Westchester Academy for International Studies

 2007 Summer Reading

       
       
6th grade Choose One Tangerine Bloor
    Becoming Naomi Leon Munoz-Ryan
    Crash Spinelli
  Choose One Any title of your choice  
  6th grade students will read a total of 2 books    
       
7th grade Choose One Freak the Mighty Philsbrick
    A Corner of the Universe Martin
    Never Mind Avi
    You may choose to read all 3 for extra credit  
       
8th grade Choose Two Catalyst Laurie Halse Anderson
    Stargirl Jerry Spinelli
    One Fat Summer Robert Lipsyte
    Slam! Walter Dean Myers
       
9th grade Choose One Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko
    Staying Fat for Sarah Burns Chris Crutcher
    Skellig David Almond
    Chinese Cinderella Yen Mah
  All Read This Isaac's Storm Erik Larson
       
10th grade Choose One Ironman Chris Crutcher
    My Sister's Keeper Picoult
    The Color of Water McBride
    Speak Laurie Halse Anderson
    How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent Julia Alvarez
    The Mists of Avalon Bradley
    Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver
    Founding Mothers Roberts
    Peace Like a River Enger
       
11th grade Choose One Shadow Divers Kurson
    Devil in the White City Larson
    Whale Talk Chris Crutcher
    Bag of Bones King 
    Kitchen Confidential Bourdain
    Five People You Meet in Heaven Alborn
    In the Time of the Butterflies Julia Alvarez
    Hole in My Life Jack Gantos
    The Lovely Bones Sebold
    Cold Mountain  Frazier
    Emma's War Scroggins
    1776 McCullough
  AP also read one of these The Color Purple Alice Walker
    The Lord of the Flies Golding
    AP students will read 2 books      
    IB students should talk to Ms. Arbuckle  
       
12th grade      
Grade Level Read this The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Haddon
AP/IB Read this All the Pretty Horses McCarthy
  Choose one Dune Herbert
    Namesake Lahiri
    A Yellow Raft and Blue Water Dorris
    Under the Banner of Heaven Krakauer
    Oryx and Krake Atwood
    Eaters of the Dead Creighton
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Haddon
    Carmelo Cisneros
    The Poisonwood Bible Kingsolver
    A Confederacy of Dunces Toole
    The World is Flat Friedman
    AP/IB students should read at least 2 books  

 

 

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