Central Bucks - 9th Grade Summer Reading

Students entering ninth grade must read at least two books over the summer. One of the books must be chosen from the ninth grade list below. The other book should be selected based on personal interest, parent recommendation, and reading ability. It need not be from the grade level book list.

 

The Martian Chronicles (Mass Market Paperback)

By Ray Bradbury
$7.19
ISBN-13: 9780553278224
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Published: Spectra, 6/1984
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Mars is a place where a fine dust settles on the great cities of a silent, destroyed civilization. The wonders begin as men from Earth attempt to colonize the red planet.

The Good Earth (Paperback)

By Pearl S. Buck
$13.50
ISBN-13: 9780743272933
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Published: Washington Square Press, 9/2004
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The story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged accumulation of land during famine, drought, and revolution.

Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers (Mass Market Paperback)

By Gary Paulsen
$6.29
ISBN-13: 9780440228387
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Published: Laurel Leaf, 9/2000
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Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Paperback)

By Jamie Ford
$13.50
ISBN-13: 9780345505347
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Published: Ballantine Books, 10/2009
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An exceptionally well-written historical fiction novel that is set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle and Japanese American internment camps during World War II. Amid the chaos of blackouts, curfews, and FBI raids, Henry Lee - a Chinese-American - and Keiko Okabe - a young Japanese American student - forge a bond of friendship and innocent love. This unforgettable duo teach us of the power of forgiveness and the human heart.

Tears of a Tiger (Mass Market Paperback)

By Sharon M. Draper
$6.29
ISBN-13: 9780689806988
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Published: Simon Pulse, 2/1996
The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.

This World We Live In (Paperback)

By Susan Beth Pfeffer
$8.09
ISBN-13: 9780547550282
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Published: Graphia, 4/2011
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In the year that has passed since a meteor collided with the moon, Miranda’s friends and neighbors have died, the landscape has frozen, and food has become increasingly scarce. The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda’s father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow. One of the newcomers is Alex Morales, and as Miranda’s complicated feelings for him turn to love, his plans for his future thwart their relationship. Then a devastating tornado hits, and Miranda makes a decision that will change their lives forever.

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter (Mass Market Paperback)

By Adeline Yen Mah
$6.29
ISBN-13: 9780440228653
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Laurel Leaf, 3/2001
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The author tells the story of her painful childhood in China where she lived until the age of fourteen with her father, stepmother, and siblings, all of whom considered her bad luck because her mother died shortly after giving birth to her.
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