9th Grade Honors English Summer Reading Assignment Instructions: Please choose two books from the list below to read before school starts. I will not collect your ​ ​ ​ ​ notes. The analysis guidelines below are suggested. Should you do them, you will be able to use them on your in-class assessment, which will happen within the first week of school. Should you do them, you will find them helpful. You will be able to use the book itself, if you choose to. You will not be able to use anything printed off a computer. Please note that some of the titles below contain some mature content; make your selections based on what you and your parents are comfortable with. Also please know that in addition to helping me get to know you as a reader and writer, this will be your first major grade. Analysis Guidelines 1. Describe the protagonist(s) using three precise adjectives and jot down what in the story led you to ​ ​ those conclusions. 2. Describe both parts of the setting (time and place) and what the author did in the novel to help you ​ ​ understand each of those things. 3. Think about what this story helps you understand about human nature or the way the world works (theme). How did the characters and events in the story help you as a reader gain this ​ ​ understanding? Book Options: ● The Game of Love and Death, by Martha Brockenbrough ​ ● The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo ​ ● Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi ​ ● The Sun Is also a Star, by Nicola Yoon ​ ● Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson ​ ● Dear Martin, by Nik Stone ​ ● I’ll Give You the Sun, by Jandy Nelson ​ ● Down and Across, by Arvin Ahmadi ​ ● The Upside of Unrequited, by Becky Albertalli ​ ● Rot & Ruin, by Jonathan Maberry ​ ● Still Life with Tornado, by A. S. King ​ ● One of Us Is Lying, by Karen McManus ​ ● Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson ​ ● Wolf by Wolf, by Ryan Graudin ​ ● American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang ​ ● We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart ​ ● The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas ​ ● The Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard ​ ● The Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo ​ ● Scythe, by Neal Shusterman ​ ● Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds ​.