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原帖由 不二周助 于 2010-12-10 10:30 发表 
有没有8,9,10年级的呀？
有。
八年级
WPGA Summer Reading List 2010
Grade 8
The Summer Reading Programme at West Point Grey Academy is designed to expose our students to literature, to provide an opportunity for teachers to make an initial assessment of the students upon entry into a new grade, and, most importantly, to foster a love of reading. Students entering Grade 8 at WPGA are required to read at least two books during the summer, one of which must be fiction. Early in the first term of the new school year, students will be expected to report on their readings in the form of an in-class assignment and/or an oral report. Please note that non-fiction titles are designated with NF.
Adam Canfield of the Slash Winerip, Michael
Adam enjoys being a reporter for the school newspaper. Becoming editor is more challenging, but his troubles really begin when he uncovers fraud and corruption at his school and in the city government itself. Suspenseful, satirical and funny, this is the first novel of a New York Times columnist.
Bifocal Ellis, Deborah & Walters, Eric
One day the high school is put on lockdown, and the police arrest a Muslim student on suspicion of terrorist affiliations. In an interesting narrative told from the point of view of two boys, authors Deborah Ellis and Eric Walters, present a school torn by racism.
Bleachers Grisham, John
John Grisham departs from his usual legal thrillers to tell the story of a high school football coach’s passing, the players who gather to remember him, and their own old glories on the field.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas : a fable Boyne, John
Bruno comes home one day and finds the maid packing his belongings. His family moves to a new home where there is a fence and people in striped pajamas who live beyond the fence. This intense and moving story about the Holocaust is told from the viewpoint of a naive, 9 year-old German boy. The words are easy to read, but what happens is not. Ultimately, the story is really about fences, and what can be done to bring them down.
Chew on this : everything you don’t want to know about fast food NF Schlosser, Eric & Charles Wilson
Schlosser and Wilson share with kids the fascinating and sometimes frightening truth about what lurks between those sesame seed buns, what a chicken "nugget" really is, and how the fast food industry has been feeding off children for generations.
Feed Anderson, M.T.
This is a satirical look at a future where a computer “feed” is patched into people’s brains when they are babies, resulting in a consumerist society where shopping and fashion dominate the social consciousness. The story focuses on a boy who befriends an “un-fed” girl, leading him to question the foundation of his value system. (Coarse language)
The Greatest : Muhammad Ali NF Myers, Walter Dean
This biography of the champion boxer Muhammad Ali is more of a tribute to the person than the sportsman. While Ali was one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time, he was also a dominant and controversial cultural icon. While the accomplishments inside the ring are not ignored, Myers examines the human aspect of the Ali story.
Hunger Games Collins, Suzanne
In the ruins of a place once called North America, the Capital is harsh and cruel. It keeps other districts in line through the “Hunger Games”, a fight-to-the-death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen will have to make choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
In Too Deep Sherrand, Valerie
When Shelby Belgarden's peaceful hometown of Little River is shaken by a series of robberies, suspicion falls on Amber Chapman, a new girl in town who has alienated others with her standoffish attitude. Shelby's own dislike of the newcomer is fed by jealousy as she begins to suspect a relationship growing between Amber and Greg Taylor. But as evidence against Amber mounts, new clues cause Shelby to question her own judgement.
Juvie Three Korman, Gordon
Three boys serving time in juvenile detention are given a second chance in the form of Douglas Healy, a former delinquent who is running an experimental halfway house. Things go well for a while until…
Janey's Girl Friesen, Gayle
On a summer road-trip from Toronto to Smallwood, BC, 14-year-old Claire realizes that her mother, Janey, has kept much of their family history a secret. When they reach Smallwood (and, eventually, Vancouver), Claire begins to unearth her father's identity, a new side of her mother, and her own dreams.
Left for Dead NF Nelson, Pete
This book explores the sinking of the USS Indianapolis at the end of World War II, the navy cover-up and unfair court martial of the ship's captain, and how a young boy helped the survivors set the record straight fifty-five years later.
The Naming Croggon, Alison
Merad, an orphaned slave whose family was destroyed by war, unknowingly possesses a powerful gift that makes her a member of the School of Pellinor and inheritor of an extraordinary destiny.
A Northern Light Donnelly, Jennifer
Based on a true story, this novel recounts the mysterious drowning deaths of a young couple at a resort hotel in upstate New York in 1906. It focuses on 16-year-old Mattie Gorky, a farm girl and aspiring writer, who may hold the key to the murders in the form of a packet of letters the dead woman asked her to burn.
The Other Side of Truth Naidoo, Beverley
Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport. They are fearful of their new surroundings and of what may have happened to their journalist father back in Nigeria.
Passchendaele : Canada’s triumph and tragedy on the fields of Flanders :an illustrated history NF Leach, Norman
When the Canadians were called to the front line in the fall of 1917, the battle for Flanders had become a stalemate. Repeated assaults by the Allied armies had gained nothing while costing tens of thousands of lives. Sixteen days later, the Canadians had accomplished what many had believed to be impossible. They had prevailed – and written a defining chapter of the nation's history with their courage and their blood.
The Pole Walters, Eric
This is a fictionalized retelling of Robert Peary's 1909 expedition to the North Pole aboard The Roosevelt, as experienced by a young cabin boy named Danny, away from home and at sea for the very first time.
Rabbit-Proof Fence NF Pilkington, Doris
Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up and taken to settlements to be institutionally assimilated. The author traces the story of her mother, Molly, one of three young girls uprooted from their community in Southwestern Australia and taken to the Moore River Native Settlement. There, they were forbidden to speak their native language, forced to abandon their heritage, and taught to be culturally white. After regular stays in solitary confinement, the three girls planned and executed a daring escape from the grim camp.
Runemarks Harris, Joanne
Maddy Smith was born with a rusty-coloured rune shape on her hand, a symbol of the old gods and definitely cause for suspicion, for magic is considered dangerous. But Maddy enjoys magic even if it just to control goblins.
Shattered Walters, Eric
Fifteen-year-old Ian must complete community volunteer service at a soup kitchen for the homeless. He is rescued from a near-mugging by a homeless man named Sarge, who was a soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces and served as a peacekeeper in Rwanda. Sarge tells him about the Rwandan genocide and Ian tries to help this shattered man who must live with his nightmarish memories.
Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen Huser, Glen
Tamara is a 15-year-old survivor of the foster care system with dreams of becoming a model. Jean is a 90-year-old cranky former schoolteacher incarcerated in a local seniors’ home, whose passion is opera. Together, they run away on a road trip to realize their dreams, but their bossy, stubborn ways threaten to drive them to throttle each other.
So Yesterday : a novel Westerfeld, Scott
Hunter Braque, a New York City teenager who is paid by corporations to spot what is "cool," combines his analytical skills with girlfriend Jen's creative talents to find a missing person and thwart a conspiracy directed at the heart of consumer culture.
Soul Surfer NF Hamilton, Bethany
The amazing story of the thirteen-year-old surfer girl who lost her arm in a shark attack but never lost her faith -- and of her triumphant return to competitive surfing.
The Sterkarm Handshake or sequel: The Sterkarm Kiss Price, Susan
In the 21st Century, time travel is being used by multi-national corporations to exploit the resources of ancient cultures. One girl, Andrea Mitchell, has been placed as a liaison in the no-man’s land between 16th Century England and Scotland. Eventually she must decide between preserving this charming (albeit somewhat brutish) culture and her duties to her job and her society.
Stiff : the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers NF Roach, Mary
Roach examines the afterlife of human cadavers in this humorous, touching, and respectful look at how scientists utilize the human body.
Stones Bell, William
Garnet Havelock never quite fit in, and he is okay with that. When a mysterious girl transfers to his school, Garnet thinks he might have found the girl of his dreams, if only he could get her to talk to him. As Garnet struggles to win over one girl, another is trying to get his attention – unfortunately, she lived over 150 years ago. Part ghost story and part romance, this is a tale about outsiders and how they cope.
Any one book in the following trilogy:
There Will Be Wolves : the First Book of the Crusades Bradford, Karleen
Shadows on a Sword : the Second Book of the Crusades or Lionheart’s Scribe : the Third Book of the Crusades
The first book in this series deals with a young girl who is accused of witchcraft. Her one chance to save herself is to accompany her father on the People’s Crusade to Jerusalem. She joins thousands of other pilgrims on a harrowing journey, which will expose the dark side of the “glorious” Crusade, and change her life forever. This series is a good way to preview one of the units covered in Social Studies 8.
Three Cups of Tea (original or young reader’s edition) Mortenson, Greg
The inspiring account of one man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia.
Three Wishes : Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak NF Deborah Ellis
This collection of accounts from young people between the ages of 8 and 18 portrays the sapping toll of war on their lives.
Toby Wheeler, Eighth Grade Benchwarmer Heldring, Thatcher
Toby, a gym rat always playing ball at the rec centre joins the school’s basketball team at the encouragement of the new coach. Toby is befriended by Megan, the coach’s daughter, and this causes issues for him and the team.
The Tropic of Hockey : My Search for the Game in Unlikely Places NF Bidini, Dave
From Toronto to China, Dubai to Transylvania and back, this is a hilarious, moving account of one man's quest for "pure hockey."
We All Fall Down Walters, Eric
This story is about a young man estranged from a father kept busy by his high finance career. On a school career shadowing day in his father's offices on the eighty-fifth floor of the World Trade Center south building, together they share a terrifying and demanding experience that builds understanding and mutual respect, and strengthens the fraying bonds between them.
Whale Rider Ihimaera, Witi
As her beloved grandfather, chief of the Maori tribe of Whangara, struggles to lead in difficult times and to find a male successor, young Kahu is developing a mysterious relationship with whales, particularly the ancient bull whale whose legendary rider was their ancestor.
Zorro : a novel Allende, Isabel
Diego de la Vega, the son of an aristocratic Spanish landowner and a Shoshone mother, returns to California from school in Spain to reclaim the hacienda on which he was raised and to seek justice for the weak and helpless.
In September, your Summer Reading Assignments will be as follows:
1. Oral Presentation:
a. Each student will choose a passage from one of their books, half a page to a full page in length, to read aloud to the class.
b. They will begin by introducing the passage and giving any necessary background so that their listeners will understand.
c. After reading the passage, the student will comment on the passage and explain why they choose it.
2. Brief Essay Response:
a. Students will write an in-class essay.
b. Possible topics could involve one or more of the following, as well as how each contributes to the meaning of the novel as a whole:
i. Setting
ii. Conflict
iii. Character Development
Note: You may not use the same title for both assignments..
