Summer Reading Program

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Happy summer! As the English Department at Grand River Prep, we work to prepare
your student for collegelevel reading and writing! "o that end, we have a summer
reading program, re#uiring A$$ students to read three %ooks this summer! &tudents
should take notes on the %ooks as they read and write and talk a%out the %ooks when
school resumes!
Note: &tudents taking AP English $anguage or AP English $iterature ne't year
will complete different summer reading and do not need to follow these
guidelines!
Aside from the numerous arguments that can %e made for reading in general, there are
two reasons that students are re#uired to participate in the summer reading program!

(! Summer Learning Loss. Research shows that students can lose %etween
three months and one gradelevel of skill over the summer, and teachers then
spend an average of si' weeks at the %eginning of the school year reteaching skills!
"here are many ways that students can keep their %rains active during the summer
)camps, individual math and writing practice, summer school, travel*, %ut the most
readily availa%le way to keep thinking is to keep reading!
+! College Readiness and AP Reading. ,any of the %ooks on the summer
reading list have won %ook awards and are recogni-ed as AP#uality literature!
Reading creates young adults capa%le of discussions a%out literature, %oth in high
school and college!
Even after these reasons, some students might ask why they should read from the
re#uired %ooks on the list! "here is one more immediate reward that should motivate
students!
Prize Drawing. All students who meet the re#uirements for the summer reading
program will receive one entry into a schoolwide drawing for pri-es! .ne of the
pri-es will %e an Kindle Fire!
&ee the ne't pages for a %ook list and instructions! /e ask you to encourage your
student to read and to assist in finding the %ooks )some online, all in li%raries*!
Please direct any #uestions to the English Department through the school office!
&incerely,
English Department, Grand River Preparatory High &chool
Summer Reading Program 2014
Dear &tudent,
/e look forward to welcoming you into our English classes in the fall! "o prepare for
the school year, we would like you to keep reading during the summer! /e hope you
choose %ooks that you will en0oy, and we hope that you reali-e the %enefits of reading
for pleasure!
All students must read 3 boos!
&tudents taking AP $anguage or $iterature ne't year do not have to complete this
in addition to the assigned reading for those courses!
Please follow these steps!
Ste! "ne1 Get e'cited to read! .r 0ust accept that you have to do it! 2eep this sheet!
Ste! #wo1 3hoose %ooks from the atta$%ed boo list.
Ste! #%ree1 Read the three %ooks
"ips for reading independently1
(* 4se reading strategies1 predicting, #uestioning the te't, think aloud, read
aloud
+* 5ind and listen to audio%ooks, %ut 5.$$./ along!
6* /rite down your thoughts in a reading 0ournal!
7* &et weekly reading goals! Read a little every day!
8* 4se any down time to read 9 on the %us, in the car, during commercials,
%efore %ed
Ste! Four: "ake notes on the %ooks as you read! /hen you are finished, write a one
page reflection on the %ook! Here is what it should contain!
Paragraph (1 A short summary of the %ook!
Paragraph +1 /hat some of the ma0or themes and ideas in the %ook are and
what the %ook says a%out those themes!
Paragraph 61 /hat you would rate the %ook and who would like it and why!
Ste! Fi&e1 &pread the word a%out the %ooks you:ve read! ;oin goodreads!com and
%ecome part of the Grand River Prep Reads! group! Here you can review the %ooks
you:ve read and see the %ooks on your friends: shelves! "hough this is not a
re#uirement, we:d love you to check out goodreads!
Due on #uesda'( Se!tember )!
Have a wonderful summer, rela'ing A<D reading!
=our English "eachers
Summer Reading Program 2014 Book List
Note: Please $%oose boos t%at 'ou %a&e not read be*ore.
+* 'ou would lie to re,uest boos not on t%is list( !lease email an' -nglis% tea$%er *or a!!ro&al be*ore
reading! .ou ma' read w%ate&er 'ou want as long as 'our !arents a!!ro&e it and it is a grade a!!ro!riate
$%a!ter boo.
AD-Adult Literature
Classics
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (AD)
Adentures o! "uckle#erry $inn by Mark Twain
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Little %omen by Louisa May Alott
&ane 'yre by Charlotte Bronte
$ahrenheit 4(1 by !ay Bradbury
1)*4 by "eor#e Orwell
The A+akening by $ate Cho%in
,edi-us Re. by &o%holes
%uthering "eights by 'mily Bronte
Pride and Pre/udice by (ane Austen
0eath o! a Salesman by Arthur Miller
"amlet by )illiam &hakes%eare
The 1ra-es o! %rath by (ohn &teinbek
$iction
A Trou#led Peace #y L2 32 'lliott
4-rising by Mar#aret Peterson *addi+
Sarah5s 6ey by Tatiana de !osnay 7A08
Standing Against the %ind by Trai L, (ones
9 Am the 3essenger by Markus -usak (AD)
1ame by )alter Dean Myers
$allen Angels by )alter Dean Myers
The Color Pur-le by Alie )alker
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (AD)
:ose 0o+n; 'yes 4- by Merrill Markoe (AD)
The Brie! %ondrous Li!e o! ,scar %ao by (unot Dia.
The &uie Three by "ordon $orman
Po- by "ordon $orman
The '.traordinary Adentures o! Al!red 6ro-- by !ihard /aney
9n the 0arkness by 0ik Lake
The Liing by Matt de la Pena
The 1ods and Their 3achines by Oisin M"ann
Per!ect Ruin by Lauren De&te1ano
A 3oment Comes by (enni1er Bradbury
Code :ame <erity by 'li.abeth )ein
The Red Badge o! Courage by &te%hen Crane
The Lightening 0reamer= Cu#a5s 1reatest A#olitionist by Mar#arita 'n#le
Brotherhood by Anne )estrik
$lygirl by &herri L, &mith
The $ault in ,ur Stars by (ohn "reen
Reolution by (enni1er Donnelly
The "ouse on 3ango Street by &andra Cisneros
3onster by )alter Dean Myers
The 'olution o! Cal-urnia Tate by (a2ueline $elly

$antasy>Science $iction
Scor-io Races by Ma##ie &tie13ater
$roi o! the '.iles by Melina Marhetta
The %ee $ree 3en by Terry Prathett
Shado+mancer by ", P, Taylor
Ready Player ,ne by 'rnest Cline
2001 S-ace ,dyssey by Arthur C, Clarke
Legend by Marie Lu
Bunker10 by (an-Andrew *enderson
3ichael <ey= The Prisoner o! Cell 2( by !ihard Paul '3ans
The 3an in the "igh Castle by Phili% $, Dik (AD)
The 3agicians by Le3 "rossman (AD)
:ame o! the %ind= the 6ingkiller Chronicle= 0ay ,ne by Patrik !oth1uss (AD)
3emoir
"al! Broke "orses by (eanette )alls (AD)
Three Cu-s o! Tea by "re# Mortenson (AD)
%arriors 0on5t Cry= A Searing 3emoir o! the Battle to 9ntegrate Little Rock5s Central "igh by
Melba Pattillo Beals
3y Thirteenth %inter= A 3emoir by &amantha Abeel
1ra-hic :oel
Palestine by (oe &ao
:elson 3andela4 The Authori.ed Comi Book
3alcolm ?4 A "ra%hi Bio#ra%hy by Andrew *el1er and !andy DuBurke
The T+ilight @one= The 3idnight Sun by Mark $neee
The 0o--le 1anger Chronicles= The $irst 'sca-e by ", P, Taylor
3aus by Art &%ie#elman
Perse-olis by Mar5ane &atra%i
:onA$iction
6ing Leo-oldBs 1host by Adam *ohshild
1uns; 1erms and Steel by (ared Diamond
Colla-se by (ared Diamond
9n the 1arden o! Beasts by 'rik Larson
The 0eil in the %hite City by 'rik Larson
3ary Tudor= Princess; Bastard; Cueen by Anna )hitelok
A "istory o! the %orld in Si. 1lasses by Tom &tanda#e
Salt= A %orld "istory by Mark $urlansky
$reakonomics by &te3en Le3itt
0amned Lies and Statistics by (oel Best
Bury my "eart at %ounded 6nee by Dee Ale+ander Brown
They Poured $ire on 4s !rom the Sky by Den#6 Den# and A5ak
Auto#iogra-hy o! 3alcolm ? by Malolm 78Ale+ *aley
9 am 3alala by Malala /ousa1.ai
1alileoBs 0aughter by Da3a &obel
Claudette Colin= T+ice To+ard &ustice by Philli% *oose
Series To Check ,ut
0iergent by 9eronia !oth
0arkness Rising by $elley Armstron#
'erneath by Brodi Ashton
The "unger 1ames by &u.anne Collins
The Selection by $iera Cass
3atched by Ally Condie
3iss Peregrine5s "ome !or Peculiar Children by !ansom !i##s
0iergent by 9eronia !oth
The A#andon Trilogy by Me# Cabot
'tiDuette and 's-ionage by "ail Carri#er
The 9n!ernal 0eices by Cassandra Clare
The Testing by (oelle Charbonneau
1reat Authors to Check ,ut
(a2ueline )oodson
Brian (a2ues
Ma##ie &tie13ater
&haron Dra%er
Alan &itomer
(odi Pioult
Mar#aret Peterson *addi+
!ik !iordan
Laura !esau
An#ela (ohnson
"arth 0i+
(ohn :einstei