O’Maley Middle School Summer Reading 2010
Grade Six
All Read: The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
Choice Book:
Al Capone Shines my Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
The Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry
Neil Armstrong is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino
The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech
Grade Seven
ALL GRADE READ: Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
Choice:
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
Unremarkable Tom’s life changes forever when he meets Jessica who is receiving treatment for severe burns. This heart wrenching, coming-of-age story is about integrity, friendship, adolescent insecurities and the value of life. An Unstoppable read.
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was a truly extraordinary Viking Hero, Warrior Chieftain, awesome sword-fighter and amateur naturalist, he was known throughout Vikingdom as ‘the Dragon Whisperer’ on account of his amazing power over these terrifying beasts. But it wasn’t always like that.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
When Thomas wakes up in the life, the only thing he can remember is his first name. He has no recollection of his parents, his home, or how he got to where he is. His memory is black but he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade, a large expanse enclosed by stone walls.
Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they arrived at the Glade. The Gladers were expecting Thomas’s arrival. The Gladers have always been convinced that if they can solve the maze that surrounds the Glade, they might be able to find their way home….wherever that may be.
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Three brothers struggle to stay together after their parent’s death, as they search for an identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society in which they find themselves “outsiders”.
The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman
Anthony “Antsy” Bonano and his buddies are intrigued by Calvin Schwa, a middle school classmate deemed ‘functionally invisible’. Testing the Schwa-Effect, Antsy scores an unlikely friendship from which he might gain more than he gives. Pranks, plots, humor, antics, consequences, and the blind and beautiful Lexie, add up to an A+ story.
Slam by Walter Dean Myers
Sixteen-year-old “Slam” Harris is counting on noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.
Ten Hours Until Dawn by Michael Tougias
Before The Perfect Storm, there was the 1978 blizzard that lashed the Massachusetts coast with blinding snow, 90-mile-per-hour winds and 40-foot waves. As in The Perfect Storm, all hands were lost; but since the Can Do sank only a few agonizing miles from shore, there are records of terse radio transmissions to help the author recreate their last desperate hours.
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
One day in 1993, high up in the world’s most inhospitable mountains, Greg Mortenson wandered lost and alone, after a failed attempt to climb K2, the world’s deadliest peak. When the people of an impoverished village in Pakistan’s Karakoram Himalaya took him in and nursed him back to health, Mortenson made an impulsive promise: He would return one day and build them a school. Although he was a homeless “climbing bum” living out of his aging Buick in Berkeley, California, Mortenson sold what few possessions he had to launch one of the most remarkable humanitarian campaigns of our times. Either adult or teen edition.
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