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CJH Summer 2016
Books We Recommend
SUMMER READING MATTERS!
· Maintain your skills—read 4+ books!
· Kids who read 25+ average-length novels a year score in the top 2% on standardized tests like the SAT
· Reading builds your vocabulary—don’t miss three months of learning!
(Source: Scholastic Instructor, Summer 2011)
Nonfiction
__Terrible Typhoid Mary
by Susan C. Bartoletti
__Dangerous by Steven Sheinkin
__Popular by Maya Van Wagenen
__Boys in the Boat by Daniel J. Brown
__Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle
__The Strange Wilderness (Audubon)
by Nancy Plain
__Breakthrough: How Three People Saved
“Blue Babies” by Jim Murphy
Fiction
__Trials of Apollo: Hidden Oracle
by Rick Riordan (his newest series)
__Booked: A Soccer Novel
by Kwame Alexander
__Jackaby by William Ritter
__Sing Down the Stars by L. J. Hatton
__I Become Shadow by Joe Shine
__ The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
__Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
__The Statistical Probability of Love at First
Sight by Jennifer Smith
__Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
__Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older
__Listen to the Moon by Michael Morpurgo
__Nation by Terry Pratchett
__I am Princess X by Cherie Priest
*CJH FAVORITE BOOKS
__The Giver by Lois Lowry
__ The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
(Students love all John Green books.)
__13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
__To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
__ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
__Wonder by R. J. Palacio
__Crossover by Kwame Alexander
*CJH FAVORITE SERIES/AUTHORS
__Divergent by Veronica Roth
__The 5th Wave by Richard Yancy
__Maze Runner by James Dashner
__The Selection by Kiera Cass
__Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
__Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
(Students love all Riordan series.)
__Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
__Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
__ Mortal Instruments by C. Clare
__Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
__Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan
__The Taking by Kimberly Derting
__The Enemy by Charlie Higson
__Wolves of Mercy Falls by M. Stiefvater
__The Missing by M. Haddix Peterson
__Sports Authors: Mike Lupica, Carl
Deuker, Tim Green, John Feinstein
*Determined by student voting and library usage statistics.
CJH TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS
Check out the CJH Library website for more information about the recommended books and for more teacher recommendations.
__Mrs. Bradley: Every Last Word
__Mrs. Davis: I am Number Four
__Mrs. Hofstrand: The Alchemist
__Mr. McWhirter Ranger’s Apprentice
__Mrs. Murphy: Running Out of Time
__Mrs. Krogh: Abarat
__Mrs. Reed: Between Shades of Gray
LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE BOOKS AT:
· CJH Library Website
· Commonsensemedia.org
· Goodreads.com
· Pierce County Library
· Barnes and Noble
· Amazon.com