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Summer Note-taking Guide - Please use this guide when reading this summer. The notes will need to be submitted during the first two weeks of school and will count as a graded assignment.
Summer Reading
Summer Reading
Theme: Global stories
All incoming ninth graders are EXPECTED to read one book from the list below. Teachers will begin the school year with lessons and assessments that will incorporate these texts.
*You are responsible for securing your own copy.
**Each title below is linked to a book summary on Goodreads
Blood of Troy by: Claire Andrews
Daughter of Sparta by: Claire Andrews
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by: Kelly Barnhill
The Ogress and the Orphans by: Kelly Barnhill
Skin of the Sea by: Natasha Bowen
The Chaos of the Stars by: Kiersten White
I Am Malala by: Malala Yousafzai
A Long Walk to Water by: Linda Sue Park
Heat by: Mike Lupica
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court by: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Illegal by: Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin
The Lost Year by: Katherine Marsh
Inside Out & Back Again by: Thanhha Lai
**All of the book titles have been selected, in coordination with the WRHS English Department Chair, as well as the Library Media Specialist, by the grade level teachers, read by at least one of the grade level teachers, and reflect the grade level curriculum. These books have also been chosen to reflect a diversity of reading levels, interests, subject matter, voices and perspectives. We have provided choices at each grade level, for parents and students to decide what book choice best suits their summer reading needs.
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