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Summer Reading List: English 9 CP and Resource CenterContemporary Books0-2540A Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahWatch the TrailerIshmael Beah describes his experiences after he was driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a soldier for three years before being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States. 229 pages03810The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonWatch the TrailerDespite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother. 226 pages00Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean MyersWatch the TrailerRobin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him. 290 pages0635Eleanor and Park by Rainbow RowellWatch the TrailerSet over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. 328 pages0-1905Swamplandia by Karen RussellAs their island home and alligator-wrestling theme park is threatened by a sophisticated competitor, twelve-year-old Ava struggles to cope with her mother's death while her sister, brother, and father all try to deal with their grief in their own unusual ways. 315 pages01905Scythe by Neal ShustermanWatch the TrailerIn a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't. 433 pages0-4445The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasWatch the TrailerAfter witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died. 444 pages0635 The Good Thief by Hannah TintiWatch the TrailerYoung Ren, an orphan in nineteenth-century New England, is rescued from the orphanage by Benjamin Nab, who claims to be Ren's brother; but as time goes on Ren begins to question who he can and cannot trust. 327 pages00Code Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinWatch the TrailerIn 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can. 339 pages ................
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