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Get a head start on reading for next year!
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Because students need to read at least 4 outside reading books each year, you may want to get a head start on next year’s required reading by doing it in the summer. We don’t yet know what will be used as proof, so the best way to keep track of your reading would be to use a small notebook and write down the title, author and a list of main characters when you begin the book, a few sentences to summarize as you read each chapter, and maybe a brief paragraph when you finish about your thoughts or feelings about the book. When you get back to school, we can tell you what the assignment will be for “proof” of your reading.
The administrators, teachers and staff of The Providence School Department strongly encourage parents to read to and with their children each day during the summer vacation. The following is a list of books that your children may enjoy. The authors whose works are listed have created many age and interest appropriate titles. Feel free to read not only the specific title listed but other works by the authors identified. These books can be obtained at your local public library or at a bookstore.
Summer Reading List - High School Fiction
Adams, Douglas - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Allende, Isabel - Daughter Of Fortune
Atwood, Margaret - Handmaid's Tale
Bach, Richard - Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Baldwin, James - If Beale Street Could Talk
Block, Francesca - Weetzie Bat
Bradbury, Ray - Fahrenheit 451
Brown, Dan - Angels and Demons
Clark, Mary Higgins - Where are the Children?
Cormier, Robert - Chocolate War
Crighton, Michael - Jurassic Park
Duncan, Lois - I Know What You Did Last Summer
Esquivel, Laura - Like Water For Chocolate
Gaines, Ernest J - The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pitman
Hamilton, Jane - A Map Of The World
Herriot James - All Creatures Great And Small
Hinton, S.E. - Rumble Fish
King, Stephen - Green Mile
Kipling, Rudyard - Jungle Book
Lasky, Kathryn - True North
L'Engle, Madeline - Acceptable Time
Letts, Billie - Where The Heart Is
Lipsyte, Robert - The Contender
London, Jack - Call Of The Wild
Mazer, Norma Fox & Mazer, Harry - Bright Days & Stupid Nights
McCaffey, Anne - Dragon Song
McMillan, Terry - Waiting To Exhale
Morrison, Toni - Beloved
Myers, Walter Dean - Monster
Pelzer, Dan - A Child Called It
Rice, Ann - Interview With The Vampire
Stevenson, Robert Lewis - Dr. Jekyle and Mr. Hyde
Steinbeck, John - The Pearl
Stoker, Bram - Dracula
Strasser, Todd - The Wave
Tan, Amy - Joy Luck Club
Tolkein, J.R. - Lord of the Rings
Voight, Cynthia - Dicey's Song
Walter, Alice - Color Purple
Wright, Richard - Uncle Tom's Children
Zindel, Paul. My Darling, My Hamburger
Summer Reading List - High School Nonfiction
Angelou, Maya - I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing
Ashe, Arthur - Days Of Grace
Beals, Melba - Warriors don’t cry and Bulfinch's Mythology
Canfield, Jack - Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
Carson, Rachel - The Edge of the Sea
Chestnut, J. L. & Cass, Julia - Black In Selma
Curie, Eve Madame - Curie
Davis, Kenneth C - Don't Know Much About History
Douglas, Fredrick - Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas
Dubois, W. E. B. - The Souls of Black Folk
Frank, Anne - The Diary of Anne Frank
Franklin, Benjamin - Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings
Fulghum, Robert - All I Really Needed To Know I Learned In Kindergarten
Griffin, John H - Black Like Me
Hamilton, Edith - Mythology
Hughes, Langston - I Wonder as I Wander
Johanson, Donald & James, Shreeve - Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
Kozol, Jonathan - Amazing Grace
Mandela, Nelson - Long Walk to Freedom
McKissack, Patricia - Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?
Meltzer, Milton - Abe Lincoln in His Own Words
Miller, Arthur - The Crucible
Myers, Walter Dean - Malcom X: By Only Means Necessary
Parks, Gordon - Born Black
Parks, Rosa - Rosa Parks: My Story
Pirsig, Robert. Zen the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Rodriguez, Richard - An Autobiography: Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez
Santiago, Esmeralda - When I Was Puerto Rican
Santoli, Al - Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War By Thirty Three American Soldiers Who Fought It
Schreiber, Flora Rheta - Sybil
Shakespeare, William - The Tempest
Smith , Dean - Coach's Life
Thomas, Piri - Down These Mean Streets
Wattleton Faye - Life On The Line
Washington, Booker T - Up From Slavery
Wright. Richard - Black Boy
X, Malcom - Autobiography of Malcom X
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Here are some great book club websites:
The Common Ground Foundation
The Common Ground Foundation was created by Hip Hop artist, actor and children’s author Lonnie Rashid Lynn, known as “Common”. Common’s social-conscience message serves as inspiration for equality, opportunity and hope among youth in underserved communities. The Foundation is committed to empowering youth in urban neighborhoods and providing life skills needed to achieve their dreams.
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TeenReads.com
Thinking about Starting a Book Club? Trying to find new ideas for your Club? Wondering what the heck a Book Club is?! Never fear, Teenreads has all the answers to your Book Club questions, and some guides to help you lead a good discussion with your friends. Book Clubs are easy to start and lot of fun, so if you love books, this is for you!
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Use one of these formats for proof of your summer reading:
Reading Log 1
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