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Titles:
  • A Northern Light
  • Feed
  • The Lords of Discipline
  • Sarah's Key
  • Shoeless Joe
  • Water for Elephants.
     

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    ALA's Best Books for Young Adults 

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    2010 Calhoun 10th Grade Summer Reading List:

    The Bellmore-Merrick Public Libraries have copies of all of these books, & all of the books are available for purchase in paperback editions.
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    Summer Reading Club

    Anderson, M.T. Feed. c.2002.
    Science Fiction
    In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
    *Outstanding Books for the College Bound - 2004

    Reviews from Amazon.com

    Conroy, Pat. The Lords of Discipline. c1980. 
    Fiction. 
    This is the story of four young men at the Carolina Military Institute; friends, cadets and blood brothers. Together they encounter hazing, heartbreak, pride, betrayal, and, ultimately, humanity.

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    DeRosnay, Tatiana – Sarah’s Key. c2007. 
    Historical Fiction 
    Sarah Strazynski, a ten year-old Jewish girl, and her family are arrested during the brutal 1942 Nazi roundup in Paris, while her younger brother is left behind in a secret cupboard. When, 60 years later, American journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this dark day in French history, she stumbles upon a connection between her family and the Strazynski family that compels her to learn more.

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    Donnelly, Jennifer. A Northern Light. c2003. 
    Historical Fiction 
    Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder. Based on a true story.

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    Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants. c. 2006
    Historical Fiction
    Ninety-year-old Jacob Jankowski finds himself haunted by memories of his past in the circus and the freaks, exotic animals, and other people he encountered as a performer.

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    Kinsella, W.P. Shoeless JoeHoughton Mifflin, c1982. 
    Fiction 
    Shoeless Joe is about myth, magic, the power of dreams and baseball.  From the first time Ray hears a voice whisper “If you build it, he will come,” his life is changed.  He follows his heart and his dream, and finds the piece of him that was missing. 

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