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New Milford High School Summer Reading 2017

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The Lie Tree by: Frances Hardinge

Great Britain, fantasy, detec�ve

Homegoing b y: Yaa Gyasi

Africa, African American, slavery

King’s Cage by: Victoria Aveyard

Teen, dystopian, fantasy

After Alice by: Gregory Maguire

Wonderland, retelling, fantasy

A Prayer for Owen Meany by: John Irving

Young men, Vietnam, friendship

Salt to the Sea by: Ruth Sepetys

Historical, refugees, WW II

A Dog’s Journey by: W. Bruce Cameron

Dog, rela�onships, reincarna�on

Station Eleven By: Emily St. John Mandel

Ac�on, adventure, dystopian

And Then There Were None** by: Agatha Chris�e

Mystery, detec�ve, island

The Circle by: Dave Eggers

Social Media, Suspense, Dystopian

Buddha in the A軀�c b y: Julie Otsuka

Mail order brides, Asian Americans

See me By: Nicholas Sparks

North Carolina, rela�onships

https://www.amazon.com/Lie-Tree-Frances-Hardinge/dp/1419718959/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493303352&sr=8-1&keywords=lie+tree

http://www.amazon.com/Delirium-Trilogy-Lauren-Oliver/dp/0061726834/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1431437021&sr=1-1&keywords=delirium

https://www.amazon.com/Homegoing-Yaa-Gyasi/dp/1101971061/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493303379&sr=8-1&keywords=homegoing

http://www.amazon.com/Forget-Sorrow-An-Ancestral-Tale/dp/0393339963/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400246932&sr=8-1&keywords=forget+sorrow

https://www.amazon.com/Kings-Cage-Queen-Victoria-Aveyard/dp/0062310690/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493303809&sr=8-1&keywords=king%27s+cage

http://www.amazon.com/Watchmen-Alan-Moore/dp/0930289234/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400246570&sr=8-1&keywords=watchmen

https://www.amazon.com/After-Alice-Novel-Gregory-Maguire/dp/0060859741/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493304164&sr=8-1&keywords=after+alice

http://www.amazon.com/An-Ember-Ashes-Sabaa-Tahir/dp/1595148035

http://www.amazon.com/An-Ember-Ashes-Sabaa-Tahir/dp/1595148035

http://www.amazon.com/The-Unincorporated-Man-Dani-Kollin/dp/0765327244/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400247991&sr=8-1&keywords=the+unincorporated+man

https://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Owen-Meany-Novel/dp/0062204092/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493305356&sr=8-1&keywords=a+prayer+for+owen+meany+by+john+irving

http://www.amazon.com/The-Invention-Wings-A-Novel/dp/0670024783/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400247119&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=the+invenetion+of+wings

https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Sea-Ruta-Sepetys/dp/0399160302/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493305413&sr=8-1&keywords=salt+to+the+sea

http://www.amazon.com/Crossed-Matched-Ally-Condie-ebook/dp/B0052RE4MQ

http://www.amazon.com/Crossed-Matched-Ally-Condie-ebook/dp/B0052RE4MQ

https://www.amazon.com/Dogs-Journey-Novel-Purpose/dp/0765368293/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493305438&sr=8-1&keywords=a+dog%27s+journey

https://www.amazon.com/Station-Eleven-Emily-John-Mandel/dp/0804172447/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494432812&sr=1-1&keywords=station+eleven

http://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Novel-Kate-Atkinson/dp/0316176494/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460050033&sr=8-1&keywords=life+after+life

http://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Novel-Kate-Atkinson/dp/0316176494/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460050033&sr=8-1&keywords=life+after+life

https://www.amazon.com/Then-There-Were-None/dp/0062073486/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493305540&sr=8-1&keywords=and+then+there+were+none

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Road-Kristin-Hannah/dp/0312364431/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400252812&sr=1-1&keywords=night+road

https://www.amazon.com/Circle-Dave-Eggers/dp/0345807294/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493305922&sr=8-1&keywords=the+circle

http://www.amazon.com/Special-Topics-Calamity-Physics-Marisha/dp/0143112120

https://www.amazon.com/Buddha-Attic-Pen-Faulkner-Award/dp/0307744426/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494432842&sr=1-1&keywords=buddha+in+the+attic

https://www.amazon.com/See-Me-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/1455520624/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493306039&sr=8-1&keywords=see+me



Underground Railroad by: Colson Whitehead

Fugi�ve slaves, historical, Pulitzer

Interpreter of Maladies by: Jhumpa Lahiri

Stories, Indian Americans

The German Girl by: Armando Lucas Correa

German Jews, Cuba, historical

The Woman in Cabin 10 by: Ruth Ware

Psychological thriller, cruise ship

The Running Man** By: Stephen King

Survival, Game shows, Horror

Summer Days and Summer Nights:

12 Love Stories

edited by: Stephanie Perkins

Short stories, lighthearted, love

Another Brooklyn

by:Jacqueline Woodson

Urban, friendship, novel in verse

The Secret Keeper

by: Kate Morton

Great Britain, detec�ve, secrecy

Small Great Things by: Jodi Picoult

Legal, African American nurses

The Art of Holding On

and Letting Go by: Kristen Bartley Lenz

Rock climbing, coming of age, realis�c

A Man Called Ove** by: Fredrik Backman

Elderly men, humorous

Love and First Sight by: Josh Sundquist

Blind teenager, romance

http://www.amazon.com/Morality-Play-Norton-Paperback-Fiction/dp/0393315606

https://www.amazon.com/Underground-Railroad-Pulitzer-Winner-National/dp/0385542364/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493306775&sr=8-1&keywords=underground+railroad

http://www.amazon.com/Spanish-Tragedy-Thomas-Kyd/dp/1463688806

https://www.amazon.com/Interpreter-Maladies-Jhumpa-Lahiri/dp/039592720X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493306828&sr=8-1&keywords=interpreter+of+maladies

http://www.amazon.com/Lone-Wolf-Jodi-Picoult/dp/1439102759

https://www.amazon.com/German-Girl-Armando-Lucas-Correa/dp/1501121146/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493307088&sr=8-1&keywords=the+german+girl

https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Cabin-10-Ruth-Ware/dp/1501132954/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493308055&sr=8-1&keywords=woman+in+cabin+10+book

https://www.amazon.com/Running-Man-Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1501143859/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493308370&sr=8-1&keywords=the+running+man

https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Days-Nights-Twelve-Stories/dp/1250079128/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493308733&sr=8-1&keywords=summer+days+and+summer+nights

https://www.amazon.com/Another-Brooklyn-Novel-Jacqueline-Woodson/dp/0062359983/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493308896&sr=8-1&keywords=another+brooklyn

https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Keeper-Novel-Kate-Morton/dp/1439152810/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493310216&sr=8-1&keywords=the+secret+keeper+morton

https://www.amazon.com/Small-Great-Things-Jodi-Picoult/dp/0345544951/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493309120&sr=8-1&keywords=small+great+things

https://www.amazon.com/Art-Holding-Letting-Go/dp/0996864911/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494433045&sr=1-1&keywords=the+art+of+holding+on+and+letting+go

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Called-Ove-Novel/dp/1476738025/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493309228&sr=8-1&keywords=a+man+called+ove

https://www.amazon.com/Love-First-Sight-Josh-Sundquist/dp/0316305359/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494433090&sr=1-1&keywords=love+and+first+sight



Reading Lolita in Tehran:

a Memoir in Books by: Azar Nafisi

Educators, reading, Iran

George Washington’s Secret Six: the Spy Ring that Saved the Revolution

by: Brian Kilmeade

GW, spies, revolu�on

March: Book Three by: John Lewis, et al.

Civil rights, graphic novel

Rise of the Rocket Girls: the Women who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the

Moon to Mars by: Nathalia Holt

Mathema�cians, women, space

Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for

the Next Generation

edited by: Bre� Fletcher Lauer, et al.

American, poetry, collec�ons

The Stranger by: Albert Camus

Algeria, literature, psychological

From the Inside Out: Harrowing

Escapes from the Twin Towers of

the World Trade Center by: Eric O. Ronningen

Terrorist a�acks, anniversary, NYC

The Stranger in the Woods: the Extraordinary Story of the Last True

Hermit by: Michael Finkel

Biography, Maine, survival

Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and

Getting it Done

by: Andrea Gonzales & Sophie Houser

Camping, computer programming

https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Lolita-Tehran-Memoir-Books/dp/0812979303/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493317700&sr=8-1&keywords=reading+lolita+in+tehran

https://www.amazon.com/George-Washingtons-Secret-Six-Revolution/dp/0143130609/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493317739&sr=8-1&keywords=george+washington%27s+secret+six

https://www.amazon.com/March-Book-Three-John-Lewis/dp/1603094024/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493317957&sr=8-1&keywords=march+book+three

http://www.amazon.com/The-Night-Circus-Erin-Morgenstern/dp/0307744434/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400246127&sr=8-1&keywords=the+night+circus

https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Rocket-Girls-Propelled-Missiles/dp/0316338907/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493318323&sr=8-1&keywords=rise+of+the+rocket+girls

https://www.amazon.com/Please-Excuse-This-Poem-Generation/dp/0670014796/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493318349&sr=8-1&keywords=please+excuse+this+poem+100+new+poets+for+the+next+generation

https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Albert-Camus/dp/0679720200/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493318566&sr=8-1&keywords=the+stranger+camus

https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Out-Harrowing-Escapes-Towers/dp/1566493846/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493319021&sr=8-1&keywords=from+the+inside+out+harrowing

https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Woods-Extraordinary-Story-Hermit/dp/1101875682/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493391336&sr=8-1&keywords=the+stranger+in+the+woods

https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Code-Gaming-Going-Getting/dp/006247250X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493391415&sr=1-3&keywords=girl+code



Undefeated: Jim Thorpe a nd the Carlisl e Indian School Football Team

by: Steve Sheinkin

Hero, Na�ve American, football

Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives by: Tim Harford

Crea�vity, orderliness, resilience

Hidden Figures** by: Margot Lee She�erly

Biography, women, aeronau�cs

Drowned City By: Don Brown

Graphic novel, Hurricane Katrina

Alexander Hamilton**

by: Ron Chernow

Biography, history, poli�cs, Am Rev

Sabotage: The Mission to Destroy

Hitler’s Atomic Bomb

by: Neal Bascomb

Military, espionage, WW II

Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity

in the Midst of Life’s Storms

by: Tim Tebow

Iden�ty, faith, success

Louisa: The Extraordinary Life

of Mrs. Adams

by: Louisa Thomas

Biography, first ladies

Envelope Poems by: Emily Dickinson

Poetry, in poet’s handwri�ng, precious

Humans of New York by:Brandon Stanton

Photography, NYC, sociology

Being Jazz: My Life as a

(Transgender) Teen

by: Jazz Jennings

Autobiography, LGBTQ, Ac�vist

Taking My Life Back

By: Rebekah Gregory

Determina�on, Boston Marathon

http://www.amazon.com/The-Night-Circus-Erin-Morgenstern/dp/0307744434/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400246127&sr=8-1&keywords=the+night+circus

https://www.amazon.com/Undefeated-Thorpe-Carlisle-Indian-Football/dp/1596439548/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493314216&sr=8-1&keywords=undefeated+jim+thorpe+and+the+carlisle+indian+school+football+team

https://www.amazon.com/Messy-Power-Disorder-Transform-Lives/dp/1594634793/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493314371&sr=8-1&keywords=messy+the+power+of+disorder+to+transform+our+lives

https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Figures-American-Untold-Mathematicians/dp/0062363603/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1493314546&sr=8-3&keywords=hidden+figures

https://www.amazon.com/Drowned-City-Hurricane-Katrina-Childrens/dp/054415777X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493391620&sr=1-1&keywords=drowned+city+hurricane+katrina+and+new+orleans

https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Hamilton-Ron-Chernow/dp/0143034758/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493391654&sr=1-1&keywords=hamilton+chernow

https://www.amazon.com/Sabotage-Mission-Destroy-Hitlers-Atomic/dp/0545732433/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493391685&sr=1-1&keywords=sabotage+the+mission+to+destroy+hitler%27s+atomic+bomb

https://www.amazon.com/Shaken-Discovering-Identity-Midst-Storms/dp/0735289867/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493391994&sr=1-1&keywords=shaken+tim+tebow

https://www.amazon.com/Louisa-Extraordinary-Life-Mrs-Adams/dp/039956313X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494433157&sr=1-1&keywords=louisa+the+extraordinary+life+of+mrs.+adams

https://www.amazon.com/Envelope-Poems-Emily-Dickinson/dp/0811225828/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493392020&sr=1-1&keywords=envelope+poems+emily+dickinson

https://www.amazon.com/Humans-New-York-Brandon-Stanton/dp/1250038820/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494433188&sr=1-3&keywords=humans+of+new+york

https://www.amazon.com/Being-Jazz-Life-Transgender-Teen/dp/0399554645/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493392052&sr=1-1&keywords=being+jazz

https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Life-Back-Determination-Surviving/dp/0800728211/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494433221&sr=1-1&keywords=taking+my+life+back



Lion: A Long Way Home**

by: Saroo Brierley

Biography, adop�on, Australia

Chasing Shackleton by: Tim Jarvis

Explora�on, survival, Antarc�ca The Humans By: Stephen Karam

Tony for Best Play 2016 Comedy‐drama, family life

The Soloist: a Lost Dream, an Unlikely

Friendship, and the Redemptive Power

of Music

by: Steve Lopez

Homeless, violinists, biography

https://www.amazon.com/Lion-Movie-Tie-Saroo-Brierley/dp/0399584692/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=CZFKR12B2PAKV8G91KMG

https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Shackleton-Re-creating-Greatest-Survival/dp/0062282735/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494433457&sr=1-1&keywords=chasing+shackleton

https://www.amazon.com/Humans-Revised-TCG-Stephen-Karam/dp/1559365420/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494509683&sr=8-1&keywords=the+humans+play

https://www.amazon.com/Soloist-Dream-Unlikely-Friendship-Redemptive/dp/0425238369/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494433484&sr=1-1&keywords=the+soloist+by+steve+lopez

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