Read one or two from the following categories to total 20. (The list below is a guide only.)
Realistic Fiction (Chap. 4)
Romance (Chap. 4)
Humor (Fiction) (see Chap. 5)
Sports (Chap. 6)
Strong female character in fiction (choose any)
Mystery/Suspense (Chap. 6)
Historical Fiction (Chap. 8)
Fantasy (Chap. 7)
Science Fiction (Chap. 7)
Ethnic experience in fiction (see p. 299)
Gay experience in fiction (see websites links)
Biography/Autobiography (Non-Fiction) (see Chap. 9 or web sites link)
Curriculum related (see Chap. 9-11)
Shocker/ challenged (you can use a challenged book)
Popular adult fiction (best seller)
Information, Poetry, or Drama (see. Chap. 5 & 9)
(About half of your reviews should come from this list):
Chapter 7: Rowling, J. K.; Paolini, Christopher; Lowry, Lois (The Giver); Farmer, Nancy (House of the Scorpion); Card, Orson Scott (Ender’s Game); LeGuin, Ursala; Wells, H…G.; Tolkien, J.R.R.; Lewis, C.S. any; Coffer, Eoin; Pullman, Phillip; Yolen, Jane (2041); or a graphic novel
Chapter 4: Paulsen, Gary (Hatchet or other); Zindel, Paul (The Pigman or other); Hinton, S.E. (The Outsiders-also in VHS); Cormier, Robert; Bauer, Joan (Hope Was Here); Sachar, Louis (Holes); Myers, Walter Dean; Avi (Nothing But the Truth or other); Creech, Sharon (Walk Two Moons or other); Voigt, Cynthia; Rylant, Cynthia; Spinelli, Jerry (Wringer or other); Paterson, Katherine (Jacob Have I Loved-also in VHS) or other; Jacqueline Woodson; Draper, Sharon; Sones, Sonya
Chapter 5: Hesse, Karen (Out of the Dust); Nelson, Marilyn (Carver: A Life in Poem); Block, Francesca Lia, any; Sachar, Louis (Holes); Paulsen, Gary (Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered); Kerr, M.E.; Korman, Gordon (Son of the Mob); Garrison, Keillor and READ one ethnic: Ryan, Pam Munoz, Esperanza Rising (Hispanic); Park, Linda Sue, A Single Chard (Korean); Ortiz, Judith, An Island Like You (Barrio); Angelou, Maya, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Afri-Amer)
Chapter 6: Crutcher, Chris (Running Loose, The Crazy Horse Electric Game, or other); Nixon, Joan Lowery; Sleator, William; Paulsen, Gary; Hobbs, Will; Myers, Walter Dean; Grafton, Sue; Carl Hiaasen (Hoot)
Chapters 8 & 9: - any title in chapter, i.e. Cushman, Karen; Murphy, Jim (American Plague- about plague of 1793); Avi; Hamilton, Virginia; Taylor, Mildred; O’Dell, Scott; Rinaldi, Ann; Paulsen (Soldier’s Heart); Bruchac, Joseph (The Winter People); Spinelli, Jerry (Milkweed); Kovic, Ron (Born on the Fourth of July-VHS); Piers Paul Read (Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors); Bartoletti, S.C (Black Potatoes)