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Glenbard East High School Summer Reading 2023
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Choose one of the following:
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Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender Teen)
by Jazz Jennings
The author reccounts how her public experiences have influenced her attitude towards the transgender community, as she works to educate others about transgenderism while navigating the challenges of being a teenager
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Nyxia
by Scott Reintgen
Recruited by a mysterious corporation for a mission in outer space, an ordinary teen joins a group of fellow travelers, each of whom must earn the right to travel down to a paradise planet where the universe's most valuable mineral has been discovered. Simultaneous eBook.
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
by 1992- Jackson, Holly
Five years after the shattering murder and suicide of two popular teens, a skeptical high school student reexamines the case before uncovering disturbing clues about what really happened. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Cafâe con Lychee
by Emery Lee
"Theo Mori and Gabriel Moreno have always been at odds. Their parents own rival businesses-an Asian American cafâe and a Puerto Rican bakery-and Gabi's lack of coordination has cost their soccer team too many games to count. Stuck in the closet and scared to pursue his own dreams, Gabi sees his parents' shop as his future. Stuck under the weight of his parents' expectations, Theo's best shot at leaving Vermont means first ensuring his parents' livelihood is secure. So when a new fusion cafâe threatens both shops, Theo and Gabi realize an unfortunate truth-they can only achieve their goals by working together to cook up an underground bakery operation and win back their customers. But can they put aside their differences long enough to save their parents'shops or will the new feelings between them boil over?"
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Call Us What We Carry: Poems
by Amanda Gorman
The presidential inaugural poet--and unforgettable new voice in American poetry--presents a collection of poems that includes the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States
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When We Were Lost
by Kevin Wignall
When their plane crashes in a remote rainforest, killing all the adults, a group of high school students confront human and natural threats to their survival that pit them against one another. 1, first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Brown Boy Nowhere
by 1983- Lim, S. Briones
Labeled “brown boy” by the popular kids, 16-year-old Filipino American Angelo Rivera, an outcast in his new school, becomes the leader of a group of fellow misfits who are determined to hold their own. Simultaneous.
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Opposite of Always
by Justin A. Reynolds
Falling hard for a popular and charismatic girl who suddenly passes away, a grieving Jack finds himself traveling back in time to when they first met, only to find his efforts to prevent her death triggering unanticipated consequences.
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Love in English
by Maria E. Andreu
Feeling blocked after moving from Argentina to New Jersey, a 16-year-old poet finds herself torn between a cute American boy in her math class and a Greek student who understands the struggles she is facing in an ESL class. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Becoming Muhammad Ali
by James Patterson
A biographical novel tells the story of Cassius Clay, the determined boy who would one day become Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time
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The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
by Adam Braun
One of Wired Magazine's "50 People Who Are Changing the World" recounts how he left a lucrative career to found the award-winning Pencils of Promise nonprofit, describing his travels through dozens of countries and the evolution of his "for-purpose" combination of nonprofit idealism with for-profit business principles.
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Grenade
by Alan Gratz
In 1945, a young Japanese soldier and young American meet in battle on the island of Okinawa and make decisions that will change their lives forever
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Oh My Gods!
by 1986- Cooke, Stephanie
When Karen leaves New Jersey to spend time with her enigmatic father on Mount Olympus, she is shocked to learn that her junior high classmates are gods and goddesses, and that one of them is turning people to stone
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This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II
by Andrew Xia Fukuda
In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is horrified to discover that his new pen pal, Charlie Lâevy of Paris, France, is a girl, but in spite of his initial reluctance, their letters continue over the years and they fight for their friendship even as Charlie endures the Nazi occupation and Alex leaves his family in an internment camp and joins the Army
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Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
The tragic story of the friendship between two migrant workers, George and mentally retarded Lenny, and their dream of owning a farm.
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Additionally, choose one book from the Freshmen list above.
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Choose one of the following:
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Abuela, Don't Forget Me
by Rex Ogle
"Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on-to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in. Throughout a coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction, Abuela's red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home, and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life. Abuela, Don't Forget Me is a lyrical portrait of the transformative and towering woman who believed in Rex even when he didn't yet know how to believe in himself"
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Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School
by Kendra James
The first African American legacy student to graduate from the elite Taft prep school looks back on her three years there and how disillusioned it made her with America's inequitable education system. 30,000 first printing.
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All My Rage
by Sabaa Tahir
When his attempts to save his family's motel spiral out of control, Salahudin and his best friend Noor, two outcasts in their town, must decide what their friendship is worth and how they can defeat the monsters of their past and in their midst. Simultaneous eBook.
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Beasts of Prey
by Ayana Gray
Ekon, the second son of a decorated hero, and Koffil, who holds a power inside her that could cost her life, form a tentative alliance to destroy a vicious monster that has plagued their city for nearly a century. Simultaneous eBook.
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Firekeeper's Daughter
by Angeline Boulley
Treated like an outsider in both her hometown and on the Ojibwe reservation, a half-Native American science geek and star hockey player places her dreams on hold in the wake of a family tragedy. A first novel. 250,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Golden Arm
by Carl Deuker
When his pitching talents land him a spot on a wealthier team where he has a chance to be drafted into the majors, a teen navigating poverty and a speech challenge struggles with leaving behind a brother who is increasingly influenced by drug gangs. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy
by Jeff Bishop
With his ex-girlfriend Ally in a coma after a car accident, Cam, who is recovering from surgery, begins“seeing” Ally while on his pain medication, giving him a way to win her back. Simultaneous eBook.
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I Must Betray you
by Ruta Sepetys
In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note
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The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice--Crossing Antarctica Alone
by Colin O'Brady
A multiple world-record holder and premier endurance athlete recounts his triumphant recovery from a disabling burn accident in early adulthood and his inspiring 932-mile solo crossing of Antarctica. 250,000 first printing. Illustrations. Maps.
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In the Wild Light
by Jeff Zentner
When his best friend, Delaney, gets them both full rides to an elite prep school in Connecticut, Cash must choose between his need to love and protect Delaney and his loyalty to his grandparents and their small Appalachian town. Simultaneous eBook.
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
When Lily realizes she has feelings for a girl in her math class, it threatens Lily's oldest friendships and even her father's citizenship status and eventually, Lily must decide if owning her truth is worth everything she has ever known
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Letters to a Young Athlete
by Chris Bosh
The former NBA player reflects on the lessons he learned from basketball legends such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryan and Pat Riley, and offers a path for young athletes pursuing the same journey. Illustrations.
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The Ones We're Meant to Find
by Joan He
Awakening on an abandoned island with no memory of how she was marooned, Cee embarks on a desperate search for her sister, while STEM prodigy Kasey begins to question her life in Earth's last unpolluted city. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Our Way Back to Always
by Nina Moreno
Told in two voices, Lou Patterson reconnects with her neighbor and ex-best friend Sam Alvarez, now seniors in high school, after they rediscover their childhood bucket list
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The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
by Adam Braun
One of Wired Magazine's "50 People Who Are Changing the World" recounts how he left a lucrative career to found the award-winning Pencils of Promise nonprofit, describing his travels through dozens of countries and the evolution of his "for-purpose" combination of nonprofit idealism with for-profit business principles.
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These Deadly Games
by Diana Urban
Forced to play a kidnapper's game when her little sister is taken, Crystal Donovan soon realizes each task is meant to hurt—and kill—her friends, one by one, but must keep playing if she wants to save her sister. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Traitor
by Amanda McCrina
A half-Polish, half-Ukrainian Soviet Red Army soldier is taken in by a squad of insurgents in the wake of a shooting only to team up with the gang's war-scarred leader in the wake of a devastating betrayal. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The following two books are required:
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Outliers : the story of success
by Malcolm Gladwell
Identifies the qualities of successful people and poses theories about the cultural, family and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance and why The Beatles earned their fame.
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The following two books are required:
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Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi
Two half sisters, unknown to each other, are born into different villages in 18th-century Ghana and experience profoundly different lives and legacies throughout subsequent generations marked by wealth, slavery, war, coal mining, the Great Migration and the realities of 20th-century Harlem.
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