8th Grade Summer Reading Assignment 2009

 

Required reading: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

 

Choose one other book from the list below. 

For each book, you will write a book report (2-page minimum, typed or written in ink, front side only): discuss setting, characters, plot, conflict, and your opinion of the book.

You will discuss one of the books you read in a short presentation.

 

Realistic Fiction

Dicey’s Song   Cynthia Voigt

 

Historical

Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes

Night  Elie Wiesel

 

Science Fiction/Fantasy

The Fellowship of the Ring  J.R.R. Tolkien

Gathering Blue  Lois Lowry