Roslyn High School

English Department

Summer Reading

2010

For students entering

Grade 9

 

Dear Student,

 

If you plan to enroll in the Language and Literature (Regents) class, you are required to read one selection from the following list. 

 

If you plan to enroll in the Language, Literature, and Analysis (Honors) class, you will be required to read two (2) selections from the list.  At least one of those titles must be designated as “more challenging.”  Those titles marked with an asterisk (*) are considered “more challenging.” 

 

Use the following key to help make your choice:

Classic (CL)

Mystery & Suspense (M&S)

Teenage Issues (TI)

Contemporary (C)

Non-Fiction (NF)

Science Fiction (S)

Mature (M)

 

For further information regarding the titles, as well as book reviews, please go to www.barnesandnoble.com or www.amazon.com.  

 

Approximately three weeks into the school year, you will be asked to write an essay based on your book(s).  This grade will become part of your first quarter average.

 

Enjoy reading and have a great summer!

 

Sincerely,

 

The Ninth Grade English Teachers

 

 

 

SUGGESTED TITLES

 

Angus, Thongs and Full-

Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (TI, C) by Louise Rennison

 

* The Book Thief (C) by Markus Zusak

 

* A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (CL) by Mark Twain

 

Crackback (TI, C) by John Coy

 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (C, M&S) by Mark Haddon

 

* Farewell to Manzanar: a True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment (NF) by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

 

The Glass Castle (NF, TI) by Jeannette Walls

* Great Expectations (CL) by Charles Dickens

 

Hole in My Life (NF, C, M) by Jack Gantos

 

Invisible (C, TI, M) by Pete Hautman

 

* Little Women (CL) by Louisa May Alcott

 

* Manchild in the Promised Land (NF) by Claude Brown

 

Monster (TI) by Walter Dean Myers

 

* Nectar in a Sieve (CL) by Kamala Markandaya

 

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (C, TI) by Stephen Chbosky

 

Pinned (C, TI) by Alfred C. Martino

 

Rite of Passage (TI) by Richard Wright

 

Things Not Seen (C) by Andrew Clements

 

* A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (CL) by Betty Smith

  

Travels with Charley (NF) by John Steinbeck

 

24 Girls in 7 Days (TI) by Alex Bradley

 

White Girl (C, TI) by Sylvia Olsen