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AP World History
Extra Credit Book List
I encourage you to expand your knowledge and interests by reading books for extra credit. It is possible to receive up to 40 extra credit points per quarter (excluding the 4th quarter), but you will have to earn them. Each book review is worth 20 points unless otherwise noted. Any book assigned for another class (ex. English) will no longer be eligible for extra credit for that year.
Book and Film Review Format
Write a minimum of a four-paragraph review only if you read it in its entirety. In the first paragraph, begin with a quote from the book or film that you thought was interesting and discuss it. Then, critique the book and rate it using a scale of 1 to 4 stars (**** = Enjoyed it greatly, * = Didn't enjoy it at all).
In the remaining paragraphs, choose three specific facts (or people) that you felt were important to understanding the story and analyze them, react to them, and discuss them. If the book is a novel, choose one character that you identify with. Tell me about the character, their importance to the story, and why you feel that you identify with them.
Life Along the Silk Road by Susan Whitfield (30 points during the 1st quarter, 20 points all other quarters)
Recommended for 1st quarter reading
With a nod to the storytelling traditions of the ancient central Asian bazaars that it describes, Life Along the Silk
Road is a wily half-breed of a history book. Mixing narrative and historic minutiae, each chapter introduces an inhabitant of the Silk Road at the end of the 10th century. Following the lives and stories of the Merchant, the
Soldier, the Monk, the Courtesan, and others, Susan Whitfield brings the dramatic history of pre-Islamic central
Asia down to a human scale, fleshing out the battles of conquest and trade with the details of everyday life.
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, by William Manchester (30 points during the 2nd quarter, 20 points all other

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