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Suggested Reading Lists by Topic

New! Realistic Fiction- books about as close to real life as you can get

Manga- Love manga but need a new series to read? Never read manga before and 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

Novels in Verse- 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

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

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

Summer Reading Lists

Lenape High School | Harrington Middle School | Hartford Middle School

Lenape High School
One Book, One School Selection:
I Am the Messenger by Marcus Zusak

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

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

AP Literature (Senior AP)

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton or I Am the Messenger by Marcus Zusak

How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster

For more information about this assignment, see AP Summer Reading

Visit the Lenape High School web site for information about other summer assignments.

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Harrington Middle School
Students may select their own summer reading titles.
Suggestions from the school media specialist for 7th graders
Suggestions from the school media specialist for 8th graders
Other suggested reading from Mount Laurel Schools
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Hartford School
Students may select their own summer reading titles.


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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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