[LM_NET] Hit-HS 9th Grade English Book Suggestion

[Nancy Carlson <Nan71753@AOL.COM>]

Original Question
Our 9th grade, level three (average student...not all great readers)  will
be 
choosing outside reading books shortly.  I would love to put  together a
list 
of some great suggestions.  This is where you come  in...do you have  any 
books that you could recommend?  You've made  me look good in the past,  so I
thank 
you in advance for your  help!

Responses:
Life of Pi by Martel, Razzle by Wittinger
Robert Jordan Wheel of Time series (boys love them)
Where I Want to Be  by Adele Griffin
Pegasus In Space
Beauty
Ten Little Indians
Animal Planet (the  domestic side)
 My Kingdom for a Horse
Farley, Walter.  The Black  Stallion
Farley, Walter.  The Black Stallion’s Sulky Colt
Farley,  Walter.  The Island Stallion Races.
Peck, Robert Newton.  Horse  Thief.
Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony
 
 Its Reigning Cats & Dogs
Avi.  The Good Dog
Bickham,  Jack.  All the Days Were Summer
Burnford, Sheila.  The Incredible  Journey
Gipson, Fred.  Old Yeller
London, Jack.  Call of the  Wild
Mikaelsen, Ben.  Rescue Josh McGuire
Paterson, Katherine.   The Field of Dogs
Paulsen, Gary.  Dog Song
Paulsen, Gary.    The Haymeadow
Pomeroy, Pete.  The Mallory Burn
 
Animal Planet (the wild side)
Avi.  The Good Dog
Brenner,  Barbara.  A Killing Season
Eckert, Allan.  Incident at Hawk’s  Hill.
Edmonds, Walter. D.  Wolf Hunt
George, Jean Craighead.   Julie of the Wolves
London, Jack.  White Fang
Matthews, Ann.   The Journey of Natty Gann
Mikaelsen, Ben.  Rescue Josh  McGuire
Mikaelsen, Ben.  Stranded
Paulsen, Gary.  Brian’s  Hunt
Paulsen, Gary.  Tracker
Smith, Roland.  The Last  Lobo
Taylor, Theodore.  Sniper
Taylor, Theodore.  The  Wierdo
 
The Native American Experience
Bruchac, Joseph.  The Winter  People
Burks, Brian.  Runs With Horses
Glancy, Diane.  Pushing  the Bear
Hobbs, Will.  Ghost Canoe
Hobbs, Will.  Kokopelli’s  Flute
Kretzer-Malvehy, Terry.  Passage to Little Bighorn.
Lipsyte,  Robert.  The Chief
Markle, Sandra.  The Fledglings
Meyer,  Carolyn.  Where the Broken Heart Still Beats
Mikaelsen, Ben.   Touching the Spirit Bear
O’Dell, Scott.  Island of the Blue  Dolphins
O’Dell, Scott.  Sing Down the Moon
O’Dell, Scott.   Streams to the River, River to the Sea
O’Dell, Scott & Elizabeth  Hall.  Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
Osbourne, Mary Pope.   Adaline Falling Star
Paulsen, Gary.  Canyons
Paulsen, Gary.  Dog  Song
Turner, Ann.  The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow
Captive  Stories
Cooney, Caroline.  The Ransom of Mercy Carter
Durrant,  Linda.  Echohawk.
Lenski, Lois.  Indian Captive
Richter,  Conrad.  The Light in the Forest
 
Nature and the Environment
Bickham, Jack.  Baker’s  Hawk
Burnford, Sheila.  The Incredible Journey
Casanova, Mary.   Where Eagles Fall.
Hiaasen, Carl.  Hoot
Hobbs, Will.  Ghost  Canoe
Hobbs, Will.  Kokopelli’s Flute
Hobbs, Will.  Wild Man  Island
Markle, Sandra.  The Fledglings
O’Dell, Scott.  The Black  Pearl
Pfitsch, Patricia Curtis.  Riding the Flume
Zeiske,  Wolfgang.  Esox   The Story of a Pike
 

I Will Survive
Burnford, Sheila.  The Incredible  Journey
Butler, Beverly.  My Sister’s Keeper
Durbin, William.   The Broken Blade.
Hobbs, Will.  River Thunder
Hobbs, Will.  Wild  Man Island
Judson, William.  Cold River
Marsden, John.  Tomorrow  When the War Began  
Marshall, James Vance.  Walkabout
Mazer,  Harry.  Snowbound
Mikaelsen, Ben.  Red Midnight
Mikaelsen,  Ben.  Rescue Josh McGuire
Mikaelsen, Ben.  Touching the Spirit  Bear
O’Dell, Scott.  Black Star, Bright Dawn
O’Dell, Scott.   Island of the Blue Dolphins
Paulsen, Gary.  Brian’s Hunt
Paulsen,  Gary.  Brian’s Return
Paulsen, Gary.  Hatchet
Paulsen,  Gary.  The River
Paulsen, Gary.  Voyage of the Frog
Roth,  Arthur.  The Iceberg Hermit
Snow, Richard.  The  Burning
Solzhenitsyn , Alexander.  One Day in the Life of Ivan  Denisovich
Taylor, Theodore.  The Cay
Turner, Ann.  The Girl Who  Chased Away Sorrow
Westfall, Robert.  Kingdom by the Sea
 
War Zone
Boulle, Pierre.  The Bridge Over the River Kwai
Plus a suggestion-
Be sure to use your state book award program, and  other states as far as
that goes.  Don't' forget to use past years lists  as well. 
 
Thanks to all who responded!
Nancy Carlson    
Farmington  High School
Farmington, CT  06032
_nan71753@aol.com_ (mailto:nan71753@aol.com)  or _carlsonn@fpsct.org_ 
(mailto:carlsonn@fpsct.org)   


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