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MoreySummerReadingContestSTUDENTS: TRACK EVERY BOOKYOU READ (INCLUDING E- ANDAUDIOBOOKS) FOR CHANCES TOWIN RAFFLE PRIZES IN THE FALL.CONTEST RUNS 6/1 - 8/18http://bit.ly//2019MoreyReadsFollow Friends ofMorey PTOon Facebook orfriendsofmorey@gmail.comTOTALLY OPTIONAL, TOTALLY AWESOMEMOREY SUMMER READING FREE eBooks and Audiobooks on the DPS Overdrivesystem! Students: use your DPS log in and password.Parents: access Overdrive with their Parent Portal loginand password! You can read fReadANYWHERE, onANY DEVICE oruse the freeKindle APP
Book List:Fiction, Graphic Novels (GN)Check out book descriptions and ratings athttps://www.goodreads.com/*GN (graphic novel)Animal Farm by George OrwellTell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka BruntThe Good Thief by Hannah TintiMiss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children byRansom RiggsKindred by Octavia E. ButlerAll American Boys by Jason Reynolds1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyMonster: A Graphic Novel by Walter Dean Myers(GN)Red Rising by Pierce BrownThe Morey MiddleSchool EnglishDepartment asksstudents to participatein a summer readingcontest. Going back toschool in August ismuch easier for thosestudents who havemaintained the habit ofresponsive reading.The SummerReading Basics Read as many booksas you can over thesummer See the list ofsummer reading tipsMockingbird by Kathryn ErskineOut of My Mind by Sharon M. DraperThe Maze Runner by James DasherThrough the Woods by Emily Carroll (GN)Ready Player One by Ernest ClineLiar & Spy by Rebecca SteadAbsolutely Almost by Lisa GraffThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakPicking a Book Select titles that seeminteresting Go to goodreads.comand search for eachtitle. Select ’preview’ toread a few pages ofeach book Ask your friends/family/teachers for helpchoosing from the lists
The Curious Incident of the Dog inthe Night-time by Mark HaddonI Am Alfonso Jones by TonyMedina (GN)Looking for Alaska by John GreenThe Night Circus by ErinMorgensternHow It Went Down by KeklaMagoonOkay for Now by Gary D. SchmidtLife of Pi by Yann MartelAmerican Born Chinese by GeneLuen Yang (GN)Slaughterhouse Five by KurtVonnegutEnder’s Game by Orson ScottCardFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThis Way Home by Wes Mooreand Shawn GoodmanPersepolis by Mariane Satrapi(GN)The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienFull Cicada Moon by Marilyn HiltonUntwine by Edwidge DanticatIf I Ever Get Out of Here by EricGansworthMaus by Art Spiegelman (GN)The Tequila Worm by ViolaCanalesNon-fictionThe Perks of Being a Wallflower byStephen ChboskyFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserWonder by R.J. PalacioCrossover by Kwame AlexanderWe Were Liars by E. LockhartEvery Soul a Star by Wendy MassLevel Up by Gene Luen Yang (GN)The Martian by Andy WeirInto Thin Air by John KrakauerThe Port Chicago 50: Disaster,Mutiny, and the Fight for CivilRights by Steve Sheinkin, DominicHoffmanOn Writing by Stephen KingCrazy for the Storm by NormanOllestadWe Should Hang Out Sometime byJosh Sundquist
A Nation’s Hope by Matt De La PenaBrown Girl Dreaming by JacquelineWoodsonThe Other Side of the Wall by SimonSchwartz (GN)Sneaker Century: A History ofAthletic Shoesby Amber J. KeyserNo Summit out of Sight: The TrueStory of the Youngest Person toClimb the Seven Summits by JordanRomeroPretty Good for a Girl: TheAutobiography of a SnowboardingPioneer by Tina Basich, KathleenGasperiniThe Assist: Hoops, Hope, and theGame of Their Lives by Neil SwideyPhineas Gage: A Gruesome but TrueStory About Brain Science by JohnFleischmanA Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a BoySoldierby Ishmael BeahStolen into Slavery: The True Storyof Solomon Northup, Free Black Manby Judith Bloom FradinInto the Wild by John KrakauerWitches: The Absolutely True Tale ofDisaster in Salem by RosalynSchanzerThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThis Boy’s Life by Tobias WolffThe Reason I Jump by NaokiHigashidaTitanic by Deborah HopkinsonA Year Without Mom by DashaTolstikovaIceberg, Right Ahead!: The .Iceberg, Right Ahead!: The Tragedyof the Titanic by StephanieSammartino McPhersonSwashbuckling Scoundrels: Piratesin Fact and Fiction by Arie KaplanThe Burn Journals by Brent RunyonSweetgrass Basket by MarleneCarvellGirl, Interrupted by Susan KaysenHawk: Occupation Skateboarderby Tony HawkHidden Figures: The Untold TrueStory of Four African-AmericanWomen Who Helped Launch OurNation into Space by Margot LeeShetterlyMade You Look: How AdvertisingWorks and Why You Should Knowby Shari GraydonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X byMalcolm X
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Wonder by R.J. Palacio Crossover by Kwame Alexander We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass Level Up by Gene Luen Yang (GN) The Martian by Andy Weir I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina (GN) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt American Born .
