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
* 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