ALL UPPER SCHOOL
Zeitoun, Dave Eggers
HISTORY
7th GRADE
Ransom of Mercy Carter, Caroline B Cooney
8th GRADE
The Glory Field, Walter Dean Myers
9th GRADE choose one:
Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
An Ordinary Man, Paul Rusesabagina
Playing the Enemy, John Carlin
Ama, Manu Herbstein (not stocked, can be ordered)
Can I Be Me, Esther Armah (not stocked, can be ordered)
Half a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
No Longer at Ease, Chinua Achebe
The River Between, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
When Rain Clouds Gather, Bessie Head (not available in Browser's)
I Saw the Sky Catch Fire, Echewa (not available at Browser’s)
Slave Girl, Buchi Emecheta
Ake, Childhood Memoirs, Wole Soyinka
The Story of a Somali Girl, Aman
The Map of Love, Ahdaf Soueif
What is the What, Dave Eggers
The Examination, Malcolm Bosse
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie
The Bridegroom, Ha Jin
The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
The Chinese Nail Murders, Robert Van Gulik
The Chinese Bell Murders, Robert Van Gulik
The Chinese Lake Murders, Robert Van Gulik
The Chinese Gold Murders, Robert Van Gulik
Daughter of China, Meihong Xu
Empress Orchid, Anchee Min
Good Women of China, Hidden Voices, Xinran
Oriole’s Song, BJ Elder (not available in Browser's)
Red Azalea, Anchee Min
Spring Moon, Bette Bao Lord
Red Dust, Ma Jian
The Samurai’s Garden, Gail Tsukiyama
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, Jung Chang
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
Mao’s Last Dancer, Li Cunxin
Written by Herself, Jill Kerr Conway
Riot, Shashi Thaoor (not stocked, can be ordered)
The Circuit, Francisco Jimenez
Daughter of Fortune, Isabel Allende
Underdogs, Mariano Azuelo
Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel
Malinche, Laura Esquivel
Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder
So Far From God, Ana Castillo
Waiting for Snow in Havana, Carlos Eire
Guests of the Sheik, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Funny Boy, Shyam Selvadurai
10th GRADE: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Akhenaton: Dweller in Truth, Naguib Mahfouz
LATIN HISTORY
Hannibal: Enemy of Rome, Leonard Cottell
11th GRADE
Utopia, Thomas More; Norton Critical Edition
12th GRADE
Empire of Wealth, John Steele Gordon
7th GRADE
A Break with Charity, Ann Rinaldi
8th GRADE
Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie
9th GRADE
The Complete Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
10th GRADE
Third and Indiana, Steve Lopez
11th GRADE
All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy OR
The Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler
12th GRADE
Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison
MEDIA STUDIES
Can't Buy My Love, Kilbourne & Pipher
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Ishmael, Daniel Quinn
CLASSICS
LATIN 3/ LATIN HISTORY AND LATIN LIT
Conspirata, Robert Harris
LATIN 4
The Odyssey, Homer; Robert Fitzgerald translation
LATIN 5
The Venus Throw, Steven Saylor
ART
SENIOR STUDIO
A Giacometti Portrait, James Lord
SUMMER READING BOOKS will be available in BROWSER’S throughout the summer.
Call 215-951-2376 or e-mail Susan at browsers@gfsnet.org to arrange for ordering and picking up books.
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7th GRADE RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING 2010
Historical Fiction
Hang a Thousand Ribbons, Ann Rinaldi
Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth Speare
Slave Dancer, Paula Fox
The Cay, Theodore Taylor
Nightjohn, Gary Paulsen
Ajeema and His Son, James Berry
Winter of the Dead, Elizabeth Massie
Steal Away, Jennifer Armstrong (not available in Browser’s)
Adventure
Into Thin Air, John Krakauer
Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger
Fantasy/ Science Fiction
Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
Tombs of Atuan, Ursula LeGuin
The Hobbit, J R R Tolkien
Boggart, Susan Cooper
Sphere, Michael Crichton
Westmark Series, Lloyd Alexander
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Mystery
And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie
Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
Classics
Animal Farm, George Orwell
1984, George Orwell
The Pearl, John Steinbeck
The Hobbit, J R R Tolkein
Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes
Contemporary Fiction
I am the Cheese, Robert Cormier
Holes, Louis Sacher
Hoops, Walter Dean Myers
Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Sue Townsend
Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech
Chasing Redbird, Sharon Creech
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
Devil’s Arithmetic, Jane Yolen
Dairy Queen, Catherine Murdock
Student Recommendations
The Lost Years of Merlin, T A Barron
Running Out of Time, Margaret Patterson Haddix
Dark Portal, Robin Jarvis (not available in Browser’s)
Forged by Fire, Sharon Mills Draper
The Samurai’s Garden, Gail Tsukiyama
Summerland, Mike Chabon
Keeping the Moon, Sarah Dessen
Bad Boy, Walter Dean Myers
Monster, Walter Dean Myers
Tales from the Dugout, Mike Shannon
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm, Nancy Farmer
Fire and Hemlock, Diana Wynne Jones
Faerie Wars, Herbie Brennan
Crash, Jerry Spinelli
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Flowers for Algernon, David Keyes
Gathering Blue, Lois Lowry
Thin Ice, Marcia Qualey
Speak, Laurie Halse Andersen
Big Mouth & Ugly Girl, Joyce Carol Oates
SUMMER READING BOOKS will be available in BROWSER’S throughout the summer.
Call 215-951-2376 or e-mail Susan at browsers@gfsnet.org to arrange for ordering and picking up books.
Prices listed reflect the 10% discount; there is no tax.
If Browser’s is closed, check at the front desk, which is open from 9-12 during July and August.