Pembroke Pines Charter High School Summer Reading List 2015-2016 Directions: Honors students will choose two selections; standard students will choose one. ALL students will respond to the readings by completing the journal responses posted at the end of the document. That means that honors students will create two journal responses— one for each book they read. Parents may read the same books as their children, creating their own journal responses to earn four volunteer hours. Keep in mind that these readings will be the basis of your very first grades of the quarter. All work completed must derive from your own original thoughts. Using Sparknotes, Cliffs Notes, and/or other aides in place of reading the suggested texts will not suffice. Type your responses using 12’ Times New Roman font with one inch margins, double spaced. Bring in a printed copy PLUS save the work electronically as many of you will also be required to submit the work through Turnitin.com during the first week of school. We look forward to meeting all of you for an exciting and rewarding year. Until then, enjoy your summer and your reading. Incoming 9th Graders, 2015-2016 Incoming 10th Graders, 2015-2016 Fiction Everyday by David Levithan Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland The Healing by Jonathan Odell Non-Fiction The Big Book of Dummies, Rebels and Other Geniuses by Jean Bernard Pouy Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson Biographies /Autobiographies Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez by Richard Rodriguez Let’s Roll by Lisa Beamer Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal Self-Help The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey Fiction Unwind by Neal Shusterman Half Bad by Sally Green Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya Divergent by Veronica Roth Non-Fiction Moneyball by Michael Lewis Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference by Warren St. John Autobiographies Teacher Man by Frank McCourt The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai Self-Help The Teen's Guide to World Domination: Advice on Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Awesomeness by Josh Shipp Incoming 11th Graders, 2015-2016 Incoming 12th Graders, 2015-2016 Fiction The Fault in our Stars by John Green The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris The Chosen by Chaim Potok Non-Fiction The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Fiction A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Ordinary People by Judith Guest Looking for Alaska by John Green Non-Fiction Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Memoir Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan The Priority List by David Menasche Type your responses using 12’ Times New Roman font with one inch margins, double spaced. Bring in a paper copy PLUS save the work electronically as many of you will also be required to submit the work through Turnitin.com. SUMMER READING RESPONSE JOURNAL Printed Student Name: _____________________________________________________ Selected Book Title: _______________________________________________________ Directions: On separate paper, select and complete the questions that follow. Answers should be a minimum of 3 – 5 sentences with examples cited from the selection to support your ideas and/or conclusions. Personal Reactions: Choose 3 (three).  I liked . . .  I didn’t like . . .  I was surprised that . . .  The most important thing is . . .  _____________________________________________ is like ___________________________________________ This story makes me: Choose 1 (one). decide . . . believe . . . realize . . . think about . . . remember . . . hope . . . Critical Responses: Choose 3 (three).  A better ending would be . . .  I love the way . . .  If I were the author, I would . . .  If I were the main character, I would . . .  I think the author . . .  If I were ______________________________________________ , I would . . . character name  Overall, this piece . . .