Lincoln Middle School Summer Reading 2014 For

Lincoln Middle School
Summer Reading 2014
For: All Incoming 7th Graders
and
All Incoming 8th Graders
All Students are REQUIRED to read 1 Fiction & 1 Non-Fiction Book this summer.
You may choose any books on this suggested list or any other book.
Books may be checked out from the LMS library or from the Passaic Public Library.
You may also read the LMS ebooks which are available 24/7 at the link below.
http://tinyurl.com/LMSFollettShelf
All students are REQUIRED to create a PROJECT for EACH book read. The
projects are listed below and will be submitted to your LAL teacher.
Read a Non Fiction Book: Write 4
Surprising! Interesting! Wow! Cool!
Read a Fiction Book. Choose your
favorite character and create a trading
facts that you learned through
card at readwritethink.
reading your non fiction book and
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroo
explain why they are important.
m-resources/studentinteractives/trading-card-creator30056.html Or create one on paper:
Your card must include a description of
the character, insights to the
Choose 6 songs that you feel would
help create a soundtrack (or
playlist) to your book. For each
song list the title, artist, and an
explanation of why this song is
appropriate for your book and at
what point it would begin playing.
Finally, create an appropriate cover
for the playlist. You can use the
template at this site to create your
cover:
http://www.readwritethink.org/cla
ssroom-resources/studentinteractives/cover-creator30065.html
characters thoughts and feelings,
character development (Problem, goal,
outcome), memorable interactions
(quote) and personal connections (How
does the character get along with
others?)
Read a book of your choice. Uncover the best
moments of the book that will make us want to
read it and illustrate them (in order) by
drawing a series of cartoons on paper or by
using
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/ to
create the cartoon online. Don’t forget to print
it or email it when you are finished.
Non-Fiction
Amelia Lost: the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart
by Candace Fleming Lexile 930
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors
Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi by Neal
Bascomb. Winner of the YALSA Award for Excellence in
NonFiction for Young Adults. Lexile 1000
Chronicles the dramatic search for pilot
Amelia Earhart after she mysteriously
disappeared during her attempt to
circumnavigate the globe at its widest
point. Includes black-and-white photos
and traces her flight route. Amelia Lost
Book Trailer
Bomb: the Race to Build and steal the world’s most
dangerous weapon by Steve Sheinkin Lexile 920
At the end of World War II, Adolf
Eichmann, the head of operations for
the Nazis' Final Solution, walked into
the mountains of Germany and
vanished from view. Sixteen years later,
an elite team of spies captured him at a
bus stop in Argentina and smuggled
him to Israel, resulting in one of the century's most
important trials.
Examines the history of the atom bomb,
from the 1938 discovery that the uranium
atom could be split through the race to
develop, steal, and use the atom bomb in
World War II to establish world military
dominance by scientists and spies in
America, Britain, Russia, and Germany.
Bomb Book Trailer
The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe
by Loree Griffin Burns Lexile 1120
In 2006, nearly 40 per cent of the
honeybee population in the United States
simply vanished. Bee scientists and
beekeepers across the country have been
working to understand “colony collapse
disorder.” Photographs and scientific
journals help tell the story.
10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War by
Philip Caputo Lexile 1210
This is a straightforward overview with
pictures of the Vietnam War.
Find information about library resources and
Log In Directions for ebooks here:
Summer Reading LibGuide
Realistic Fiction
Summer Ball. Also Travel Team & the Big Field by Mike
Lupica Lexile 910
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Lexile 600
After he is cut from his travel
basketball team--the very same
team that his father once led to
national prominence--twelveyear-old Danny Walker forms his
own team of cast-offs that might
have a shot at victory. Book
Trailer
Belly spends every summer at her
mom’s best friend’s beach house.
Susannah’s sons, Conrad and
Jeremiah, are always there and
have been like brothers to her.
But that all changes the summer
Belly turns pretty.
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tom
Greenwald Lexile 830
Summer of the mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Lexile 840
In an adventure reminiscent of
Homer's Odyssey, fifteen-year-old
Odilia and her four younger sisters
embark on a journey to return a
dead man to his family in Mexico,
aided by La Llorona, but impeded by
a witch, a warlock, chupacabras, and
more.
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.
Lexile 570. Winner of the 2013 John Newbery Medal
Spectators come to see Ivan, a silverback
gorilla, and other animals housed behind
the glass walls in the Big Top Mall. He is
content until Ruby, a baby elephant from
Africa, joins the group. Ivan is now
determined to find her a way out of this
caged existence. This is loosely based on a true story.
Ivan Book Trailer
Summer Before Boys by Nora Raleigh Baskin Lexile 720
Julia and Eliza are lifelong friends who
have shared everything until one
develops her first real crush. The girls
find themselves drifting apart until
Eliza does something drastic to win
back her best friend.
SummerBeforeBoys
Charlie Joe Jackson hates to read. He
hates to read so much he’ll do whatever
it takes to NOT read. Charlie Joe’s perfect
record of not reading is at stake as he
enters middle school. Will he finally be
forced to read a book or will his streak
continue? Also, Charlie Joe Jackson’s
Guide To Extra Credit.
CharleyJoeJackson trailer
I Funny by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein.
Lexile 610
Resolving to become the world's greatest standup comedian despite less-than-funny challenges
in his life, wheelchair-bound middle school
student Jamie Grimm endures bullying from his
mean-spirited cousin and hopes he will be fairly
judged when he enters a local comedy contest.
.
Counting by 7’s by Holly Sloan Lexile 770
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old
Beatrice Prior must choose among five pedetermined factions to define her identity
for the rest of her life, a decision made more
difficult when she discovers that she is an
anomaly who does not fit into any one
group, and that the society she lives in is not
perfect after all.
Countingby7sTrailer
Books Into Movies 2014
The Hobbit, or, There and back again by J.R.R. Tolkein
Lexile 1000.
The adventures of a magical little
person, smaller than a dwarf, who
lived in a magnificently furnished
home in the ground in the land of
Middle-Earth. The Hobbit Movie
Trailer
The Giver by Lois Lowry. Lexile 760
Given his lifetime assignment at the
Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas
becomes the receiver of memories
shared by only one other. He then
learns the terrible truth about the
Community. The Giver Trailer
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. Lexile 800.
Katniss Everdeen, having survived
the Hunger Games twice, learns she
and her family and friends are in
danger because the Capitol holds
her responsible for the unrest and
races against time to protect those
she cares about and the people of
District 12. Mockingjay Trailer
The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch
by Joseph Delaney. Lexile 850.
Young Tom, the seventh son of a
seventh son, starts work as an
apprentice for the village spook,
whose job is to protect ordinary folk
from “ghouls, boggarts and all manner
of wicked beasties.”TheLastApprentice
Trailer
The Maze Runner by James Dashner. Lexile 770.
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up
with no memory in the middle of a
maze and realizes he must work with
the community in which he finds
himself if he is to escape. Maze Runner
Trailer
Award Winners 2014
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman. Winner of the 2013
William Morris Award. Lexile 760.
In a world where dragons and humans
coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons
can assume human form, Seraphina,
whose mother died giving birth to her,
grapples with her own identity amid
magical secrets and royal scandals,
while she struggles to accept and develop her
extraordinary musical talents. Trailer
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by
Ransom Riggs. Lexile 890.
Sixteen-year-old Jacob, having
traveled to a remote island after a
family tragedy, discovers an
abandoned orphanage, and, after
some investigating, he learns the
children who lived there may have
been dangerous and quarantined
and may also still be alive.
Miss Peregrine
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris
Grabenstein. Winner of 2014 Agatha
Award & ALSC Notable Book. Lexile
720.
A group of kids are excited to spend a fun
night at a lock-in at Mr. Lemoncello's
newly opened library. However, the event
is quite literal--now they will have to band together to find
a way out before it is too late. Lemoncello's Library
Trailer
Award Winners (continued).
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s greatest abolitionist by
Margarita Engle. Winner of the Pura Belpre Honor
Award.
In free verse, evokes the voice of
Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a
book-loving writer, feminist, and
abolitionist who courageously fought
injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba.
Includes historical notes, excerpts
from her writings, biographical
information, and source notes.
PS Be Eleven by Rita Williams Garcia. Winner of the
2014 Coretta Scott King Award
Amidst the changes overtaking her
world in the 1960s, from the rise of
the Jackson 5 to her father's new
girlfriend, eleven-year-old Delphine
struggles to keep her life in order. As
she contends with one issue after
another, writing letters to her mother
to gain confidence, she gains the strength to push forward
while trying to stay true to her mother's insistence that
she not grow up too fast.
Graphic Novels
The Odyssey : a graphic novel by Gareth Hinds.
Lexile 840
Retells in graphic novel format,
Homer’s epic tale of Odysseus, the
ancient Greek hero who encounters
witches and other obstacles on his
journey home after fighting in the
Trojan War.
Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol . Lexile 300
Anya, embarrassed by her Russian
immigrant family and self-conscious
about her body, has given up on
fitting in at school but falling down a
well and making friends with the
ghost there just may be worse.
Trailer
Bluffton: my summers with Buster by Matt Phelan
In the summer of 1908, in
Muskegon, Michigan, a visiting
troupe of vaudeville performers
is about the most exciting thing
since baseball. They're
summering in nearby Bluffton, so
Henry has a few months to ogle
the elephant and the zebra, the
tightrope walkers and a slapstick
actor his own age named Buster Keaton. Henry longs to
learn to take a fall like Buster, "the human mop," but
Buster just wants to play ball with Henry and his friends.
Trailer
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen
Lexile 870
Captain of the basketball team Charlie
and president of the robotics club Nate
battle it out in a school class election
campaign for funding to cover a robotics
competition or new cheerleading
uniforms.
Dystopian Fiction
Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Lexile 790
Cinder, a gifted mechanic and a cyborg with a
mysterious past, is blamed by her stepmother for
her stepsister’s illness while a deadly plague
decimates the population of New Beijing, but
when Cinder’s life gets intertwined with Prince
Kai’s, she finds herself at the center of an
intergalactic struggle. Cinder Trailer
The Selection by Kiera Cass Lexile 680.
Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living
in the caste-divided nation of Illea,
which formed after the war that
destroyed the United States. America is
chosen to compete in the Selection--a
contest to see which girl can win the
heart of Illea's prince--but all she really
wants is a chance for a future with her
secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her.
Trailer
A todos los estudiantes se les REQUIERE leer Dos libros este verano.
Tú puede seleccionar cualquier libro de los sugeridos en la lista.
Los libros pueden ser obtenidos en la biblioteca de LMS o de la Biblioteca
Pública de Passaic.
También puedes leer los libros electrónicos de LMS que están disponibles
24/7 en el enlace que sigue.
http://tinyurl.com/LMSFollettShelf
Lee un Libro Ganador de
Lee un libro de Ficción. Selecciona tu
Premio: ¿Estás de acuerdo de
personaje favorito y crea una tarjeta
que es un libro ganado de
premio? Escribe su opinión y
explica por qué piensa así.
coleccionable en readwritethink.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/student-interactives/tradingcard-creator-30056.html O crea una en
papel: Tu tarjeta debe incluir una
descripción del personaje, ideas sobre los
pensamientos de los personajes y
Selecciona 6 canciones que tú
piensas que ayudarían a crear la
banda sonora (o un álbum) para tu
libro. Para cada canción nombra el
título, el/la artista y una
explicación de por qué esta canción
es apropiada para tu libro y en qué
momento comenzaría a sonar.
Finalmente, crea una cubierta
apropiada para tu álbum. Puedes
usar la planilla en este sitio para
crear tu cubierta.:
http://www.readwritethink.org/cla
ssroom-resources/studentinteractives/cover-creator30065.html
sentimientos, desarrollo del personaje
(problema, meta, resultado), interacciones
memorables (cita) y conexiones personales
(¿cómo el personaje se lleva con otros?
Lee un libro de tu elección. Descubre los
mejores momentos del libro que nos hagan a
nosotros querer leerlo e ilústralos (en orden)
dibujando una serie de viñetas en papel o
usando http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
para crear las viñetas online.
to create the cartoon online.
Spanish Books (Libros en
espanol)
Viaje al centro de la Tierra por Julio Verne
Three men dare to venture into a
subterranean world full of danger and
beauty, discovering many unusual
things on their trip to the Earth's
mysterious core. Tres hombres se
arriesgan a aventurarse en un mundo
subterráneo de peligro y belleza,
descubriendo muchas cosas inusuales
en su viaje al centro de la Tierra.
Lucha libre por Xavier Garza
When Carlitos attends a wrestling
match in Mexico City with his father,
his favorite masked-wrestler has
eyes that are strangely familiar.
Presented in English and Spanish.
Cuando Carlitos asiste con su padre
a un combate de lucha en la ciudad
de México, su favorito luchador
enmascarado tiene ojos que son
extrañamente familiares.
Identificacion by Vicki Grant. Traducido por Queta Fernandez
Chris, who is in trouble at home and at
school, finds a wallet on the street and
attempts to do the correct thing by
returning it to its owner, but as his life
continues to worsen, he notices that he
looks a lot like the person who owns the
wallet, and wonders if he could switch
identities. Chris, que tiene problemas en casa, encuentra una
cartera en la calle e intenta hacer lo correcto devolviéndosela a
su dueño, pero a medida que su vida continua empeorando, se
da cuenta que se parece mucho la persona dueña de la cartera y
le viene la idea de si podría cambiar las identidades.
relatos de la vida peregrina de un niño campesino por
Francisco Jiménez
Francisco Jimenez chronicles the experiences
he had after his family left Mexico for
California when he was just a child. Francisco
Jiménez narra las experiencias que él tiene
después de que su familia dejó México por
California cuando él era solamente un niño.
La Seleccion by Kiera Cass
Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in
the caste-divided nation of Illea, which
formed after the war that destroyed the
United States. America is chosen to compete
in the Selection--a contest to see which girl
can win the heart of Illea's prince--but all
she really wants is a chance for a future with
her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below
her. La cantante americana de dieciséis años
está viviendo en la nación de Illea, dividida
por castas, que se formó después de que la guerra que destruyó
a Los Estados Unidos. América es seleccionada para competir en
la Selección – un competición para ver que chica puede ganar el
corazón del príncipe de Illea – pero todo lo que ella quiere es la
oportunidad de un futuro con su amor secreto, Aspen, que es de
una casta por debajo de la suya. .
The rebel =El rebelde por Carl Sommer
Spike, a bully, gets caught in one of the traps
he set on the bike path, and finds himself
facing a freezing night with a broken leg
unless one of the kids he bullied will help
him. Spike, un intimidador (bully), se ve
atrapado en una de las trampas que él
mismo colocó en el camino de bicicletas; y
se encuentra frente una helada noche con
su pierna rota salvo que uno de los chicos
que el intimidó le pueda ayudar.
The Day it Snowed Tortillas = El día que nevaron tortillas :
folktales told in Spanish and English por Joe Hayes
Presents ten classic folktales from New
Mexico, including "Pedro and Diablo,"
"The Cricket," "La Llorona," and "Juan
Camison," presented in English with
Spanish translations on facing pages.
Presenta diez cuentos populares de
Nuevo México, incluyendo “Pedroy
Diablo,” “El grillo,” “La llorona” y “Juan
Camisón”