Community Summer Reading 2009

Sharing common literature builds community and sparks discussion long after the books are tucked away. This year’s theme takes a close look at differences in everything from the way people live (and have lived) to the ways in which our brains work.

One special recommendation for parents, Beyond Time Out: From Chaos to Calm, takes a close look at relationships within a family and what happens when the balance between parent and child is tipped. The author of this book, Beth Grosshans, will be in Michigan in November, so we’ll have a chance to meet and talk directly with her.

Students in each age group must read the two assigned books and be prepared to discuss them in September. Classroom teachers will have additional suggestions for reading. We want children (and adults) to continue to read all summer long.

The books are available here at school, as well as the Book Nook and the Monroe County Library. In addition, many of these (including the adult selections) are available in audio format (audible.com).

Happy Reading!

Early Childhood
Fiction	Miss Rumphius	Barbara Cooney
Non-Fiction	A Cool Drink of Water	Barbara Kerly
	Loving	Ann Morris
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Junior Elementary
Fiction	Granny Torrelli Makes Soup	Sharon Creech
Non-Fiction	The Boy on Fairfield Street	Kathleen Krull
Intermediate Elementary
Fiction	The Family Under the Bridge	Natalie Savage Carlson
Non-Fiction	Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People	Bonnie Christensen
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Middle School
Fiction	Of Mice and Men	John Steinbeck
Non-Fiction	First Crossings: Stories About Teen Immigrants	Donald R. Gallo
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High School
Fiction	The Grapes of Wrath	John Steinbeck
Non-Fiction	Me to We	Craig and Marc Kielburger
Adult
Fiction	The Grapes of Wrath	John Steinbeck
Non-Fiction	My Stroke of Insight	Jill Bolte Taylor
	Beyond Time Out: From Chaos to Calm	Beth A. Grosshans