Shmoop is a Beta site filled with study guides and teacher resources on a wide variety of topics. They have a put together a list of 20 recommended reads for students (tweens & teens) to check out this summer. It's a great list, with a combination of YA and Adult books put together by their members.
The Top 20 Books for Students to Read in Summer 2010*
In order of most votes
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Graceling, by Kristin Cashore
Unwind, by Neal Shusterman
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer
Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: Young Reader’s Edition, by Michael Pollan
Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay
Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead
* As voted on by teachers & librarians
I've read 8 of the ones listed and decided to read the other 12 over the summer.
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I've read 10/20. Started The Help yesterday so will soon be at 11.
ReplyDeleteSome of the above books are on my favourite- books-of-all-time list..... but I haven't been a student in many a year (officially at school, that is! Always learning though.....)
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