SHS+Grade+9+List

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=**__ Summer Reading List for Students Entering Grade 9 __**=

** Some suggested titles for summer reading;OTHER BOOKS BY THESE AUTHORS MAY ALSO BE APPROPRIATE. **
James L. and Christopher Collier. **__My Brother Sam is Dead__** Tim struggles to understand his brother’s decision to join the rebel forces during the Revolutionary War. Leon Garfield. **__The December Rose__** Dreary Victorian London is the setting for this dark tale of murder and espionage. Minfong Ho. **__The Clay Marble__** Twelve-year-old Dara copes with the horrors of war, while stationed in a Cambodian refugee camp. Irene Hunt. **__Across Five Aprils__** Only young Jethro remains to work the farm when the men in his family leave to fight in the Civil War. Robert Lipstyle. **__The Contender__** Alfred Brooks, a high school dropout, wants to change his life and prove to himself that he can be somebody. Jack London. **__Call of the Wild__** A stolen sled dog struggles to survive in the Alaskan wilderness. Lois Lowry. **__Number the Stars__** In Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1943, ten-year-old Annemarie and her best friend, Ellen have their lives disrupted by the Nazi persecution of Jews. Walter Dean Myers. **__The Glory Field__** The saga of the Lewis family from the 1700’s to the present is revealed, as the family’s founder, transported on a slave ship, inspires future family members to triumph over adversity. Walter Dean Myers. __**Scorpions**__ After reluctantly taking on the leadership of a Harlem gang, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect until a tragedy occurs. Scott O’Dell. **__Sarah Bishop__** Sarah discovers her own inner strength after her brother and father take opposite sides during the Revolutionary War. Zibby O’Neal. **__In Summer Light__** During a summer spend with her artist father, Kate discovers much about herself and her own artistic talent. Katherine Paterson. **__Park’s Quest__** This novel reveals the effects of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of an eleven- year boy. Richard Peek. **__Voices After Midnight__** Three children hear voices in the house their family has rented for the summer and are transported back in time. Elizabeth Marie Pope. **__The Sherwood Ring__** Peggy discovers that her uncle’s house is frequented by the ghosts of a young woman and a British officer from the American Revolution. Ellen Raskin. **__The Westing Game__** A mystery surrounds the death of a millionaire. Betty Smith. **__A Tree Grows in Brooklyn__** The adventures of Francie Nolan as she grows up in turn-of-the- century Brooklyn. Sydney Taylor. **__All-of-a-Kind Family__** Set on the eve of WWI, this is the story of five Jewish girls growing up in  New York City. Theodore Taylor. **__The Cay__** When a German submarine sinks a freighter in the Caribbean during WWII, two unlikely companions find each other. Cynthia Voigt. **__Dicey’s Song__** As Dicey and her siblings settle in with their grandmother, Dicey begins to create new relationships and understand old ones. Laurence Yep. **__Child of the Owl__** A girl learns about her heritage when she is sent to live in Chinatown .