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Read for a Lifetime

Read for a Lifetime. "Read for a Lifetime"" is the first statewide reading program to target high school students. The primary goal of the program is to promote the enjoyment of reading, by encouraging students to read both classic and contemporary literature. It is our hope that by participating in "Read for a Lifetime", the students will develop a love of books and reading that will last a lifetime. .

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Read for a Lifetime

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    1. Read for a Lifetime

    2. Read for a Lifetime "Read for a Lifetime"" is the first statewide reading program to target high school students. The primary goal of the program is to promote the enjoyment of reading, by encouraging students to read both classic and contemporary literature. It is our hope that by participating in "Read for a Lifetime", the students will develop a love of books and reading that will last a lifetime.  

    3. Read for a Lifetime Students participating in "Read for a Lifetime" must read at least four books from the designated titles list, prior to April 1, 2007. Students register for the program with their English teacher or with the Library Media Staff during the first semester. Upon completion of the program, the "Read for a Lifetime" AT coordinator, Dr. Buch, will send a list of the participants to the Illinois State Library.  

    4. Students completing the program requirements will receive a Certificate of Accomplishment from Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White and be recognized at the ATHS spring awards assembly.

    5. Read for a Lifetime Non-Fiction

    6. A Wreath for Emmett Till Marilyn Nelson 48pges “In 1955, people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. Award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement. This martyrs wreath, woven from a little-known but sophisticated form of poetry, challenges us to speak out against modern-day injustices, to speak what we see.”

    7. Dear Miss Breed Jane Oppenheim 288 pgs “In the early 1940's, Clara Breed was the children's librarian at the San Diego Public Library. But she was also friend to dozens of Japanese American children and teens when war broke out in December of 1941. The story of what happened to these American citizens is movingly told through letters that her young friends wrote to Miss Breed during their internment. This remarkable librarian and humanitarian served as a lifeline to these imprisoned young people, and was brave enough to speak out against a shameful chapter in American history.”

    8. Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin From Scientist to Diplomat Joan Dash 256 pgs “At the time of his famous kite experiment, Benjamin Franklin was unaware that his theories about electricity had already made him a celebrity all over Europe, especially in France, where fashionable circles loved to discuss scientific discovery. Admired by the French court and beloved by French citizens, Franklin effectively became America's first foreign diplomat, later helping to enlist France's military and financial support for the American Revolution. A father of the revolution and a signer of the Constitution, Franklin was a lightning rod in political circles - a dangerous Engine, according to a critic.”

    9. Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt 256pgs “Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much heralded scholar who studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life — from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing — and whose conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. He usually begins with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics.”

    10. It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life Lance Armstrong 304pgs “World-class hero Lance Armstrong tells his inspiring story, from the dark night of advanced cancer through his dramatic victory in the 1999 Tour de France. Filled with the nutritional, physical, emotional, and spiritual details of his recovery, this autobiography traces the wondrous journey of one of America's greatest athletes to a singular appreciation of life lived to the fullest.”

    11. Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home Nando Parrado 304pgs “Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as well as their family members and supporters, to an exhibition game in Chile had crashed somewhere deep in the Andes. He soon learned that many were dead or dying — among them his own mother and sister. Those who remained were stranded on a lifeless glacier at nearly 12,000 feet above sea level, with no supplies and no means of summoning help. It is a revealing look at life at the edge of death and a meditation on the limitless redemptive power of love.”

    12. Please Stop Laughing At Me Jodee Blanco 276pgs “Jodee Blanco was once a troubled child, tormented by her school mates. In this moving account, Blanco describes how she was first victimized in a Roman Catholic grammar school because she defended some deaf children when they were picked on by hearing students. She gave the names of the ringleaders of this cruel activity to one of the nuns, and was subsequently ostracized by former friends for being a tattletale.”

    13. For Teens Only: Quotes, Notes, and Advice You Can Use Carol Weston 256pgs “Making friends, finding true love, enduring rough days at school, or just being yourself — we all meet new (and old!) challenges every day. Carol Weston, teen advice columnist, has good advice for whatever you're facing. Carol collects the words and thoughts of the wisest and wittiest thinkers of all time from every corner of the globe, from Pablo Picasso to Jennifer Lopez; from Mark Twain to Indira Gandhi and Halle Berry. Then she adds her own insights, collected over the years from her conversations and correspondence with thousands of real teens.”

    14. Love Always, Petra: A Story of Courage and the Discovery of Life's Hidden Gifts Petra Nemcova and Jane Scovell 208pgs “Model Petra Nemcova's charmed life was changed forever when the tsunami swept her boyfriend away, and left her with a broken pelvis - clinging to a tree for nearly eight hours. All of her proceeds from this book will be donated to the Give2Asia/Happy Hearts Fund helping to rebuild the areas hardest hit.”

    15. Read for a Lifetime Fiction

    16. A Bend in the Road Nicholas Sparks 384pgs “Deputy Miles Ryan's wife died in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. Now as Miles cares for their young son, Jonah, he longs to bring the unknown driver to justice. Miles soon meets Jonah's teacher, Sarah Andrews, who is rebuilding her own life. Slowly, they fall in love, but when a devastating secret is revealed, they question everything they've ever believed in.”

    17. A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life Dana Reinhardt 240pgs “Simone’s starting her junior year in high school. Her mom’s a lawyer for the ACLU, her dad’s a political cartoonist, so she’s grown up standing outside the organic food coop asking people to sign petitions for worthy causes. She’s got a terrific younger brother and amazing friends. And she’s got a secret crush on a really smart and funny guy–who spends all of his time with another girl. Then her birth mother contacts her.”

    18. A Great and Terrible Beauty Libba Bray 432pgs “It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls--and their foray into the spiritual world--lead to?”

    19. Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko 240 pgs “Moose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a prison guard and his sister, Natalie, can attend a special school. But Natalie has autism, and when she's denied admittance to the school, the stark setting of Alcatraz begins to unravel the tenuous coping mechanisms Moose's family has used for dealing with her disorder. When Moose meets Piper, the cute daughter of the Warden, he knows right off she's trouble. But she's also strangely irresistible. All Moose wants to do is protect Natalie, live up to his parents' expectations, and stay out of trouble. But on Alcatraz, trouble is never very far away. Set in 1935, when guards actually lived on Alcatraz Island with their families.”

    20. Buddha Boy Kathe Koja 117pgs “Condemned as a freak at his high school, Jinsen, called "Buddha Boy" by his classmates, is paired with Justin for a class project. While Justin discovers Jinsen's artistic side, he is forced into a cruel contest with the jocks who won't leave Jinsen alone.”

    21. Define Normal Julie Anne Peters 208pgs “Define "Normal" has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon. This is a thoughtful, wry story about two girls--a "punk" and a "priss"--who find themselves facing each other in a peer-counseling program, and discover that they have some surprising things in common.”

    22. Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered Gary Paulsen 168pgs “A young boy spends his 10th summer on his aunt and uncle's farm. His days are filled with back-breaking chores, gut-busting meals, and crazy escapades with his cousin. Paulsen offers a nostalgic and rollicking tale with characters asendearing as Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" and "Huck Finn."

    23. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince J.K. Rowling 672pg “The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of the Daily Prophet, looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet... As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate — and lose a few eyebrows in the process. The Weasley twins expand their business. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are never straightforward, though Harry receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. So it's the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered sixth installment of the story of Harry Potter. Here at Hogwarts, Harry will search for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort — and thereby find what may be his only vulnerability.”

    24. Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini 400pgs “An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also about the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.”

    25. My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult 432pgs “Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less? Should you follow your own heart, or let others lead you?”

    26. Petey Ben Mikaelsen 256pgs “This story is actually told in two parts. Part one of the novel relates Petey's background: in 1922, at the age of two, his distraught parents commit him to the state's insane asylum, unaware that their son is actually suffering from severe cerebral palsy. Petey avoids withdrawal and depression despite the horrific conditions in his new "home" and, over the course of 60 years, a string of caretakers befriends but then leaves him. The point of view in part two shifts from Petey to Trevor, an eighth-grader suffering from both lack of friends and lack of parental attention after a series of moves. Trevor finds the answer to his needs in an unlikely friendship with the 70-year-old Petey, who has moved to a nursing home.”

    27. Prom Laurie Halse Anderson 224pgs "Ashley Hannigan has her future all planned out. She'll graduate by the skin of her teeth (if she can serve the detentions she's racked up and pay her overdue book fines), and then she'll move into an apartment with her 19-year-old dropout boyfriend, T.J. The last thing on Ashley's mind is Senior Prom... but that's before a crisis hits Carceras High.”

    28. The Hot Zone Richard Preston 448pgs "Popular science writing at its best and the years most infectious page-turner" (People), this two-million-copy bestseller is "a top-drawer horror story...the best literary roller coaster of the fall"

    29. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis 190pgs “They open a door and enter a world Narnia ... a land frozen in eternalwinter ... a country waiting to be set free. Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia — a land enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change ... and a great sacrifice.”

    30. The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 272pgs “Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each other's lives. What happens then?”

    31. The Truth About Forever Sarah Dessen 384 pgs “Macy's summer stretches before her, carefully planned and outlined. She will spend her days sitting at the library information desk. She will spend her evenings studying for the SATs. But Macy's plans don't anticipate a surprising and chaotic job with Wish Catering, a motley crew of new friends, or ... Wes. Tattooed, artistic, anything-but-expected Wes. He doesn't fit Macy's life at all--so why does she feel so comfortable with him? So ... happy? What is it about him that makes her let down her guard and finally talk about how much she misses her father, who died before he eyes the year before?”

    32. Read for a Lifetime PP Works Cited: Powells.com. 07 07 2006. http://www.powells.com/review Follett Library Resources. 07 07 2006. http://www.titlewave.com/ Cyberdrive Illinois Read for a Lifetime. Illinois Secretary of State. 07 07 2006. http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/whats_new/pdfs/ReadingList.pdf

    33. Read for a Lifetime PP Questions… Contact: Elaine E. Buch, Ph.D. Media Center Director Addison Trail High School 213 North Lombard Road Addison, IL 60101 630-628-2611 630-458-4586 FAX ebuch@dupage88.net

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