Wednesday, May 26, 2010

10th Grade Reading List

Mathematics: The Man Who Counted (Tahan)

Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland (Gamow)

The Tipping Point or The Outliers (Gladwell)

Science: Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman (Feynman)

The Double Helix (Watson)

Last Child in the Woods—(Louv)

History: Galileo’s Daughter or Longitude—Sobel

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage (Lansing)

The Code Book (Singh)

Literature: The Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas)

Peace Like a River (Enger)

Night (Weisel)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Smith)

Gulliver’s Travels (Swift)

Don Quixote (Cervantes)

David Copperfield (Dickens)

Philosophy: Man’s Search for Meaning (Frankl)

Room of One’s Own (Woolf)

Anthem (Rand)

Drama: A Man for All Seasons (Bolt)

The Importance of Being Earnest (Wilde)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Stoppard)

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Welcome

Glad you've chosen to participate in the summer reading program. This blog is a place for you to share your ideas about the books you read during the summer. Please feel free to comment on a book you are reading from the official Summer Reading list or post comments on other books you are reading just for fun.

Please remember:
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  • Different opinions are wonderful because they stretch our own thinking
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