New Leadership Charter SchoolSummer Reading List: 2007Incoming 8th Grade Students
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A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
America by E.R. Frank
Buried Onions by Gary Soto
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles
Feed by M.T. Anderson
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Houston
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck
Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian
Make Lemonade and True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
Rock Star Superstar by Blake Nelson
Mary Jane by Judith O'Brien
Nonfiction
Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
Finding Fish: A Memoir by Antwone Fisher
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood on Hungary 1939-1944 by Aranka Siegel
Reading Assignment
- Students must read two books from the list.
Writing Assignment
- Each essay must be three paragraphs: hand written or typed.
- Each paragraph should be at least five to seven sentences long.
- Your writing must identify and discuss characters, theme, plot, conflict, and resolution of the novel.
- You must express one of the following: your personal opinion of the novel, connections you made to the novel or a lesson you learned.
- You must site specific examples from the text and quote text to support your ideas.
This assignment is due on the first day of school. It will be the first graded assignment for your 8 th Grade English Language Arts class.
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