BVN Summer Reading 2010
Sign up now to read a
book this summer.
This is not a requirement for any class - just
reading because it's fun.
Students who participate in Summer Reading will be invited to a special celebration in the library next fall and will be eligible to win fabulous prizes!
Browse the choices below then click here to sign up.
Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford Awkward freshman Will Carter endures many painful moments during his first year of high school before realizing that nothing good comes easily, focus is everything, and the payoff is usually incredible. |
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Mrs. Cornelius and Mrs. Snethen Click to hear more |
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (comes out Aug. 24, 2010) Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. |
Mrs. Dalton and Mrs. Gilman | |
Caught by Harlan Coben Finding and exposing sexual predators on television, reporter Wendy Tynes prompts the arrest of a man who worked as an advocate for abused children and tackles the case of a missing girl before a group of vigilante fathers makes Wendy fear that she accused an innocent man. |
Mrs. Drew and Mr. Ferman | |
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom The best-selling author relates his efforts to eulogize a beloved rabbi who is near death, in a book where the author sits with and cares for the dying man, discovers and learns to admire an impoverished congregation, and rekindles his faith as he searches for the right words to honor the dying cleric. |
Mrs. Mouber | |
Moon Shell Beach by Nancy Thayer Having left Nantucket eleven years earlier in the wake of an elopement and shattered relationships, Lexi returns home a bitter divorcee and unsure of what to expect; while her best friend Clare, a chocolatier living with her crotchety widowed father, finds forgiving harder than she imagined. |
Mrs. Lafferty | |
Dune by Frank Opposing forces struggle for control of the universe when the archenemy of the Emperor is banished to a barren world where water is the most precious commodity. |
Mrs. Cram | |
House Rules by Jodi Picoult Unable to express himself socially but possessing a savant-like knack for investigating crimes, a teenage boy with Asperger's Syndrome is wrongly accused of killing his tutor when the police mistake his autistic tics for guilty behavior. |
Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Hansen | |
Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts Wedding baker Laurel McBane has been in love with her business partner's older brother, Delaney Brown, since childhood, but she worries that her relationship with the dashing Ivy League lawyer will never move beyond friendship. |
Mrs. Taylor |
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The Case for Goliath: How American Acts as the World's Government in the 21st Century by Michael Mandelbaum The Case for Goliathoffers a fresh and surprising approach to an issue that obsesses citizens and policymakers the world over, as well as a major statement on the foreign policy issues confronting the American people today. |
Mr. Wood, Mr. Conley, & Mr. Mullins | |
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm. |
Mrs. Pence and Mrs. Weir and Mr. Breedlove | |
Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood by Jennifer Traig A woman who suffered from an undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder in her childhood recounts how her overzealous drive for perfection and incessant hand-washing rituals compromised her daily life and strained her relationship with her good-natured parents. |
Mrs. Johnson-Berry and Mrs. Steinwart | |
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta Now on the cusp of manhood, Finnikin, who was a child when the royal family of Lumatere was brutally murdered and replaced by an imposter, reluctantly joins forces with an enigmatic young novice and fellow-exile, who claims that her dark dreams will lead them to a surviving royal child and a way to regain the throne of Lumatere. |
Mr. Huette | |
Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King Cursed to live the lives of 100 dogs, a seventeenth-century pirate finally returns to life as a human being and has only one thing on her mind--to recover the treasure she had buried in Jamaica three hundred years before. |
Mrs. Moran | |
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan After learning that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea, Percy Jackson is transferred from boarding school to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a war between the gods. |
Mrs. Rutherford | |
For the Win by Cory Doctorow Four teenagers, each of whom is a talented player of massively-multiplayer online games, become involved in the difficulties that threaten to tear the world of virtual gaming reality apart--all are involved in a conspiracy to crash the world economy of all the virtual worlds at once, a Ponzi scheme combined with a brilliant hack that ends up being the biggest and most entertaining game of all. |
Mrs. Sak and Mrs. Lewis | |
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Forty years after the disappearance of Harriet Vanger from the secluded island owned and inhabited by her powerful family, her uncle, convinced that she had been murdered by someone from her own deeply dysfunctional clan, hires journalist Mikael Blomqvist and Lisbeth Salander, an unconventional young hacker, to investigate. |
Mr. Allin & Mrs. Winetroub | |
Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu Believing that her mother's out-of-control hoarding disorder will destroy her friendships and prospects, teen Lucy hesitates calling 911 when her mother dies suddenly in their home, a situation that compels Lucy to embark on a desperate hour-by-hour attempt at restoring normalcy. |
Madame Johnson | |
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles While working as lab partners, sparks fly between studious Brittany Ellis and gang member Alex Fuentes, but as she struggles with having feelings for someone she knows is totally wrong for her, he reconsiders a bet he made with his friends after emotions become more real upon learning the truth about Brittany's family problems. |
Dr. Merrigan | |
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan Two award-winning authors present the tale of a pair of teens who meet by chance on a Chicago street corner and discover that they share a name and intertwining destinies involving an epic production of a high school musical. 75,000 first printing.
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Mrs. Dickerson and Mrs. Henry | |
Unwind by Neal Shusterman In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives. |
Mr. Rosenberger | |
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith Reveals the hidden life of the 16th U.S. president, who was actually a vampire hunter, obsessed with the complete elimination of the undead, and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth and near-death of the nation. |
Mr. Breedlove and Mrs. Schweiker | |
The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King - A Nonfiction Thriller by James Patterson and Martin Dugard The best-selling author of Against Medical Advice and the author of The Last Voyage of Columbus describe their investigation into the death of King Tut, recounting how they drew on forensic clues, historical information, and the writings of Howard Carter to conclude that Tut did not die of natural causes. |
Mr. Sutherlin | |
After by Amy Efaw In complete denial that she is pregnant, straight-A student and star athlete Devon Davenport leaves her baby in the trash to die, and after the baby is discovered, Devon is accused of attempted murder. |
Mrs. Gossick | |
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. |
Mr. Dalton, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Colwell, Mrs. Nathan, & Mrs. Wills | |
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult In the aftermath of a small-town school shooting, lawyer Jordan McAfee finds himself defending a youth who desperately needs someone on his side, while detective Patrick Ducharme works with the primary witness--the daughter of the judge assigned to the case,. |
Mrs. Bodney | |
Mexican White Boy by Matt de la Pena Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California. |
Mr. Taylor | |
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion. |
Mrs. Worthington, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Colwell, Mrs. Nathan, & Mrs. Wills | |
True Grit by Charles Portis The story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash money. Mattie leaves home to avenge her father's blood. With the one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, by her side, Mattie pursues the homicide into Indian Territory. |
Mr. Smith | |
Liar by Justine Larbelestier Having lied to so many throughout the years, Micah is justifiably known by all as a compulsive liar, but when her boyfriend suddenly dies, truth and fiction are blurred in entirely new ways and Micah must come to terms with the damage she has done through the complex web of deceit she has woven. |
Mrs. Morris | |
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks An account of the decade-long conflict between humankind and hordes of the predatory undead is told from the perspective of dozens of survivors who describe in their own words the epic human battle for survival. |
Officer Siebert | |
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