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Summer Reading Position StatementSummer reading improves students’ reading stamina, comprehension, and confidence. Most importantly, summer reading inspires students to develop a lifelong love of reading. This summer, we are encouraging students to read what they love: any genre, any medium, any style. By allowing students to select their own texts and to sustain that reading over the summer, we hope students’ identities as readers will continue to grow throughout the summer months as they read for enjoyment, read to preview upcoming texts, and read to travel to the destiny of their choosing.Next StepsChoose one or all of the following to guide your summer reading journey! You may complete the Choice Board and/or the Reading Minutes Map using the resources below:Choose reading options from any of the links below. 2020 Fall Virtual Book Discussions SuggestionsListen to audio books on Visit the BCPL website to learn more and register for the BCPL Summer Reading Program (Begins July 1, 2020) or to check out an e-book.Other places to access eBooks or purchase books inexpensivelyDestiny on BCPSOneTeen Book Cloud on BCPSOneBCPL Overdrive (online)Maryland Book Bank 1794 Union Ave, Balt MD 21211Bookbub (online)Project Gutenberg (online)PDF Book World (online)International Digital Children’s Library (online)Open Library (online)Complete your Choice board using any of the options below or create your own!Read 20 minutes before you go to bed.Read all 4 sides of a cereal boxResearch a career that interests you. How much $ do they make? How do they make a difference in our world?Turn on Closed Captioning and read while you watch TV or a movie. Read and follow a recipe.Read outside.Read online about your favorite video game, influencer, hobby, or sport.Read the reviews of 2 movies you want to see: Try: or Read the lyrics to your favorite songs. Have you been getting any of the words wrong when you sing along?Make a grocery list and go to the store to find the items.Read a children’s book to a young child. Try to do it by video if you can’t get together.Write your own story and read it to someone else.Read every word printed on your favorite snack food bag or container. Then look up the weirdest-sounding ingredients online. Sample Student Choice BoardDate: 7/1Activity: Read 20 minutes before bed.Date: 7/2Activity: Read all four sides of a box of cereal.Date: 7/3Activity: Research video journalism. (I learned that they often work as freelance artists!)Date: 7/4Activity: Turn on Closed Captioning and read while watching The Lion King or other movie.Date: 7/5Activity: Read 20 minutes before bed.Date: 7/8Activity: Read and follow a recipe.Date: 7/9Activity: Check out an e- book from the HMS library through Destiny.Date: 7/11Activity: Read outsideDate: 7/13Activity: Read online about Animal Crossing.Date: 7/16Activity: Read the reviews of Trolls 2 and Abominable on Date: 7/17Activity: Read outside.Date: 7/18Activity: Read the lyrics to “Thunder” by Imagine Dragons.Date: 7/20Activity: Re-read your favorite bookDate: 7/22Activity: Make a grocery list and go to the store to find the items.Date: 7/25Activity: Read to a young child.Date: 7/30Activity: Write your own story and read it to someone else.Date: 8/5Activity: Read to a parent or older sibling.Date: 8/6Activity: Read outside.Date: 8/9Activity: Read a genre you don’t usually read.Date: 8/12Activity: Read 20 minutes before bed.Happy Reading! Please return your completed choice board and/or reading minutes map to your ELA teacher in September.This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NCThis Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NCThis Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NCThis Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NCHolabird’s Ebook ListIn support of Holabird’s summer reading program, here is a list of titles that students may want to read this summer. Reading enhances vocabulary and allows students to expand their horizons. All of the books below are e-books and can be found at: dreadful fate of Jonathan York a yarn for the strange at heartby Kory Merritt.Discover the horrible fate of Jonathan York as he sets out on his journey through a spooky forest with an alarming party of travelmates! Jonathan York has led a boring life - a pointless degree from the community college, a lackluster job at the General Store, and never any desire for something more exciting. But when fate leaves him stranded in a sinister land, he finds himself seeking an adventure of his own. Along the way he encounters ghoulish thieves, ravenous swamp monsters, a dastardly ice cream conspiracy, and a necromancer bent on human sacrifice. In this beautifully illustrated, four-color novel, Jonathan York's life takes a decidedly spooky turn!The midnight war of Mateo MartinezRobin Yardi."Mateo, a Mexican-American fourth grader from California, spots two skunks stealing his sister's trike. He launches a crusade to retrieve the trike and soon learns that the skunks are not only thieves---they can talk, too!"--Provided by publisher.The magnificent glass globeN.R. Bergeson."Eleven-year-old Mary dreams of one day visiting the Amazon. One day, Mary and her friends stumble upon an old travel trunk, once belonging to her grandfather, in the basement of the museum where her father works. Inside is a curious glass globe that when touched, transports them to the rainforest. Mary can't believe her luck. But the rainforest is dangerous. Poachers, poisonous creatures, and a villain intent on stealing the globe turn their adventure to a nightmare. To get back home, the friends must recover the globe, stop deadly poachers, find something to eat and drink, and make sure the globe doesn't fall into the wrong hands"The last humanLee Bacon.After machines take control of Earth, following the extinction of humans, twelve-year-old robot XR 935A confronts its prejudices about humans and begins to reconsider its own existence within robot society after discovering and befriending a twelve-year-old human girl.Zora and me. The cursed groundT.R. Simon."When Zora Neale Hurston and her best friend, Carrie Brown, discover that the town mute can speak after all, they think they've uncovered a big secret. But Mr. Polk's silence is just one piece of a larger puzzle that stretches back half a century to the tragic story of an enslaved girl named Lucia. As Zora's curiosity leads a reluctant Carrie deeper into the mystery, the story unfolds through alternating narratives. Lucia's struggle for freedom resonates through the years, threatening the future of America's first incorporated black township--the hometown of author Zora Neale Hurston"--Publisher provided.Beverly, right hereKate DiCamillo."Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. Now that she's fourteen years old, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but herself. Beverly doesn't want to depend on anyone, and she definitely doesn't want anyone to depend on her. But despite her best efforts, she can't help forming connections with the people around her--and gradually, she learns to see herself through their eyes"IllegalEoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin ; art by Giovanni Rigano."Ebo is alone. His brother, Kwame, has disappeared, and Ebo knows it can only be to attempt the hazardous journey to Europe, and a better life, the same journey their sister set out on months ago. But Ebo refuses to be left behind in Ghana. Ebo's epic quest takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli, and finally out to the merciless sea. But with every step he holds on to his hope for a new life, and a reunion with his family"Soupy leaves homewritten by Cecil Castellucci ; illustrated by Jose Pimienta."When Pearl runs away from her abusive father, she has nowhere to go--until she stumbles upon a disguise that gives her the key to a new identity. Reborn as a boy named Soupy, she hitches her star to Ramshackle, a hobo who takes her under his wing. Ramshackle's kindness and protection go a long way toward helping Soupy heal from her difficult past. But he has his own demons to wrestle with, and he'll need Soupy just as much as she needs him. Two misfits with no place to call home take a train-hopping journey from the cold heartbreak of their Eastern homes to the sunny promise of California in this Depression-era coming-of-age tale"The ghost collectorAllison Mills."Ghosts are everywhere in Shelly's life. Recently passed people, pets, and a boy who lives in the local graveyard and lends her Smiths tapes are all part of spirit world she and her grandmother are privy to. In the tradition of their Cree ancestors, Shelly and her grandmother help these lost souls transition to the next world by catching them in their hair. But when Shelly's mom dies, her relationship to ghosts--and death--changes. Instead of helping spirits move on, she starts bringing them home and hiding them in her room. But no matter how many ghosts she collects, Shelly can't ignore the one that's missing. Why hasn't her mom's ghost come home yet?"Game changerTommy Greenwald."While thirteen-year-old Teddy fights for his life after a football injury at training camp, his friends and family gather to support him and discuss events leading to his coma. Told through dialogue, text messages, newspaper articles, transcripts, an online forum, and Teddy's inner thoughts"Reboundby Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile.In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.24 hours in NowhereDusti Bowling.Thirteen-year-old Gus, having been saved from the bullying of Bo Taylor by Rossi Scott who agreed to trade her dirt bike in exchange for Gus being left alone, agrees to go into Dead Frenchman Mine with Rossi and two other kids to find a piece of gold to buy the bike back; and, while on their adventure, the four bond over how hard life is in their small town of Nowhere, Arizona.A sky full of starsLinda Williams Jackson.In Stillwater, Missippi, in 1955, thirteen-year-old African American Rose Lee Carter looks to her family and friends to understand her place in the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement.Diary of a wimpy kid cabin feverby Jeff Kinney.Greg, stuck indoors with his family over the holiday because of a blizzard, suffers from claustrophobia and worries they will not be able to weather the storm.Freedom of speechJennifer Mason."Readers learn the full extent of their freedom of speech. Modern court cases, particularly those having to do with students, show the relevance of this right in readers' lives"AdaptationGale George.Text and photographic illustrations provide information about adaptations of species to help them live, hunt and do their part in their ecosystems.Mira in the present tenseSita Brahmachari.Mira Levenson uses her diary to try and make sense of friendship, puberty, death, and other aspects of life as she approaches her twelfth birthday.After the ashesSara K. Joiner.In 1883, thirteen-year-old Katrien Courtlandt is more interested in science and exploring the Javanese jungle for beetles with her native friend than in becoming a young lady like her despised cousin Brigitta--but when Krakatoa erupts, the tsunami hits, and their families are swept away, the cousins must struggle to survive together.Racing dirt bikesJane Katirgis and James Holter.An introduction to racing dirt bikes.Child soldier when boys and girls are used in warwritten by Jessica Dee Humphreys & Michel Chikwanine ; illustrated by Claudia Dávila."[In graphic novel format looks at] Michel Chikwanine's account of his time in a rebel militia, his escape and his efforts to make a new life for himself and his family in Canada..."Camp Panda helping cubs return to the wildCatherine Thimmesh.Looks at attempts to save the dwindling giant panda population by having people dress up as pandas and teach panda cubs how to live and survive in the wild.The manatee scientist saving vulnerable speciesby Peter Lourie.An introduction to manatees and manatee conservation that includes photographs and information on the three different manatee species, their migration patterns, and their natural habitat.The princess bride S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventurethe "good parts" version, abridged by William Goldman.Westley, a farm boy, goes off to seek his fortune shortly after declaring his love for Buttercup, the most beautiful woman in the world, but their relationship is put to the test when his ship is captured by pirates and she is summoned to become the bride of the prince. Includes an "interview" with the characters and a discussion guide.Pennyroyal AcademyM. A. Larson."A girl from the forest enlists at Pennyroyal Academy, where princesses and knights are trained to battle the two great menaces of the day: witches and dragons"Gabriel Finley & the raven's riddleGeorge Hagen.Eleven-year-old Gabriel, with the help of the young raven Paladin, with whom he has a magical bond, travels to the foreboding land of Aviopolis, where he must face challenges and unanswerable riddles to rescue his long-missing father. ................
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