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2012-2013 SCMS Summer Reading List for 9th grade Honors Language Arts And Geography

You MUST read the first 3 books and choose 2 from the list below

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1. Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody (must read) Non-fiction

A story about a woman who marries an Iranian man that takes her to Iran and plans to keep her and their daughter there. It is her story of how she escaped with her daughter.

2. Good Earth by Pearl Buck (must read) Fiction

The story of China before the vast political and social upheavals transformed an essentially agrarian country into the world power it is today.

3. Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs (must read) Fiction

The story is about a 15 year old boy that crosses from Mexico into the U.S. illegally seeking a better life.

The three books above must be read and all pages of the literature log filled in. In addition to these 3 books you must choose 2 more from the list below. The literature log must be filled in but the last geography page may not apply to the book you choose so it can be left out. All books have a lexile of 1000 or above.

• Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (must do geography page with this book) Nonfiction
• Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Fiction
• Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther Nonfiction
• Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Fiction
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell Fiction
• 1984 by George Orwell Fiction
• One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox Nonfiction
• Parallel Journeys by Eleanor H. Ayer Nonfiction
• The Pearl by John Steinbeck Fiction
• The Pigman by Paul Zindel Fiction
• To Sir, With Love by E.R. Braithwaite Nonfiction
• The Story of My Life by Helen Keller Nonfiction
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (geography can be used here) Fiction
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Fiction
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Fiction

Literature Log