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Young Men’s Preparatory

Academy

Mr. LEONARD J. RUAN

Principal  

     

    SUMMER 2013    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Summer Reading

Titles selected for the Summer Reading List reflect age appropriate literature representing diverse cultures, different genres, and varying perspectives. Titles have been arranged by grade level to assist you or your child in making appropriate reading choices.

Dear Parent: Miami-Dade County Public Schools recognizes the importance of ensuring that students continue to strengthen reading skills and develop a passion for reading beyond the time they spend in school. Cultivating pleasurable reading helps build vocabulary and enriches students’ knowledge base. In addition, increased independent summer reading of both fiction and non-fiction books helps prepare students to be successful in meeting more rigorous academic standards as schools transition to Common Core State Standards. Summer reading provides students with an opportunity for recreational reading, personal exploration, and continued intellectual growth. It may also serve as an essential component of the instructional process in schools. Research shows that students who are actively engaged in reading throughout the summer demonstrate improved academic performance during the following school year. Attached to this flyer is a list of suggested titles for summer reading. Additionally, we have included suggested activities your child can do during the summer to enhance the reading and learning experience. Please check with your child’s principal for any summer reading requirements that may be in place for the specific instructional program in which he/she is enrolled. Summer reading book lists can be found at the following website:  http://languageartsreading.dadeschools.net/.

The suggested activities are reflective of different learning styles and several of them focus on high-order tasks. They are included to help enhance the reading experience.

 

 

 

Appendix D K-12 Summer Reading GuidelinesDistrict Summer Reading List - Middle

Web VersionSummer 2013

Title Author GenreGrades 6-8All the Lovely Bad Ones Mary Downing Hahn FictionAlmost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream Tonya Lee Stone BiographyAnimals Anonymous Rich Michelson PoetryAntes de Ser Libre Julia Alvarez Historical FictionAnything But Typical Nora Raleigh Baskins FictionBarack Obama: the politics of hope William Davis BiographyBaseball in April Gary Soto Multicultural FictionBéisbol en Abril y Otros Cuentos Gary Soto Short StoriesBlue Lipstick John Grandits PoetryBreaking Through Francisco Jimenez Multicultural FictionChew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food

Eric Schlosser Nonfiction

Children of the River Linda Crew Multicultural FictionClaudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Phillip Hoose Multicultural BiographyCode Orange Caroline Cooney FictionCode Talker Joseph Bruchac Multicultural FictionCountdown Ben Mikaelson FictionCover-up: Mystery at the Super Bowl John Feinstein Sports FictionDizzy In Your Eyes Pat Mora PoetryDouble Dutch Sharon Draper Multicultural FictionDrums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie Jordan Sonnenblick FictionEat This Not That for Kids David Zinczenko NonfictionEl Rey de Las Octavas Emma Romeu BiographyFearless Fernie: Hanging Out with Fernie and Me Gary Soto PoetryFlipped Wendelin Van Draanen Realistic FictionFlush Carl Hiaasen FictionFound Margaret Haddix FictionGossamer Lois Lowry FantasyGross Universe Jeff�Szpirglas� NonfictionHomeless Bird Gloria Whelan Multicultural FictionHoneybee: Poems and Short Prose Naomi Shihab Nye PoetryHurt Go Happy Ginny Rorby FictionHush Jacqueline Woodson Multicultural FictionJackie's Wild Seattle Will Hobbs FictionJake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow James Rollins FictionKidnapped in Key West Edwina Raffa Historical FictionKingdom Keepers Ridley Pearson FictionLast Newspaper Boy Sue Corbett FictionLife As We Knew It Susan Beth Pfeffer Science FictionMoney Hungry Sharon Flake Multicultural FictionMysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart Fantasy

Titles have been selected with age appropriate reading level and content in mind; however, parents are encouraged to help their child make a selection by previewing the titles for difficulty of the text, subject matter, and content of the book.School and public libraries do not keep multiple copies of titles as a standard practice; it is not intended that the school or public library serve as the only source of the summer reading titles.

 

 

 

Appendix D K-12 Summer Reading GuidelinesDistrict Summer Reading List - Middle

Web VersionSummer 2013

Title Author Genre

Titles have been selected with age appropriate reading level and content in mind; however, parents are encouraged to help their child make a selection by previewing the titles for difficulty of the text, subject matter, and content of the book.School and public libraries do not keep multiple copies of titles as a standard practice; it is not intended that the school or public library serve as the only source of the summer reading titles.

Never Mind! A Twin Novel Avi Humorous FictionPeter and the Starcatchers Dave Barry FantasyPhineas Gage John Fleishman NonfictionRevolution Is Not a Dinner Party: A Novel Compestine Ying Chang Multicultural FictionRomiette and Julio Sharon Draper Multicultural FictionSavvy Ingrid Law FantasySchooled Gordan Korman Humorous FictionSilent Bone E.L. Konisburg Realistic FictionSisterhood of the Traveling Pants Ann Bradshares FictionSummer Ball Mike Lupica Sports FictionTangerine Edward Bloor FictionThe Biography of Chocolate Adrianna Morganelli NonfictionThe Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp Rick Yancey AdventureThe Mouse Rap Walter Dean Myers Multicultural FictionThe Wright 3 Blue Balliett Adventure FictionThe Year I Was Grounded William H. New PoetryTunnels Roderick Gordon FictionUnder the Same Sky Cynthia de Felice FictionWhat Are You Afraid Of? Stories About Phobias Donald Gallo Nonfiction

 

 

 

Appendix F K-12 Summer Reading GuidelinesDistrict Summer Reading List - Senior High

Web VersionSummer 2013

Title Author GenreGrades 9 - 121984 George Orwell Classic LiteratureA Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway Classic LiteratureAmerican Born Chinese Yang, Gene Luen Multicultural Fiction/Graphic NovelAnthem Ayn Rand PhilosophyBuried Onions Gary Soto Multicultural FictionCasa de los Espiritus Isabel Allende Fiction/MulticulturalCatcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger Classic LiteratureCity of Beasts Isabel Allende Multicultural FictionClimbing the Stairs Padma Venkatraman Multicultural FictionCopper Sun Sharon Draper Historical FictionDew Breaker Edwidge Danticat Multicultural FictionDon Quijote de la Mancha Miguel de Cervantes Classic LiteratureDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson Classic LiteratureEl Viejo y el Mar Ernest Hemmingway Classic LiteratureEllen Foster Kaye Gibbons Young Adult Contemporary FictionEverlost Neal Shusterman Science FictionExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer PhilosophyFade to Black Alex Flinn Young Adult Contemporary FictionFahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury Classic LiteratureFeed M. T. Anderson Science FictionFlorida Poems Campbell McGrath Poetry/Florida InterestGifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Ben Carson BiographyGirl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier Historical FictionGraceling Kristin Cashore Contemporary Young Adult FictionHitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglass Adams Science FictionHouse of Spirits Isabel Allende Multicultural FictionIn Cold Blood Truman Capote Classic LiteratureIn the Time of the Butterflies Julia Alvarez Multicultural FictionInto the Wild Jon Krakauer PhilosopyJane Eyre Charlotte Bronte Classic LiteratureJoy Luck Club Any Tan Multicultural FictionKeesha's House Helen Frost Multicultural FictionKindred Octavia Butler Classic Literature/Multicultural/

Science FictionLa Ciudad de las Bestias Isabel Allende Fiction/MulticulturalLa Joven de la Perla Tracy Chevalier Historical FictionMarianela Benito Perez Galdós Historical Fiction/MulticulturalOf Mice and Men John Steinbeck Classic LiteraturePeak Roland Smith Young Adult Contemporary FictionPersepolis Marjane Satrapi Young Adult Contemporary

Fiction/Graphic NovelPride and Prejudice Jane Austen Classic Literature

Titles have been selected with age appropriate reading level and content in mind; however, parents are encouraged to help their child make a selection by previewing the titles for difficulty of the text, subject matter, and content of the book.School and public libraries do not keep multiple copies of titles as a standard practice; it is not intended that the school or public library serve as the only source of the summer reading titles.

 

 

 

Appendix F K-12 Summer Reading GuidelinesDistrict Summer Reading List - Senior High

Web VersionSummer 2013

Title Author Genre

Titles have been selected with age appropriate reading level and content in mind; however, parents are encouraged to help their child make a selection by previewing the titles for difficulty of the text, subject matter, and content of the book.School and public libraries do not keep multiple copies of titles as a standard practice; it is not intended that the school or public library serve as the only source of the summer reading titles.

Ringside, 1925: View from the Scopes Trial

Jennifer Bryant Poetry/Historical Fiction

Shift Jennifer Bradbury Contemporary Young Adult FictiionSiddhartha Herman Hesse Classic LiteratureThe Adoration of Jenna Fox Mary Pearson Science FictionThe Alchemist Paulo Coelho PhilosophyThe Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Pox Party

M. T. Anderson Historical Fiction/Multicultural

The Book Thief Markus Zusak Historical FictionThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Mark Haddon Young Adult Contemporary Fiction

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Jean-Dominique Bauby Non-FictionThe Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery PhilosophyThe Glass Castle Jeannette Walls Young Adult Contemporary FictionThe Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman Young Adult Contemporary FictionThe Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Young Adult Contemporary FictionThe Metamorphosis Frank Kafka Classic LiteratureThe Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemmingway Classic LiteratureThe Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan Non-FictionThe Stranger Albert Camus Classic LiteratureThe Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

Margarita Engle Poetry/Historical Fiction/Multicultural

The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien Classic Fiction/War StoriesThe Uglies Scott Westerfield Young Adult Contemporary FictiionTreasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson Classic LiteratureWritten in Bone Sally M. Walker Non-Fiction/Forensic

Studies/Anthropology/Archeology