SBISD Summer Reading

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SBISD Summer Reading

• For Incoming 8th Graders

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SUMMER L O S S
Decrease in reading rate due to the brain
becoming fat and lazy because you dont read
during summer vacation.
JUST SAY NO!!!
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Summer Reading Requirement

• Read one of the following titles
• 47 by Walter Mosely
• A Step from Heaven by An Na
• The Afterlife by Gary Soto
• Assassin by Anna Myers
• Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean
  Myers
• Dead Girls Dont Write Letters by Gail Giles
• House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
• Maus I A Survivors Tale by Art Spiegelman
• Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan
  Sonnenblick
• Red Riders Hood by Neil Shuster Mann
• Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper
• Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar
• Sarny by Gary Paulsen
• Bang by Sharon Flake
• Acceleration by Graham McNamee

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Summer Reading Requirement

• 8th Grade- 1st 6 Weeks
• Your 8th grade ELA teacher will assess your
  reading of the book you choose for a grade during
  the 1st six weeks.

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Sarny by Gary Paulsen
Main Character Sarny Setting New Orleans, LA
Post-Civil War Historical Fiction Sequel to
Nightjohn Awards ALA Best Book for YA IRA
Choice Book American Booksellers Pick
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47 by Walter Mosely
Main Character 47, 14 Setting Corinthian
Plantation, Southern US, 1832 Magical
Realism/SciFi Awards Prometheus Award
Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award
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A Step from Heaven by An Na
Main Character Young Ju, 4-16 Setting Korea,
US Immigrant Narrative Awards National Book
Award Printz Award Publishers Weekly Best
Book 2001 Best Book Teenreads.com APA Award for
Literature
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The Afterlife by Gary Soto
Main Character Chuy, 17 Setting Fresno,
CA Fiction Awards New York Public Library
Books for the Teen Age Skipping Stones Honor
Award ALA Quick Pick for YA
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Assassin by Anna Myers
Main Character Bella, 8-14 Setting Washington
DC, 1850s Historical Fiction Awards Oklahoma
Best Book for YA Various nominations
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Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean
Myers
Main Character Jesse, 15 Setting Harlem,
NY Author of Monster Graphic novel Awards Natio
nal Book Award ALA Best Book for YA
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Dead Girls Dont Write Letters by Gail Giles
Main Character Sunny, 14 Setting US
Present Mystery Awards Junior Library Guild
Award Book Sense Award YALSA Top 10 TAYSHAS
List
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House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Main Character Matt, unknown Setting Aztlan
(Mexico) Future SciFi Awards National Book
Award Printz Award Newberry Honor Book
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Maus I A Survivors Tale by Art Spiegelman
Main Character Art and Vladeck
Spiegelman Setting United States,
Present Poland, WWII Graphic
Novel/Memoir Awards Pulitzer Prize Angouleme
Intl. Comics Award LA Times Book
Prize National Book Critics Circle
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Red Riders Hood by Neil Shuster man
Main Character Red Rider, 16 Setting Urban
US Present Book 2 of Dark Fusion
Series Thriller Awards ALA Quick Picks Cyblis
Award
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Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan
Sonnenblick
Main Character Alex Gregory, 16 Setting
Anywhere, US Present Companion to Drums,
Girls. Awards Newberry Winner National Book
Award Lone Star Book
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Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper
Main Character Romiette Cappelle Julio
Montague Setting Cincinnati, OH
Present Fiction Awards ALA Best Book IRA
Notable Book NY Public Library Choice Award
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Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar
Main Character Scott, 14 Setting Anywhere,
US Present Fiction Awards Blue Ribbon
Book YALSA Best Books of 2006 Thumbs UP Award
2006
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The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
Main Character Spaz, 16 Setting Future, after
The Big Shake Post-Apocalyptic
Novel Awards Maine Lupine Award Maryland
Readers Medal Isinglass Teen Read Award YALSA
100 Best Books for the 21st Century
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Bang! by Sharon Flake

• Main
  Character Mann, 13
• Setting an urban neighborhood
  often plagued with crime
• Realistic fiction
• Author Awards
• Best Books for Young
  Adult Readers Quick
  Pick for Reluctant
  Readers the New York Public
  Library
  Top Ten Books for the Teen Age,
  Chicago Public Library's Best of the
  Best Book Texas Lone Star Award
  for Top Ten Books Coretta Scott King
  Honor, Booklist Editor's
  Choice Award

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Acceleration by Graham McNamee

• Main Character
  Duncan, 17
• Setting Toronto, Canada
• Mystery/Suspense
• Awards
• Washington Evergreen Young Adult
  Book Award
• Edgar Award
• ALA Best Books for Young Adults
• Kentucky Bluegrass Award

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Everlost by Neal Shusterman

• Main Characters teens, Nick and Allie
  meet in a tragic accident.
• Setting Everlost, a magical place
  somewhere between life and death
• Author Awards International Reading
  Association Children's Choice Award,
  Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, 2008 California
  Young Reader Medal, ALA Best Book for Young
  Adults and a Quick Pick for Reluctant Young
  Readers, York Public Library Best Book for
  Teen Age 2005, Childrens Literature Council
  of Southern California Award for Fantastic
  Fiction, 2007, 2009 Sequoyah Book Award for
  Young Adult Fiction, 2008 Teens top Ten List.