10th Grade Summer Reading
Hello Everyone,
I cannot wait to meet all of you! I did get to meet a few students at the Family Night, and look forward to meeting everyone else. One thing you should know about me right from the start is that I am a total book freak, nerd, geek. I read ALL THE TIME. I also listen to audiobooks on my long commute back and forth from work. If you haven’t tried listening to audiobooks you should, many are free on YouTube.
I thought it would be fun to share some books with you and connect with you throughout the summer. I created this page: https://www.facebook.com/SLAbeeberbooktalk so we can discuss books, share pictures of our favorite titles, our reading nooks, and more. I am including a list of books that you might like. I have read many of them and most listed will be available in my classroom library. I created the following list to help you find some fun summer reads. Also, don’t be afraid to read the classics. They might take a bit more patience and effort, but they are so worth it (Think SAT). Well, except for Wuthering Heights. I just really didn’t like that one, but maybe you will fall in love with it. Many people have. You are required to read at least two books and share your reactions on FB. You may choose something from this list or choose your own book and add it to the list. Please don’t delete anything. Have a great summer, and don’t forget to read!
Leaness’ List
There are so many more, and some of my favorites I did not add because I am hoping to use them in class.
A few books listed below have Graphic Content (language, sex, drugs) Please discuss with your parent/guardian before reading these!
Dystopian Novels
House of the Scorpion
Hunger Games Series
Divergent Series
Maze Runner Series
The Selection Series
Matched Series
Uglies Series
Delirium Series
Unwind Series
Gone Series
The 5th Wave
Graphic Content
Handmaid’s Tale
The Circle
Social Issues/Coming of Age
Thirteen Reasons Why
Everyday
Speak
One For the Murphy’s
Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
Winter Girls
My Sister’s Keeper
This Song Will Save Your Life
Fat Kid Rules the World
Saint Iggy
Being Henry David
The Bluest Eye
Smashed
The Future of Us
We Were Liars
The Edumacation of Jay Baker
Graphic Content
Go Ask Alice
Crank Series
Historical Fiction
Roots
Code Name Verity
Between Shades of Gray
Out of the Easy
Chains
Copper Sun
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
When the Emperor Was Divine
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
The Girl With The Pearl Earring
Sarah’s Key
The Things They Carried
Graphic Content
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Memoir/Biography/Autobiography
The Color of Water
I Am Malala
Diary of Anne Frank
Black Boy
Born on a Blue Day
Steve Jobs
Tuesdays With Morrie
Into Thin Air
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The Last Lecture
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Night
The Glass Castle
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Romance
The Fault in Our Stars
Looking For Alaska
Paper Towns
Anna and the French Kiss
This is What Happy Looks Like
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
The Geography of You and Me
If I Stay/Where She Went
Just Listen (or anything from Sarah Dessen)
Graphic Content
Eleanor and Park (language alert)
Where the Stars Still Shine
Fantasy/Sci Fi
Harry Potter Series
Enders Game
The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings Series
Cinder Series
Fallen Series
Twilight Series
Daughter of Smoke and Bone Series
Fahrenheit 451
Feed
Miss peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Series
Graphic Content
These Broken Stars
Shatter Me Series
Grasshopper Jungle
Classic Books to help prepare you for SAT
Have you read any?
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
The Awakening
The Red Badge of Courage
Don Quixote
The Three Musketeers
The Great Gatsby
The Scarlet Letter
Catch-22
Brave New World
The Metamorphosis
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Call of the Wild
Beloved
The Bell Jar
The Catcher in the Rye
The Grapes of Wrath
Treasure Island
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Candide
Slaughterhouse -Five
The Color Purple
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Native Son
Frankenstein
Dracula
Heart of Darkness
SparkNotes also has a series of novels designed for the SAT: http://www.sparknotes.com/satfiction/
On my To Be Read (TBR) List
Americanah
Goldfinch
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Alias Grace
The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories
The Luxe
The Girl You Left Behind
The Bear
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Well’s End
Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore
The Beginning of Everything
All the Light We Cannot See
Heart of Darkness
House of the Scorpion
War and Peace (just kidding)
If you do not feel comfortable posting on the FB page you can email me at aleaness@slabeeber.org to talk about what you are reading.