Each grade has its own reading list. Use the list for the grade you will be entering. The list below is for students entering grade 10.
Choose ONE book from the required reading list below. After you read your book, complete the Summer Assignment on Google Classroom.
Many books are available as free ebooks using Hoopla through the Boston Public Library and as audiobooks and ebooks through Sora. Learn how to use Hoppla and Sora here.
Book List For Students Entering Grade 10
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
By Bryan Stevenson
Lexile 1040L
Nonfiction/Memoirs
Audiobook and ebook on Sora
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Lexile HL800L
Novel in Verse/Realistic Fiction/LGBTQ
Read ebook on Hoopla with no waitlist
Audiobook and ebook on Sora
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Lexile 640L
Mystery
Audiobook and ebook on Sora
Available in Spanish in print
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Lexile: HL720L
Novel in verse
Audiobook and ebook on Sora
Available in Graphic Novel format.
Steve Jobs: Insanely Great by Jessie Hartland
Lexile HL650L
Graphic Novel/ Biography
Available in Spanish in Print and as an ebook on Sora.
Book Trailers and Author Videos
This memoir tells the story of Bryan Stevenson’s challenges as a lawyer and social justice advocate as he fought against injustices in the judicial system.
This novel in verse tells the story of Camino Rios who lives in the Dominican Republic and Yahaira Rios who lives in New York City. They are devastated when their father is killed in a plane crash and are stunned to learn of each other's existence.
Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she was taken to the fairy world along with her sisters. Ten years later, Jude wants to belong there. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.
Lazarus wants to escape the trailer park where he lives with his mother and brother. He receives an invitation to move in with a family in another town to pitch for their high-profile baseball team. It's his chance to impress major-league scouts, but he will have to leave his brother behind who is getting into drugs.
The Inheritance Games
Avery Grambs is living in her car when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery his fortune. But Avery has no idea who Tobias Hawthorne is. The catch? To receive her inheritance, Avery must live in his mansion for one year with his four grandsons who were just disinherited. Avery will have to solve a puzzle to find out why the fortune was left to her.
After Will's brother Shawn was murdered in a shooting, Will boards an elevator on his way to avenge Shawn's death. But on the way down, seven ghosts who knew Shawn visit Will reveal and truths he needs to know.
After Ana moves to the U.S. from Argentina, she needs to learn English. She is a poet but she has trouble expressing how she feels. Ana likes an American boy in her math class. But she also enjoys spending time with Neo, a boy from Greece who is in her ESL class. While Ana is trying to learn English, she is also learning about love.
This graphic novel presents the biography of Steve Jobs, including how he developed the Apple Computer, Pixar, Macs, iPods, iPhones, and more.