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Lenape High School | Harrington Middle School | Hartford Middle School

 

Suggested Reading Lists by Topic

New! Manga- Love manga but need a new series to read? Never read manga before but don't know where to start? This list is for you!

Printz Award Winners- Awarded annually for excellence in Young Adult Literature

TAB Recommends- reading recommended by our Teen Advisory Board

Verse Novels- longer stories told through poetry

Twilight- books for everyone who loved the Twilight series

Not YA for YA- books you might like that are not Young Adult novels

GLBTQ- books featuring charactes who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning

Even More GLTBQ! - an updated list of books featuring characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning

Metamorphosis- books about change

Chick Lit

Music

Sports

Urban Fiction

 

Suggested Reading lists by Grade

Grades 7-8- Suggested summer reading 2010

Grades 9-10- Suggested summer reading 2010

Grades 11-12- Suggested summer reading 2010

Grades 7-8- summer reading suggestions from 2009

Grades 9-10- summer reading suggestions from 2009

Grades 11-12- summer reading suggestions from 2009

 

Lenape High School
One Book, One School Selection:
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by Greg Neri
***This book is on reserve at Info Desk and can be read in the library. No waiting!

AP Language and Composition (Junior AP)
In addition to the One Book, One School assignment, all AP Language and Literature students must read the following:
1984 by George Orwell
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
R.W. Emerson's "Nature" and H.D. Thoreau’s "Walking", both of which are available at http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/
Neil Postman’s “Propaganda”, which is available at http://neilpostman.org/articles/etc_36-2-postman.pdf

For more information about this assignment, see AP Summer Reading

AP Literature and Composition (Senior AP)
In addition to the One Book, One School assignment, all AP Literature and Composition students must read the following:
How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (trans. Constance Garnett)
Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton Or A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

For more information about this assignment, see AP Summer Reading

AP Modern European History
A World Lit Only by Fire by William Manchester. Please check with Lenape High School for more information.

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Harrington Middle School
Students may select their own summer reading titles.
Mount Laurel Library Suggested Reading List
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Hartford Middle School
Students may select their own summer reading titles.
Mount Laurel Schools Suggested Reading List
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NoveList
NoveList allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles of interest. You can explore fiction types such as mysteries, romance, science fiction, horror, and other genres. Searches can be done to find a favorite author or title in the database and use that title to find similar titles. Give it a try! Go to NoveList

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Book Reviews for Teens
Looking for something to read? These websites always have good suggestions.

Harrington Middle School Library book blog

The Grouchy Café

Teenreads.com

Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists!

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