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暑期阅读
五年级(八年级)暑期阅读
Required Book For Students Entering Grade 8 (第五个形式) in September
- There will be a one-week unit focused on this book to start the year.
- Bring the book with you to school and make sure it is fresh in your mind.
- 你阅读时不需要作注释.
从下面的书单中选择并阅读至少一本书. The third book you choose may be from the list, or any book of your liking.
- There will be small group discussions on and/or small activities pertaining to the books chosen.
- 你不需要在你读的书上做注释.
从下面的书单中选择并阅读至少一本书. The third book you choose may be from the list, or any book of your liking.
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一个属于自己的地方
一个属于自己的地方 辛西娅·卡多哈塔著. 从Goodreads, “一个日裔美国家庭, reeling from their ill-treatment in the Japanese internment camps, 放弃美国公民身份搬回广岛, unaware of the devastation wreaked by the atomic bomb in this piercing look at the aftermath of World War II by Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata.” -
看不见的线
看不见的线 Laura Schroff和Alex Tresniowski. 从Goodreads, “在一个下雨的下午, 在纽约市拥挤的街角, 11岁的莫里斯遇到了劳拉. 莫里斯向劳拉要零钱，因为他饿了, and something made Laura stop and ask Maurice if she could take him to lunch. Maurice and Laura went to lunch together, and also bought ice cream cones and played video games. It was the beginning of an unlikely and magical friendship that changed both of their lives forever.” -
苹果在中间
苹果在中间 唐恩·奎格利. 从Goodreads, “Apple Starkington turned her back on her Native American heritage the moment she was called a racial slur. Not that she really even knew HOW to be an Indian in the first place. 可惜白人世界也不接受她. 于是，她的古怪习惯开始获得认可. 苹果公司的名字, 是她的印度母亲临终前选择的, 有双重含义:我的掌上明珠, 但也有负面含义:红色的人, 或印度, 在外面, 但是里面是白色的. 在她富有的(白人)父亲在一个夏天把她解雇后, Apple reluctantly agrees to visit her Native American relatives on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in northern North Dakota for the first time, 这应该很简单, 但事实并非如此. Apple shatters Indian stereotypes and learns what it means to find her place in a world divided by color.” -
后卫的男孩
后卫的男孩 约翰·范斯坦. 根据 学校图书馆学报， “一个铆钉, 关于幕后的警示故事, 有天赋的高中运动员面临着巨大的金钱压力. . . . Timely hot topics are embedded in this action-packed sports story. 读者们将屏住呼吸等待特雷尔的最终决定.” -
密码通讯员:一部关于二战纳瓦霍海军陆战队的小说
密码通讯员:一部关于二战纳瓦霍海军陆战队的小说 约瑟夫·布鲁查克. 根据学校图书馆杂志，“Bruchac's gentle prose presents a clear historical picture of young men in wartime, 在太平洋上跳岛, 在瓜达尔卡纳尔岛发动战争, 布干维尔岛, 还有硫磺岛. 布鲁查克的故事既不耸人听闻，又准确无误，悄无声息地鼓舞人心..." -
我是信使
我是信使 Markus Zusak著. 来自常识媒体，”艾德是个失败者. 他的朋友都是失败者. He drives a cab, lives in a shack, hangs out, plays cards, gets drunk. 他的狗有气味. 他母亲瞧不起他. 他爱的女孩不爱他. That's his life, until the day he accidentally captures a bank robber who's an even bigger loser. He has his five minutes of local fame and is happy to go back to his slacker life. 但几天后，他的邮箱里收到了一张方块a, 上面写着三个地址和时间. 在每个地址和时间, 艾德找到了需要帮助的人, 一些乐趣(一个需要有人陪伴的老太太), 有些更狠(虐待妻子的残忍男人). 因为他不断收到关于其他人的线索, 他发现他对自己的看法, 以及他与亲友的关系, 正在改变, 但仍有一个谜:是谁给他发送了这些线索, 为什么? 这个神秘的人怎么知道这么多?” -
稀薄空气
稀薄空气 由乔恩 科莱考尔. 从Goodreads, “不远的地平线上聚集着一团云, 而是记者兼登山家乔恩·克拉考尔, 站在山顶. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down.他错了. 暴风雨, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including 科莱考尔's--in guilt-ridden disarray, 也会为《彩票加拿大28平台app下载》提供动力, 克拉考尔对1996年5月灾难的史诗般的描述.” -
大奖
大奖 尼克·斯通. 据《彩票加拿大28平台app下载》报道， “充满丰富的角色发展, 聪明的对话, and a layered exploration of financial precariousness… Stone delivers a thoughtful and polished novel about class, 特权, 以及相对贫困.” -
两面看:十个街区讲述的故事
两面看:十个街区讲述的故事 作者:Jason Reynolds. 从Goodreads, “Jason Reynolds conjures ten tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings, 并巧妙地将它们编织成一个邪恶的幽默, 我们在回家的路上所走的弯路让人心酸, 在生活中.” -
3月
3月 作者:约翰·刘易斯和安德鲁·艾丁. 来自常识媒体，”MARCH跟随现实生活中的美国大学.S. 众议员约翰·刘易斯(D-Ga.他早年在阿拉巴马州的养鸡场工作, 他反对他心爱的鸟被杀死的方式, through his education about the birth of the civil rights movement, 直到他作为非暴力学生抗议者的经历. Much of this graphic novel focuses on the sit-ins at Nashville department-store lunch counters in 1960 and how they led to a confrontation on the steps of the town's city hall.” -
迈尔斯·莫拉莱斯——蜘蛛侠
迈尔斯·莫拉莱斯:蜘蛛侠 作者:Jason Reynolds. 来自Goodreads，“迈尔斯·莫拉莱斯只是一个普通的青少年. 每周日和他父母共进晚餐, 和他最好的朋友一起玩老式电子游戏, Ganke, 迷恋聪明, 美丽的诗人艾丽西亚. He’s even got a scholarship spot at the prestigious Brooklyn Visions Academy. 哦对，他是蜘蛛侠.” -
东方快车谋杀案
东方快车谋杀案 阿加莎·克里斯蒂. 从Goodreads, “Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, 但到了早上，少了一名乘客. 一位美国大亨死在他的车厢里, 被刺了十几刀, 他的门从里面锁上了. 孤立无援，还有个杀手在他们中间, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer—in case he or she decides to strike again.” -
无鞋的乔
无鞋的乔 由W. P. Kinsella. Goodreads写道:“‘如果你建好了，他就会来.’ These mysterious words inspire Ray Kinsella to create a cornfield baseball diamond in honor of his hero, 不穿鞋的乔·杰克逊. 接下来的就是丰富, nostalgic look at one of our most cherished national pastimes and a remarkable story about fathers and sons, 爱与家庭, 还有找到回家路的无比喜悦.” -
给我一个信号
给我一个信号 作者:Ann Clare LeZotte. 从Goodreads, “Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha's Vineyard. Her great-grandfather was an early English settler and the first deaf islander. 现在, 一百多年后, 那里的许多人——包括玛丽——都是聋子, 几乎每个人都能用手语交流. 玛丽从未感到孤立. 她为自己的血统感到自豪. 但最近的事件带来了变革之风. 玛丽的哥哥去世了，她的家庭支离破碎. Tensions over land disputes are mounting between English settlers and the Wampanoag people. 一个狡猾的年轻科学家来了, hoping to discover the origin of the island's prevalent deafness. His maniacal drive to find answers soon renders Mary a "live specimen" in a cruel experiment. 她努力自救是这部小说的核心.” -
真正的传奇
真正的传奇 作者:Mike Lupica. 来自Goodreads，“队友称他为‘真’是有原因的.“因为篮球天才德鲁·罗宾逊, 没有什么比他在球场上的天赋更真实的了. It's the kind that comes along once in a generation and is loaded with perks--and with problems. 没过多久, True相信他自己的炒作, 这让他母亲很懊恼, who wants to keep her boy's head grounded--and suddenly trouble has a way of finding him. 这是, until a washed-up former playground legend steps back onto the court and takes True under his wing." -
我们不会保持沉默
我们不会保持沉默: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler 作者:罗素·弗里德曼. 根据 学校图书馆学报， "A highly readable and well-documented overview of a fascinating aspect of World War II."
