In addition to reading the books on your grade level list, please download the corresponding handouts from the following link:

CLICK HERE FOR ALL OF THE SUMMER READING HANDOUTS!

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6th Grade

List will be posted soon!

7th Grade Pre-AP

Choose two books to read from the 7th Grade Regular list in the section below AND choose one book to read from this list. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

• And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

• The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnon Rawlings

• Christy by Catherine Marshall

• Sounder by William H. Armstrong

7th Grade Regular

Choose three books to read from this list. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

• When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt

• Holes by Louis Sachar

• Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

• The Lost Years of Merlin by T. A. Barron

• Jazmin’s Notebook by Nikki Grimes

• Tangerine by Edward Bloor

• London Calling by Edward Bloor

• Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa

8th Grade Pre-AP

Choose three books to read from this list. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

• Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
  
  
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest Gaines
  
  
• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

• The Chosen by Chaim Potok

• Night by Elie Weisel

• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Written by Himself
  

8th Grade Regular

Choose two books to read from this list. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

• Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
  
  
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest Gaines

• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

• The Chosen by Chaim Potok

• Night by Elie Weisel

English I Pre-AP and English I Pre-AP (Human Geography)

Students are to read both books. Either translation of Homer is acceptable. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

OR

• Dove by Robin Lee Graham

• Odyssey by Homer, translated by Lombardo
  Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
  ISBN: 0872204847

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• Odyssey by Homer, translated by Rouse
  Publisher: Signet Classics
  ISBN: 0451527364

English I Regular

Students are to read two books: the required book and one from the list of options. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

Required book:

• Dove by Robin Lee Graham

Choose one more from this list:

• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

• The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

• Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid

English II Regular and Pre-AP

Students are to read two books: the required book and one from the list of options. Please see the handout (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

Required book:

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  Publisher: Riverhead Trade (April 27, 2004)
  ISBN-10: 1594480001 ; ISBN-13: 978-1594480003

Choose one more from this list:

• Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington

• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk-Kidd

• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

• Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

English III AP

Students are to read both books. Please see the handout (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
  Publisher: Penguin Classics Deluxe edition only (with the intro by Eric Schlosser)
  ISBN-10: 014303958X ; ISBN-13: 9780143039587
• Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
  Publisher: Harper Perennial
  ISBN-10: 0060838582 ; ISBN-13: 9780060838584

Students are to rent and view Super Size Me, a documentary by Morgan Spurlock.

English III Regular

Students are to read both books. Please see the handout (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

• How to Read Literature Like a Professor by T.C. Foster

English IV AP

Students are to read both books. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

• Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

English IV Regular

Students are to read both books. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

• The Once and Future King by T. H. White

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling

AP US History

Students are to read selected sections from the following textbook available through MBS Direct. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

• American Pageant by Kennedy, et al.
  Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  ISBN-10: 0618479406

AP World History

Students are to read the following book. Please see the handout (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.

• The World That Trade Created by Kenneth Pomeranz

AP Spanish Language

Please see the handout (link is at the top of this post) for the summer reading instructions.

AP Spanish Literature

Students are to read selected stories from the following book. Please see the handout (link is at the top of this post) for specific stories and instructions.

• Momentos Cumbres de las Literaturas Hispanicas (High School) by Rodriquez
  Edition: 04
  Publisher: Pearson
  ISBN-10: 0131016458; ISBN-13: 9780131016458

AP Government

Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for the summer reading instructions.

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Apart from timeless classics, students are also assigned a variety of contemporary novels. The novels on this list have been selected for their literary merit and the appropriate alignment with course objectives and thematic strands. Because of their postmodern nature, some of the books may include—within their historical and/or cultural context—language, events or descriptions that contain profanity, violence, sexual content or material that is intended for the mature reader.

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Here is a list of some great books being made into movies. Almost all of these can be checked out in the BD Library!

2/08: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

2/14/08: The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black

3/14/08: Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss

4/04/08: Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr

5/16/08: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

7/11/08: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

10/10/08: The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

11/21/08: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Sometime in ‘08: Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

Sometime in ‘08: Cirque du Freak by Darran Shan

Sometime in ‘08: Eloise in Paris by Kay Thompson

Sometime in ‘08: The Clique by Lisi Harrison

1/09: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

2/6/09: Coraline by Neil Gaiman

11/6/09: Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

11/09: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Junior AP English - “Addressing the Issue” Project

Junior English - American Literature Research Paper choices:

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You may download a copy of the following handouts. You will need the usual password for access.

Junior Research Paper 2007-08

Junior AP Research Paper 2007-2008

Intro to Locating Articles in the BD Library’s Online Databases

Instructions for NoodleTools

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Look through these American Literature web sites to find quality Internet sources:

Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection

Yahoo’s Literary Authors Listing

Project Crow - American Literature Links

Rutgers University - Literary Resources - American

Bedford/St. Martin’s Links

Voice of the Shuttle - American Literature

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature
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Remember to use a variety of search engines and subject directories!

Use Google….but also try:
Ask.com

Vivisimo

Librarians’ Internet Index

or one of the many other options that are listed in the Research Links section in the right hand margin of this site.

Good luck on your ONLINE SCAVENGER HUNT!

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What does it mean to be Information Literate or Information Fluent?

To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information…. Ultimately, information literate people are those who have learned how to learn. They know how to learn because they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information, and how to use information in such a way that others can learn from them. They are people prepared for lifelong learning, because they can always find the information needed for any task or decision at hand. (source)

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You may download a copy of the following handouts. You will need the usual password for access.

Senior Research Paper 2007-08

Intro to Locating Articles in the BD Library’s Online Databases

Instructions for NoodleTools

These books are available for check-out in the BD Library!

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For Middle School

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Code Orange by Caroline Cooney: Code Orange by Caroline Cooney

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett: Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

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For High School

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Heat by Mike Lupica: Heat by Mike Lupica

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

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To listen to more booktalks, you can either listen to them online or subscribe to the podcast:

Click here to listen to the booktalks online (podcast list is alphabetical by author)

RSS feed of podcast

To subscribe to the podcast:

1. Run iTunes.
2. Click on Podcasts in the left-hand column.
3. Go to the Advanced menu (up top) and select Subscribe to podcast.
4. When you are asked for the URL, enter http://www.nancykeane.com/rss.xml
5. Now you are subscribed. iTunes will check for updates automatically and download them for you to listen to or transfer to your mp3 player.

All booktalks are read by Nancy Keane of Book Talks Quick and Simple.

Search through Ask.com and Google at the same time in a split screen!

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

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Lists of links to web sites (compiled by other libraries):

*Remember to critically evaluate each web site you want to use as a source to determine if it is a reliable and quality source of information AND whether it is relevant and useful for your research. For help with this, please see: Evaluating Web Sites.*

Additional Resources for The Kite Runner

Selected Literary Resources on The Kite Runner

Kite Runner Pathfinder

Afghanistan Pathfinder

Afghanistan and the US: Selected Internet Resources

Listen to interviews with the author:

NPR’s Weekend Edition Interview 2003

NPR’s Fresh Air Interview 2005

BD’s Online Databases:

When searching for articles for your source books, you will want to access our online subscription databases. Access to these databases can be found in the Pages section in the right-hand margin under :Online Databases: Gale Databases, DKC Databases, or CountryWatch.

On campus, you will have automatic access. At home, you will need usernames/passwords which can be found in the Pages section under :Protected: Database Passwords. You will need to remember one password to get into that document. Contact Ms. Johnson or your teacher for that password.

A few more sites to visit:

Library Of Congress: Portals to the World

CIA World Factbook

National Geographic News

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To download another copy of the Sophomore Research Paper handout from the BD Library or the Intro to Locating Articles handout, go to the Pages section in the right-hand margin under :Protected: Research Handouts. You will need to use the usual password for access.

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Don’t forget to set up your NoodleTools account to use when citing your sources in the MLA format for your Works Cited. For instructions and access to NoodleTools, look for the link in the Pages section in the right-hand margin.

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A new year begins…

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