Cedarbrook Summer Reading List 2016 Title Author 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Sean Covey After Tupac and D Foster Jacqueline Woodson In the New York City borough of Queens in 1996, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur's music, as together they try to make sense of the unpredictable world in which they live. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind William Kamkwamba African teenager William Kamkwamba explored science books in his village library when he was forced to drop out of school, and was able to change his family's life by creating a windmill to pump water for his family's farm. Kwame Alexander Twelve­year­old twins Josh and Jordan (JB) are a well­oiled machine on the basketball court. But then JB gets a girlfriend, and before Josh knows it, things start to change. Josh's narration is a combination of exciting play­by­play game details, insightful observations on middle school, and poignant meditations on sibling dynamics and familial love. This verse novel has massive appeal for reluctant readers. Larry Scheckel Curiosity stirs the soul, they say. Who has not wondered about how the human body works? Can a person drink too much water? How does gravity make things fall? Why do sunflowers always face the sun? What about a man flying with wings? How big would those wings have to be? How tall can a human grow? Mysteries lurk in our house, our body, the outdoors, in the heavens, and the universe. Over 250 "I always wondered about that" questions and answers are in this book. The Crossover Ask Your Science Teacher: Answers to Everyday Questions: Things you always wanted to know about how the world works Description Describes seven habits teenagers can cultivate to help them improve their self­images, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve goals, get along with parents, and make other positive changes in their lives. Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica­­and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica. Echo Pam Munoz Ryan Heat Mike Lupica Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof. Hoot Carl Hiaasen Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site. Inside Out & Back Again Thanhha Lai Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life­changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama. Planet Middle School Nikki Grimes Tesla's Attic Neal Shusterman With a plot combining science and the supernatural, four kids are caught up in a dangerous plan concocted by the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla *Students should not pick a pick they have already read. *Alternative: Any title from the 2017 Middle School Reading Olympics List except ​
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie.​
*Students can always e­mail Mrs. Cooper ([email protected]) to request permission to read an alternate title for summer reading. Summer Reading Assignment Summer months offer wonderful opportunities for students to improve their reading and writing. ​
The Cedarbrook staff suggests that middle school students should read a minimum of four books during the summer months. We require that all students select one book from our reading list or a book from the 2017 Reading Olympic LIst (excluding ​
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie). ​
If a student cannot find a book of interest on the list of suggestions or the Reading Olympics list, she or he may e­mail Mrs. Peggy Cooper, Cedarbrook Librarian at mcooper@cheltenhamorg, for permission to use an alternate selection. Students must keep a log of their summer reading selections. See page 3. Students must also complete the ¨Making Connections¨ Double Entry Organizer for the approved summer reading book. See Page 4. Making Connections Double Entry Journal The goal of making connections is to help you to access prior knowledge and experience in order to enhance your understanding of the text. Good readers are constantly connecting what they are reading to what they already know in order to clarify difficult concepts and improve comprehension. The three types of connections are: TEXT TO TEXT​
– “Does what you are reading remind you of another
book you’ve read, a movie you’ve seen, a song you like etc.?” TEXT TO SELF​
– “Does what you are reading remind you of something you have experienced, can you identify with the characters’ thoughts, actions feelings etc?” TEXT TO WORLD​
– “Does what you are reading remind you of something you know about from the real world, the news, history etc?” Name:
Book Title: Making Connections Double Entry Journal In this column, ​
choose a quote or situation In this column, record your thoughts or from the text that you can connect to yourself, reactions and explain the connections. the world, or to another text. Record the quote or situation and the page number. ​
Summer Reading Log­ ​
Students can either use Noodletools or the sheet below to log summer reading. To Use Noodletools: 1.​
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Using your Noodletools account, create a new project called Reading Log 2016­17. Use MLA Junior. 2. ​
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Click on the Bibliography link at the top of the page. 3. ​
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Create a bibliographic citation for each book you read. Follow the directions on the Noodletools wizard. 4. ​
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At the very bottom of the citation basic information page, there is a section for annotation. In this section, type in the date you finished the book, the number of pages in the book, the genre of the book, and any other information that you want to share. If you do not want to use Noodletools, list your summer reading selections in the spaces below. Book Title Author Genre Number of Pages Any Questions? E­mail Mrs. Cooper ([email protected]).