EXAMS SEMESTER 1
Wide Reading Book Suggestions
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. 2007. Talented Arnold
Spirit leaves the reservation school to go to an academically superior one located many miles away. How he copes with this change, both at school and on the reservation, is realistic, thought-provoking, and laugh-out-loud funny. National Book Award Young
People’s Literature 2007; Book Sense Book of the Year 2008
Crutcher, Chris. Deadline. 2007. Eighteen-year-old Ben Wolf has been given less than a year to live, but he chooses not to tell anyone so his senior year will be as normal as possible. This surprisingly humorous story tracks that final year as Ben goes out for football, finds romance, and realizes that his secret has a serious impact on others.
Johnson, Maureen. 13 Little Blue Envelopes. 2005. Ginny’s beloved, quirky Aunt Peg sends her on one more adventure when she dies, leaving Ginny a series of envelopes.
The envelopes lead Ginny on a whirlwind tour of Europe where she finds answers to important questions about her aunt and about herself.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. 2003. An autistic boy keeps a diary of his efforts to solve the mystery of who killed his neighbor’s dog. This funny, touching novel is a revealing look into the mind of an autistic person. Alex Award
2004
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. 2008. In the not-too-distant future, the United
States has collapsed and has been replaced by the totalitarian regime, Panem. Sixteenyear-old Katniss becomes a contestant in the annual Hunger Games, a televised, gladiator-like contest where teens compete to the death. Series
Herbert, Frank. Dune. First published 1965. The story of a young prince, Paul Artreides, scion of a star-crossed dynasty, and of his journey from boy to warrior to ruler of a dying planet destined to become a paradise regained.
Pratchett, Terry. Nation. 2008. Mau is caught in the tidal wave that destroyed his
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. 2007. Talented Arnold
Spirit leaves the reservation school to go to an academically superior one located many miles away. How he copes with this change, both at school and on the reservation, is realistic, thought-provoking, and laugh-out-loud funny. National Book Award Young
People’s Literature 2007; Book Sense Book of the Year 2008
Crutcher, Chris. Deadline. 2007. Eighteen-year-old Ben Wolf has been given less than a year to live, but he chooses not to tell anyone so his senior year will be as normal as possible. This surprisingly humorous story tracks that final year as Ben goes out for football, finds romance, and realizes that his secret has a serious impact on others.
Johnson, Maureen. 13 Little Blue Envelopes. 2005. Ginny’s beloved, quirky Aunt Peg sends her on one more adventure when she dies, leaving Ginny a series of envelopes.
The envelopes lead Ginny on a whirlwind tour of Europe where she finds answers to important questions about her aunt and about herself.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. 2003. An autistic boy keeps a diary of his efforts to solve the mystery of who killed his neighbor’s dog. This funny, touching novel is a revealing look into the mind of an autistic person. Alex Award
2004
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. 2008. In the not-too-distant future, the United
States has collapsed and has been replaced by the totalitarian regime, Panem. Sixteenyear-old Katniss becomes a contestant in the annual Hunger Games, a televised, gladiator-like contest where teens compete to the death. Series
Herbert, Frank. Dune. First published 1965. The story of a young prince, Paul Artreides, scion of a star-crossed dynasty, and of his journey from boy to warrior to ruler of a dying planet destined to become a paradise regained.
Pratchett, Terry. Nation. 2008. Mau is caught in the tidal wave that destroyed his