DOCUMENT RESUME ED 079 762 CS 200 454 AUTHOR. Willard, Chirles B., Ed.. TITLE Your Reading: A Book List for Junior High Schools.. INSTITUTION National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, Ill. PUB DATE 66 J NOTE 197p.; Published by The New American Library EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58 DESCRIPTORS *Annotated Bibliographies; Art; *Childrens Books; Family Life; Folklore Books; Foreign Countries; *Junior High Schools; Leadership; Legends; *Reading Materials; Secondary Education ABSTRACT Approximately-1300 books listed in this bibliography are grouped under 13 main headings: Adventure, Home and Family, Problems of Youth, The Arts, Just for Fun, Folklore and Legend, Animals, Sports, Science, Vocations and Avocations, People worth Knowing and Knowing About, Our Country, and The WOrld._A brief annotation describes the content of each book...nose boqks which are especially easy, especially difficult, nonfiction, and available in paperback are pointed out._(This document previously announced as ED 037 431.) (LH) U S OEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATIONa.WELFARE C\:: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EOUCATION ,4660 THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO OUCED ExACTLY AS RECEIvED FROM Ts- PERSON OR ORGANIZA VON ORIGIN CY's ; ET POINTS OF V.-).v OR OPINIONS S -0 DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SEt. 1F FICiAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE Or N"- EOUCATION POSITION OR POLICY C.) wcp YOUR READING A Book List for Junior HighSchools Prepared by CHARLES B. WILLARD Editorial Chairman and The Committee on the Junior High School Book List of the National Council of Teachers of English A Signet Book Published by THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY 'PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS COPY. RIGHTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY National Council of Teachers of English TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATIONAL IN STITUTE OF EDUCATION FURTHER REPRO- DUCTION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM RE- QUIRES PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER.' COPYRIGHT © 1966 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL,OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH, 508 SOUTH SDCIII STREET, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS 61820 All rights reserved. Futsr PRINTING, JUNE, 1966 ITIONST TRADEMARK AM UAL TAT. OTT. AND 701110N COUNTA1111 ITGISTIteD TIADSMAIc--MATICA 111SOTATTADA !ECHO TN CHICAGO, C.A.A. SIGNET BOOKS are published by The New American Library, Inc. 1301 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10019 PRINTED IN THE UNITED-STATES OP AMERICA J ..,....,. t Acknowledgments The editors and committee members wish tothank the following people for their assistance in preparingthe 1966 edition of Your Reading: Publishers of children's books who furnishedillustrations from their books and permission for their use.Specific credits appear with each illustration. The consultant readers and members of theNCTE Com- mittee on Publications, named on pages viii andix. The Committee on Paperbound Publishing ofthe Amer- ican Book Publishers Council, Inc., for confirmingthe coding of paperback titles. Claire T. Ruder and Mary Vander Hart of theNCTE publications office for guiding the manuscript through production. National Council of Teachersof English Committee on the JuniorHigh School Book List CHARLES B. WELLARD, Chairman HELEN I. STAPP, Associate Rhode Island College Chairman Providence, Rhode Island MacArthur High School Decatur, Illinois HELEN BANGS DOROTHY E. MOULTON Ponca City Junior High School Bowling Green University Ponca City, Oklahoma Bowling Green, Ohio BONNIE BASSET! MARJORIE RANKIN Culver City Junior High School LaColina Junior High School Culver City, California Santa Barbara, California E. WILLIAM BURRELL PAUL T. ROSEWELL Salve Regina College Hanover College Newport, Rhode Island Hanover, Indiana ROY KALLIN ALICE SCOFIELD Helena Junior High School San Jose State College Helena, Montana San Jose, California RODGER KEMP DOROTHEA S. TRUMP University of Minnesota Washington Junior High School Minneapolis, Minnesota Naperville, Illinois JARVIS E. BUSH, ex officio Wisconsin State University Oshkosh, Wisconsin L ;National Council of Teachers of English Committee on Publications JAMES R. SQUIRE, NCTE Executive Secretary, Chairman GLENN LEGGETT, Grinnell College VIRGINIA M. REID, Oakland, California, Public Schools FRANS E. Ross, Oakland County Schools, Pontiac, Mich- igan ENM M. OLSON, NCTE Director of Publications Consultant Readers of This Manuscript MAXINE DELMARE, Supervisor of English K -12,Kirk- wood K-7 School District, Kirkwocd,, Missouri YvErrE ScEmirr, Junior High Librarian, Oakland,Cali- fornia, Public Schools LizErrE VAN GELDER, Assistant Professor of English, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Table of Contents To the Reader xiii Adventure 15 Home and Family 33 Problems of Youth 41 The Arts Art and Artists 49 The Dance and Dancers 57 Music and Musicians 59 Theater and Thespians 65 Writing and Writers 73 Poetry 79 Just for Fun 87 Folklore and Legend The Americas 93 Europe 96 Africa 100 Asia 101 Animals Dogs 103 Horses 106 Other Animals 111 Sports` 117 xi Science Fact 122 Fiction 137 Vocations and Avocations Careers 141 Hobbies 151 People Worth Knowingand Knowing About 157 Our Country 171 The Wide, Wide World 182 Africa 183 AsiaThe Far East 185 AsiaThe Near East 188 Australia, the Arctic, and the Antarctic 190 Canada 192 Europe 193 Latin America 196 Addresies of Publishers 197 Index of Titles 202 Index of Authors 214 xii To the Reader Yt has been said that a person who does notread good books has no advantage over the personwho does not know how to read. In modern America nearly every young personby the time he reaches junior high school hasmastered this skill and thus has access to the great wealth ofinformation, entertainment, and stimulation that lies within the pages of books.He has a long lifetime of reading ahead of him to advancehis knowledge and to enjoy the delights of adventure,fantasy, travel, and imagination through the medium of books. Fortunately in our times the number andvariety of books avail- able for readers of all ages are greatalready and increase yearly. A person can find a book on almost anysubject in which he has an interest. There are readablebooks en science, careers, nature, and foreign countries; there are books ofhumor and poetry; there are books that bring spiritualconsolation. Readers. young and old alike, sometimes find the very abundanceof good books a handicap in their search for specific volumes forrecreation or study. Hence they turn to guides of various sortsfor help in find- ing and selecting their reading. The Your Reading book list is a selectionof several hundred books in print that have an appeal and a usefulnessfor thelunior high school student. Such a student can findin tIlinatIWCISF books to read for fun or fact, books that areworth reading and that are available in library or bookstore. Morebooks are avail- able, of course, than are here listed. The booksincluded have been selected by a committee of teachers and librariansand arranged by general category to help the reader in hissearch. A brief anno- tation describes the content of the book. Books easyto read are indicated by an asterisk (s); a dagger (t)indicates the books of greaser than average reading difficulty.The symbol NF indicates that a book is nonfiction. A few of the bookslisted have been published in paperback, and this fact is indicatedby a P pre- ceding the name of the publisher. The committeehopes that read- ers will notice the increasingavailability of paperback books, both the paperback editions of titles first publishedin hard covers and the titles being printed originally inpaperback format. It is the hope of the committee that readers will find thebook list a ready and easy.to-use guide to the books they areseeking. ADVENTURE AMERMAN, Lomax GUNS IN THEHEATHER Harcourt, 1963 International espionage is the theme of this story;the moors and mountains of Scotland are the locale.Jonathan Flowers, lured by a false telegram from the schoolhe attends in Edin: burgh, is quickly enveloped in a series of adventuresthat reach a dramatic climax when thehunter and the hunted come face to face. tAwnlasom WILLIAM A. ANGELOF HUDSON BAY, THE TRUE STORY OF MAUD WATT Dutton,1961 NF Besides living adventurous lives. Maud Wattand her husband play a leading role in bringing economicstability to the Indians of the Hudson Bay area. Maud's activitiesdemonstrate repeat- edly dm power of simple courtesy. ANDREWS, MARY EVANS HOSTAGE TOALEXANDER Mc- Kay, 1961 Young Damon, hostage to Alexander ofMacedon, becomes unwittingly involved in intrigue while searchingfor his brother Leon who is fighting somewhere with thePersian forces. The story is enriched by the exoticbackground of splendid victory ceebrations, elaborate ceremonies honoringthe gods, and fabulous cities of ancient times. Atioamvs, ROY CHAPMAN BEYONDADVENTURE Duel!, t1954 NF "This book tells of the lives of three giantsof exploration Peary, who said, "I shall find a way or make one";Akeley, who collected museum and Andrews, who found dino- saurs in the Sobi desert sANNDCTER, JANE AN L WINDIGO Holiday, 1963 Was the WW1 y an evil superstition? Wasit a wolverine? Was it a crafty bear? Or was it a demonkiller that made IS 16 YOUR READING trappers avoid the fur-rich valley? In this wilderness story of fear and courage, Andy Cameron found the answer. ARCHIBALD, JOE JET FLIER McKay, 1960 This exciting story of Harry Burnell traces his i.nnsition from sky-writing flier to comba: pilot to captain of a mighty jet. The climax is heightened when a thrill-hungry crowd waits on the ground below for him to bring a crippled jet airliner in to Runway 31 L at Idlewild- ARCHIBAU). Joe WINDMILL PILOT McKay, 1963 Young Lieutenant Walt Sprague leaves jets to fly helicopters, to the angry disappointment of his father, "Old Thunderhead." Mastering helicopter piloting (how to get oft and land in im- ssible places, to rei.onnoiter, to fight fire, to rescue, to drop, and to do many other "tricks") calls for exciting maneuvers on Walt's part. ARMSTRONG, WARREN LAST VOYAGE Day, 195$ NF Here are adventurous accounts of doomed ships, from the sinking of a Spanish ship in 1581 to the collision of the Stock- holm and the Andrea Dori*.