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Tri-County Summer Reading 2014Grade 9
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Sleeping freshmen never lie
by David Lubar
Dealing with bullies, the separation of old friends, and unsuccessful romances as a high school student, Scott decides to write a journal for his younger sibling in order to give him a helpful guide for surviving all the dramas, struggles, and issues he will be forced to face when he gets put into the game. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint.
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All Students Must Read 1 book from this list:
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The bean trees : a novel
by Barbara Kingsolver
Taylor Greer, a poor Kentucky native, heads west with high hopes, but when she arrives in Tuscon, Arizona, she has acquired a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, in a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging. Reprint.
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Bleachers
by John Grisham
From the best-selling author of The Painted House, Skipping Christmas, and The Firm comes a nostalgic novel about high school football in a small Texas town, a place in which football has become a religion. 2,000,000 first printing.
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Catching fire
by Suzanne Collins
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion
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The graveyard book
by Neil Gaiman
Raised since he was a baby by ghosts, werewolves, and other residents of the cemetery in which he has always resided, Bod wonders how he will manage to survive amongst the living with only the lessons he has learned from the dead.
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The maze runner
by James Dashner
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
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Milkweed : a novel
by Jerry Spinelli
The hardship and cruelty of life in the ghettos of Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of World War II is captured through the eyes of a young Jewish orphan who must use all his wits and courage to survive unimaginable events and circumstances. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint.
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A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel
by John Irving
While playing baseball in the summer of 1953, Owen Meany hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother, and he becomes convinced that he is an instrument of God
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The samurai's tale
by Erik Christian Haugaard
In turbulent sixteenth-century Japan, orphaned Taro is taken in by a general serving the great warlord Takeda Shingen and grows up to become a samurai fighting for the enemies of his dead family
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The Shakespeare stealer
by Gary L. Blackwood
When Widge the orphan is ordered by his demanding master to steal Shakespeare¡s play, he feels he has no choice but to obey and soon finds himself in the Globe Theatre searching for his treasure. An ALA Notable Book. Reprint.
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Touching Spirit Bear
by Ben Mikaelsen
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life. Reprint.
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Virals
by Kathy Reichs
Tory Brennan is the leader of a ragtag band of teenage "sci-philes" who live on a secluded island off the coast of South Carolina and when the group rescues a dog caged for medical testing on a nearby island, they are exposed to an experimental strain of canine parvovirus that changes their lives forever. Young adult debut novel from a #1 New York Times best-selling author. 150,000 first printing.
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The wreckers
by Iain Lawrence
Being known for making their fortunes on the wealth of nearby coastal shipwrecks and the death of their crews, a young crew member finds himself in a fearful situation after he is stranded in the village after his ship goes under. Reprint.
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