***Summer reading assignment for incoming 9th graders

 

***LoMA Suggested Summer Reading List for Incoming 9th Graders  (choose a book below or select a book of your choice that you'd like to read)

 

1. ​Copper Sun​by Sharon Draper
2. ​Into the Wild​by John Krakauer

 

3. ​Perks of Being a Wallflower​by Stephen Chbosky

 

4. ​Beyond Magenta​by Susan Kuklin

 

5. ​Diary of a Tokyo Teen​by Christine Mari Inzer

 

6. ​Annie John​by Jamaica Kincaid

 

7. ​A Thousand Splendid Summers​by Khaled Hosseini

 

8. ​House on Mango Street​by Sandra Cisneros

9.​Fallen Angels​by Walter Dean Myers

10. ​Flight​by Sherman Alexie

 

Assignment:

• Choose one book from this list, ​or
• Choose one book that you like

 

• Write a one-paragraph summary for the back of book jacket such as this one for Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet":

 

Example:

 

Two young, star-crossed lovers find themselves in the middle of a war between families. It's love at first sight, and Romeo and Juliet only want to be together. But what to do when mom and dad say no, and nobody understands you? Rebel! That path, however, leads not just to love and romance, but to dark secrets and a tragic ending. Everybody cries and everybody dies in this classic tale of love and loss from William Shakespeare.

 

 

• Alternate assignment:

 

Create your paragraph as a graphic summary. ​See example below