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 and 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

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 Girl with a Pearl Earring (C, M) by Tracy Chevalier

* 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

My Sister’s Keeper (C, M) by Jodi Piccoult

* Nectar in a Sieve (CL) by Kamala Markandaya

The Pearl (CL) by John Steinbeck

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

Tuesdays with Morrie (NF) by Mitch Albom

24 Girls in 7 Days (TI) by Alex Bradley

White Girl (C, TI) by Sylvia Olsen