Suggested summer reading list

Non-Fiction

• Black Like Me. Griffin, J.
• Bless the Beasts & Children. Swarthout ,G .
• Boards: the Art and Design of the Skateboard. Overground, MTV.
• Chinese Cinderella: the True Story of an Unwanted Daughter. Mah, Adeline.
• Gang of One: Memoirs of a Red Guard. Shen, Fan.
• Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho. Katz, Jon.
• Growing Up in the Other America. Kotlowitz,Alex.
• The Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child. Hart, Elva Trevino.
• Hiroshima. Hersey , J.
• Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse. Brown, David.
• It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life . Armstrong, Lance .
• Love in the Time of Cholera. Márquez , G.
• My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban; A Young Woman’s Story. Latifa .
• My So-Called Digital Life: 2,000 Teenagers, 300 Cameras, and 30 Days to Document Their World . Pletka, Bob.
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Solzhenitsyn,Alexander.
• Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey. Simon, Rachel.
• Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer. Mead, Alice.
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Gaines,Earnest.
• The Diary of Anne Frank . Frank,Anne.
• The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor. Silverstein,Ken.

Fiction

• A Wrinkle In Time . L’Engle, Madeleine.
• A Yellow Raft in Blue Water. Dorris, Michael.
• Animal Farm. Orwell, George.
• Cold Mountain. Charles Frazier
• Cry, the Beloved Country. Alan Paton.
• Dancing on the Edge. Han Nolan.
• Fallen Angels. Myers,Walter.
• Frankenstein. Shelley,Mary.
• Go Ask Alice. Anonymous.
• I Heard The Owl Call My Name. Craven,M.
• Prince and the Pauper. Twain, Mark.
• In the Time of Butterflies. Alvarez, Julia.
• Island of Blue Dolphins. O’Dell. Scott.
• Jacob Have I Loved. Patterson, Katherine
• Junebug. Mead, Alice
• Like Sisters on the Homefront .Williams-Garcia.
• Milkweed. Spinelli.
• Monster. Myers.
• My Life in Dog Years. Paulsen
• Native Son. Wright,Richard.
• Number the Stars. Lowry, Lois.
• Rule of the Bone. Banks,Russell
• Rules. Lord,Cynthia.
• Rules of the Road. Bauer, Joan.
• Running Loose. Crutcher, Chris.
• Shadow of a Bull. Wojciechowska, Maia
• Shane. Schaefer
• Shogun. Clavell,James.
• Siddhartha. Hesse, Herman.
• Speak. Anderson, Laurie Halse .
• Stranger in a Strange Land . Heinlein.
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle , A .C.
• The Call of the Wild . London, Jack.
• The Cay. Taylor, Theodore.
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time . Haddon, Mark.
• The Girl Who Owned the City . Nelson, O.T.
• The Giver. L. Lowry.
• Bull Run. Fleischman, Paul
• The Hiding Place. C. Ten Boom.
• The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien.
• The House of Dies Drear. Hamilton, Virginia.
• The Pearl. Steinbeck, John.
• The Pigman. Zindell , Paul.
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Adams, Douglas.
• The Return of the King. Tolkien, R.R.
• The Amber Spyglass, The Golden Compass
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . Adams,Douglas.
• The Hound of the Baskervilles .Conan Doyle,A.)
• The House of the Scorpion .Farmer,Nancy.
• The Samurai's Garden. Tsukiyama , Gail.
• The Sound and the Fury. William Faulkner
• The Sun Also Rises. Hemingway,Ernest
• The Time Machine. by H.G. Wells
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants or series .Brashares,Ann.
• Things Fall Apart. Chinua ,Achebe
• True Grit. Portis, Charles.
• Tuck Everlasting. Babbit , Natalie
• Witch Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials. Warren, Andrea. Marc.
• Warrior’s Apprentice. Bujold, Lois.
• Westing Game. Raskin, Ellen
• Whispers from the Dead. Nixon, Joan Lowery.
• American Born Chinese. Yang, Gene Luen.
• Year of Wonders. Brooks.
• Suggested Technical Program Titles:
• A Child Called “It”. Pelzer, Dave. (Child Care)
• A Dog’s Life; The Autobiography of a Stray. Martin, Ann. (Animal Science)
• A Man Called Dave. Pelzer, Dave. (Child Care)
• A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. Pink, Daniel (Graphic Arts)
• All Things Bright and Beautiful. Herriot, James. (Animal Science)
• All Things Wise and Wonderful. Herriot, James. (Animal Science)
• Auto Mechanic (High Interest Books) Weintraub, Aileen.
• Battery Science: Make Widgets That Work and Gadgets That Go. Stiller, Doug (Electronics)
• Career Ideas for Teens in Health Science.Reeves, Diane. (Health Occupations)
• Career Ideas for Teens in Information Technology.Reeves, Diane
• Career Ideas for Teens in Architecture and Construction..Reeves
• All Creatures Great and Small. Herriot, James. (Animal Science)
• Carpenters (Community Workers) Franchino, Vicki
• Cat Stories. Herriot, James. (Series) (Animal Science)
• Conlon-McIvor, Maura. FBI Girl: How I Learned to Crack My Father’s Code. Howe, Peter. (Security)
• Cool Hair: A Teenager’s Guide to the Best Beauty Secrets on Hair, Makeup, and Style. Roppatte, Vincent
• Dog Stories. Herriot, James (Animal Science)
• Dying for Chocolate. Mott Davidson, Diane. (Culinary)
• Easy Carpentry Projects For Children.Leavitt, Jerome.
• Electricity (Experimenting With Science) Meiani, Antonella(Electronics)
• Every Living Thing. Herriot, James. (Animal Science)
• How Cars Work. Newton, Tom (Auto technology)
• Kid's Guide to Creating Web Pages for Home and School. Selfridge, Benjamin.
• Mosquito Point (A Joe Bass Adventure X) Barry, Chris. (Carpentry)
• Mouse tracks: A Kid's Computer Idea Book. Steinhauser, Peggy (Electronics/Telecommunications)
• Prime Cut. Mott Davidson, Diane. (Culinary)
• Privilege of Youth. Pelzer, Dave. (Child Care)
• Project Mulberry. Park, Linda. (Business)
• Robots for Kids: Exploring New Technologies for Learning. Druin, Allison. (Electronics)
• Secrets, Lies, Gizmos, and Spies: A History of Spies and Espionage. Coleman. (Security)
• Telecommunications (20th Century Inventions) Oxlade, Chris. (Telecommunications)
• Telephones. Stille, Darlene.
• The Grilling Season. Mott Davidson, Diane. (Culinary)
• The Lord God Made Them All. Herriot, James. (Animal Science)
• The Lost Boy. Pelzer, Dave. (Child Care)
• The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. LeCarre (Security)
• Tim Berners-Lee and the Development of the World Wide Web.Gaines, Ann (Telecommunications/Electronics)
• True Beauty: The Inside Story.Stevens, Andrea. (Cosmetology)
• What Is Electricity? (Rookie Read-About Science) Trumbauer, Lisa. (Electronics)
• White Fang. Jack London (Animal Science)
• Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses? Coren. (Animal Science)
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Pirsig, Robert, M. (Auto technology)