2nd
AP Bio
Quarter BOOK PROJECT
Collins 3
Objective: Read a fiction/nonfiction biology book; write a brief summary and critique.
FCAs:
1. Correct spelling and punctuation
2. Correct definitions of biological terms
3. Correct sentence structure
Directions:
1. Choose a book related to biology to read. You can select a book from the suggested books listed
below or choose a book not on the list with the approval of your biology teacher.
2. Type a brief paper that includes the following:
 Cover page that includes: Name, Period, title of book chosen and Author (10 points)
 1- 2 paragraph introduction and summary (10 pts)
 3 paragraphs each containing one opinion of yours, supported by at least one quote, that
discusses a particular biological concept presented in the book. Discuss the specifics defining five
appropriate biological terms for each opinion. (Cite properly). (70pts)
 1 paragraph conclusion about whether you would recommend the book and why. (10pts)
3. Five points are deducted for every day late (including over the break!).
Project is due DECEMBER 22nd (or before).
SUGGESTED BOOK LIST:
* means Ms. Emhof owns in her library
FICTION:
Demon in the Freezer-Richard Preston*
Jurassic Park - Michael Creighton*
Fever-Robin Cook
My Sister’s Keeper-Jodi Picoult
Prodigal Summer-Barbara Kingslover
Chromosome 6-Robin Cook
Next-Michael Crichton
The Wild Trees-Richard Preston
Subterranean-James Rollins
Amazonia-James Rollins
Genome-Matt Ridley
Your Inner Fish-Neil Shubin
Million Little Pieces-James Frey*
The Hot Zone – Richard Preston*
Prey-Michael Crighton
Mountains Beyond Mountains-Tracy Kidder
The Man who Planted Trees-Jean Giono
The Cobra Event-Richard Preston
Seven Daughters of Eve-Bryan Sykes
Adam’s Curse-Bryan Sykes
Darwin’s Radio-Greg Bear
Sandstorm-James Rollins
Parasite Rex-Carl Zimmer
Survival of the Sickest-Moalem and Prince
NONFICTION:
The Black Death and the Transformation of the West, David Herlihy
The Black Death, Philip Ziegler
Body Under Siege, Danny S. New
The Body's Edge: Our Cultural Obsession with Skin, Marc Lappe
Bubonic Plague in Nineteenth Century China, Carol Benedict
Catastrophe, David Keys
Clone, Gina Kolata
The Coming Plague, Laurie Garrett
Dead Men Do Tell Tales, William Maples
Deadly Feasts, Richard Rhodes
Disease in History, Frederick Cartwright with Michael Bidiss
Double Edged Sword: Promises and Risks of the Genetic Revolution, Karl Drlica
The Double Helix, James D. Watson*
Evolutionary Medicine, Marc Lappe
Fictions of Disease in Early Modern England: Bodies, Plagues and Politics, Margaret Healy
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918…, Gina Kolata
Germs that Won’t Die, Marc Lappe
Get Bitten by the Biology Bug, Maura C. Flanger
Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus, Baruch S. Blumberg
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot *
Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit, Adele Davis
Life Itself: Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell – Boyce Rensberger*
Lucy: Beginnings of Humankind, Donald C. Johanson and Maitland Edey
Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way you Feel, Candace Pert
Never Suck a Dead Man’s Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI – Dana Kollman*
Omnivores Dilemma-Michael Pollan
Plagues and Peoples, William H. McNeill
Rats, Lice, and History, Hans Zinser
The Road to Dolly and the Path Ahead, Gina Kolata
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA, Brenda Maddox
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
Silent Travelers, Alan M. Kraut
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife – Mary Roach*
Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers – Mary Roach *
Talking Bones, Peggy Thomas
Toxic Threat: How Hazardous Substances Poison Our Lives, Stephen J. Zipko
Virus Hunting, Robert C. Gallo
What if Everything You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong, Christing Maggiore and Kary Mullis