Edgewood Independent School District
Suggested Summer Reading List
May 30, 2014
Dear Parents,
This list includes titles of books that your child will enjoy. These titles were selected by the Language Arts Department of the Edgewood Independent School District because they are interesting, engaging, and award winning books.
Independent reading is one of the most influential factors for student educational success. For preschoolers, an indicator of their future school success is the involvement of parents reading to their children. In high school independent reading produces increases in vocabulary, which in turn improves student performance and helps them to meet the demands of college.
We are providing this list as a starting point to assist you in selecting grade appropriate books for your child. Please help your child select several of these books to read throughout the summer. Your involvement and review of their selections is also an important factor in a successful reading experience.
This summer we our asking our students to READ! READ! READ! This will assist in effective literacy development and lifelong learning. Please help us. Encourage your child to read every day. It really does make a difference!
Sincerely,
The Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Department
of the Edgewood Independent School District
Edgewood Independent School District
Suggested Summer Reading List
Edgewood Independent School District
Suggested Summer Reading List
Entering English II
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
By Shakespeare
The Odyssey
By Homer
A Separate Peace
By John Knowles
Lord of the Flies
By William Golding
The Pearl
By John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men
By John Steinbeck
In the Time of the Butterflies
By Octavia Butler
The Beekeper’s Apprentice or On the Segregation of the Queen
By Laurie King
Everything Rises Must Converge
By Flannery O’Conner
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By Mark Twain
Being There
By Jerzy Kosinski
Cry, The Beloved Country
By Alan Paton
Great Expectations
By Charles Dickens
The Accidental Tourist
By Anne Tyler
Lost Moon: the Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
By Jim Lovell
Ordinary People
By Judith Guest
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By Annie Dillard
Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe
Shoeless Joe
By W.P. Kinsells
A Walk to Remember
By Nicholas Sparks
The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins
Edgewood Independent School District
Suggested Summer Reading List