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4 Sum 14 Reading Gr 9-12.Pub 9th Grade Dear Parents and Family Members: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The East Baton Rouge Parish School System encourages Sherman Alexie (H) all students to read every day during the summer break. Anna Dressed in Blood, Kandare Blake (S) U We know that reading is fundamental to learning. Children Armageddon Summer, Jane Yolen and Coville (S) who read more do better in school. Our goal is for every Backfield Package, Thomas Dygard (Sp) student to become a capable reader and to develop a love Bad Boy, Walter Dean Myers (B) of reading. Beethoven’s Hair, Russel Martin (NF) Carver: A Life in Poems, Marilyn Nelson (P) We invite you to join with us in working to reach that goal A Child Called “It,” Dave Petzer (B) by encouraging your children to read at least 30 minutes Danger Zone, David Klass (Sp) daily, by reading to and with them, and by involving them in The Dark Side of Nowhere, Neil Shusterman (SF) reading activities in the community through the public Discovering Wes Moore, Wes Moore. (B, C) library Summer Reading Club and other local organizations. Dreamland, Sarah Dessen (C) Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card (SF) Together we can make Baton Rouge “A Community of Every Day, David Levithan (F) Readers.” Everybody Sees the Ants, A.S. King (C, H) Dr. Bernard Taylor, Jr., Superintendent of Schools Fighting Ruben Wolfe, Markus Zusak (Sp) First Part Last, Angela Johnson (C) East Baton Rouge Parish Public Libraries Full Tilt, Neil Shusterman (S) Main Library Summer 2014 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Stephen King (S) 7711 Goodwood Boulevard (225) 231-3740 Goddess of Yesterday, Caroline Cooney (HI) http://www.ebrpl.com/ Recommended Reading High Heat, Carl Deuker (Sp) Baker Branch Greenwell Springs Road Homeless Bird, Gloria Whelan (C) 3501 Groom Road 11300 Greenwell Springs Grades 9-12 (225) 778-5940 (225) 274-4440 House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros (C) Howl’s Moving Castle, Diana W. Jones (F) Bluebonnet Branch Jones Creek Branch 9200 Bluebonnet Boulevard 6222 Jones Creek Road I Am Mordred, Nancy Springer (C) (225) 763-2240 (225) 756-1140 If I Grow Up, Todd Strasser (C) Carver Branch Pride-Chaneyville Branch In My Father’s House, Ernest Gaines (L) 720 Terrace Street 13600 Pride-Port Hudson (225) 389-7440 (225) 658-1540 Lyddie, Katherine Patterson (HI) Necessary Roughness, Marie Lee (SP) Central Branch River Center Branch 11260 Joor Road 120 St. Louis Street The Pact: How We Beat the Street, Sampson (225) 262-2640 (225) 389-4967 Davis (C) Delmont Gardens Branch Scotlandville Branch Playing For Keeps, Joan Lowery Nixon (M) 3351 Lorraine St. 7373 Scenic Highway The Real Question, Adrian Fogelin (C) (225) 354-7050 (225) 354-7540 Rosa Parks, Douglas Brinkley (B) Eden Park Branch Zachary Branch Rose Daughter, Robin McKinley (F) 5131 Greenwell Springs Rd 1900 Church Street (225) 231-3240 (225) 658-1860 Ruined, Paula Morris (M , S) Fairwood Branch Library Services Department The Selection, Kiera Cass (C) 12910 Old Hammond Hwy. Spiders in the Hairdo, David Holt (NF) (225) 924-9385 Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, Chris Crutcher (C) A Step from Heaven, An Na (C) “Spark a Reaction!” Dr. Bernard Taylor, Jr. The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara (HI) All branches offer this Summer Reading Program for Superintendent of Schools The Story of a Girl, Sara Zarr (C) teens with prizes for reading and drawings for rewards. East Baton Rouge Parish School System The Thief, Megan Whalen Turner (A) Worldweavers: Gift of the Unmage, Alma Alexander (F) http://www.ebrschools.org LA Teen Reader’s Choice 2015 selection The Wreckers, Iain Lawrence (A) 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade Aleutian Sparrow, Karen Hesse (P) An Assembly Such As This, Pamela Aidan (R) An Abundance of Katherines, John Green (C) The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Ernest Black & White, Paul Volponi (C) Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Laurie R. 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Bissinger (Sp) Double Helix, Nancy Werlin (S) Wheatley Story, Ann Rinaldi (HI) Gifted Hands, Ben Carson (B) Half Caste and Other Stories, John Agard (SS) Eva, Peter Dickinson (SF) Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin (HI) Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (NF) Hole in My Life, Jack Gantos (B) Going Bovine, Libba Bray (HI) The Fault in our Stars, John Green (C) The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story, Richard Hanging on to Max, Margaret Bechard (C) Finnikin of the Rock, Melina Marchetta (A,F) Preston (NF) Hate List, Jennifer Brown (C) A Gathering of Old Men, Ernest Gaines (L) House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer (S) Heart and Bones, Margaret Lawrence (HI, M) Girl in Translation, Jean Kwok (C) Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (F, A) or series How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff (F) Graceling, Kristin Cashore (F) I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent, #1), Barry Lyga (C) Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back Grendel, John Gardner (H) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou (B) from the Dead, Brian Boyle (B) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas If I Stay: A Novel, Gayle Forman (C) Jubilee, Margaret Walker (HI) Adams (SF) If You Come Softly, Jacqueline Woodson (R) King of the Mild Frontier, Chris Crutcher (B) If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin (C) Imani All Mine, Connie Porter (C) A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines (L) Interstellar Pig, William Sleator (SF) Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison (C) Incarceron & Sapphique, Catherine Fisher (SF) Leviathan, Scott Westerfield (A) The Lightkeeper’s Daughter, Iain Lawrence (C) Kaffir Boy, Mark Mathabane (B) Locked Inside, Nancy Werlin (M) The Maze Runner, James Dashner (F) The Keeper’s Son, Homer Hickam (A) Love in the Driest Season, Neely Tucker (C) Mortal Engines, Philip Reeve (SF) Matched, Ally Condie (F, SF) Mama Day, Gloria Naylor (C) Paper Towns, John Green © Maximum Ride series, James Patterson, (Sf, A) The Man Who Was Poe, Avi (M) The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri Navajo Code Talkers, Nathan Aaseng (NF) Marcelo in the Real World, Francisco Storck (C) The Queen’s Man, Sharon K. 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