Enjoy a relaxing summer with your friends and family! As always, keep reading and journaling. Remember that journaling isn't about writing, it's about discovering yourself.
Here are some suggested readings for the summer (in no particular order). Some are current best-sellers, others are classics, and some are just plain fun reads. I hope you will select some of these titles to help you explore more within yourselves and the world outside... Oh, and by the way BOYS - these are not just chick books - some are awesome reads for guys, too!
- Marley and Me by John Grogan
- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (the series)
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori
- Twilight by Stephenie Myers (the series)
- Speak by Laurie Halse
- Crank by Ellen Hopkins
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (the series)
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Anthem by Ayn Rand
- Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
- Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (and poetry by Sylvia Plath)
- Lisa Bright and Dark by John Neufeld
- For All the Wrong Reasons by John Neufeld
To find a summary of any of the above novels, go to http://www.bn.com and enter the title in the search field.
If you are absent, please see me as soon as possible for handouts and assignments. Check the links below to see if handouts and/or vocabulary words are available online. I can be reached by email: laura.bossom@bsd.wednet.edu, or by phone: (360) 473-0895.
