2014 Summer Reading Program | Maine South High School 9th Grade | Identity and Choice Freshmen are required to read one book from the 9th Grade list. ...
2014 Summer Reading Program | Maine South High School 9th Grade | Identity and Choice Freshmen are required to read one book from the 9th Grade list. Key Concepts: conscience, decision making, individuality, leader or follower, peer pressure Essential Questions: 1. Who am I? 2. What are my values and beliefs? 3. How do our values influence the choices we make? 4. What factors shape a person’s identity the most?
Title
Author
Genre
ISBN
1.
A Separate Peace
John Knowles
Literary Classic
9780743253970
2.
Before I Fall
Lauren Oliver
Realistic Fiction
9780061726811
3.
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Laini Taylor
Fantasy
9780316133999
4.
Ender’s Game
Orson Scott Card
Science Fiction
9780765337320
5.
Every Day
David Levithan
Romance
9780307931894
6.
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
Literary Classic
9780140444308
7.
Lockdown: Escape from Furnace
Alexander Gordon Smith
Science Fiction
9780312611934
8.
The Running Dream
Wendelin Van Drannen
Realistic Fiction
9780375866289
9.
Start Something That Matters
Blake Mycoskie
Non-Fiction / Memoir
9780812981445
Mike Lupica
Sports
9780142426500
10. True Legend
2014 Summer Reading Program | Maine South High School 10th Grade | Conformity and Opposition Sophomores are required to read one book from the 10th Grade list.
Key Words: alienation, belonging, individual in society, individual versus society, outsiders Essential Questions: 1. How do individuals find their way in society? 2. In what ways are outsiders influential and beneficial to our society? 3. How does one’ environment positively and/or negatively impact an individual? 4. What is needed for individuals to persevere in a world that promotes conformity?
Title
Author
Genre
ISBN
1.
1984
George Orwell
Science Fiction
9780451524935
2.
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Betty Smith
Literary Classic
9780060736262
3.
Basketball Junkie: A Memoir
Chris Herren
Non-Fiction / Memoir
9781250006899
4.
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
Historical Fiction
9780385754729
5.
The Distance Between Us
Kasie West
Romance
9781451661781
6.
Now is the Time for Running
Michael Williams
Realistic Fiction
9780316077880
7.
The Pregnancy Project
Gaby Rodriguez
Non-Fiction / Memoir
9781442446236
8.
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
Science Fiction
9780307887443
9.
Shipbreaker
Paolo Bacigalupi
Science Fiction
9780316056199
Gretchen McNeil
Mystery
9780062118790
10. Ten
2014 Summer Reading Program | Maine South High School 11th Grade | Aspiration and Failure Juniors are required to read one book from the 11th Grade list. Key Words: ambition, grit, perseverance, resilience, setbacks Essential Questions: 1. What compromises are you willing to make to achieve your dreams? 2. How much do our circumstances (the hand we’re dealt) determine who we become? 3. How do our failures shape us? 4. What is resilience and how does it impact who we become?
Title
Author
Genre
ISBN
1.
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
Literary Classic
9780684801469
2.
After Visiting Friends
Michael Hainey
Non-Fiction
9781451676617
3.
A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson
Memoir / Humor
9780307279460
4.
Edge of Dark Water
Joe R. Lansdale
Mystery / Thriller
9780316188425
5.
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
Fantasy / Sci-Fi
9780307744432
6.
No Place
Todd Strasser
Realistic Fiction
9781442457218
7.
The Other Wes Moore
Wes Moore
Non-Fiction / Memoir
9780385528207
8.
The Sea of Tranquility
Katja Millay
Romance
9781476730943
9.
Slow Getting Up
Nate Jackson
Non-Fiction / Memoir
978062108029
10.
Unbroken
Lauren Hillenbrand
Non-Fiction / Memoir
9781400064168
2014 Summer Reading Program | Maine South High School 12th Grade | Voice & Viewpoint Reading choices for seniors depend on the English class that each student is enrolled in for the 1st Semester of the 2014-2015 school year.
