Dive Into a Great Book!
Avon Park High School – Independent Reading Log for ______________________________________ (Your Name)
You may read a book of your choice. It should be one that is age and grade level appropriate. Ask a librarian, teacher, or bookseller
for a recommendation.
Title of Book
and Author
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Dates
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Initials
Rating
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Book Notes: (Write at least 10 sentences as you are reading the book)-these should be your personal reflections/thoughts
concerning the book. Not just a summary.
F/NF= Fiction or Nonfiction
Initials= Parent, Teacher, or Librarian Initials
Rating= from 5—sensational to 1—boring
Vocabulary-Write down 10 new vocabulary words and the definitions that you learned from reading the book.
Word
Definition
Write a 5 sentence review of the book. Remember to recommend the book. Do not summarize the plot.
Grades 9-12
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The Real Question, Adrian Fogelin
Solomon, Marilyn B. Shaw
The Yearling, Marjorie K. Rawlings
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success, Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, and Sharon Draper
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
Money Hungry, Sharon Flake
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft, Thor Heyerdahl
Taken, Edward Bloor
Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S, Cynthia Barnett
Southern Comforts: Rooted in a Florida Place, Sudye Cauthen
Looking for the New Deal, Elna C. Green 
Breaking Point, Alex Flinn
Flush, Carl Hiaasen
Night, Elie Wiesel
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque 
A Separate Peace, John Knowles
Whispers from the Bay, John Tkac
Imaginary Enemy, Julie Gonzalez
The First Hollywood Florida and the Golden Age of Silent Filmmaking, Shawn Bean
The New Deal in South Florida, John Stuart & John Stack, Eds.
Pilgrim in the Land of Alligators: More Stories about Real Florida, Jeff Klinkenberg
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
The Everglades, River of Grass, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas
In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Álvarez 
Florida Cowboys, Carlton Ward Jr.
The Great Wide Sea, M. H. Herlong
When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead
November Blues, Sharon Draper
Replacing Dad, Shelley Frazer Mickle
Alligator Bayou, Napoli, Donna Jo
Marcelo in the Real World, Stork, Francisco
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland, Walker, Sally M.
The Trouble With Panthers, Hall, William Culyer
Cookie & Me, Ryals, Mary Jane
The Shakespeare Stealer, Blackwood, Gary
Reubin O'D. Askew and the Golden Age of Florida Politics, Dyckman, Martin A.
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Cloaked, Flinn, Alex
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery, Sheinkin, Steve
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science, Aronson, Marc and Budhos, Marina
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Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way), Macy, Sue
Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein, Rubin, Susan Goldman
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Carson, Ben
You may also find more selections for High School readers at www.justreadflorida.com under the Student Section – For Teens, by Teens
recommended reading.