Summer Reading Plan Theme: On Your Mark, Get Set, Read!!

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1 The district will partner with the public library, and students will participate in the Middle Georgia Regional Library Summer Reading Program (K-12). Students will keep a log which will be included in their reading packet. Some activities that are available include a STEAM Family activity hosted at the Washington Library each Saturday, Wednesday morning puppet shows, and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame will host movie nights for those who complete the summer reading. There is also an opportunity to partner with Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program (Cindy Daniel) as well. Students may use the MyON.com website to read books free. School Name: Get Georgia Reading Username: read Password: read High School High school students will read a total of 25 hours this summer. Students will read books within their Lexile range and may select books of their choice. Students may use an app to scan for Lexiles of appropriate books. This app will also give them recommendations of books by Lexile. The Book Wizard app can be found at this link: Although students may choose to read whatever they want, the book must be within their Lexile range. In addition, suggested book lists for each level will be available at the schools in case parents need some direction in assisting students choose. ** Students may also choose free digital books through the public library. Students in AP and IB classes will read required books assigned by their teachers. Accountability: Students will keep a log. Students will write a summary/report of at least one book. Students will have book talks in class when they return to school in August. High School Reading List SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 9 A SEPARATE PEACE Knowles, John PEACE BREAKS OUT Knowles, John A RAISIN IN THE SUN Hansberry, Lorraine COLD SASSY TREE Burns, Olive Ann DON T LOOK BEHIND YOU Duncan, Lois ETHAN FROME Wharton, Edith

2 FAHRENHEIT 451 Bradbury, Ray KILLING MR. GRIFFIN Duncan, Lois NEVER FORGET THE JEWS OF THE HOLOCAUST Meltzer, Milton NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH Avi THE GOOD EARTH Buck, Pearl S. THE CALL OF THE WILD London, Jack THE SKELETON MAN Bennett, Jay ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL Herriot, James I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS Angelou, Maya THE HOBBIT Tolkien, J.R. THE STORY OF MY LIFE Keller, Helen WATERSHIP DOWN Adams, Robert THE HITCHHIKER S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Adams, Douglas ALAN AND NAOMI Levoy, Myron T WHITE FANG London, Jack ANGELA S ASHES McCourt, Frank SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 10 PAULA-Aliened, Isabel. HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS - Alvarez, Julia THE DREAMS OF MYRA MEAN - Armstrong, Jennifer THE DAY LINCOLN WAS SHOT -Bishop, Jim KINDRED - Butler, Octavia THE AWAKENING - Chopin, Kate THE DEER SLAYER -Cooper, James Fenimore RAGTIME - Doctorow, E. L. THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRIST0 - Dumos, Alexandra STONES FROM THE RIVER - Huge, Ursula FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS - Hemingway, Ernest BEAN TREES -Kingsolver, Barbara BABBITT - Lewis, Sinclair. THE GRASS DANCER - Power, Susan T THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER -Styron, William ALL THE KING S MEN -Warren, Robert Penn FENCES -Wilson, August BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE - Brown, Dee Alexander AN AMERICAN HERO: THE STORY OF CHARLES LINDBERGH - SORROW S KITCHEN -Lyons, Mary E. THE PRINCE - Machiavelli, Niccolo WHEN I WAS PUERTO RICAN -Santiago, Esmeralda

3 LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI - Twain, Mark FAHRENHEIT Bradbury, Ray THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES -Bradbury, Ray T A LESSON BEFORE DYING - Gaines, Ernest FALLEN ANGELS - Myers, Walter Dean A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH - Verne, Jules FIFTH CHINESE DAUGHTER -Wong, Jade Snow THE HOT ZONE - Preston, Richard SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 11 COLLECTED SHORT STORIES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES -Doyle, A.C. A collection of murder mystery stories starring the famous Sherlock Holmes. THE ROAD FROM COORAIN - Ker Conway, Jill A true story of one woman s exodus from Australia to the United States. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Austen, Jane TESS OF THE D UBERVILLES - Hardy, Thomas Orwell, George HEART OF DARKNESS -Conrad, Joseph CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY -Paton, Alan THE HANDMAID'S TALE -Atwood, Margaret WUTHERING HEIGHTS - Brontë, Emily THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE -Defoe, Daniel A TALE OF TWO CITIES -Dickens, Charles THE MILL ON THE FLOSS -Eliot, George ON THE BEACH -Shute, Nevil THE LEAVING AND OTHER STORIES -Wilson, Budge Sylvie and her mother are leaving. THE GRAPES OF WRATH -Steinbeck, John THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X - Alex Haley TRUMAN - McCullough, David D-DAY: THE CLIMATIC BATTLE OF WORLD WAR TWO - Ambrose, Stehan GLORY AND THE DREAM - Manchester, William GOODBYE DARKNESS - Manchester, William IT DOESN T TAKE A HERO - Norm Schwartzkof AMERICANS REMEMBER THE HOME FRONT - Hoopes, Roy THE GREATEST GENERATION - Brokaw, Tom ERNIE S WAR - Pyle, Ernie SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 12 THINGS FALL APART. - Achebe, Chinua THE EXAMINATION - Bosse, Malcolm

4 FAHRENHEIT Bradbury, Ray MEMORY OF EARTH -Card, Orson Scott DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP - Cather, Willa A STILLNESS AT APPOMATTOX -Catton, Bruce DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA - Cervantes, Miguel de. SHOGUN - Clavell, James THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN - Crichton, Michael THE LOST WORLD - Crichton, Michael A TALE OF TWO CITIES - Dickens, Charles DAVID COPPERFIELD - Dickens, Charles OLIVER TWIST -Dickens, Charles A LESSON BEFORE DYING -Gaines, Ernest DOVE AND SWORD: A NOVEL OF JOAN OF ARC -A LESSON BEFORE DYING - Garden, Nancy THE GREEK WAY - Hamilton, Edith A BELL FOR ADANO - Hersey, John THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Hugo, Victor LES MISERABLES -Hugo, Victor T A TIME FOR DANCING - Hurwin, David DANGER ZONE - Klass, David FALLEN ANGELS - Myers, Walter Dean THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - Shakespeare, William MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Shakespeare, William THE DEVIL S DISCIPLE -Shaw, G. B. BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS - Simon, Neil ANTIGONE - Sophocles FATHERS AND SONS - Turgenev, Ivan EXODUS -Uris, Leon THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING - White, T. H FIFTH CHINESE DAUGHTER -Wong, Jade Snow MIRACLE AT PHILADELPHIA - Bowen, Catherine NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE - GOING SOLO -Dahl, R. OUT OF AFRICA - Dinesen, Isak DINOSAUR IN A HAYSTACK - Gould, Stephen Jay MYTHOLOGY -Hamilton, Edith ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL -Herriot, James CASTLE - Macaulay, David CATHEDRAL - Macaulay, David PYRAMID - Macaulay, David WEST WITH THE NIGHT - Markham, Beryl NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA - Massie, Robert

5 PETER THE GREAT - Massie, Robertt THE BLACK AMERICANS: A HISTORY IN THEIR WORDS - Meltzer, Milton VOICES FROM THE CIVIL WAR - Meltzer, Milton THE HOT ZONE - Preston, Richard PRAIRIE-TOWN BOY - Sandburg, Carl To Bear Any Burden - Santoli, Al Thirty- five oral accounts of American soldiers in Vietnam.