Books Recommended By Ms. Appel
While I have many more books I would like to recommend to parents, these are the “classics” most commonly recommended to students in “rigorous” middle and high schools. I am working on compiling a much more diverse list that captures the range, color, texture and depth of the real “American Voice” where all our cultural origins are expressed, honored and celebrated! More to come…
Also, here are some suggested Reading Websites for Literature
Middle School Suggested Summer Reading Websites for Literature:
· http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal
· http://www.ala.org/yalsa/bookawards/booklists/members
· http://www.ala.org/yalsa/best-fiction-young-adults
· http://www.ala.org/yalsa/nonfiction-award
High School Suggested Summer Reading Websites for Literature
· http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet23
· https://www.thoughtco.com/top-books-for-high-school-seniors-740078
Challenge 3
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Ask Me No Questions Marina Budhos
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
1984 George Orwell
The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury
The Life of Pi Yann Martel
The Call of the Wild Jack London
Dracula Bram Stoker
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Barbara Kingsolver
Cartoon Guide to the Environment Larry Gonick & Alice Outwater [graphic format]
Charles Darwin On the Origin of the Species Michael Keller[graphic format]
High Tide in Tucson Barbara Kingsolver
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Selected Essays Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Odyssey Homer
Selected Tales Edgar Allan Poe
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas Frederick Douglas
The Wright Brothers Russell Freedman
Challenge 2
Peter Pan J.M. Barrie
The Red Pony John Steinbeck
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith
Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne
Born Confused Tanuja Desai Hidier
The Chocolate War Robert Cormier
Cube 15 Nancy Osa
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon
Dandelion Wine Ray Bradbury
Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson
The Highest Tide Jim Lynch
Jasmin’s Notebook Nikki Grimes
Looking for Alaska John Gree
Return to Sender Julia Alvarez
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
A Separate Peace John Knowles
A Summer Life Gary Soto
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
Dealing with Dragons (series) Patricia Wrede
Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine
Eragon (series) Christopher Paolini
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Neil Gaiman
Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie
Artemis Fowl (series) Eoin Colfer
The Merlin Effect (series) T. A. Brown
A Wizard of Earthsea (series) Ursula K. Le Guin
Romiette and Julio Sharon Draper
The Maze Runner James Dashner
Mythology Edith Hamilton
The Book Thief Marcus Zusak
Chains Laurie Halse Anderson
Leonardo’s Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci’s Servant Christopher Grey
Number the Stars Lois Lowry
The Circuit Fransisco Jimenez
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (series) Maya Angelou
The Chosen Chaim Potok
Within Reach: My Everest Story Mark Pfetzer and Jack Galvin
Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Mango-Shaped Space Wendy Mass
Meet the Austins (series) Madeleine L’Engle
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton
Stargirl Jerry Spinelli
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (series) Douglas Adams
The Report Card Andrew Clements
Small Steps Louis Sachar
The Fault In Our Stars John Green
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman
The Ancient One (series) T. A. Barron
Chew on This Charles Wilson
Clan Apis Jay Hosler (graphic format)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Jacqueline Kelly
Omnivore’s Dilemma Michael Pollan
Scat Carl Hiaasen
Challenge 1
Autobiography of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis
Chasing Redbird Sharon Creech
Criss Cross Lynne Rae Perkins
Hatchet (series) by Gary Paulsen
The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
The Lion, the witch , and the Wardrobe (series) by C. S. Lewis
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Hunger Games (series) Suzanne Collins
The Last Book in the Universe Rodman Philbrick
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis
The Smile Donna Jo Napoli
Hoot Carl Hiaasen
Iqbal Fransesco D’Adamo
Gathering Blue Lois Lowry
Hungry Planet: What the Word Eats Peter Menzel (photo journal)
My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George