quotations: Identify important quotations made by different book characters, and explain why each quotation is important in the story.

Alternatives: Think of a new turn of events for the plot in your story. Rewrite the ending like the “choose your own adventure” books.

Current Events: Create a news report that highlights your story’s main characters and events.

Author Interview: Write a letter to the author asking questions about the book and/or what it is like to be an author.

Visual Imaging: Draw highlights from your book as you retell the story or visually sequence events to create a timelines.

Publisher’s Promotion: As a literary agent, write a letter to the publishing company designed to persuade them to publish this book.

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Mapping the Way: Create maps or plot routes in the form of a map. Create a key to clearly show the symbolism and significance of each route and/or landmark plotted.

PowerPoint Presentation: Create a PowerPoint presentation that enables you to show important discoveries you made while reading your book. Share your completed presentation with class or small group.

Glog: Create your own interactive blog or “glog” at www.glogster.com

Prezi Presentation: Create a Prezi Presentation, which is similar to a PowerPoint Presentation, at prezi.com. Prezi presentations are known for their zooming animation abilities. Share your completed presentation with your class or small group.

Book Blog Entry: Create a book blog and complete an entry about a book you’ve read towards the ARC. Include a summary of the book and your personal reaction to the book in your entry. You can create a free blog at www.blogger.com. Then, share your entry with friends!

5 Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

Imagine Schools 2015-2016 Advanced Reading Challenge Grades 9-12

Purpose: The goal of the Advanced Reading Challenge is to challenge students to independently read 15 books during the course of one school year and complete short responses to share new knowledge and understanding from their reading.

Student Responsibility: To challenge myself to achieve to the best of my ability, enjoy the books I read and encourage my peers to read good literature.

Student Commitment

I, ______, accept the Advanced Reading Challenge. I commit to trying to read 15 books from the Advanced Reading Challenge book list. I understand that these should be books that I have not previously read. I commit to sharing the story with my teacher, class, parent/guardian, or school group in a creative way and documenting all books I have read through preparing an ARC Portfolio.

______Student Signature Date

______School Grade

Parent/Guardian Commitment

I, ______, commit to supporting my child with the Advanced Reading Challenge. I will encourage my child in his/her endeavor to read the determined number of books, complete the portfolio to highlight his/her accomplishments, and share the books read with his/her class and school community. I will sign to confirm that my child has read each book.

______Signature Date

6 Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

Imagine Schools 2015-2016 Advanced Reading Challenge Portfolio Table of Contents Grades 9-12

Name ______Grade______

School Year ______Teacher______Type of Date Confirmation # Title Creative Completed Signature * Response 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 *Parent/guardian, teacher, or Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator may sign to confirm upon completion.

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High School

Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12 Title Author AR AR Lexile Genre Readability Interest Level Level Level A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Abirached, Zeina 3.4 UG GN680L Memoir/ Graphic Leave, To Return Translated by Edward Novel Gauvin. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 6.6 UG 1000L Science Fiction The White Tiger Adiga, Aravind ? ? ? General Fiction America's Constitution: A Biography Amar, Akhil Reed ? ? 1490L Informational

Band of Brothers Ambrose, Stephen 7.7 UG ? Non-Fiction Algebra Unplugged Amdahl, Kenn & Jim Loats ? ? ? Informational

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Anderson, M.T. 8 UG 1090L Historical Fiction Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume 1 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Angelou, Maya 6.7 UG 1070L Autobiographical The Handmaid’s Tale Atwood, Margaret 5.4 UG ? Science Fiction Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane 12 UG 1900L General Fiction Emma Austen, Jane 9.3 UG 1070L General Fiction Mansfield Park Austen, Jane 12 UG 1180L General Fiction

Joy at Work Bakke, Dennis ? ? ? Non-Fiction

Go Tell it on the Mountain Baldwin, James 6.5 UG 1030L Realistic Fiction Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Beals, Melba Pattillo UG 1000L Memoir Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High Mirror of the World: A New History of Bell, Julian ? ? 1380L Informational Art Frida ¡Viva La Vida! Long Live Life! Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. 4.5 MG ? Poetry

Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of Berra, Tim B. ? ? ? Biographical an Extra-Ordinary Man Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders Beschloss, Michael ? ? ? Non-Fiction and How They Changed America

Electric Universe Bodanis, David ? ? ? Non-Fiction E=mc2 Bodanis, David ? ? ? Non-Fiction An American Primer Boorstin, Daniel J. ? ? ? Non-Fiction Green Shadows, White Whale Bradbury, Ray ? ? ? Fantasy Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury, Ray 5.2 UG 890L Fantasy The Illustrated Man Bradbury, Ray 4.4 UG 680L Fantasy Going Bovine Bray, Libba 4 UG HL680L Adventure The White Bicycle Brenna, Beverley 5 UG ? Realistic Fiction Jane Eyre Bronte, Charlotte 7.9 UG 890L General Fiction Wuthering Heights Bronte, Emily 11.3 UG 880L General Fiction

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Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12 Title Author AR AR Lexile Genre Readability Interest Level Level Level Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Brown, Dee 7.9 UG 1080L Informational Indian History of the American West

Poems Browning, Robert ? ? ? Poetry The Good Earth Buck, Pearl 6.8 UG 1530L Historical Fiction The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Burton, Richard 10.6 UG ? Legends and ParableThousand of andthe OneSower Nights Butler, Octavia. E. 4.6 UG 710L ScienceMyths Fiction The Plague Camus, Albert 8.2 UG 1070L General Fiction The Stranger Camus, Albert 6.8 UG 880L General Fiction In Cold Blood Capote, Truman 7.1 UG 1040L Non-Fiction My Antonia Cather, Willa 6.9 UG 1010L Historical Fiction Death Comes for the Archbishop Cather, Willa 7.9 UG 1150L Historical Fiction Don Quixote Cervantes 13.2 UG 1410L Adventure Solibo Magnificent Chamoiseau, Patrick ? ? ? Magical Realism Early Stories Chekhov, Anton Pavolich ? ? ? General Fiction The Awakening Chopin, Kate 8.3 UG 960L General Fiction Son of the Morning Star Connell, Evan S. 8.9 UG 1170L Informational The Deerslayer Cooper, James Fenimore 11.2 UG 1380L Historical Fiction The Last of the Mohicans Cooper, James Fenimore 12 UG 1350L Historical Fiction Jurassic Park Crichton, Michael 7.3 UG 710L Science Fiction The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler Cross Giblin, James 9.2 UG 1100L Biographical The Farming of Bones Danticat, Edwidge 6 UG ? Historical Fiction On the Origin of Species Darwin, Charles ? ? 1450L Informational The Longitude Prize Dash, Joan 8.6 UG 1160L Biographical The Living de la Peῆa, Matt 5 UG HL700L General Fiction The Mystery of Capital De Soto, Hernando ? ? 1460L Non-Fiction Democracy in America, Vol. 1 De Tocqueville , Alexis 13.4 UG 1310L Informational Reading in the Dark Deane, Seamus ? UG ? Historical Fiction Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel 12.3 UG 1370L Adventure Life by the Numbers Devlin, Keith 9.7 UG 1160L Informational A Tale of Two Cities Dickens, Charles 9.7 UG 1130L General Fiction David Copperfield Dickens, Charles 9.5 UG 1070L General Fiction Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles 11.3 UG 990L General Fiction Poems Dickinson, Emily ? ? ? Poetry Out of Africa Dinesen, Isak ? ? ? Memoir Lincoln Donald, David Herbert ? ? 1150L Biographical Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Dornfest, Rael ? ? ? Informational Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a D'Orso, Michael 6.2 UG ? Biographical Brothers Karamazov Dostoevsky, Fyodor 10.4 UG ? General Fiction Crime and Punishment** Dostoevsky, Fyodor 8.7 UG 990L General Fiction Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick 7.9 UG 460L Biographical Douglass Tears of a Tiger Draper, Sharon M. 4.3 UG 700L Fiction Rebecca Du Maurier, Daphne 6.8 UG 880L Mystery The Three Musketeers Dumas, Alexandre 11.3 UG 960L Adventure Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword Eaton, Jeanette 7.6 UG ? Biographical What is the What Eggers, David ? ? ? Biographical

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Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12 Title Author AR AR Lexile Genre Readability Interest Level Level Level Zeitoun Eggers, David ? ? ? Biographical Invisible Man Ellison, Ralph 7.2 UG ? General Fiction As I Lay Dying Faulkner, William 5.4 UG 870L General Fiction Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Fetter-Vorm, Jonathon ? ? ? Informational Atomic Bomb The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald, Francis Scott 7.3 UG 1070L General Fiction Madame Bovary Flaubert, Gustave 10 UG 1030L General Fiction The Family Romanov: Murder, Fleming, Candace 7.2 MG+ 950L Informational Rebellion & The Fall of Imperial IfRussia I Stay Forman, Gayle 5.3 UG 830L Fiction The Magus Fowles, John ? ? ? Mystery Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles 6.9 UG 1210L Historical Fiction A Lesson Before Dying Gaines, Earnest J. 4.4 UG 750L General Fiction The Starry Messenger Galilei, Galileo ? ? ? Biographical Gandhi: An Autobiography: The Story Gandhi, Mahatma ? ? 1010L Autobiographical Hole in My Life Gantos, Jack 5.7 UG 840L Autobiographical Hexaflexagons and Other Gardener, Martin ? ? ? Informational Mathematical Diversions The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone, Brooke & Josh ? ? ? Graphic Novel Gladstone on the Media Neufold The Tipping Point: How Little Things Gladwell, Malcolm 9.1 UG 1160L Informational How to Understand Israel in 60 Days Glidden, Sarah ? ? ? Memoir or Less Lord of the Flies Golding, William 5 UG 770L General Fiction The Story of Art Gombrich, Ernst Hans ? ? ? Informational Josef Economix: How and Why Our Goodwin, Michael & Dann ? ? ? Informational Economy Works (And Doesn’t Work) E. Burr in Words and Pictures The Declaration of Independence and Grafton, Jon ? ? ? Informational other Great Documents of American History An Abundance of Katherines Green, John 5.6 UG 890L General Fiction The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Haddon, Mark 5.4 UG 1180L General Fiction Night-Time The Story of Science: Newton at the Hakim, Joy ? ? 950L Informational Center Black, Blue & Gray: African Haskins, James 10 UG 1280L Informational Americans in the Civil War The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne, Nathaniel 11.7 UG 1420L General Fiction Beowulf Heaney, Seamus 10.4 UG ? Poetry Catch 22 Heller, Joseph 7.1 UG 1140L General Fiction A Farewell to Arms Hemingway, Ernest 6 UG 730L General Fiction The Old Man and the Sea Hemingway, Ernest 5.1 UG 940L General Fiction The Sun Also Rises Hemingway, Ernest 4.4 UG 610L General Fiction The Book of Unknown Americans Henriquez, Christina ? ? ? Fiction

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Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12 Title Author AR AR Lexile Genre Readability Interest Level Level Level Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey Highwater, Jamake 5.7 UG 880L Legends and Myths The Tao of Pooh Hoff, Benjamin ? ? 810L Non-Fiction An Innocent Soldier Holub, Josef 4.6 UG 640L Historical Fiction Translated by Michael Hofmann The Iliad Homer 11.3 UG 1330L Poetry The Odyssey Homer 10.3 UG 1130L Poetry The Race to Save the Lord God Bird Hoose, Phillip 7.9 UG 1160L Informational

The Kite Runner Hosseini, Khaled 5.4 UG 840L Historical Fiction Shooting Under Fire: The World of Howe, Peter ? ? ? Informational the War Photographer The Hunchback of Notre Dame Hugo, Victor 11.8 UG 950L General Fiction Les Mis érables Hugo, Victor 9.8 UG 800L General Fiction Their Eyes Were Watching God Hurston, Zora Neale 5.6 UG 1080L General Fiction Brave New World Huxley, Aldous 7.5 UG 870L Science Fiction Island Huxley, Aldous ? ? ? Science Fiction A Prayer for Owen Meany Irving, John 7.7 UG 1050L General Fiction The World According to Garp Irving, John ? ? ? General Fiction Legends of Sleepy Hollow, Irving, Washington 11.1 UG 1440L Legends and Unabridged Myths Rip Van Winkle, Unabridged Irving, Washington 11.1 UG ? Legends and Myths The Remains of the Day Ishiguro, Kazuo 7.9 UG 1210L General Fiction Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with Jansen, Hanna 12 UG 790L General Fiction You The First Part Last Johnson, Angela 4.7 UG 790L General Fiction Dubliners Joyce, James 8.2 UG 900L General Fiction The Metamorphosis Kafka, Franz 10.5 UG 1340L General Fiction One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Kesey, Ken 6.2 UG 1110L General Fiction Flowers for Algernon Keyes, Daniel 5.8 UG 910L Science Fiction The Secret Life of Bees Kidd, Sue Monk 5.7 UG 840L General Fiction Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Kingston, Maxine Hong 5.7 UG 880L Memoir Girlhood Among Ghosts A Separate Peace Knowles, John 6.9 UG 1110L General Fiction Into the Wild Krakaurer, Jon 8.1 UG ? Biographical Into Thin Air Krakaurer, Jon 8.9 UG ? Biographical Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Kurlansky, Mark 8.8 UG 1200L Informational Changed the World Tales from Shakespeare Lamb, Charles and Mary 12.8 UG 1390L General Fiction Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Landis, Deborah ? ? ? Informational Costume Design Nadoolman The Left Hand of Darkenss Le Guin, Ursula K. 7 UG 970L Science Fiction To Be a Slave Lester, Julius 6.9 UG 1080L Non-Fiction Mere Christianity Lewis, C.S. ? ? ? General Fiction Pilgrim's Regress Lewis, C.S. ? ? ? General Fiction

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Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12 Title Author AR AR Lexile Genre Readability Interest Level Level Level March: Book One Lewis, John, Andrew 4.6 MG ? Graphic Ayden & Nate Powell Novel/Memior Of Civil Government Locke, John ? ? 1690L Non-Fiction Before Columbus: The Americas of Mann, Charles C. 8.1 MG NC1080L Informational 1491 On the Jellicoe Road Marchetta, Melina 5 UG 820L Mystery Kaffir Boy Mathabane, Mark 7.1 UG 1040L Autobiographical Truman McCullough, David ? ? ? Informational 1776 McCullough, David 9.1 UG 1300L Informational Our Movie Heritage McGreevey, Tom & Joanne ? ? ? Informational L. Yeck What They Fought For 1861-1865 McPherson, James 9.7 UG 1360L Informational Moby Dick Melville, Herman 10.3 UG 1200L General Fiction The American Language Mencken, H.L. ? ? ? Informational Tiger Moon Michaelis, Antonia 6 UG 820L General Fiction Gone with the Wind Mitchell, Margaret 7.1 UG 1100L General Fiction Brave Story Miyabe, Miyuki 4.9 UG ? Fantasy Translated by Alexander O. Smith Beloved Morrison, Toni 6 UG 870L Historical Fiction Song of Solomon Morrison, Toni 5 UG 870L Historical Fiction Three Cups of Tea Mortenson, Greg 8.2 UG 1220L Biographical Lockdown Myers, Walter Dean 4.7 MG+ 730L Realistic Fiction Monster Myers, Walter Dean 5.1 UG 670L Realistic Fiction Slam Myers, Walter Dean 4.5 UG 750L Realistic Fiction Sunrise Over Fallujah Myers, Walter Dean 5.3 UG 780L Realistic Fiction Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Nicastro, Nicholas 11.2 UG 1360L Informational Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe

1984 Orwell, George 8.9 UG 1090L General Fiction Feynman Ottaviani, Jim & Leland 4.4 UG GN620L Biographical Myrick Common Sense Paine, Thomas ? ? 1330L Non-Fiction John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth Partridge, Elizabeth 7.4 MG 1010L Biographical

This Land Was Made for You and Me: Partridge, Elizabeth 7 UG 1020L Biographical Cry The Beloved Country Paton, Alan 6.2 UG 860L Historical Fiction Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy Paulos, John Allen 11 UG ? Informational and Its Consequences Ketchup Clouds Pitcher, Annabel 5 MG+ 890L Mystery A Collection of Stories Poe, Edgar Allan ? ? ? General Fiction Dodger Pratchett, Terry 7 UG 1210L Historical Fiction The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story Preston, Richard 7.3 UG 1030L Informational The Fountainhead Rand, Ayn 7 UG 780L General Fiction The American Reader: Words That Ravitch, Diane ? ? 1260L Informational Moved a Nation

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Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12 Title Author AR AR Lexile Genre Readability Interest Level Level Level The Qur'an Translation** Razwy, Sayed A. A. & ? ? 1300L None Abdullah Yusuf Ali All Quiet on the Western Front Remarque, Erich Maria 6 UG 830L Historical Fiction Eleanor & Park Rowell, Rainbow The Catcher in the Rye Salinger, J. D. 4.7 UG 790L General Fiction Franny and Zooey Salinger, J. D. 6.3 UG 990L General Fiction The Canterbury Tales Saucer, Geoffrey 8.1 UG ? Poetry A Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare, William 10.9 UG 1080L Fictional Play Hamlet Shakespeare, William 10.5 UG 1390L Fictional Play Othello Shakespeare, William 8.4 UG ? Fictional Play Frankenstein Shelley, Mary 12.2 UG 1170L General Fiction Wollstonecraft Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of Sides, Hampton 9.1 UG ? Non-Fiction World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Skloot, Rebecca 8 UG 1140L Informational

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Smith, Betty 5.8 UG 810L General Fiction Antigone Sophocles 5.2 UG 1090L Fictional Play Marzi: A Memoir Sowa, Marzena & Sylvain 4.3 UG ? Memoir Savoia The City of God St. Augustine 14.3 UG 1420L None East of Eden Steinbeck, John 5.3 UG 700L General Fiction Cannery Row Steinbeck, John 6 UG 930L General Fiction Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck, John 4.9 UG 680L General Fiction Of Mice and Men Steinbeck, John 4.5 UG 630L General Fiction Travels with Charley: In Search of Steinbeck, John 6.7 UG 1010L Memoir America Treasure Island Stevenson, Louis Robert 8.3 MG 1100L General Fiction This One Summer Tamaki, Mariko 2.1 UG ? Graphic Novel The Joy Luck Club Tan, Amy 5.7 UG 930L General Fiction Nothing Teller, Jane 6.1 UG ? Realistic Fiction Translated by Martin Vanity Fair Thackeray, William 12.4 UG 1260L General Fiction Makepeace (Satire) The Great Composers Thompson, Wendy ? ? ? Informational Civil Disobedience Thoreau, Henry David 1240L Non-Fiction Walden Thoreau, Henry David 8.7 UG 1340L Non-Fiction The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J.R.R. 6.1 UG 860L Fantast The Two Towers Tolkien, J.R.R. 6.3 UG 810L Fantasy The Return of the King Tolkien, J.R.R. 6.2 UG 920L Fantasy Anna Karenina** Tolstoy, Leo 9.6 UG 1080L General Fiction War and Peace** Tolstoy, Leo 10.1 UG 1240L General Fiction The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain, Mark 6.6 MG 980L General Fiction

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Verne, Jules 10 MG 1030L Science Fiction Cat’s Cradle Vonnegut, Kurt ? ? 790L General Fiction Slaughterhouse-Five Vonnegut, Kurt 6 UG 850L General Fiction

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Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12 Title Author AR AR Lexile Genre Readability Interest Level Level Level The Color Purple Walker, Alice 4 UG 670L General Fiction All the King’s Men Warren, Robert Penn 6.8 UG 1130L General Fiction Code Name Verity Wein, Elizabeth 6.5 UG 1020L Historical Fiction The War of the Worlds Wells, H.G. 9.1 UG 1170L Science Fiction Where Things Come Back Whaley, John Corey 5.7 UG 960L General Fiction Selected Poems Whitman, Walt ? ? ? Poetry Night Wiesel, Elie 4.8 UG 590L Biographical The Picture of Dorian Gray Wilde, Oscar 7.7 UG 970L General Fiction The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde, Oscar 6.9 UG ? Fictional Play A Streetcar Named Desire Williams, Tennessee 5.7 UG ? Fictional Play Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and Winick, Judd 3.9 UG 460L Biographical/ What I Learned Graphic Novel Black Boy Wright, Richard 7.4 UG 950L Memoir The Native Son Wright, Richard 6.1 UG ? General Fiction When I Was a Soldier Zenatti, Valérie 6.4 UG 940L Memoir Translated by Adriana Hunter. The New Testament (Bible)** 700L None The Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, ? None Deuteronomy, Joshua, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, & Ecclesiastes**

Books that are followed by two asterisks (**) count as two books towards the Advanced Reading Challenge. *AR Readability (ATOS formula): Measures the textual difficulty of a whole book, not just a single passage. *Interest Level: LG=Lower Grades (K-3), MG=Middle Grades (4-8), UG=Upper Grades (9-12): Maturity level of a book's content, ideas, and themes based on publisher's recommendations about the content. All classic books should be read in an unabridged form unless otherwise noted. Books that are highlighted have been added to the ARC list during the 2015 calendar year.

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