West Genesee High School2011 – 2012 Titles

Summer ReadingSummer Reading

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Ninth Grade Titles

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Sort of like of Harriet the Spy meets Sherlock Holmes…

The story line is fast-paced and loaded with action and plenty of twists as Ingrid tries to solve the case out of fear of lock up. The support cast either enhances her sleuthing, her personality, or her hometown. Though her older much bigger brother got away with sibling violence sending the wrong message to the youthful audience, readers of all ages will appreciate Ingrid Levin Hill, teen detective.

Harriet Klausner (Amazon)

(The 2nd Book of the Hunger Games)

When I read the Hunger Games, I read it straight through the night, til 5AM. Couldn't stop reading… and the sequel is even better!

Katniss is the face of the rebellion because of her act of defiance in the first book. As rebellion grows, the President sets up his revenge…

This book sucks you into this amazing and disturbing dystopian world. It makes you want to grab up a weapon and join the rebellion.

Amazon~ by Echo (Washington

DC)

POP as a title contains a double meaning -- one, it is the nickname of Charlie Popovich, an ex-NFL star suffering from Alzheimer's, and two, it is the sound you get when you slam your helmet into someone in football.

It comes as no surprise, but "Pop" likes to pop people, and our protagonist, Marcus Jordan, finds out the hard way when he meets the 50-something Charlie at the public park one day while tossing around a football. The unlikely meeting leads to regular practice between the old-timer and the youngster, who is new to town and anxious to try out for the undefeated high school team.

Amazon ~ Ken C (MA)

“It begins with a free and joyful act—but from then on, Michael finds it impossible even to remember what it felt like to be free and joyful. When he fires his new rifle into the air on his seventeenth birthday, he never imagines that the bullet will end up killing someone… And Michael keeps desperately silent while he watches his world crumble.”

(Book Jacket)

In this sequel to the beloved Rules of the Road, Jenna Boller is dripping with newfound maturity after her life-altering summer on the road. She has a job she loves at Gladstone Shoes, a best friend who makes her laugh, and a dysfunctional family she's learning how to handle. Jenna feels ready for anything--until Tanner Cobb, a guy with a past, a police record, and dangerously good looks, walks into her life.

(Barnes and Noble, 2008)

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"A harrowing page-turner." - Publishers Weekly

The Vilkas family is rounded up in the middle The Vilkas family is rounded up in the middle of the night by the NKVD, the precursor to of the night by the NKVD, the precursor to the KGB and labeled thieves and prostitutes the KGB and labeled thieves and prostitutes and put on trains bound for Siberia. and put on trains bound for Siberia.

As "criminals" they are forced to work on a As "criminals" they are forced to work on a community farm in the northern regions of community farm in the northern regions of Russia or sent to the northern most part of Russia or sent to the northern most part of Siberia. Lina grows from a 16 year old with Siberia. Lina grows from a 16 year old with hopes of attending art school, to farming hopes of attending art school, to farming beets for 3 ounces of bread a day. On the beets for 3 ounces of bread a day. On the train she meets Andrius and his mother, and train she meets Andrius and his mother, and initially Lina dislikes him, but eventually their initially Lina dislikes him, but eventually their love develops under the worst possible love develops under the worst possible circumstances. circumstances. - - Amazon ~ Book Sake

The victims of Stalin's oppression were The victims of Stalin's oppression were treated as criminals even after their release treated as criminals even after their release and were forced to never speak of the and were forced to never speak of the

torture they endured.torture they endured. - Amazon ~ Debbie’s World of

Books

"In this moving story of hardship and triumph, a woman must live a double life as a scholar and a sweatshop worker after she emigrates from Hong Kong to America with her mother."

-San Francisco Chronicle

"At age 5, Kwok moved with her family from Hong Kong to a New York City slum. . . . She has spun some of her experiences into this involving debut. . .

Kwok drops you right inside Kimberly's head, adding Chinese idioms to crisp dialogue. And the book's lesson-that every choice comes at the expense of something else - hits home in any language."

-People

Alfred Kropp is an overweight, underachieving teen whose main goals in life consist of getting his learner's permit and dating Amy Pouchard. Things take a very unexpected turn, however, when his uncle talks him into participating in the get-rich-quick scheme of stealing a valuable sword (which just happens to be Excalibur). Before Alfred knows it, he has vowed to protect the powerful sword from the motorcycle-riding, sword-wielding Agents of Darkness.

(From Kirkus, Sept 15, 2005)

Robin "Birdy" Perry, a new army recruit from Harlem, isn't quite sure why he joined the army, but he's sure where he's headed: Iraq.

Birdy and the others in the Civilian Affairs Battalion are supposed to help secure and stabilize the country and successfully interact with the Iraqi people. Officially, the code name for their maneuvers is Operation Iraqi Freedom. But the young men and women in the CA unit have a simpler name for it: WAR.

In 1942, ten-year-old Sarah is taken with her parents by the French police as they go door to door arresting Jews.

Desperate to protect her younger brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard—their secret hiding place—and promises to come back for him as soon as they are released.

Sixty years later Sarah’s story intertwines with that of Julia Jarmond, an American journalist who stumbles onto a trail of secrets that link her to Sarah.

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D.J.'s family members don't talk much, especially about the fact that 15-year-old D.J. does all the heavy work on their Wisconsin dairy farm since her father broke his hip and her two older brothers left for college. Nor do they talk about why D.J.’s mom… is so busy …she's never home. And …her brothers haven't called home for more than six months.

When D. J. decides to try out for the Red Bend football team, even though she's been secretly training (and falling for) Brian Nelson, the cute quarterback from Hawley, Red Bend's rival, she becomes the talk of the town. Suddenly, her family has quite a bit to say.

(Booklist. April, 2006) )

A Humorous Romance

Seven-year-old Calli Clark hasn't spoken a word in the three years since a particularly nasty run-in with her violent, wife-beating father, Griff. During a bender, Griff suddenly decides to haul his mute daughter into the nearby forest, where they get lost. At the same time, Calli's best friend Petra goes missing.

The Clark and Gregory families are now tied by the question of what happened to their children, and the answer is trapped in the silence of unspoken family secrets.(Publishers Weekly June 22, 2009) )

NASA makes an astounding discovery: there is a meteor embedded deep within the arctic ice. And it isn't just any meteor. Inside are fossils of giant insects, proof of extraterrestrial life.

The question arises: Is the meteor real or a fake? Intelligence agent Rachel Sexton and oceanographer Michael Tolland are searching out the truth. They quickly become targets of a mysterious death squad controlled by someone or something that doesn't want the public to hear the meteor may be a fraud…

(From Publisher’s Weekly, 2001)

Louie Banks has the world by the tail. It's his last year in high school; he has wheels, a starting spot on the football team, good friends, and the girl of everyone's dreams. If he can stay away from Boomer Cowans long enough to graduate, he's got it made.

But the world suddenly turns and snatches Louie by the tail, and it just won't let go. His visions of sportsmanship and fair play go up in smoke by the second game of the season; his expectations of life are shattered by spring. This is a story about honor and principles, in which Louie learns about love, death, sportsmanship, and integrity as well as football.

The Glass Castle is a detached, direct, and unflinching memoir of Jeannette Walls 's rags-to-riches life. She recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and distant mother and describes how she and her siblings had to fend for themselves until they finally found the resources and will to leave home.

(Follett’s Titlewave, 2005)(Follett’s Titlewave, 2005)

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Star cross-country runner Ben Wolf learns during a physical that he has developed a rare, aggressive, fatal blood disease. Rather than seek treatment, he swears his doctor to secrecy, hides the truth of his health from his family, friends and coach, and decides to go after the things he's always wanted but never pursued.

(From Kirkus Review, July 15, 2007)

“…a dog who speaks, the thrill of competitive racing, a heart-tugging storyline, and--best of all--the fact that it is a meditation on humility and hope in the face of despair.” (Wally Lamb)

“This has everything: love, tragedy, redemption, danger, and--most especially--the canine narrator Enzo. This old soul of a dog has much to teach us about being human.” (Sara (Sara Gruen)Gruen)

A small sign on a fence, brings 17-year-

old Nit Spindle to Hennie's door: Prayers

For Sale. Nit is new to town and

suffering her own heartache after losing

her baby at birth on the journey to

Colorado from Kentucky.

Nit asks Hennie to pray for her baby.

Hennie takes to Nit and decides the girl

needs her help to settle into the

community and survive as a mountain

woman, the wife of a dredge gold miner.

A love for quilting and storytelling brings

them together.

Amazon ~ Amazon ~ Sherri Caldwell (Atlanta, GA)

1962 in Jackson Mississippi, black maids raised white children and ran households. Paid poorly, they often had to use separate toilets from the family, and watched the children they cared for embrace bigotry.

Miss Skeeter, a naïve, young white woman, is an aspiring writer. She conducts a series of interviews with local black maids. Their risk is great, possibly deadly; still, Aibileen and Minny agree to participate. Tension pervades the novel as events are told by these three memorable women.

(Library Journal - January 1, 2009)

Instead of opting for the college life, Ryan Smithson joined the Army Reserve when he was seventeen. Two years later, he was deployed to Iraq as an Army engineer.

In this extraordinary and harrowing memoir, readers march along one GI’s tour of duty. It will change the way you feel about what it means to be an American.