Summer is a time to relax and read-- what, when, and how you please.

Flanagan High School’s summer reading program 2008 is now on the web, and it’s all about choice. Your choice!! This year’s book list features contemporary young adult novels, graphic novels, and the classics, too. You may choose one or several books from the list or feel free to read books of your own selection. The novels listed here are possible choices for you. (The summer reading program contains an extensive list of titles in a variety of genres to appeal to a wide audience. Some titles may contain mature content. It is recommended that you read book reviews on the web to make informed decisions when selecting books.) You’ll be able to earn extra credit next school year by completing an online review of the book(s) you’ve read. Directions for completing the assessment will be posted on the Flanagan web page this summer, so be sure to check the web page often. Flop down and flip the pages this summer. Dive into an exciting book!

Contemporary Fiction
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
Alexie, Sherman. Flight.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Twisted.
Asher, Jay. Thirteen Reasons Why.
Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.
Brande, Robin. Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature.
Cameron, Peter. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You.
Carey, Mike. The Re-Gifters.
Clarke, Judith. One Whole and Perfect Day.
Cullen, Lynn. I Am Rembrandt's Daughter.
Downham, Jenny. Before I Die.
Doyle, Larry. I Love You, Beth Cooper.
Edwards, Kim. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Gipi. Notes for a War Story
Grey, Christopher. Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci's Servant.
Hemphill, Stephanie. Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath.
Hinds, Gareth. Beowulf.
Hornby, Nick. Slam.
Hosseini, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns or The Kite Runner
Iggulden, Conn and Hal Iggulden. The Dangerous Book for Boys
Johnston, Tony. Bone by Bone by Bone.
Jones, Lloyd. Mister Pip.
Klass, David. Firestorm.
Knox, Elizabeth. Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet.
Lat. Town Boy.
Lockhart, E. Dramarama.
Lyga, Barry. Boy Toy.
MacCready, Robin Merrow. Buried.
Mieville, China. Un Lun Dun.
Myers, Walter Dean. What They Found: Love on 145th Street.
Myracle, Lauren. TTFN (Internet Girls) and TTYL (Talk to You Later)
Peet, Mal. Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal.
Picoult, Jody: Any novel
The Restless Dead: Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural.
Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel.
Sharenow, Robert. My Mother the Cheerleader.
Sparks, Nicholas. The Notebook
St. James, James. Freak Show
Thompson, Kate. The New Policeman
Wallace, Rich. One Good Punch.
Weinheimer, Beckie. Converting Kate.
Wiess, Laura. Such a Pretty Girl.
Wizner, Jake. Spanking Shakespeare.
Zarr, Sara. Story of a Girl.
Zevin, Gabrielle. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac.

The Classics—to name a few
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, by Julia Alvarez
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan
Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
I, Robot (The Robot Series), by Isaac Asimov.
Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury.
Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart.
QB VII, by Leon Uris.
The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien