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The 2006 Summer Reading List for Ninth and Tenth Grade Students Only Do Not Read Any Book That You Have Read Previously for Summer Reading
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LIST IS NOT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR’S LIST! BE CERTAIN TO READ BOOKS FROM THE 2006 LIST.
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (R. L. 9.0) Two frightened navigators, three frozen hibernauts, and a talkative computer named HAL ride on the spacecraft Discovery, hoping to unravel the mystery of a crystal monolith left on the moon by alien intelligence. Adventures of Blue Avenger by Norma Howe (R. L. 6.2) On his sixteenth birthday, still trying to cope with the unexpected death of his father, David Schumacher decides – or does he – to change his name to the Blue Avenger, hoping to find a way to make a difference in his Oakland neighborhood and in the world. Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read (R. L. 7.7) Incredible true story of a band of crash survivors isolated in the high Andes and how they survived by resorting to cannibalism. Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville (R. L. 5.2) Fourteen-year-old Marina and sixteen-year-old Jed accompany their parents’ religious cult, the Believers, to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain, where they try to decide what they themselves believe. Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer by Gary Paulsen (R. L.
5.5) The author recalls his experiences as a migrant laborer and
carnival worker after he ran away from home at age sixteen. The Children of Golabek
and Lee Cohen (R. L. 6.2) Famed concert pianist Mona Golabek shares the
inspirational true story of her
mother's escape from pre-World War II Vienna to an orphanage in Lane. Christy by Catherine Marshall (R. L. 6.2) Young girl keeps her faith alive despite trials and evils. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns (R. L. 5.3) When the preacher of Cold Sassy, Georgia, elopes with a woman half his age (not to mention, a Yankee) the sleepy little town comes alive. Cut by Patricia McCormick (R. L. 4.6) A teenage girl suffers emotionally after a traumatic event in her family and she spends time in a psychiatric ward. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury (R. L. 6.0) Unknown, supernatural events transformed into everyday occurrences. Day After Friction by E. R. Frank (R. L. 7.0) When a new girl at the
private school that Alex attends starts rumors about Alex’s favorite teacher,
Alex and her eighth-grade classmates are not sure how to act around him or
with each other. House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (R. L. 4.5) An enchanting view
of growing up in a barrio. I Had Seen Castles by Cynthia Rylant (R. L. 5.7) The complexities of war seen by a man haunted by memories of World War II. Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier (R. L. 6.8) Is Rebecca really
dead? Her insidious influence seems to extend beyond the grave. Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons for a Hardwood
Warrior by Phil
Jackson (R. L. 7.8) Seventeen Against the Dealer by Cynthia Voigt (R. L. 6.3) Dicey wanted only to build boats - so much so that she neglected those who needed her and those she herself needed. Shabanu: Daughter of the Wild by Suzanne Fisher Staples (R. L. 5.9) When eleven-year-old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father’s wishes. Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (R. L. 5.8) A young girl comes of
age in the squalor and poverty of the Watership Down by Richard Adams (R. L. 6.2) Picaresque saga of a maverick band of rabbits who set out against all odds on a quest for a new society. Whirligig by Paul Fleischman (R. L.
4.9) While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig
in memory of the girl whose death he causes, sixteen-year-old Brian finds
forgiveness and atonement. You Don’t Know Me by David Klass (R. L. 6.4) Fourteen-year-old John creates alternative realities in his mind as he tries to deal with his mother’s abusive boyfriend, his crush on a beautiful but shallow classmate and other problems at school.
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