Novel Explorer (NE) Book List

1st Nine Weeks

Directions: Read one book from the list below to complete your Novel Explorer requirements for the 1st Nine Weeks. Along with an independent project, you are responsible for completing a Reader Response Test for your book in Google Classroom. If you have any questions about these requirements please see Ms. Doyle in a timely manner.

Reader Response Test Due: 1st Nine Weeks Total Requirements:

October 20, 2017 1 Book

1 Reader Response Test

Project Due: 1 Novel Explorer Project

October 25, 2017

Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books

Title / Author
Call It Courage / Armstrong Sperry
The High King / Lloyd Alexander
Sounder / William Howard Armstrong
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle / Avi
Miss Hickory / Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 / Beverly Cleary
The Grey King / Susan Cooper
Getting Near to Baby / Audrey Couloumbis
Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis
Catherine, Called Birdy / Karen Cushman
The Midwife’s Apprentice / Karen Cushman
The Door in the Wall / Marguerite De Angeli
The Twenty-One Balloons / William DuBois
The Matchlock Gun / Walter Dumaux Edmonds
Ginger Pye / Eleanor Estes
A Girl Named Disaster / Nancy Farmer
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years / Rachel Field
Johnny Tremain / Esther Forbes
The Slave Dancer / Paula Fox
Homesick: My Own Story / Jean Fritz
The Graveyard Book / Neil Gaiman
Julie of the Wolves / Jean Craighead George
King of the Wind / Marguerite Henry
Out of the Dust / Karen Hesse
Everything on a Waffle / Polly Horvath
Across Five Aprils / Irene Hunt
Rifles for Watie / Harold Keith
Rabbit Hill / Robert Lawson
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon / Grace Lin
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle / Hugh Lofting
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH / Robert C. O’Brien
Island of the Blue Dolphins / Scott O’Dell
Jacob Have I Loved / Katherine Paterson
The Higher Power of Lucky / Susan Patron
Dogsong / Gary Paulsen
Criss Cross / Lynne Rae Perkins
The Wednesday Wars / Gary D. Schmidt
The Bronze Bow / Elizabeth George Speare
Abel’s Island / William Steig
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry / Mildred Taylor
Surviving the Applewhites / Stephanie Tolan
Adam of the Road / Elizabeth Gray Vining
Dicey’s Song / Cynthia Voigt
By the Shores of Silver Lake / Laura Ingalls Wilder
Shadow of a Bull / Maia Wojciechowska
A Single Shard / Linda Sue Park
The Girl Who Drank the Moon / Kelly Barnhill

YOU ARE ONLY LIMITED BY YOUR OWN CREATIVITY!

Creative & Critical Thinking Book Interactions

1.  Original Song – Write an original song that depicts the events from a selection of your book or write a song about the development of the main character and the events he/she encounters. Perform your song live in class or via a video recording. Design an “album cover” for your typed lyrics to submit.

2.  Poetry Anthology – For this project, you will create a collection of original poems based on the events, conflicts, and themes presented in your chosen novel. Your collection should include a minimum of 4 different poems. Poems should be typed and bound together with an attractive book cover.

3.  Change the setting: Take a favorite scene or chapter from the text and re-write it in a different setting. For example, how would Cinderella look and sound in a modern, urban setting? Illustrate your changes in a before and after piece, and submit a detailed description of your choices.

4.  Picture Book or Big Book: Turn the novel you read into a children's picture book by retelling the plot in a simple way with vocabulary appropriate for youngsters. Make sure your creation looks like a children's book, complete with a hard cover, an appealing book jacket with the title and author, and colorful illustrations should fill the pages above and below your writing. DO NOT use lined paper, and make sure all writing is either typed or written neatly with a black marker or pen.

5.  Shoebox Setting: Make a shoebox diorama of a scene from the book you read. Pay special attention to the setting. Do not use random toys to recreate your scene. Let your creativity shine and use recycled materials. Write a three-paragraph piece explaining the scene and attach it to the diorama.