English I Summer Assignment
Choose a book that deals with acceptance, tolerance, and/or bullying.
You may pick a book from the following list or another book from the Gateway List. This list can be found at the following links: http://www.maslonline.org/?ArchivedGateway and http://thelibrary.org/teens/blgateway.cfm.
Suggested List
Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
We Were Here by Matt de la Pena
If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can’t Have by Allen Zadoff
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
Diva by Alex Flinn
Born to Rock by Gordon Korman
Sold by Patricia McCormick
Rooftop by Paul Volponi
Lock & Key by Sarah Dessen
Playing with Matches by Brian Katcher
Wake by Lisa McMann
Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Billie Standish Was Here by Nancy Crocker
Tallgrass by Sandra Dalla
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Boot Camp by Todd Strasser
Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn
The Contender by Robert Lypsite
**A Separate Peace by John Knowles
**The Chosen by Chaim Potok
**Rebecca by Daphne DuMarier
** denotes challenging books for the college-bound reader
Active Reading Guide: As you read, pay special attention to the internal and external conflicts in the story. Also, consider with which characters you can relate. Note passages that reveal these conflicts and characters. You may want to take notes or mark pages in your book for use in an activity relating to this book during the first week of school.
Please email questions concerning this assignment to Mrs. Sarah Vogelman, Communication Arts Department Chair, at sarahvogelman@wentzville.k12.mo.us.
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