Chavez Prep's Mandatory Summer Reading List
All new and returning Chavez Prep students are expected to read at least one book and record the summer reading in the provided Reading Journal. 8th and 9th grade students are required to read two books. The summer reading quiz is scheduled for the first day of school, August 23, 2010. In addition, the Reading Journals must be turned in to the composition teachers for full credit on Monday, August 23, 2010. The summer reading selection can be found at DC Public libraries, book stores, or the books can be purchased at Chavez Prep. Reading Journals are located in the Main Office.
Rising 6th
Epic by Connor Kostick (Fiction/fantasy)
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (Fiction/Fantasy)
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall (Realistic fiction)
Rising 7th
The Diary Of Ma Yan: The Struggles And Hopes Of A Chinese Schoolgirl by Pierre Haski (Non-fiction)
Lizzy Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt (historical fiction)
Heat by Mike Lupica (Realistic fiction)
Rising 8th
The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo (Realistic fiction)
An Island Like You by Laura Ortiz Cofer- (Realistic fiction- Collection of short stories) **
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (Fiction)
Rising 9th
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines (Historical Novel) **
A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer (Autobiography)
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt (Memoir)
**Mandatory Selection