Charles Drew Charter School
Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl List Junior Academy 4-8 Brown, Don. (2015). Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. Connor, Leslie. (2016). All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook. New York, NY: Katherine Tegen Books/Harper Collins. Lexile = 540L Dinerstein, Eric. (2016). What Elephants Know. Los Angeles, CA: DisneyHyperion. Lexile = 790L Gephart, Donna. (2016). Lily and Dunkin. New York, NY: Gratz, Alan. (2016). Projekt 1065. New York, NY: Scholastic. Griffin, Paul. (2016). When Friendship Followed Me Home. New York, NY: Dial. Harrington, Karen. (2016). Mayday. New York, NY: Holt, K.A. (2015). House Arrest. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle. Lexile = 610L Lawson, Jessica. (2016). Waiting for Augusta. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Children. Lexile = 830L Pearsall, Shelley. (2016). The Seventh Most Important Thing. New York, NY: Yearling. Lexile = 760L Peck, Richard. (2016). The Best Man. New York, NY: Dial. Lexile = 540L Pennypacker, Sara. (2016). Pax. New York, NY: Balzer + Bray. Lexile = 760L Reynolds, Jason. (2016). As Brave As You. New York, NY: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. Lexile = 750L Sales, Leila. (2016). Once Was a Time. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle. Lexile = 760L Wolk, Lauren. (2016). Wolf Hollow. New York, NY: Dutton Lexile = 800L Alexander, Kwame. (2016). Booked. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Lexile = 660L Legrand, Claire. (2016). Some Kind of Happiness. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. Lexile = 580L Ryan, Pam Muñoz. (2015). Echo. New York, NY: Scholastic. Lexile = 680L Schmidt, Gary D. (2015). Orbiting Jupiter. New York, NY: Clarion. Lexile = 740L Sepetys, Ruta. (2016). Salt to the Sea. New York, NY: Philomel. Lexile = HL560L
Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl List Senior Academy 9-12
Charles Drew Charter School Junior and Senior Academy
Reading Counts is available for the Summer reading .
Access your account at
https://100001469.education.scholastic.com/ slms/studentaccess Your child’s username is their 7 digit student ID number and their password is Drewcharter1
Don Doran , Head of Schools Gregory Leaphart, Junior Academy Principal Peter Mcknight, Senior Academy Principal Mrs. Tonya Ricks, Media Specialist
Media Services Tonya Ricks, Media Specialist Junior and Senior Academy [email protected] 470-355-1200 ext 1017
.
Destiny Library Manager Access drewcharter.follettdestiny.com/
English/Language Arts Summer Reading AP Social Studies Summer Reading
Below is the summer reading list for literature courses 20172018. Students should be prepared to discuss and/or test
over these books when school starts back in July.
Grade Level
Course
Book
9th
AP Human Geography
I Am Malala By Malala Yousefzai and Christina Lamb
Grade Level Course Book Rising 6th Grade English Language The Demi God File: Perc y Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan Dear Students and Parents,
Middle of Everywhere By Mary Pipher
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Bud Not Buddy, by Christopher Curtis
Drew Charter students are asked to read a minimum of 20 books during the school year and summer Reading is essential
Rising 7th Grade English Language
for academic success Reading is an enjoyable experience and
Separate Peace John Knowles
one should read for pleasure, not simply for academic credit.
Absolutely Almost Lisa Graff
Students are encouraged to participate in the Reading Counts
Rising 8th Grade English Language
our school- wide reading program to earn points for incentives.
Tears of a Tiger Sharon Draper
Junior and Senior Academy students may join the Drew Eagles’
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Book Club and the Book Buddies mentoring program. To that
Rising 9th Grade English/Language Arts
end we have created a list that gives a great deal of leeway to you when choosing books. Senior Academy required reading assignments are also included for students. The book lists is a blend popular and classic fiction and nonfiction and were selected in part by American Library Association, teachers and students. Georgia Peach Book
10th
AP World History
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World By Jack Weatherford
11th
AP US History
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen
12th
AP Government
A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution by Carol Berkin.
Outlier’s Malcom Gladwell Brave New World Animal Farm
Helpful Websites for Summer Reading
Rising 1 0th Grade World Literature A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Award for Teens and the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl list of titles are included. Please encourage all students to
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
participate in the summer reading program. Reading Counts
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Burns
will be available throughout the Summer!
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System: afpls.org Georgia Reading Programs uga.onlinereadingskills.org Read Works http://www.readworks.org/ Activelylearn: http://www.activelylearn.com/ Wattpad: http://www.wattpad.com/
Rising 11th Grade American Literature
Teenlink: http://www.teenink.com
Thanks,
AP Literature
EReading Resources Website. Happy eReading !
Scarlet Letter & On Writing by Stephen King
Literacy : http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/912sites.htm
Media Specialist
Rising 12th Grade The Awakening by Kate Chopln Hard Times by Charles Dickens College Readiness Reading
Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl List Senior Academy 9-12
Charles Drew Charter School Junior and Senior Academy
Reading Counts is available for the Summer reading .
Access your account at
https://100001469.education.scholastic.com/ slms/studentaccess Your child’s username is their 7 digit student ID number and their password is Drewcharter1
Don Doran , Head of Schools Gregory Leaphart, Junior Academy Principal Peter Mcknight, Senior Academy Principal Mrs. Tonya Ricks, Media Specialist
Media Services Tonya Ricks, Media Specialist Junior and Senior Academy [email protected] 470-355-1200 ext 1017
.
Destiny Library Manager Access drewcharter.follettdestiny.com/
English/Language Arts Summer Reading AP Social Studies Summer Reading
Below is the summer reading list for literature courses 20172018. Students should be prepared to discuss and/or test
over these books when school starts back in July.
Grade Level
Course
Book
9th
AP Human Geography
I Am Malala By Malala Yousefzai and Christina Lamb
Grade Level Course Book Rising 6th Grade English Language The Demi God File: Perc y Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan Dear Students and Parents,
Middle of Everywhere By Mary Pipher
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Bud Not Buddy, by Christopher Curtis
Drew Charter students are asked to read a minimum of 20 books during the school year and summer Reading is essential
Rising 7th Grade English Language
for academic success Reading is an enjoyable experience and
Separate Peace John Knowles
one should read for pleasure, not simply for academic credit.
Absolutely Almost Lisa Graff
Students are encouraged to participate in the Reading Counts
Rising 8th Grade English Language
our school- wide reading program to earn points for incentives.
Tears of a Tiger Sharon Draper
Junior and Senior Academy students may join the Drew Eagles’
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Book Club and the Book Buddies mentoring program. To that
Rising 9th Grade English/Language Arts
end we have created a list that gives a great deal of leeway to you when choosing books. Senior Academy required reading assignments are also included for students. The book lists is a blend popular and classic fiction and nonfiction and were selected in part by American Library Association, teachers and students. Georgia Peach Book
10th
AP World History
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World By Jack Weatherford
11th
AP US History
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen
12th
AP Government
A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution by Carol Berkin.
Outlier’s Malcom Gladwell Brave New World Animal Farm
Helpful Websites for Summer Reading
Rising 1 0th Grade World Literature A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Award for Teens and the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl list of titles are included. Please encourage all students to
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
participate in the summer reading program. Reading Counts
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Burns
will be available throughout the Summer!
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System: afpls.org Georgia Reading Programs uga.onlinereadingskills.org Read Works http://www.readworks.org/ Activelylearn: http://www.activelylearn.com/ Wattpad: http://www.wattpad.com/
Rising 11th Grade American Literature
Teenlink: http://www.teenink.com
Thanks,
AP Literature
EReading Resources Website. Happy eReading !
Scarlet Letter & On Writing by Stephen King
Literacy : http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/912sites.htm
Media Specialist
Rising 12th Grade The Awakening by Kate Chopln Hard Times by Charles Dickens College Readiness Reading
