Junior English Summer Reading assignments
Summer assignments are due on the Wednesday/Thursday you see your teacher.
Summer Reading assignment part I: The Great Gatsby
You will read The Great Gatsby and complete the plot line papers for the novel. Please be sure to have
the paperwork printed when you come to class.
You will have a reading assessment on the first day of school. Please be prepared.
Summer reading assignment part II:
Review the ALA reading list. Select and read two novels. Complete two plot line papers, one for each
novel you have selected. The plot line paper is attached to this document. This will be due by
Wednesday/Thursday of the first week of school.
2016 Selected Lists
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists
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*Top Ten pick
While these materials have been selected for ages 12-18, the titles on this list span a broad range of reading and maturity levels. We encourage adults to take an active role in
helping individual teens choose those books that are the best fit for them and their families.
Ahdieh, Renée. The Wrath and The Dawn. Putnam. 2015.
9780399171611.
Kern, Peggy. Little Peach. Harper/Balzer and Bray. 2015.
978006266958.
* Albertalli, Becky. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. Harper/
Balzer and Bray. 2015. 9780062348678.
Konigsberg, Bill. The Porcupine of Truth. Scholastic/Arthur A.
Levine. 2015. 9780545648936.
Almond, David. A Song for Ella Grey. Delacorte. 2015.
9780553533590.
Kornher-Stace, Nicole. Archivist Wasp. Big Mouth. 2015.
9781618730978.
* Bardugo, Leigh. Six of Crows. Holt. 2015. 9781627792127.
Larbalestier, Justine. Razorhurst. Soho Teen. 2015. 9781616955441.
Black, Holly. The Darkest Part of the Forest. Little, Brown. 2015.
9780316213073.
Leavitt, Martine. Calvin. Farrar. 2015. 9780374380731.
* Brooks, Kevin. The Bunker Diary. Lerner/Carolrhoda Lab. 2015.
9781467754200.
Cameron, Sharon. Rook. Scholastic. 2015. 9780545675994.
Carson, Rae. Walk On Earth a Stranger. Greenwillow. 2015.
9780062242914.
Lee, Stacey. Under a Painted Sky. Putnam. 2015. 9780399168031.
Maas, Sarah J. A Court of Thorns and Roses. Bloomsbury. 2015.
9781619634442.
Mackler, Carolyn. Infinite in Between. HarperTeen. 2015.
9780061731075.
* Crowder, Melanie. Audacity. Philomel. 2015. 9780399168994.
McLemore, Anna-Marie. The Weight of Feathers. St. Martin’s/
Thomas Dunne. 2015. 9781250058652.
Crowe, Chris. Death Coming up the Hill. HMH. 2014.
9780544302159.
Murphy, Julie. Dumplin’. Harper/Balzer and Bray. 2015.
9780062327185.
Demetrios, Heather. I’ll Meet You There. Holt. 2015. 9780805097955. Ness, Patrick. The Rest of Us Just Live Here. HarperTeen. 2015.
9780062403162.
Dessen, Sarah. Saint Anything. Viking. 2015. 9780451474704.
Donnelly, Jennifer. These Shallow Graves. Delacorte. 2015.
9780385737654.
Niven, Jennifer. All the Bright Places. Knopf. 2015. 9780385755887.
Oakes, Stephanie. The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly. Dial. 2015.
9780803740709.
Fowley-Doyle, Moïra. The Accident Season. Penguin/Kathy Dawson.
* Older, Daniel José. Shadowshaper. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
2015. 9780525429487.
Books. 2015. 9780545591614.
Frank, E.R. Dime. Atheneum. 2015. 9781481431606.
Pérez, Ashley Hope. Out of Darkness. Lerner/Carolrhoda Lab. 2015.
Gilbert, Kelly Loy. Conviction. Disney/Hyperion. 2015.
9781467742023.
9781423197386.
Quintero, Sofia. Show and Prove. Knopf. 2015. 9780375847073.
Graudin, Ryan. Wolf by Wolf. Little, Brown. 2015. 9780316405126.
Rabb, Margo. Kissing in America. HarperCollins. 2015.
Hand, Cynthia. The Last Time We Say Goodbye. HarperTeen. 2015.
9780062322371.
9780062318473.
Reid, Raziel. When Everything Feels Like the Movies. Perseus/
Hautman, Pete. Eden West. Candlewick. 2015. 9780763674182.
Arsenal Pulp. 2015. 9781551525747.
Hellisen, Cat. Beastkeeper. Holt. 2015. 9780805099805.
* Reynolds, Jason. The Boy in the Black Suit. Atheneum. 2015.
Heppermann, Christine. Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty. 9781442459502.
Greenwillow. 2014. 9780062289575.
Ritter, William. Beastly Bones: A Jackaby Novel. Algonquin. 2015.
Hunt, Leo. 13 Days of Midnight. Candlewick. 2015. 9780763678654. 9781616203542.
Jensen, Cordelia. Skyscraping. Philomel. 2015. 9780399167713.
Juby, Susan. The Truth Commission. Illustrated by Trevor Cooper.
Viking. 2015. 9780451468772.
Kaufman, Amie and Kristoff, Jay. Illuminae: The Illuminae Files_01.
Knopf. 2015. 9780553499117.
Rowell, Rainbow. Carry On. St. Martin’s Griffin. 2015.
9781250049551.
Rubin, Lance. Denton Little’s Deathdate. Knopf. 2015.
9780553496963.
2016 Selected Lists
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists
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*Top Ten pick
While these materials have been selected for ages 12-18, the titles on this list span a broad range of reading and maturity levels. We encourage adults to take an active role in
helping individual teens choose those books that are the best fit for them and their families.
* Ruby, Laura. Bone Gap. Harper/Balzer and Bray. 2015.
9780062317605.
Schlitz, Laura. The Hired Girl. Candlewick. 9780763678180.
* Shabazz, Ilyasah and Kekla Magoon. X: A Novel. Candlewick. 2015.
9780763669676.
* Shusterman, Neal. Challenger Deep. HarperTeen. 2015.
9780061134111.
* Silvera, Adam. More Happy than Not. Soho Teen. 2015.
9781616955601.
Smith, Andrew. The Alex Crow. Dutton. 2015. 9780525426530.
Spalding, Amy. Kissing Ted Callahan (and Other Guys). Poppy. 2015.
9780316371520.
Stead, Rebecca. Goodbye Stranger. Random/Wendy Lamb. 2015.
9780385743174.
Suma, Nova Ren. The Walls Around Us. Algonquin. 2015.
9781616203726.
Summers, Courtney. All the Rage. St. Martin’s Griffin. 2015.
9781250021915.
Tahir, Sabaa. An Ember in the Ashes. Razorbill. 2015. 978-1-59514803-2.
Toten, Teresa. The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B. Delacorte. 2015.
9780553507867.
Various. The Great War: Stories Inspired by Objects from the First
World War. Ill. by Jim Kay. Candlewick. 2015. 9780763675547.
Wagner, Laura Rose. Hold Tight, Don’t Let Go: A Novel of Haiti.
Abrams. 2015. 9781419712043.
Wiviott, Meg. Paper Hearts. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K.
McElderry Books. 2015. 9781481439831.
Wynne-Jones, Tim. The Emperor of Any Place. Candlewick. 2015.
9780763669737.
Yoon, Nicola. Everything, Everything. Delacorte. 2015.
9780553496642.
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Term:
Definition:
Theme
Central ideas in the novel; the
author’s meaning for the story
Exposition
The beginning of the story,
including the characters and
setting.
The problem that makes the story
interesting
The events that build suspense
and increase interest in a story
Conflict
Rising Action
Climax
The point of greatest suspense
and intensity; usually near the end
of the story
Falling Action
The events that wrap up the story
Resolution
How the story ends and the
problem is solved
Visual
Reminder:
Conflict
Plot Curve
Climax: The turning point in the story – the point of greatest conflict and intensity
Novel:
Author:
Rising Action:
What events, problems, and conflicts build suspense or increase complications in the story?
Climax
Falling Action:
What events help wrap up the
story?
Resolution:
Protagonist vs. Antagonist
Conflict
Exposition:
(Main Character)
How does the story end? How is the conflict resolved?
(Character who has
conflict with the main
character)
vs.
Setting:
Situation:
Characters:
Theme: The central ideas through the novel; the author’s reason for writing or the meaning of the story
Tone:
Mood:
Literary Archetypes:
Irony (Verbal, Dramatic, Situational):
Symbolism:
Foreshadowing:
Character Descriptions (Flat, Round, Static,
Dynamic):
Character Descriptions Continued
Character Descriptions Continued