Patterson, James. Angel Experiment
Maximum Ride is a fourteen-year-old girl
with wings who is the result of some experiments at a
secret lab to inject avian genes into human embryos.
Max is the oldest of the six members of her family, or
as they refer to themselves, the flock. Erasers raid the
family's mountain hideaway and kidnap Angel. It's up
to the flock to save her.
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life as We Knew it
Through journal entries, sixteen year old Miranda describes her family’s struggle to survive after a
meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis,
earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
Plum-Ucci, Carol. Body of Christopher Creed
When Christopher Creed, the class freak and
whipping boy, suddenly disappears without a trace,
everyone speculates on what could have happened to
him. Soon fingers begin pointing, and several lives are
changed forever.
Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother,
and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by
Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is
sentenced to death in a prison camp. Lina fights for her
life, vowing to honor her family and thousands like her
by burying her her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil.
Sparks, Nicholas. Walk to Remember
A twist of fate makes Jamie Sulilvan his date
at the homecoming dance, Landon Carter never
dreamed they would fall in love. As he comes to realize his true feelings for Jamie, he learns of a terrible
secret that will take his love away from him forever.
Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl
A story about the perils of populariety, the
courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love,
an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High
School forever.
Resau, Laura. Queen of Water
Living in a village in Ecuador, a Quechau
Indian girl is sent to work as an indentured servant for
an upper class “mestizo” family.
Riordan, Rick. Red Pyramid
Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie
have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived
with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.
Schmidt, Gary D. Okay for Now
Fourteen year old Doug Swieteck faces many
challenges, including an abusive father, a brother traumatized by Vietnam, suspicious teachers and police
officers, and isolation. When he meets a girl known as
Lil Spicer, he develops a close relationship with her
and finds a safe place in the local library.
Thompson, Holly. Orchards
Sent to Japan for the summer after an eighthgrade classmate’s suicide, half-Japanese, half-Jewish
Kana Goldberg tries to fit in with relatives she barely
knows and reflects on the guilt she feels over the tragedy back home.
Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old
Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker
Powers (who are attempting to take over the globe
using mechanical machinery), forms an uneasy alliance
with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British
Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered
beasts.
Cape May County Technical
High School
188 Crest Haven Road
Cape May Court House, NJ
08210
www.capemaytech.com
Freshman Summer Reading List
2015
Each student entering Grade 9 CP will
choose any two (2) books from the following list; for each student entering Grade 9
Honors choose any three (3) books.
For each book chosen, hand write a reading log using 8 1/2 by 11 three-hole
punched loose leaf paper (trim edges from
paper). Set-up the reading log with your
name, date, title of book (underlined), author, and total pages in the book.
Reading logs must be handwritten or hand
printed; no typed Reading Logs will be
accepted. Complete a reading log entry for
approximately every ten (10) pages of the
book. Label each entry with the date and
page numbers you have read. Write three
(3) to four (4) sentences summarizing the
pages read. Use the front and back of each
loose leaf paper and write more than one
entry per page (skip a line between each
entry). Staple all reading logs per book
together. Note: no notebooks, report covers,
etc. will be accepted.
Grading is based on completeness, neatness,
formatting , and following directions!
Students must read the book by the author
listed or suffer low/failing grades; AR tests are
on actual unabridged book by the author listed.
Adams, Douglas. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Seconds before Earth is demolished to make
room for a galactic freeway, an earthman is saved by his
friend. Together they journey through the galaxy.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak
A traumatic event near the end of the summer
has a devastating effect on Melinda’s freshman year in
high school.
Black, Holly. White Cat
When Cassel Sharpe discovers that his older
brothers have used him to carry out their criminal
schemes and then stolen his memories, he figures out a
way to turn their evil machinations against them.
Booth, Coe. Tyrell
Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in a
Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced out mother and
his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does
not end up in jail like his father.
Caletti, Deb. Stay
Clara and her father rent a summer house on
the seashore to escape Clara’s pathologically possessive
stalker ex-boyfriend. The insightful first person narrative eloquently articulates Clara’s thoughts and emotions.
Coben, Harlan. Shelter
New in town, his father dead , his mother in
rehab, Mickey doesn’t see how things can get worse —
until his girlfriend vanishes. A mystery that keeps readers guessing through.
Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy
Flinn, Alex. Beastly
Catherine, also known as Little Bird or Birdy, is
fourteen years old and growing up in the year 1290. The
sole daughter of Lord Rollo and Lady Aislinn, Catherine is
clever, witty, and determined not to marry any of the rich
suitors her father has selected.
A modern retelling of ‘Beauty and the Beast’
from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan
private school student who is turn into a monster and
must find true love before he can return to his human
form.
Dashner, James. Maze Runner
Forman, Gayle. If I Stay.
Sixteen year old Thomas wakes up with no
memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work
with the community in which he finds himself if he is to
escape.
While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to
live with her grief or join her family in death.
Dessen, Sarah. Truth About Forever
Hawkins, Rachel. Hex Hall
The summer following her father’s death, Macy
plans to work at the library and wait for her brainy boyfriend to return from camp, but instead she goes to work at
a catering business where she makes new friends and finally faces her grief.
Witch Sophie Mercer, having been sent to a
reform school by her father after a prom night spell went
horribly wrong, learns her roommate, who is the only
vampire on campus, is the suspect in a series of attacks
on students and sets out to find the culprit.
Deuker, Carl. Payback Time
Lowry, Lois. Gathering Blue
Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly
agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he is determined to be a writer. He senses a
real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses
to stand out on the field — or to discuss his past.
Lame and suddently orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her
gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful
Guardians.
Fitzpatrick, Becca. Hush, Hush
Paolini, Christopher. Inheritance
High school sophomore Nora has always been
very cautious in her relationships, but when Patch, who
has a dark side she can sense, enrolls at her school, she is
mysteriously and strongly drawn to him, despite warnings
from her best friend, the school counselor, and her own
instincts.
It began with Eragon....It ends with Inheritance.
Not so very long ago, Eragon--Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider--was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate
of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.