Summer Reading

1. Summer Reading Vista Murrieta High School Library

2. READING SUGGESTIONS

3. CYRM Selections 2011/12 Graceling by Kristin Cashore Beastly by Alex Flinn If I Stay by Gayle Forman Young Adult Category

4. CYRM Selections 2011/12 Revolution is Not a Dinner Party: A Novel by Ying Chang Compestine Waiting for Normal by Leslie Conner Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass 9th Grade Category

5. Read all three in each category and vote for your favorite

6. Graceling by Kristin Cashore Katsa has a Grace for killing.She never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace—or about a terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with wordsalone. CYRM YA

7. Beastly by Alex Flinn I am a beast. A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog, but a horrible new creature who walks upright – a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster. CYRM YA

8. If I Stay by Gayle Forman In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen-year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck... CYRM YA

9. Revolution is Not A Dinner Party by Yin Chang Compestine When Ling's father saves a political poet, he is taken into custody, and Ling and her mother must survive alone as further horrors unfold CYRM 9th

10. Waiting for Normal by Leslie Conner Addie is waiting for normal. But Addie's mom has an all-or-nothing approach to life: her way or no way. All or nothing never adds up to normal. CYRM 9th

11. Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass The lives of three very different teenagers intersect during a rare and total solar eclipse. CYRM 9th

12. Or How About One of These?

13. Twenty Boy Summerby Sarah Ockler “Don’t worry, Anna. I’ll tell her, okay? Just let me think about the best way to do it.”“Okay.”“Promise me? Promise you won’t say anything?”“Don’t worry.” I laughed. “It’s our secret, right?”

14. Alex Rider Series byAnthony Horowitz Appearance: Alex is well built, with short fair hair and brown eyes.Early Life: A few months after his birth, Alex's parents, John and Helen Rider, were killed in a plane crash. Alex was then raised by his uncle, Ian Rider. Current status: Alex lives in London with his legal guardian, Jack Starbright. He attends Brookland School.MI6 status: After the death of his uncle, Alex began to work with MI6 on special assignments. See mission files for more information.

15. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

16. Chronicles of Vladimir Todby Heather Brewer • Twelfth Grade KillsIt all comes down to this. Vlad’s running out of time, the Elysian Council has given him only weeks to live.  In this epic finale to the heart-stopping Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, dark secrets will be revealed, old friends will become enemies, and warm blood will run cold.  Just be careful it isn’t yours. So much for college applications..

17. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen It’s been so long since Auden slept at night. Ever since her parents’ divorce—or since the fighting started. Now she has the chance to spend a carefree summer with her dad and his new family in the charming beach town where they live.

18. The Boys of Summerby Roger Kahn A book about America, about fathers and sons, prejudice and courage, triumph and disaster, and told with warmth, humor, wit, candor, and love.

19. Summer Ballby Mike Lupica When you're the smallest kid playing a big man's game, the challenges never stop-especially when your name is Danny Walker.

20. Grace Happensby Jan M. Czech Fifteen-year-old Grace lives an unusual life. Her mother, Constance Meredith, is an A-list movie star in high demand and ruthlessly hunted by the paparazzi. Grace has never had a real home or attended a regular school; she grew up on movie sets and is homeschooled by a live-in teacher. Her life may not be normal, but it isn't all that bad.

21. My Almost Epic Summerby Adele Griffin After being fired from her mother's salon, Irene has to find a summer job quickly. She'd rather be drawing the hairstyles of heroines from literature, her passion. She carries her notebook and a few classic books everywhere, looking for inspiration.

22. Airbornby Kenneth Oppel Matt Cruse is the 15-year-old cabin boy aboard the Aurora, the 900-foot luxury airship he has called home for the past two years. Then one night, over the middle of the ocean, deadly air pirates board the Aurora. Far from any hope of rescue, Kate and Matt are flung into adventures beyond all imagining. . .

23. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly Two girls, two centuries apart. One never knowing the other. But when Andi finds Alexandrine’s diary, she recognizes something in her words and is moved to the point of obsession. There’s comfort and distraction for Andi in the journal’s antique pages—until, on a midnight journey through the catacombs of Paris…

24. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets.

25. ENJOY!

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