2014 2015 NHS Incoming Sophomore Summer Reading list

Northbrook High School 2014
All book cover photos taken from amazon.com

 Tells the story of “Zits”, a Native American high
schooler who loves to draw and play basketball.
 Conflict arises when he wants to leave his reservation
school and attend a “white” school for better
opportunities.
 Has many drawings throughout as the narrator
explains situations through comedy.
 You might like this book if…
 You like sports
 You like comedy written from a teenager’s point of view
 You’re interested in race issues
Barnes and Noble Cost: $12.00
Book Trailer

 Melinda is a high school student who has stopped
speaking.
 The reason for her choosing to not speak is shocking!
 She finds an outlet to express herself through her art.
 She copes with depression as her finds herself being
ostracized by her friends at school
 You think high school party life is glamorous
 You don’t trust adults
 You have a secret that you’re unable to tell anyone
Book Trailer

 Alice’s drug addiction starts when she is served a soft
drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game.
 She gets addicted, causing her life to crumble all
around her.
 A journey that robs her of her innocence, her youth—
and ultimately her life.
 You wonder how drug addiction really affects people
 You wonder the true effects of peer pressure
 You like books written as diary entries
Barnes and Nobel Cost: $7.99
Book Trailer

 Tells the story of Charlie, who tries to navigate his
freshman year of high school
 The trouble is that his best friend is no longer with
him, causing Charlie to start with nothing at the
beginning of high school.
 He meets a group of friends that engage in everything
from first dates and family drama…to sex, drugs, and
The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
 You want to see the perspective of high school from an
outsider
 You want to see the perspective of someone depressed
after a great loss
 You want to see a different light on high school groups
 Barnes and Noble Cost: $11.20
 Book Trailer

 Ben Wolf has big plans for his senior year.
 He finds out he only has one year to live after finding
out some devastating news.
 He tries to keep his news a secret, but finds out that
other people around him have secrets around.
 You like books with strong-willed male characters
 You like stories that involve high school sports
 You want to know how a teenager reacts when he
realizes he’s going to die soon.
 Book Trailer

 Lily Owens, a white girl, has her life changed
dramatically when her mother is killed.
 Lily has a black “stand-in mother” named Rosaleen
takes Lily out of their own after racist comments are
made.
 They are taken in by beekeeping sisters who
introduce Lily to a world of bees, honey, and the Black
Madonna who presides over their household.
 You like reading about the power of friendship
 You are interested in race relations in the 1960s
 You like reading about strong women
 Book Trailer

 Graphic Novel
 Takes places in Baghdad, Iraq
 Story of Lions which escape during the American
Invasion in the 2000s.
 Their story of survival mirrors the lives of many
Iraqis.
 You might like this if:
 You like graphic novels (comics)
 You like animals
 You like war
Book Trailer

 Craig, attending a new school, realizes he’s not as
brilliant as he once was—and his world begins
crumbling around him.
 He stops eating and sleeping, until he nearly kills
himself.
 Craig confronts his anxiety in a mental hospital, as
he works though his own issues alongside his new
neighbors including a transsexual sex addict, a girl
who scarred her own face with scissors, and others.
 You have felt lost in the world that you can’t control
 You have ever felt depressed
 You wonder what life is like in a mental hospital
Book Trailer

 Graphic Novel
 Life of a teenage Chinese boy and the struggles he
goes through.
 Tells a total of three stories that intertwine as the
characters deal with discrimination, self-identity, self-
acceptance, and what is truth
 You enjoy graphic novels
 You can relate to being discriminated against
 You want to see life from a minority’s perspective,
perhaps unlike your own
Book Trailer

 When the Taliban took control of an area in Pakistan,
Malala stood up for her right to an education.
 She was shot in the face on the school bus.
 Few expected her to survive.
 She’s now an international symbol of peaceful protest.
 Has spoken at the United Nations; nominated for a
Nobel Peace Prize
 You might like this if you…
 Already know Malala’s story and consider her a hero
 Are curious how she survived a bullet to the head
 Want to stand up for what you believe
Barnes and Noble Cost: $20.80Book Trailer

 Taking place in the 1980s, this tells the story of true
love found in high school between two outcasts.
 Told from both character’s perspectives.
 Have a love for comic books and music
 Eleanor struggles with her home life where she has
an abusive stepfather and mother who doesn’t listen
to her.
 You might like this if you…
 Like the realistic high school love story
 Have felt like an outcast before
 Smile when you think of your first love
Book Trailer

Hispanic author. Writes usually
from the male perspective.
Costs:
Ball Don’t Lie: $6.39
Ball Don't Lie Trailer
A Nation’s Hope: $7.19
A Nation's Hope Trailer
Mexican WhiteBoy: $7.19
Mexican White Boy Trailer

She writes love stories, especially
for teens.
Barnes and Noble Cost:
What Happened to Goodbye- $7.99
What Heppened to Goodbye Trailer
Along for the Ride- $7.99
Along for the Ride Trailer
Someone Like You- $7.99
Someone Like You Trailer

Write about teenage issues: love,
friendship, finding out who you are in
the world.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in our Stars Trailer
Paper Towns
Trailer
Looking for Alaska
Trailer
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Book Trailer
An Abundance of Katherines
Trailer
Barnes and Noble:
TFIOS: $10.39
An Abundance of Katherines: $7.99

 Tells the story of an Odessa, Texas football team who
have the expectations to win the state championship.
 Deals with what happens when you’re under pressure
to excel when things don’t go exactly as planned.
 Focuses on the people of Odessa and how they deal
not only with football, but with race.
 You might like this book:
 You like real-life stories
 You like sports, especially high school football
 You want to know about “Texas Football” culture.
Book Trailer

 Tale of two adventurers as they travel the
Appalachian Trail
 The author and his friend Katz, both lazy couch-
potatoes and in their 40s, decide one March to make
the 2000-mile trail from Georgia to Maine.
 The story talks about how both of them cope with
being out of shape, going on an extensive journey that
they’re ill-prepared for, and what happens when they
need to make the choices whether to continue on.
 You like a sense of adventure
 You want to experience the world
 You like stories of people who totally mess up
Book Trailer

 In 1959, in a small town in Kansas, four members of
the Clutter family were savagely murdered by
shotgun blasts held mere inches from their faces.
 No motive for the crime, and almost no clues.
 Truman Capote visits the murderers in prison and
retells the story of the murders and investigation that
led to the capture of the suspects, continuing through
the trial and execution of the killers
 A true story
 You like murder stories
 You are interested in police work
 You have an interest in real-life stories
Book Trailer

 The author spent five years of her childhood being
treated for cancer.
 She spends the next 15 being treated different as a
consequence of her cancer.
 Takes more than 30 surgeries until she can accept
what she looks like
 Through that, she lives with the torture of rejection
and the fear of never being loved.
 You are interested in reconstructive surgery
 You want a perspective of someone who gets made fun of
for what she looks like
 You want to know what it’s like to live with cancer and
the after effects.
Book Trailer

Tells stories from the perspectives of
Afghanis who survive many
different situations.
The Kite Runner ($12.80): A boy
growing up before and during
Taliban rule Book Trailer
A Thousand Splendid Suns: Tales of
women who suffered under Taliban
rule Trailer
And the Mountains Echoed ($23.16):
Tells the story of families, all who
have connections to Afghanistan and
explores the ideas of love, honor,
sacrifice, and betrayal.

Writes specifically for teenagers
from unique perspectives.
A number of his books deals with
love, figuring out who you are, and
where you fit in the world.
Everday: $7.99 Book Trailer
Boy Meets Boy: $7.19 Book Trailer

 Steve Lopez tells the story of a homeless man who
was once a musical prodigy from Julliard.
 The story centers around his friendship with
Nathaniel Ayers, who due to having paranoid
schizophrenia and becoming homeless, continues to
play the violin.
 Lopez helps him through writing articles for the Los
Angeles Times, and getting the help he needs to
realize his true musical dreams.
 You are interested about the lives of homeless or
someone who is schizophrenic
 You are interested in mental health issues
 You are someone who wants to help others
 You have an interest in music or journalism
Book Trailer

 African-American maids in the south tell their stories of
oppression, insults, and strength to Skeeter, a white
woman, who wants to write a book about their lives.
 The idea for the book stems from an idea to have
separate bathrooms in the households for the domestic
maids, so they don’t share with the white people.
 Minny, Miss Celia, Aibieleen, and Yule May tell their
very different stories that have common themes of
helping each other, the power of telling stories, and the
power of love.
 You want to see how African-Americans were treated in the
south during the Civil Rights Era.
 You like reading about rebels
 You want to see the best example of revenge cooking ever
written
Book Trailer

 Death narrates this story of Liesel, a German girl left
with foster parents just before World War II.
 As a way to cope with losing her brother and the war,
she steals books as a way to cope with the war.
 As the war intensifies, her obsession with stealing
books grows, supply rationing is in place, and her
family hides a Jewish man in their basement from
the Nazis.
 Death continues to travel the earth in the story,
taking more souls every day.
 You like stories dealing with World War II and the Nazis
 You have ever lost someone you loved.
 You want to see what people can do to survive in extreme
situations
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