O. HENRY MIDDLE SCHOOL May 11, 2012 Dear Parents(s)/Guardian(s) and Students: The purpose of the summer reading program is to provide students the opportunity to select works of literary merit from lists compiled by the O. Henry English Department and the campus librarian. The teachers and librarian have made every effort to choose titles that are enjoyable and worthwhile. We hope to encourage reading for pleasure as well as reading to develop critical thinking skills. Rather than an inclusive list of titles, the list should be thought of as a starting point for summer reading. The titles are diverse in content and reading level; they represent a variety of genres and a balance of classical and contemporary literature, and provide a range of books in terms of reading ability within each age appropriate level. Please assist your child with making book selections that are suitable for his/her emotional and ability level. Extra credit assessment of summer reading will take place during the first six weeks of school and will include writing and/or speaking assignment. We wish you and your child a happy summer of reading! Also, please check out the O. Henry Library website: http://www.ohenrylibrary.com for summer reading book trailers, lists, ideas, and fun links. Also, Book People (6 th and Lamar) has a summer reading program. For more details, go to: http://tinyurl.com/6q7scj4 O. Henry 8th grade Pre-AP ELA students are required to choose one book from the Challenge (AP) Book list and one book from the O. Henry Recommended Book list to read during the school year. If students wish to get a head start on this required reading, please go to the links on the home page of the O.Henry Library website home page for these lists: http://www.ohenrylibrary.com. Sincerely, Sharon Stockbauer Sharon Stockbauer English Department Chairperson Sara Stevenson Sara Stevenson Librarian 2610 WEST 10 TH STREET AUSTIN, TX 78703 Phone: (512) 414-3229 Fax: (512) 477-7428
O. HENRY MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER READING LIST 2009 Instructions: The O. Henry English department suggest that students who are enrolled in Pre- AP courses next year select at least THREE of the titles from the list below. Students who are enrolled in Regular English next year should select at least TWO of the titles. During the first six weeks of school next year, teachers will offer an extra credit project based on your summer reading. Please feel free to select titles from any of the levels! The secret to summer reading is that you enjoy it! READ! READ! READ! Book People Summer Picks for all grades: The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson Divergent (sequel: Insurgent)by Veronica Roth I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Leib Life as We Knew It by Beth Pfeffer Ship Breaker (and The Drowned Child) by Paolo Bacigalupi ENTERING SIXTH GRADE A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L Engle Al Capone Does My Shirts/Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer Bound by Donna Jo Napoli Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, The Calder Game by Blue Balliet City of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau Taking Sides by Gary Soto Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (Newbery winner 2011) Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney Dork Diaries series by Rachel Russell Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp by Carl Hiassen How Not to Be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson Joey Pigza series by Jack Gantos The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli No More Dead Dogs, Schooled, Framed, School of Rock, etc. by Gordan Korman Origami Yoda and Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angleberger Roar, Whisper by Emma Clayton Story of My Life by Helen Keller The Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis The Frog Princess series by E. D. Baker The Kane Chronicles (Red Pyramid) series by Rick Riordan The Lightning Thief series by Rick Riordan
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodson Burnett Slob by Ellen Potter Take Me to The River by Will Hobbs The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Woodsong by Gary Paulsen Zeely by Virginia Hamilton ENTERING SEVENTH GRADE A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg The Alchemyst series by Michael Scott Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud Between and other books by Jessica Warman Bluford High series by Anne Schraff and Paul Langan Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman Champions by Bill Littlefield (Nonfiction) Cinder by Melissa Meyer Cirque du Freak (any of twelve books in series) by Darren Shan The Compound, The Raft by S. A. Bodeen Crash or Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today s Youth by Rosa Parks (Nonfiction) Drive By by Lynne Ewing Ella Enchanted, Fairest by Gail Carson Levine Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance by Christopher Paolini Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson Firelight, Vanish by Sophie Jordan Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman Everlost /Everwild, Everfound series by Neal Shusterman Found, Sent, Sabotage by Margaret Peterson Haddix Half Brother, This Dark Endeavor, and other books by Ken Oppel Hawksong series by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Heat, Summer Ball, The Big Field, Travel Team by Mike Lupica Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins Incarceron, Sapphique by Catherine Fisher I am Number Four, The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore I.Q.: Independence Hall + sequel by Roland Smith La Linea by Ann Jaramillo Legend by Marie Lu Life as We Knew It/The Dead and The Gone/ This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer Matched, Crossed by Ally Condie Miss Peregrine s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs A Monster Calls: A Novel by Patrick Ness Morpheus Road series by D.J. MacHale The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart Okay for Now or Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt Old Yeller by Fred Gibson Paranormalcy, Supernaturally by Kiersten White Peeled by Joan Bauer
Persepolis 1 and 2 by Marjane Satrapi Peter and the Starcatchers series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz Science Fair by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Scorpions, Slam, etc. by Walter Dean Meyers Shatterglass, Trickster s Choice and other books by Tamora Pierce Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Sounder by William Howard Armstrong Stuck on Earth by David Klass The Summer I Turned Pretty series or Shug by Jenny Han The Midwife s Apprentice by Karen Cushman The Ranger s Apprentice series by John Flanagan The Skin I m In by Sharon G. Flake The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer The Time Machine by H.G. Wells Trapped by Michael Northrup Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld The Wanderer by Sharon Creech The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells What My Mother Doesn't Know, What My Best Friend Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech ENTERING EIGHTH GRADE 13 Reasons Why, The Future of Us by Jay Asher A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb A Great and Terrible Beauty series by Libba Bray A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Across the Universe, A Million Suns by Beth Revis An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Ana s Story by Jenna Bush Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Birthmarked series by Caragh M. O Brien Black and White, The Final Four, Rooftop and other books by Paul Volponi Blood Red Road by Moira Young Born to Rock, Schooled, or The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman Bruiser by Neal Shusterman Bucking the Sarge or Elijah of Buxton or Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Chains /Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson (recommended by 8th grade Social Studies teachers) Copper Sun by Sharon Draper Crackback or Box Out by John Coy Delirium, Pandemonium, Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Double Helix or Rules of Survival or Impossible or Extraordinary by Nancy Werelin Dracula by Bram Stoker East by Edith Pattou Ender s Game series by Orson Scott Card The Fault in Our Stars by John Green The First Part Last by Angela Johnson Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger Graceling /Fire/Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers Heist Societ, I d Tell You I love You, but Then I d Have to Kill You series by Ally Carter High Heat or Gym Candy or Payback Time by Carl Deuker
I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou If I Stay and Where She Went by Gayle Forman Into Thin Air or Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Nonfiction) It s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne The Last Summer of the Death Warriors or Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X Stork Leviathan, Behemoth, Goliath by Scott Westerfeld Lord Loss series by Darren Shan Monster by Walter Dean Myers Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass (Nonfiction) Notes of a Midnight Driver, Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie (+ other books) by Jordan Sonnenblick Num8ers, Chaos by Rachel Ward Perfect Chemistry and other books by Simone Elkeles Poison, The Storm Thief, Malice, Havoc by Chris Wooding Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Rot and Ruin, Death and Decay by Jonathan Maberry Runaway, The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen Shattering Glass, Dead Girls Don t Write Letters, or What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles Shine by Lauren Myracle Shipbreaker, The Drowned Child by Paolo Bacigalupi Shiver series by Maggie Steifvater The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Sunrise Over Fallujah or Game by Walter Dean Myers Sold, Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick Speak or Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson Swim the Fly, Beat the Band by Don Calame Tears of a Tiger series by Sharon Draper The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Alexie Sherman The Adrian Mole Diaries by Sue Townsend The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow The Call of the Wild by Jack London The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien The Hound of Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury The Truth about Forever, Just Listen, or Lock and Key, Along for the Ride, etc. by Sarah Dessen Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck Unwind and Unwholly by Neal Shusterman Wee Free Men series and Nation by Terry Pratchett What I Saw and How I Lied or Strings Attached by Judy Blundell Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Texas Library Association Reading Lists! Lone Star Reading Lists (Middle School) http://www.txla.org/groups/yart/assets/files/lonestar/lone0910.pdf Tayshas Reading Lists (High School) http://www.txla.org/groups/yart/assets/files/tayshas/tay0910.pdf READ! READ! READ! READ! READ! READ!