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Hello, rising 7th graders!
Before summer begins, you will receive two summer reading books from PAUS. One book will be a community book that ALL students and staff will read (title to be announced at a later date!). The other book will be a choice book. Below are the book titles that were hand-selected by Ms. Bees and Ms. Escamilla for your summer reading book choices. Spend some time exploring each book before selecting the ones you are most interested in reading this summer. You will receive a copy of one of the books you most want to read.
We can't wait to see what you pick!
INTRODUCING...
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Graphic Novel, Mystery, Historical Fiction
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A deadly typhoon, a mysterious creature and a girl who won’t quit.
In 2020, a large creature rampages through Tokyo, destroying everything in its path.
In 1959, Asa Asada, a spunky young girl from a huge family in Nagoya, is kidnapped for ransom—and not a soul notices. When a typhoon hits Nagoya, Asa and her kidnapper must work together to survive. But there’s more to her kidnapper and this storm than meet the eye.
When Asa’s mother goes into labor yet again, Asa runs off to find a doctor. But no one bats an eye when she doesn’t return—not even as a storm approaches Nagoya. Forgotten yet again, Asa runs into a burglar and tries to stop him on her own, a decision that leads to an unlikely alliance.
(Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.)
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Graphic Novel and Autobiography
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Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future . . . but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day.
Heartbreak, hope, and gentle humor exist together in this graphic novel about a childhood spent waiting, and a young man who is able to create a sense of family and home in the most difficult of settings. It’s an intimate, important, unforgettable look at the day-to-day life of a refugee, as told to New York Times Bestselling author/artist Victoria Jamieson by Omar Mohamed, the Somali man who lived the story. (Penguin Random House)
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Realistic Fiction
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After teenage Maverick discovers he’s a father, the overwhelmed teenage mother of his baby leaves the infant with him and disappears. Maverick’s hardworking mom steps up to help but makes it clear that Maverick’s son is his responsibility. Since his cousin Dre, who does his best to protect Maverick from the harshest aspects of gang life in their neighborhood, has made Maverick promise to stop selling hard drugs, Maverick takes an after-school job at a neighborhood store to earn money for formula and diapers. Between taking care of his son and working for demanding Mr. Wyatt, Maverick is exhausted. He, too, is overwhelmed, in love with his son, and scared about the future. Despite Dre’s help, there’s no easy way out of gang life in his neighborhood. When a shooting death hits close to home, grief-stricken Maverick finds solace with his former girlfriend, Lisa, whom he still loves, their reconnection giving him hope for their future together. Maverick’s irresistible first-person voice is compelling, authentic, honest, sharply perceptive, by turns funny and heartbreaking. Exceptional dialogue reveals the complexity of the characters and their lives—even those making brief appearances, like Maverick’s dad, who’s trying to be a good parent from prison. For Maverick, understanding that his choices have consequences that impact not only him but those he loves clarifies the kinds of decisions he wants to make moving forward in this prequel to The Hate U Give that centers on Starr’s dad as a teenager. (Cooperative Children's Book Center)
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Historical Fiction
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Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11. (Follett, 2022)
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Fantasy
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The only daughter of Kiata’s emperor and the youngest of six, Princess Shiori’anma, 16, is promised to wed warlord’s son Bushi’an Takkan to strengthen alliances with the North. But on the day of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori follows her escaped paper bird Kiki-crafted from her own forbidden magic-into the Sacred Lake. A breath from drowning, she comes face-to-face with a small dragon whose species has remained un-observed for centuries. The shape-shifting entity soon reveals himself to be arrogant 17-year-old dragon prince Seryu, who offers her magic lessons before leaving for his grandfather’s palace. Shiori’s luck takes a turn for the worse when she witnesses her cold, opalescent-eyed stepmother Raikama’s true demonic form. Cursed to be voiceless, magicless, and unrecognizable by Raikama, strong-willed Shiori faces impossible odds: she must defeat her stepmother, restore her brothers from their own cursed crimson-crowned crane form, and save her country from impending war due to Kiata’s now ostensibly heirless throne. (Publisher's Weekly, 2021)
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Realistic Fiction
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A gay Mexican American high school junior who dreams of attending the Tisch School of the Arts finds his life drastically upended in this thoroughly openhearted debut. Though Mateo "Matt" Garcia, 16, has undocumented parents, he leads a relatively mundane life in New York City; he attends SAT prep classes to prepare for college applications, takes shifts at the family bodega, and has recently attended his first open call for an off-Broadway play with his white gay best friend, Adam. But when he comes home one day to find both of his parents gone-each facing the threat of deportation from ICE-Mateo must take on added responsibilities and care for his seven-year-old sister Sophie while the future of his family hangs in the balance. Will Mateo be able to reunite his family? (Publisher's Weekly, 2021)
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Genre
Novel in Verse, Romance, and Realistic Fiction
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Acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells a painful, poignant story of love in a time of hunger inspired by her own family’s struggles during a dark period in Cuba’s history.
The people of Cuba are living in el período especial en tiempos de paz—the special period in times of peace. That’s what the government insists that this era must be called, but the reality behind these words is starvation.
Liana is struggling to find enough to eat. Yet hunger has also made her brave: she finds the courage to skip a summer of so-called volunteer farm labor, even though she risks government retribution. Nearby, a quiet, handsome boy named Amado also refuses to comply, so he wanders alone, trying to discover rare sources of food.
A chance encounter with an enigmatic dog brings Liana and Amado together. United in hope and hunger, they soon discover that their feelings for each other run deep. Love can feed their souls and hearts—but is it enough to withstand el período especial? (Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.)
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