summer reading & more
2006
2006 Summer Reading List
Darnell Rock Reporting
Darnell Rock Reporting by Walter Dean Myers
Darnell is getting poor grades in school and his teachers don't like his attitude. But things take a turn for the better when he reluctantly joins the school newspaper and discovers his talent as a reporter.
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Dave at Night
Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine
When orphaned, Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for boys where he is treated cruelly; he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music and cultured filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Dicey’s Song
Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt
Homeless Dicey and her younger siblings finally arrive at their grandmother's home. Dicey discovers that you can learn some things too fast. (Newbery Award)
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Dogsong
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
An arduous dogsled trek across the frozen Alaska wilderness, becomes a journey of self-discovery for fourteen year old Russel Susskit.
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
The true story of the 1914 voyage of British explorer and his crew, trapped by drifting ice packs on their way to the South Pole.
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