Eagle Readers are Making Waves! Summer Reading 2010
Below is a spectacular variety of reading selections all intended to keep you awake on a sunny beach, on the edge of your seat on a really long car trip, or breathless on your back porch at sunset. Have a great Summer Eagle Readers!
Dive – Gordon Korman (F&P = T)
Four teens interning as research divers for the summer find themselves searching for a centuries-old treasure and fending off killer sharks.
Along for the Ride – Sarah Dessen (F&P = R)
Auden gets a chance to recapture the carefree teen life she missed while her parents were going through a divorce when she goes to spend the summer with her dad and his new family in a charming beach town and meets fellow insomniac Eli, an intriguing loner fighting demons of his own.
The Other Side of the Island – Allegra Goodman (F&P = O)
Honor, living with her mom and dad on Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea, an environment controlled by the Earth Mother corporation in a post-apocalyptic world, becomes more fearful as she grows older and realizes that her nonconformist parents are putting the entire family at risk.
Whale Talk – Chris Crutcher (F&P = Z+)
Smart and studly, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school’s most unlikely heros.
Deadly Waters – Gloria Skurzynski (F&P = U)
While visiting the Everglades National Park with their parents, the Landon children uncover the mystery of dying manatees and learn important lessons about the natural environment.
Life of Pi – Yann Martel (F&P = V)
Pi Patel, having spent an idyllic childhood in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a marvelous turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift on a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger for company.
Soul Surfer: a true story of faith, family, and fighting to get back on the board – Bethany Hamilton
Bethany Hamilton shares the story of her lifelong love of surfing, and tells how she was able to recover and return to competition with the help of her family, friends, and faith, after losing her arm in a shark attack at the age of thirteen.
Michael Phelps: anything is possible! – Meish Goldish (F&P = V)
Photographs and text provide a brief biography on Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps that describes his experiences at the 2008 Olympic games, his early swimming career, and other related topics.
Death by Bikini – Linda Gerber (F&P = O)
Sixteen-year-old Aphra Behn Connolly investigates why her father let an unknown family stay at their exclusive tropical island resort, who strangled a famous rock star’s girlfriend with her own bikini top, and what a smoldering teenaged guest is hiding.
The Great Wide Sea – Madaline Herlong (F&P = P)
Still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father on an extended sailing trip off the Florida Keys and have a harrowing adventure at sea.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (graphic novel) – Judith Conaway (F&P = U)
Graphic adaptation of the classic novel which follows the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world’s oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.
Little Brother – Corey Doctorow (F&P = W)
Interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus is released into what is now a police state, and decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.
Feed – M.T. Anderson (F&P = S)
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Final book in the Hunger Games Trilogy – due out in August of 2010!
Shade’s Children – Garth Nix (F&P = Y)
In a savage future world, four young fugitives attempt to overthrow the bloodthirsty rule of the Overlords with the help of Shade, their mysterious mentor.
Boy2Girl - Terrance Blacker
After the death of his mother, thirteen-year-old Sam comes to live with his cousin and as a prank, he dresses up as a girl for school, but it soon gets out of hand.
Among the Hidden – Margaret Haddix (F&P = Z)
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family’s farm, until another “third” convinces him that the government is wrong.
The Rose that Grew from Concrete – Tupac Shakur
A collection of poems written by rap artist and actor Tupac Shakur at the age of nineteen.
Stones into Schools: promoting peace with books, not bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan – Greg Mortenson
Standing against the wind – Traci Jones
After her mother is sent to jail, eighth-grader Patrice Williams moves to Chicago to live with her aunt Mae where she attends a school filled with gangs and drug runners, applies for a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, and learns there is hope for her future.
Dairy Queen – Catherine Murdock (F&P = Y)
After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school’s rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.
Teen, Inc – Stefan Petrucha (F&P = T)
Fourteen-year-old Jaiden has been raised by NECorp. since his parents were killed when he was a baby, so when he discovers that the corporation has been lying about producing illegal levels of mercury emissions, he and his two friends decide to try to do something about it.
The Mysterious Benedict Society – Trenton Stewart (F&P = V)
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
Gone – Michael Grant (F&P = O)
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have “The Power” and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.