Student Edition
High School
2015-16
July 23, 2015 Dear Imagine Parents/Guardians and Students, We invite you to participate in the Eighth Annual Imagine Schools National Advanced Reading Challenge (ARC). This initiative is designed to challenge students to choose high quality literature, to read as much and as often as they are able, and to share their love for reading with peers and adults on their Imagine campus. The ARC fosters students “acquiring and owning” their education by “developing academic and character habits to increase learning opportunities” and “becoming independent, self‐directed learners.” (pp. 20‐21, Imagine Schools Academic Excellence Framework). Many students are capable of moving ahead academically with only limited direction and attention from teachers. What they need is encouragement to take risks, to develop perseverance, and to venture out into the world of ideas and knowledge. We also believe that one of the best ways to become a life‐long learner is to develop a love of reading. Dennis’ older brother Ray read and reported on over 100 books in his sophomore year in high school. He now has a personal library in his home that houses over 10,000 books. Similarly, when she was in the 4th grade, Eileen received $100 from her parents for reading 100 books during the school year. This challenge fanned her love of reading and further inspired her to have high academic aspirations. The Advanced Reading Challenge is open to Imagine Schools’ students in grades 3‐12 who are at or above grade level in reading, and who can assume responsibility for independent work beyond their class and homework assignments. The ARC book list is comprised of high quality “classic” books at or above grade level. We ask students not to deviate from the attached reading lists, with the exception that students can select up to three books that are not the lists to read towards the challenge. Students may read from lists higher than their grade level, but not below their grade level. Books selected by students must have coordinator approval. Grade‐level book lists have been updated to provide more choices to students. As was the case in past years, by accepting this challenge students pledge to read each book and complete a short response of their choice in order to certify their accomplishment. Imagine will give a $50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card to each student who reads and reports on the designated number of books (25 for grades 3‐8 and 15 for grades 9‐12) in a school year, and these students will be recognized nationally by Imagine Schools. Last year, close to 2,000 Imagine students participated in the ARC, and 285 were given awards for completing the challenge. We hope that by taking on this challenge, students will stretch themselves to accomplish more than they might have in an ordinary year, enjoy some great new books, and model achievement and excellence for their friends and peers. With gratitude, Eileen Bakke Co‐Founder Imagine Schools Dennis Bakke Co‐Founder Imagine Schools Imagine Schools 2015-16
Advanced Reading Challenge
Grades 9-12
Congratulations on your decision to challenge yourself through reading! We hope that by taking on this CHALLENGE, you will stretch yourself to accomplish more than you might have in an ordinary year, enjoy some great new books, and model achievement and excellence for your friends and peers. Your Role as a Student: 1. Sign the commitment to read the designated number of books (15 for grades 9‐12) not previously read. a. You can choose two or three books of your choice to count towards the challenge. These books must be appropriate, challenging and approved by your Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator or teacher. b. You can also listen to 2‐3 ARC books on tape or CD. Your local library should have several of your ARC books on tape or CD. 2. Prepare a reading portfolio in which a table of contents with a list of books read and all corresponding projects are stored/showcased (*see attached table of contents) 3. Participate in school initiated activities (e.g., after school book club to present projects, etc.) as designated by your school of attendance. 4. Submit all materials upon completion to your school’s Advanced Reading Coordinator by Monday, May 2nd, 2016. Helpful Adults: Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator: This person will receive guidelines from the Imagine Schools office and will help you with the expectations and materials needed to complete the reading challenge. He/she may hold meetings to share information with you and your parents, answer questions that you might have along the way, and find ways to help you complete this challenge. Teachers: Your teachers should be able to help you get started, share information with your parent/guardian, remind you of deadlines, and help you make contact with the Advanced Reading Challenge coordinator throughout the school year. Parent/Guardian: Your parent or guardian should talk with you about the expectations of the Advanced Reading Challenge and support you by: 1. Signing the reading contract 2. Helping you find books (at the public library if needed) 3. Asking you about the books you are reading and responses you are completing. 4. Participating as an audience for your book summaries, discussions, and project presentations at school or home. Librarian/Media Specialist: Your school librarian or media specialist can help you find books in your school library or identify books on the reading lists that are in the public library collection. 1 Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character. Important Dates: Your school will start whenever your coordinator is ready. Return your contract to Start
the ARC Coordinator by the first week of October at the latest. Begin reading! Monday, May 2nd, 2016: All student portfolios must be turned in to your ARC Coordinator by Monday, May 2nd, 2016. End
2 Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character. Imagine Schools 2015-2016
Advanced Reading Challenge
Creative Responses to Literature
Grades 9-12
After reading each book from the Imagine Schools Advance Reading Challenge list, create a new entry in your Reading Portfolio Table of Contents (see attached sheet). Then choose a way to present your understanding of the book you just finished. Include each final draft in your portfolio to share with your class and school. If your final draft is not written, be sure to get a picture or include notes from an oral presentation so that there is record of what you have done for each book. Keep all finished products organized neatly in your portfolio. Remember, the goal of this challenge is to enjoy some great new books and help your friends to enjoy them too! Monologue
Power
of Persuasion
Author
Interview
Poster Project
Character
Correspondence
Visual
Imaging
The Press
Conference
Quotable
Quotations
Mapping
the Way
Book Club
Alternatives
PowerPoint
Presentation
Point of Decision
Current Events
Publisher’s
Promotion
Glog
Prezi
Book Blog Entry
3 Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character. Responding to Literature Descriptions
Grades 9-12
Monologue: Perform a monologue, pretending you are the main character (or another significant character) in your book. Poster Project: Use an art form of your choice to create a graphic way to retell the most important parts of the novel you read. The Press Conference: Take on the role of the main character in your book. Hold a press conference to answer your classmates’ prepared questions. Book Club: Participate in (or lead) a book club discussion with other students and/or teachers in your school who are reading the same book. Point of Decision: List important decisions made by book characters and explain what happens in the story as a result of those decisions. The Power of Persuasion: Write a 2 to 3‐minute radio advertisement persuading the public why they should buy and read this book. Character Correspondence: Write and address two letters to characters in your book. Quotable Quotations: Identify important quotations made by different book characters, and explain why each quotation is important in the story. Alternatives: Think of a new turn of events for the plot in your story. Rewrite the ending like the “choose your own adventure” books. Current Events: Create a news report that highlights your story’s main characters and events. Author Interview: Write a letter to the author asking questions about the book and/or what it is like to be an author. Visual Imaging: Draw highlights from your book as you retell the story or visually sequence events to create a timelines. Publisher’s Promotion: As a literary agent, write a letter to the publishing company designed to persuade them to publish this book. 4 Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character. Mapping the Way: Create maps or plot routes in the form of a map. Create a key to clearly show the symbolism and significance of each route and/or landmark plotted. PowerPoint Presentation: Create a PowerPoint presentation that enables you to show important discoveries you made while reading your book. Share your completed presentation with class or small group. Glog: Create your own interactive blog or “glog” at www.glogster.com Prezi Presentation: Create a Prezi Presentation, which is similar to a PowerPoint Presentation, at prezi.com. Prezi presentations are known for their zooming animation abilities. Share your completed presentation with your class or small group. Book Blog Entry: Create a book blog and complete an entry about a book you’ve read towards the ARC. Include a summary of the book and your personal reaction to the book in your entry. You can create a free blog at www.blogger.com. Then, share your entry with friends! 5 Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character. Imagine Schools 2015-2016
Advanced Reading Challenge
Grades 9-12
Purpose: The goal of the Advanced Reading Challenge is to challenge students to independently read 15 books during the course of one school year and complete short responses to share new knowledge and understanding from their reading. Student Responsibility: To challenge myself to achieve to the best of my ability, enjoy the books I read and encourage my peers to read good literature. Student Commitment
I, _____________________________________, accept the Advanced Reading Challenge. I commit to trying to read 15 books from the Advanced Reading Challenge book list. I understand that these should be books that I have not previously read. I commit to sharing the story with my teacher, class, parent/guardian, or school group in a creative way and documenting all books I have read through preparing an ARC Portfolio. ____________________________ Student Signature ____________________________
School
________________________ Date ________________________
Grade
Parent/Guardian Commitment
I, _____________________________________, commit to supporting my child with the Advanced Reading Challenge. I will encourage my child in his/her endeavor to read the determined number of books, complete the portfolio to highlight his/her accomplishments, and share the books read with his/her class and school community. I will sign to confirm that my child has read each book. ____________________________ ________________________ Signature Date
6 Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character. Imagine Schools 2015-2016
Advanced Reading Challenge
Portfolio Table of Contents Grades 9-12
Name ___________________________________ School Year ______________________________ # Title Type of Creative Response Grade____________ Teacher____________ Date Confirmation
Completed Signature * 1
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*Parent/guardian, teacher, or Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator may sign to confirm upon completion. 7 Imagine Schools Mission Statement: As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character. High School
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12
Title
AR
AR
Readability Interest
Level
Level
Author
A Game for Swallows: To Die, To
Leave, To Return
Lexile
Level
Genre
Abirached, Zeina
Translated by Edward
Gauvin.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas
The White Tiger
Adiga, Aravind
America's Constitution: A Biography Amar, Akhil Reed
3.4
UG
6.6
?
?
UG
?
?
1000L
?
1490L
Band of Brothers
Algebra Unplugged
Ambrose, Stephen
Amdahl, Kenn & Jim Loats
7.7
?
UG
?
?
?
The Astonishing Life of Octavian
Nothing, Traitor to the Nation:
Volume 1
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The Handmaid’s Tale
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Anderson, M.T.
8
UG
1090L
Historical Fiction
Angelou, Maya
Atwood, Margaret
Austen, Jane
Austen, Jane
6.7
5.4
12
9.3
UG
UG
UG
UG
1070L
?
1900L
1070L
Autobiographical
Science Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
Mansfield Park
Austen, Jane
12
UG
1180L
General Fiction
Joy at Work
Bakke, Dennis
?
?
?
Go Tell it on the Mountain
Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing
Memoir of the Battle to Integrate
Little Rock's Central High
Mirror of the World: A New History of
Art
Frida ¡Viva La Vida! Long Live Life!
Baldwin, James
Beals, Melba Pattillo
6.5
UG
UG
1030L
1000L
Realistic Fiction
Memoir
?
?
1380L
Informational
4.5
MG
?
Poetry
Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of Berra, Tim B.
an Extra-Ordinary Man
Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders Beschloss, Michael
and How They Changed America
?
?
?
Biographical
?
?
?
Non-Fiction
Electric Universe
E=mc2
Bodanis, David
Bodanis, David
?
?
?
?
?
?
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
An American Primer
Boorstin, Daniel J.
?
?
?
Non-Fiction
Green Shadows, White Whale
Bradbury, Ray
?
?
?
Fantasy
Fahrenheit 451
The Illustrated Man
Going Bovine
The White Bicycle
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Bradbury, Ray
Bradbury, Ray
Bray, Libba
Brenna, Beverley
Bronte, Charlotte
Bronte, Emily
5.2
4.4
4
5
7.9
11.3
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
890L
680L
HL680L
?
890L
880L
Bell, Julian
Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.
Page 1
GN680L Memoir/ Graphic
Novel
Science Fiction
General Fiction
Informational
Non-Fiction
Informational
Non-Fiction
Fantasy
Fantasy
Adventure
Realistic Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
High School
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12
Title
AR
AR
Readability Interest
Level
Level
Author
Lexile
Level
Genre
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Brown, Dee
Indian History of the American West
7.9
UG
1080L
Informational
Poems
The Good Earth
The Arabian Nights: Tales from a
Thousandofand
Nights
Parable
the One
Sower
The Plague
Browning, Robert
Buck, Pearl
Burton, Richard
Butler, Octavia. E.
Camus, Albert
?
6.8
10.6
4.6
8.2
?
UG
UG
UG
UG
?
1530L
?
710L
1070L
Poetry
Historical Fiction
Legends and
Myths Fiction
Science
General Fiction
The Stranger
In Cold Blood
My Antonia
Camus, Albert
Capote, Truman
Cather, Willa
6.8
7.1
6.9
UG
UG
UG
880L
1040L
1010L
General Fiction
Non-Fiction
Historical Fiction
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Cather, Willa
7.9
UG
1150L
Historical Fiction
Don Quixote
Solibo Magnificent
Early Stories
The Awakening
Son of the Morning Star
The Deerslayer
The Last of the Mohicans
Jurassic Park
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
The Farming of Bones
On the Origin of Species
The Longitude Prize
The Living
The Mystery of Capital
Democracy in America, Vol. 1
Reading in the Dark
Robinson Crusoe
Life by the Numbers
A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfield
Oliver Twist
Poems
Out of Africa
Lincoln
Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for
Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a
Brothers Karamazov
Crime and Punishment**
Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass
Tears of a Tiger
Rebecca
The Three Musketeers
Cervantes
Chamoiseau, Patrick
Chekhov, Anton Pavolich
Chopin, Kate
Connell, Evan S.
Cooper, James Fenimore
Cooper, James Fenimore
Crichton, Michael
Cross Giblin, James
Danticat, Edwidge
Darwin, Charles
Dash, Joan
de la Peῆa, Matt
De Soto, Hernando
De Tocqueville , Alexis
Deane, Seamus
Defoe, Daniel
Devlin, Keith
Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles
Dickinson, Emily
Dinesen, Isak
Donald, David Herbert
Dornfest, Rael
D'Orso, Michael
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Douglass, Frederick
13.2
?
?
8.3
8.9
11.2
12
7.3
9.2
6
?
8.6
5
?
13.4
?
12.3
9.7
9.7
9.5
11.3
?
?
?
?
6.2
10.4
8.7
7.9
UG
?
?
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
?
UG
UG
?
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
?
?
?
?
UG
UG
UG
UG
1410L
?
?
960L
1170L
1380L
1350L
710L
1100L
?
1450L
1160L
HL700L
1460L
1310L
?
1370L
1160L
1130L
1070L
990L
?
?
1150L
?
?
?
990L
460L
Adventure
Magical Realism
General Fiction
General Fiction
Informational
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
Biographical
Historical Fiction
Informational
Biographical
General Fiction
Non-Fiction
Informational
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Informational
General Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
Poetry
Memoir
Biographical
Informational
Biographical
General Fiction
General Fiction
Biographical
Draper, Sharon M.
Du Maurier, Daphne
Dumas, Alexandre
4.3
6.8
11.3
UG
UG
UG
700L
880L
960L
Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword
What is the What
Eaton, Jeanette
Eggers, David
7.6
?
UG
?
?
?
Page 2
Fiction
Mystery
Adventure
Biographical
Biographical
High School
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12
AR
AR
Readability Interest
Level
Level
Lexile
Level
Genre
Title
Author
Zeitoun
Invisible Man
As I Lay Dying
Trinity: A Graphic History of the First
Atomic Bomb
The Great Gatsby
Madame Bovary
The Family Romanov: Murder,
Rebellion & The Fall of Imperial
Russia
If I Stay
Eggers, David
Ellison, Ralph
Faulkner, William
Fetter-Vorm, Jonathon
?
7.2
5.4
?
?
UG
UG
?
?
?
870L
?
Biographical
General Fiction
General Fiction
Informational
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott
Flaubert, Gustave
Fleming, Candace
7.3
10
7.2
UG
UG
MG+
1070L
1030L
950L
General Fiction
General Fiction
Informational
Forman, Gayle
Fowles, John
5.3
?
UG
?
830L
?
Fiction
Mystery
Frazier, Charles
Gaines, Earnest J.
Galilei, Galileo
Gandhi, Mahatma
Gantos, Jack
Gardener, Martin
6.9
4.4
?
?
5.7
?
UG
UG
?
?
UG
?
1210L
750L
?
1010L
840L
?
Historical Fiction
General Fiction
Biographical
Autobiographical
Autobiographical
Informational
?
?
?
Graphic Novel
9.1
?
UG
?
1160L
?
Informational
Memoir
5
?
UG
?
770L
?
General Fiction
Informational
?
?
?
Informational
?
?
?
Informational
5.6
UG
890L
General Fiction
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Haddon, Mark
Night-Time
The Story of Science: Newton at the
Hakim, Joy
Center
Black, Blue & Gray: African
Haskins, James
Americans in the Civil War
5.4
UG
1180L
General Fiction
?
?
950L
Informational
10
UG
1280L
Informational
The Scarlet Letter
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
11.7
UG
1420L
General Fiction
Beowulf
Heaney, Seamus
10.4
UG
?
Catch 22
A Farewell to Arms
The Old Man and the Sea
The Sun Also Rises
The Book of Unknown Americans
Heller, Joseph
Hemingway, Ernest
Hemingway, Ernest
Hemingway, Ernest
Henriquez, Christina
7.1
6
5.1
4.4
?
UG
UG
UG
UG
?
1140L
730L
940L
610L
?
The Magus
Cold Mountain
A Lesson Before Dying
The Starry Messenger
Gandhi: An Autobiography: The Story
Hole in My Life
Hexaflexagons and Other
Mathematical Diversions
The Influencing Machine: Brooke
Gladstone on the Media
The Tipping Point: How Little Things
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days
or Less
Lord of the Flies
The Story of Art
Gladstone, Brooke & Josh
Neufold
Gladwell, Malcolm
Glidden, Sarah
Golding, William
Gombrich, Ernst Hans
Josef
Goodwin, Michael & Dann
E. Burr
Economix: How and Why Our
Economy Works (And Doesn’t Work)
in Words and Pictures
The Declaration of Independence and Grafton, Jon
other Great Documents of American
History
An Abundance of Katherines
Green, John
Page 3
Poetry
General Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
Fiction
High School
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12
AR
AR
Readability Interest
Level
Level
Lexile
Level
Genre
Title
Author
Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey
Highwater, Jamake
5.7
UG
880L
The Tao of Pooh
An Innocent Soldier
?
4.6
?
UG
810L
640L
The Iliad
The Odyssey
Hoff, Benjamin
Holub, Josef
Translated by Michael
Hofmann
Homer
Homer
Legends and
Myths
Non-Fiction
Historical Fiction
11.3
10.3
UG
UG
1330L
1130L
Poetry
Poetry
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
Hoose, Phillip
7.9
UG
1160L
Informational
The Kite Runner
Shooting Under Fire: The World of
the War Photographer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Les Mis érables
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Brave New World
Island
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The World According to Garp
Legends of Sleepy Hollow,
Unabridged
Rip Van Winkle, Unabridged
Hosseini, Khaled
Howe, Peter
5.4
?
UG
?
840L
?
Historical Fiction
Informational
Hugo, Victor
Hugo, Victor
Hurston, Zora Neale
Huxley, Aldous
Huxley, Aldous
Irving, John
Irving, John
Irving, Washington
11.8
9.8
5.6
7.5
?
7.7
?
11.1
UG
UG
UG
UG
?
UG
?
UG
950L
800L
1080L
870L
?
1050L
?
1440L
Irving, Washington
11.1
UG
?
The Remains of the Day
Ishiguro, Kazuo
7.9
UG
1210L
General Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
Legends and
Myths
Legends and
Myths
General Fiction
Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with
You
The First Part Last
Dubliners
The Metamorphosis
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Flowers for Algernon
The Secret Life of Bees
Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a
Girlhood Among Ghosts
A Separate Peace
Into the Wild
Jansen, Hanna
12
UG
790L
General Fiction
Johnson, Angela
Joyce, James
Kafka, Franz
Kesey, Ken
Keyes, Daniel
Kidd, Sue Monk
Kingston, Maxine Hong
4.7
8.2
10.5
6.2
5.8
5.7
5.7
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
790L
900L
1340L
1110L
910L
840L
880L
General Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
Science Fiction
General Fiction
Memoir
Knowles, John
Krakaurer, Jon
6.9
8.1
UG
UG
1110L
?
General Fiction
Biographical
Into Thin Air
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That
Changed the World
Tales from Shakespeare
Dressed: A Century of Hollywood
Costume Design
The Left Hand of Darkenss
To Be a Slave
Mere Christianity
Pilgrim's Regress
Krakaurer, Jon
Kurlansky, Mark
8.9
8.8
UG
UG
?
1200L
Biographical
Informational
Lamb, Charles and Mary
Landis, Deborah
Nadoolman
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Lester, Julius
Lewis, C.S.
Lewis, C.S.
12.8
?
UG
?
1390L
?
General Fiction
Informational
7
6.9
?
?
UG
UG
?
?
970L
1080L
?
?
Science Fiction
Non-Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
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High School
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12
AR
AR
Readability Interest
Level
Level
Title
Author
March: Book One
Lewis, John, Andrew
Ayden & Nate Powell
Locke, John
Mann, Charles C.
Lexile
Level
Genre
4.6
MG
?
8.1
?
MG
5
UG
820L
Mystery
Mathabane, Mark
McCullough, David
McCullough, David
McGreevey, Tom & Joanne
L. Yeck
McPherson, James
7.1
?
9.1
?
UG
?
UG
?
1040L
?
1300L
?
Autobiographical
Informational
Informational
Informational
9.7
UG
1360L
Informational
Melville, Herman
Mencken, H.L.
Michaelis, Antonia
Mitchell, Margaret
Miyabe, Miyuki
Translated by Alexander O.
Smith
Morrison, Toni
10.3
?
6
7.1
4.9
UG
?
UG
UG
UG
1200L
?
820L
1100L
?
General Fiction
Informational
General Fiction
General Fiction
Fantasy
6
UG
870L
Historical Fiction
Song of Solomon
Three Cups of Tea
Lockdown
Monster
Slam
Sunrise Over Fallujah
Circumference: Eratosthenes and the
Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe
Morrison, Toni
Mortenson, Greg
Myers, Walter Dean
Myers, Walter Dean
Myers, Walter Dean
Myers, Walter Dean
Nicastro, Nicholas
5
8.2
4.7
5.1
4.5
5.3
11.2
UG
UG
MG+
UG
UG
UG
UG
870L
1220L
730L
670L
750L
780L
1360L
Historical Fiction
Biographical
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Informational
1984
Feynman
8.9
4.4
UG
UG
Common Sense
Orwell, George
Ottaviani, Jim & Leland
Myrick
Paine, Thomas
?
?
1330L
Non-Fiction
John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth
Partridge, Elizabeth
7.4
MG
1010L
Biographical
This Land Was Made for You and Me: Partridge, Elizabeth
Cry The Beloved Country
Paton, Alan
7
6.2
UG
UG
1020L
860L
Biographical
Historical Fiction
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy
and Its Consequences
Paulos, John Allen
11
UG
?
Ketchup Clouds
Pitcher, Annabel
5
MG+
890L
Mystery
A Collection of Stories
Dodger
The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story
The Fountainhead
Poe, Edgar Allan
Pratchett, Terry
Preston, Richard
Rand, Ayn
?
7
7.3
7
?
UG
UG
UG
?
1210L
1030L
780L
General Fiction
Historical Fiction
Informational
General Fiction
The American Reader: Words That
Moved a Nation
Ravitch, Diane
?
?
1260L
Informational
Of Civil Government
Before Columbus: The Americas of
1491
On the Jellicoe Road
Kaffir Boy
Truman
1776
Our Movie Heritage
What They Fought For 1861-1865
Moby Dick
The American Language
Tiger Moon
Gone with the Wind
Brave Story
Beloved
Marchetta, Melina
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?
Graphic
Novel/Memior
1690L Non-Fiction
NC1080L Informational
1090L General Fiction
GN620L Biographical
Informational
High School
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12
AR
AR
Readability Interest
Level
Level
Title
Author
The Qur'an Translation**
Razwy, Sayed A. A. &
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Remarque, Erich Maria
Rowell, Rainbow
Salinger, J. D.
Salinger, J. D.
Saucer, Geoffrey
Shakespeare, William
Shakespeare, William
Shakespeare, William
Shelley, Mary
Wollstonecraft
Sides, Hampton
All Quiet on the Western Front
Eleanor & Park
The Catcher in the Rye
Franny and Zooey
The Canterbury Tales
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet
Othello
Frankenstein
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of
World War II's Greatest Rescue
Mission
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Skloot, Rebecca
Lexile
Level
Genre
?
?
1300L
None
6
UG
830L
Historical Fiction
4.7
6.3
8.1
10.9
10.5
8.4
12.2
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
790L
990L
?
1080L
1390L
?
1170L
General Fiction
General Fiction
Poetry
Fictional Play
Fictional Play
Fictional Play
General Fiction
9.1
UG
?
Non-Fiction
8
UG
1140L
Informational
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Smith, Betty
5.8
UG
810L
General Fiction
Antigone
Marzi: A Memoir
Sophocles
Sowa, Marzena & Sylvain
Savoia
St. Augustine
Steinbeck, John
Steinbeck, John
Steinbeck, John
Steinbeck, John
Steinbeck, John
5.2
4.3
UG
UG
1090L
?
Fictional Play
Memoir
14.3
5.3
6
4.9
4.5
6.7
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
1420L
700L
930L
680L
630L
1010L
None
General Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
Memoir
8.3
2.1
5.7
6.1
MG
UG
UG
UG
1100L
?
930L
?
General Fiction
Graphic Novel
General Fiction
Realistic Fiction
12.4
UG
1260L
?
?
8.7
6.1
6.3
6.2
9.6
10.1
6.6
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
MG
?
1240L
1340L
860L
810L
920L
1080L
1240L
980L
General Fiction
(Satire)
Informational
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Fantast
Fantasy
Fantasy
General Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
10
?
6
MG
?
UG
1030L
790L
850L
Science Fiction
General Fiction
General Fiction
The City of God
East of Eden
Cannery Row
Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
Travels with Charley: In Search of
America
Treasure Island
This One Summer
The Joy Luck Club
Nothing
The Great Composers
Civil Disobedience
Walden
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
Anna Karenina**
War and Peace**
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Stevenson, Louis Robert
Tamaki, Mariko
Tan, Amy
Teller, Jane
Translated by Martin
Thackeray, William
Makepeace
Thompson, Wendy
Thoreau, Henry David
Thoreau, Henry David
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Tolstoy, Leo
Tolstoy, Leo
Twain, Mark
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Cat’s Cradle
Slaughterhouse-Five
Verne, Jules
Vonnegut, Kurt
Vonnegut, Kurt
Vanity Fair
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High School
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List Grades 9-12
AR
AR
Readability Interest
Level
Level
Lexile
Level
Genre
Title
Author
The Color Purple
All the King’s Men
Code Name Verity
The War of the Worlds
Where Things Come Back
Selected Poems
Night
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Importance of Being Earnest
A Streetcar Named Desire
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and
What I Learned
Black Boy
The Native Son
When I Was a Soldier
Walker, Alice
Warren, Robert Penn
Wein, Elizabeth
Wells, H.G.
Whaley, John Corey
Whitman, Walt
Wiesel, Elie
Wilde, Oscar
Wilde, Oscar
Williams, Tennessee
Winick, Judd
4
6.8
6.5
9.1
5.7
?
4.8
7.7
6.9
5.7
3.9
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
?
UG
UG
UG
UG
UG
670L
1130L
1020L
1170L
960L
?
590L
970L
?
?
460L
Wright, Richard
Wright, Richard
Zenatti, Valérie
Translated by Adriana
Hunter.
7.4
6.1
6.4
UG
UG
UG
950L
?
940L
General Fiction
General Fiction
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
General Fiction
Poetry
Biographical
General Fiction
Fictional Play
Fictional Play
Biographical/
Graphic Novel
Memoir
General Fiction
Memoir
700L
?
None
None
The New Testament (Bible)**
The Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus,
Deuteronomy, Joshua, Job, Psalms,
Proverbs, & Ecclesiastes**
Books that are followed by two asterisks (**) count as two books towards the Advanced Reading Challenge.
*AR Readability (ATOS formula): Measures the textual difficulty of a whole book, not just a single passage.
*Interest Level: LG=Lower Grades (K-3), MG=Middle Grades (4-8), UG=Upper Grades (9-12): Maturity
level of a book's content, ideas, and themes based on publisher's recommendations about the content.
All classic books should be read in an unabridged form unless otherwise noted.
Books that are highlighted have been added to the ARC list during the 2015 calendar year.
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