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Nashua School District English Teachers                 Program Brochure (PDF)
SUMMER READING SUGGESTIONS 2010      
Incoming Freshman

Students entering grade 9 are expected to read at least one book from the following titles. Read the brochure for directions on how to report your book to the district.

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The Acorn People by Ron Jones	Non fiction
Aftershock by Kelly Easton	Coming of age
The Aguero Sisters by Cristina Garcia-Williams	Multi-cultural
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho	Coming of age
Anime by Hal Marcovitz	Non-fiction
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver	Multi-cultural
Beastly by Alex Flinn	Fantasy
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey	Historical Fiction
Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant	Adventure
A Bone from a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson	Adventure
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer	Challenges
The Chosen by Chaim Potok	Coming of age
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain. (Google Scholar)	Humor
Crooked River by Shelley Pearsall	Historical fiction
Dawn by Octavia Butler	Science fiction/Fantasy
Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther	Memoir
Dragon and Thief: A Dragonback Adventure by Timothy Zahn	Science fiction/Fantasy
The Duel: The Parallel Life of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr by Judith St. George	Non-fiction
The Education of Little Tree by Asa Earl Carter	Multi-cultural
Emako Blue by Brenda Woods	Coming of age
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Louise Engdahl	Science fiction/Fantasy
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card	Science fiction/Fantasy
Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman	Modern reality
Escape by Sea by L.S. Lawrence	Historical Fiction
Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serailler	Historical Fiction
Estrella's Quinceanera by Malin Alegria	Coming of age
Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov	Science fiction/Fantasy
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom	Inspirational
George Washington, Spymaster by Thomas B. Allen	Non-fiction
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous	Challenges
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens	Coming of age
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (Google Scholar)	Adventure
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson	Coming of age
Holes by Louis Sachar	Adventure
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer	Challenges
I am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shield	Biography
The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk by Jennifer Niven	Non-fiction
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury	Science fiction/Fantasy
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer	Non-fiction/Adventure
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer	Non-fiction/Adventure
Jack London: A Biography by Daniel Dyer	Biography
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (Google Scholar)	Science fiction/Fantasy
Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt	Fantasy
The Legend of Bass Reeves by Gary Paulsen	Non-fiction
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines	Challenges
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury	Science fiction/Fantasy
My Antonia by Willa Cather	Historical fiction
Navajo Code Talkers by Nathan Aaseng	Non-fiction
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly	Historical Fiction
On the Bus: A Novel of Families Trapped by Forced Busing by Kimberly Scott	Historical Fiction
Our Town by Thornton Wilder	Historical fiction
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle	Humor
Peeling the Onion by Wendy Orr	Challenges
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger	Non-fiction/Adventure
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (Google Scholar)	Historical Fiction
Reality Check by Peter Abrahams	Coming of age
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (Google Scholar)	Adventure
The Secret of the Rose by Sarah L. Thomson	Historical Fiction
A Separate Peace by John Knowles	Coming of Age
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge	Challenges
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar	Coming of age
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson	Challenges
Tangerine by Edward Bloor	Multi-cultural
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien	Historical fiction
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (Google Scholar)	Science fiction/Fantasy
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith	Coming of age
Vegetables Rock: A Complete Guide for Teenage Vegetarians by Stephanie Pierson	Non-fiction
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson	Non-fiction
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima	Fantasy
Watership Down by Richard Adams	Fantasy
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher	Challenges
When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago	Memoir
A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson	Non-fiction
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris	Multi-cultural