Branford High School Summer Reading 2010

9th Grade



The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah

Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History/Here My Troubles Began
by Art Spiegelman

Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus
by Margaret Atwood

Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace......One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson

10th Grade

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson

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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

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Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom by John Follain


11th Grade

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Finn by Jon Clinch

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The Help by Kathryn Stockett

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The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent

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Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

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The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back by Kevin and Hannah Salwen

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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer



12th Grade

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Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

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The Power of One by Bruce Courtenay

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Persepolis (a graphic novel) by Marjane Satrapi

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Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan

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Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri