Each trimester students will be required to complete one outside reading project. All requirements, descriptions, and forms are listed below.
Outside Reading Assignment Details - Details about genres, how the project is to be completed, and how it is going to be graded.
Project Option Descriptions - Different options of projects you may do for each book.
Book Registration Form - Register your book to be approved by your teacher.
Book Information Sheet - Important information about the book you chose.
Book Information Scoring Guide - Please attach to your project. This is how your project will be scored.
Historical Narrative Recommendations
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet. Published 1852.
A Tale of Two Cities
Dickens, Charles. Published 1859.
Great Expectations
Dickens, Charles. Published 1861.
Oliver Twist
Dickens, Charles. Published 1838.
Ivanhoe
Scott, Walter. Published 1820.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hugo, Victor. Published 1831.
The Three Musketeers
Dumas, Alexandre. Published 1844.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dumas, Alexandre. Published 1844.
The Scarlet Letter
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Published 1850.
Little Women
May Alcott, Louisa. Published 1869.
The Boy in The Striped Pajamas.
Boyne, John. Published 2006.
The Secret Life of Bees
Monk Kidd, Sue. Published 2003.
Number the Stars
Lowry, Lois. Published 1989.
Sarah's Key
de Rosnay, Tatiana. Published 2006.
Pride and Prejudice
Austen, Jane. Published 1813.
The Book Thief
Zusak, Markus. Published 2005.
The Pillars of the Earth
Follett, Ken. Published 1989.
Outlander
Gaboldan, Diana. Published 1991.
The Red Tent
Diamant, Antina. Published 1997.
The Death of Kings
Iggulden, Conn. Published 2004.
The Gates of Rome
Iggulden, Conn. Published 2005.
Fever 1973.
Halse Anderson, Laurie. Published 2000.
The Lady of the Rivers.
Gregory, Phillipa. Published 2011.
The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Published 1925.
Someone Named Eva
Wolf. Joan. Published 2007.
Gone wIth the Wind
Mitchell, Margaret. Published 1939.
The Wave
Strasser, Todd. Published 1981.
Little House on The Prairie
Ingalls Wilder, Laura. Published 1935.
Heart of a Samurai
Preus, Margi. Published 2010.
The Boy Who Dared
Campbell, Susan. Published 2008.
Rush for the Gold
Feinstein, John. Published 2012.
Behind Rebel Lines
Reit, Seymour. Published 2001.
The Help
Stocket, Kathryn. Published 2009.
Science Fiction Recommendations
Enders Game
Card, Orson Scott. Published 1985.
The House of The Scorpion
Farmer, Nancy. Published 2002.
1984
Orwell, George. Published 1949.
The War Of The Worlds
Wells, H.G. Published 1897.
I Robot
Asimov, Isaac. Published 1950.
The Monstrumologist Series
Yancy, Rick. Published 2010.
His Dark Materials Series
Pullman, Phillip. Published 1995.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Adams, Douglass. Published 1978.
Maze Runner
Dashner, James. Published 2009.
Scorch Trials
Dashner, James. Published 2010.
Fareinheit 451
Bradbury, Ray. Published 1953.
The Giver
Lowry, Lois. Published 1993.
Matched Series
Condie, Ally. Published 2010.
Legend Series
Lu, Marie. Published 2011.
Gathering Blue
Lowry, Lois. Published 2013.
Thunder
Calhoun, Bonnie S. Published 2014.
I Am Number Four
Lore, Pittacus. Published 2010.
Son
Lowry, Lois. Published 2012.
Wrinkle In Time
L'Engle, Madeleine. Published 1962.
Dune
Herbert, Frank. Published 1965.
The Windup Girl
Bacigalupi, Paolo. Published 2009.
The Stars My Destination
Bester, Alred. Published 1956.
The Martian
Weir, Andy. Published 2011.
A Fire Upon The Deep.
Vinge, Vorner. Published 1992.
Across The Universe
Revis, Beth. Published 2011.
Matched Trilogy
Condie, Ally. Published 2010.
Delirium
Oliver, Lauren. Published 2011.
Under The Dome
King, Stephen. Published 2009.
The 5th Wave
Yancey, Rick. Published 2013.
The Program
Young, Suzanne. Published 2013.
The Selection
Cass, Kiera. Published 2012.
Brave New World
Huxley, Aldous. Published 1932.
Contact
Sagan, Carl. Published 1985.
Billions and Billions
Sagan, Carl. Published 1996.
The 100
Morgan, Kass. Published 2013.
Tunnels
Gordon, Roderick. Published 2007.
The Host
Meyer, Stephenie. Published 2008.
The Time Machine
Wells, H.G. Published 1895.
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
Verne, Jules. Published 1864.
Stranger In A Strange Land
Heinlein, Robert. Published 1961.
Messenger
Lowry, Lois. Published 2006.
Historical Fiction Recommendations (Ancient History)
Shadow Spinner
Fletcher, Susan, 1951. Published 1999
The Golden Goblet
McGraw, Eloise Jarvis. Published 1986
The Egypt Game
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. Published 1967
Maïa of Thebes : 1463 B.C.
Turner, Ann Warren. Published 2005
His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut
Carter, Dorothy Sharp. Published 1987
Boy of the Painted Cave
Denzel, Justin F. Published 1988
A Bone From A Dry Sea
Dickinson, Peter, 1927. Published 1992
Wild Man Island
Hobbs, Will. Published 2002
Bone Dry
Karr, Kathleen. Published 2002
An Acceptable Time
L'Engle, Madeleine. Published 1989
Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth
Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1912. Published 2000
Darkwing
Oppel, Kenneth, 1967. Published 2007
Outcast
Paver, Michelle. Published 2009
Soul Eater
Paver, Michelle. Published 2007
Spirit Walker
Paver, Michelle. Published 2006
Wolf Brother
Paver, Michelle. Published 2006
The Judgment of Caesar : A Novel of Ancient Rome
Saylor, Steven, 1956. Published 2004
Your mother was a Neanderthal
Scieszka, Jon. Published 1993
The Egypt Game
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. Published 1976
Death of Lies : Socrates
Sorenson, Margo, 1946.Published 1998
The Bronze Bow
Speare, Elizabeth George. Published 1989
Frontier Wolf
Sutcliff, Rosemary. Published 1981
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Schwach, Howard J. Published 1995
Wind Rider
Williams, Susan, 1946. Published 2006
The Akhenaten Adventure
Kerr, Philip. Published 2005
Biography Recommendations
Hard Choices
Clinton, Hilary. Published 2014.
The Story of My Life
Keller, Helen. Published 1903.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Tarbell, Ida. Published 1900.
No Limit
Phelps, Michael. Published 2008.
Hope Solo
Solo, Hope. Published 2012.
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Isaacson, Walter. Published 2007.
Steve Jobs
Isaacson, Walter. Published 2011.
Wagering Heavy Peace
Young, Neil. Published 2012.
The Audacity of Hope
Obama, Barak. Published 2006.
Into the Wild
Krakauer, Jon. Published 1997.
Marley and Me
Grogan, John. Published 2005.
I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing
Angelou, Maya. Published 1969.
Barak Obama: A Biography
Price. Joann F. Published 2004.
The Diary of a Young Girl
Frank, Anne Published 1947
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.
Edited by Claybourne, Carson, Published 2001
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
X, Malcolm, Published 1965
Autobiography: The Story of my Experiences with Truth
Gandhi, Mohandmas, Published 1983
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. History
Kyle, Chris, Published 2012
I am Malala: The Girl who Stood up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban
Yousafzai, Malala, Published 2013
John Adams
McCollough, David, Published 2002
Unbroken: A World War II story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Hillenbrand, Laura, Published 2010
Shogun: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Sadler, A.L. Published 2009
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Story
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Published 2012