English Department
Summer Reading
2008
9th
Grade
Select
at
least one of the following texts (two if you are entering 9H),
read it/them, and be prepared for a discussion in English class on the
first day of school in September.A
subsequent assignment will follow teacher guided discussion.
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
A Home on the Field by Paul Cuadros
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by
Sherman Alexie
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch
Albom
Franny and Zooey by
J.D. Salinger
Lost in Yonkers by
Neil
Simon
Marley & Me by John Grogan
Odd Girl Speaks Out: Girls Write About Bullies,
Cliques, Popularity, and Jealousy. Ed.Rachel Simmons
Speak or Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmerelda Santiago