The Scranton School District Summer Reading List Scranton High School West Scranton High School. Fiction

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1 The Scranton School District Summer Reading List Scranton High School West Scranton High School All incoming FRESHMEN and CURRENT SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, and SENIORS to both Scranton High School and West Scranton High School are required to read ONE WORK. Students must choose their selection from the comprehensive list. There is a varied selection of works to allow students choices in topics, genres and readability. Upon returning to school, students will be assessed using a district, standardized assessment tool. The summer reading assessments will count as one exam grade for the first marking period, which cannot not be dropped or curved. Students entering the school district after the first day of school and before the beginning of the second quarter will have the entire first quarter to complete the reading and assessment of the work. Fiction After - Amy Efaw The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Allegiant Veronica Roth All the Pretty Horses - Cormic McCarthy Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Benjamin Alire Saenz The Bean Trees - Barbara Kingsolver Because I am Furniture - Chaltas, Thalia The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath The Berlin Boxing Club Robert Sharenow Between Shades of Grey Ruta Sepetys The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak Bound - Donna Jo Napoli Brisingr (3 rd in Inheritance series) - Christopher Paolini Bronx Masquerade - Nikki Grimes Catch 22 - Joseph Heller Catching Fire - (2 nd in Hunger Games series) Susan Collins Chain Reaction - (3 rd in the Perfect Chemistry series) Simone Elkeles The Chocolate War - Robert Cormier The Chosen One - Carol Lynch Williams City of Ashes - (2nd of Mortal Instruments series) - Cassandra Clare City of Bones - (1st of Mortal Instruments series) - Cassandra Clare

2 City of Fallen Angels - (4th of Mortal Instruments series) - Cassandra Clare City of Glass - (3rd of Mortal Instruments series) - Cassandra Clare City of Lost Souls (5th of Mortal Instruments series) - Cassandra Clare The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Holly Black Crossed - Ally Conde The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Mark Haddon Dead to You - Lisa McMann Dear John Nicholas Sparks Dirty Little Secrets - Cynthia Jaynes Omololu Divergent - Veronica Roth A Dog s Purpose - W. Bruce Cameron Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell Eldest (3 rd in Inheritance series) - Christopher Paolini Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons Eragon (1 st in Inheritance series) - Christopher Paolini Esperanza Rising - Pam Munoz Ryan Extras (4th in Uglies series) - Scott Westerfeld Fahrenheit Ray Bradbury Fallen Angels Walter Dean Myers The Fault in Our Stars - John Green The First Part Last - Angela Johnson The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom Flash Burnout - L.K. Madigan For One More Day Mitch Albom The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman The Grimm Legacy -Polly Shuman Heaven - Angela Johnson The Help - Kathryn Stockett Hold Still - Nina LaCour Hunger Games (1 st in Hunger Games series) - Suzanne Collins Hush: an Irish princess tale - Donna Jo Napoli If I Stay - Gayle Forman If You Find Me - Emily Murdoch The Impossibe Knife Memory - Laurie Halse Anderson I m with Stupid - Geoff Herbach Inheritance (4 th in Inheritance series) - Christopher Paolini Ironside: a modern faery s tale Holly Black It s Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini Kindred - Octavia Butler The Lilies of the Field - William E. Barrett

3 The Living - Matt Pena Looking For Alaska - John Green The Madman s Daughter Megan Shepherd Matched - Ally Condie Mockingjay (3 rd in Hunger Game series) - Susan Collins Montana Lawrence Watson The Natural - Bernard Malamud Num8ers - Rachel Ward Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys Perfect Chemistry - Simone Elkeles The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Steven Chbosky Pick-up Game - Various Young Adult Writers including; Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams- Garcia, Joseph Bruchac, Sharon Flake, and Adam Rapp The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Pictures of Hollis Woods - Patricia Reilly Giff A Plague Year - Edward Bloor Plainsong - Kent Haruf Please Ignore Vera Dietz - A.S. King Pretties (2nd in Uglies series) - Scott Westerfeld Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Rapture Practice Aaron Hartzler Reality Boy A. S. King Revolution is Not a Dinner Party - Ying Chang Compestine Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry - Mildred Taylor Rotten Michael Northrop Rules of Attraction (2 nd in the Perfect Chemistry series) Simone Elkeles Scorpions - Walter Dean Myers Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kid The Secret to Lying - Todd Mitchell Ship Breaker - Paolo Bacigalupi Shoeless Joe - Ray Kinsella A Single Shard - Linda Sue Park The Sky is Everywhere - Jandy Nelson Soccerland - Beth Choat Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson Specials (3 rd in Uglies series) - Scott Westerfeld Stay With Me- Paul Griffin Stolen - Lucy Christopher The Stranger - Albert Camus Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf - Sonya Harnett Summer of Fear - Lois Duncan Sunrise Over Fallujah - Walter Dean Myers

4 Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas - James Patterson Sweetgrass Basket - Marlene Carvell Sweet, Hereafter - Angela Johnson Tears of a Tiger - Sharon Draper The Thin Executioner - Darren Shan Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini Three Rivers Rising: A Novel of the Johnstown Flood - Jame Richards Tiger Lily - Jodie Lynn Anderson Transall Saga - Gary Paulsen Twisted - Laurie Halse Anderson Uglies (1 st in Uglies series) - Scott Westerfeld Watership Down - Richard Adams The Westing Game Ellen Raskin Where the Heart Is - Billie Letts Wrestling Sturbridge - Wallace, Rich Nonfiction and Biography All Creatures Great and Small - James Herriot Andy Warhol: Prince of Pop - Jan Greenberg The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game - Michael Lewis Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World s Most Dangerous Weapon - Steve Sheinkin Breaking Night: a memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard - Liz Murray The Children of Willesden Lane: Beyond the Kindertransport: a Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival - Mona Golabek Chinese Cinderella: the True Story of an Unwanted Daughter - Adeline Yen Mah Death Be Not Proud - John Gunther First They Killed My Father: a Daughter of Cambodia Remembers - Luong Ung A Girl s Life Online or Katie.com - Katherine Tarbox The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls The Greatest: Muhammad Ali - Walter Dean Myers Having Our Say Sarah & Elizabeth Delaney, with Amy Hill Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo Hitler Youth: growing up in Hitler s shadow Susan Campbell Bartoletti

5 Hole in My Life - Jack Gantos I Am Malala: the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban Malala Yousafzai, with Christina Lamb I Don t Want to Be Crazy - Samantha Shultz I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer John Lennon: all I want is the truth - Elizabeth Partridge Last Chance in Texas : the redemption of criminal youth - John Hubner Moonbird: a year on the wind with the great survivor B95 - Phillip Hoose Rapture Practice Aaron Hartzler Relish: my life in the kitchen - Karen Blumental Steve Jobs: the man who thought different: a biography - Karen Blumenthal Three Little Words - Ashley Rhodes-Courter Travels with Charley: in search of America - John Steinbeck Tree Shaker: the story of Nelson Mandela - Bill Keller Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience and redemption - Laura Hillenbrand Vincent Van Gogh Portrait of an Artist Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan