Welcome Students!  I am so excited to meet all of you and begin a great year.  This page is designed for you.  You can come here to get assignments, a list of helpful resources, recommended readings, and more.  I hope you will use this website to help you throughout the year.  I will constantly be updating this page with new information.  Good luck to all of you!

Recommended Readings:

Perotti, Jeff and Kim Westheimer. When the Drama Club is Not Enough.
A moving account of many gay and lesbian teens’ experiences, with information and ideas for school support groups.

Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Christopher, an autistic math whiz who takes life too literally, investigates the death of his neighbor’s dog and unravels secrets close to home.

Freymann-Weyr, Garret. My Heartbeat.
Ellen, her older brother Link and his best friend James struggle within a triangle of shifting relationships, sexual identity, friendship and love.

Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code.
A murder in the silent after-hour halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected since the days of Christ. 

Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders.
Ponyboy is a greaser, and proud of it, until a social gets killed in a gang rumble.

Buckingham, Dorothea. Staring Down the Dragon.
Nothing is the same, not school, not her family, and especially not her friends, when Rell tries to pick up her life after six months of chemotherapy.

Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Charlie’s letters to an anonymous friend cover the infinite highs and crushing lows of his first year in high school.

Fischer, Jackie Moyer. An Egg on Three Sticks.
Thirteen-year-old Abby recounts her mother’s heartbreaking descent into mental illness.

Halpin, Brendan. Donorboy.
When she loses both of her moms in a fatal car crash, 14-year-old Rosalind is placed in the custody of her biological, sperm-donor father

 Links for Further Inquiry:

http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/

http://www.teenlink.com/Reviews

www.mla.org

www.biography.com

http://www.absoluteshakespeare.com

www.literacynet.org

Assignments to come!