OBHS Summer Reading 2013
The purpose of the Olive Branch High School Summer Reading Program is to enhance students’ enjoyment of reading and to challenge students to read more often.
Choose the OBHS Feature Read The Berlin Boxing Club(for sale at OBHS for $8.50) or one of the following book options.
Be prepared to complete an in-class writing assignment during second block on Tuesday, August 20.Be sure you can answer questions about setting, plot, and characters
Extra credit (5 points): Bring a copy of your book to show to your second block teacher. Electronic devices are acceptable.
Divergent by VeronicaRoth
In dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions: the honest, the selfless, the brave, the peaceful, and the intelligent. On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives.
For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is – she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
UnWholly by NealShusterman
It’s finally here. The long-awaited sequel to the bestselling Unwind!! Cam is a product of unwinding; made entirely of the parts of other unwinds, he is a teen who does not technically exist.
A futuristic Frankenstein, Cam struggles with a search for identity and meaning and wonders if a rewound being can have a soul.
Wonder by R.J.Palacio
I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.
August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid – but his new classmates can’t see past Auggie’s extraordinary face.
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
by Jennifer Smith
Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old HadleySullivan’s life. Having missed her flight, she’s stuck at JFK airport and late to her father’s second wedding, which is taking place in London.
Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport’s cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he’s British, and he’s sitting in her row.
The Fault In Our Stars by JohnGreen
At 16, HazelGraceLancaster, a three-year stage IV-cancer survivor, is clinically depressed. To help her deal with this, her doctor sends her to a weekly support group where she meets
AugustusWaters, a fellow cancer survivor, and the two fall in love.
SummerReading Sponsors: KyleBrigance, AllysonKillough, CarrieCurran, PriscillaJackson,
CarolMcRae, AmandaRhymer, and MeredithTalley