Round Rock High School

Round Rock High School

300 N. Lake Creek Dr.

Round Rock TX, 78681

512-464-6000

April 9th, 2014

Dear Parent(s) or Guardian(s),

World Geography students will be working in Literature Circles during the last two weeks of school, in order to explore the subject of Geography using different media. For students to participate in the assignment, they will need to select and purchase one of the following books to read:

Half of a Yellow SunNectar in a Sieve- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden

Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind- William Kamkwamba

The Unwanted: Memoir of Childhood- Kien Nguyen

Confessions of an Economic Hitman- John Perkins

A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini

Midnights Children- Salman Rushdie

World War Z- Max Brooks

The House on Mango Street- Sandra Cisneros

Crossing the Wire- Will Hobbs

If a student is unable to purchase a book please communicate this to your teacher as a limited number of copies will be available to borrow.

If you have any questions regarding this assignment, please contact your student’s World Geography teacher.

Ms. Jennifer Ferguson

Ms. Emily Ward

Mr. Jose Aguirre

Mr. Cody Blake

Mr. Kyle Kilbane

Mr. Jared Sealy

Mr. Nolan Turner