La Salle Academy
Summer Reading List --2007

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  Please be advised that the following titles have been chosen for our 2007 Summer Learning Program. All students will read two books this summer. The "Required Class Books" will be read by all students in the respective classes. Students are then to choose one book from the "Class List For Second Book" for their second summer title.

FRESHMAN PROGRAMS

.1 FRESHMEN--REQUIRED BOOKS
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Stranger by Albert Camus

.2 FRESHMEN-Required Books
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong

.1 FRESHMEN Transition Program--Required Books
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong

REQUIRED SOPHOMORE BOOK:

Kon Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl

SOPHOMORE BOOK LIST
Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
A Most Damnable Invention by Stephen R. Bown
Life to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza
Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
REQUIRED JUNIOR BOOK:

Black Dog of Fate: An American Son Uncovers His Armenian Past by Peter Balakian

JUNIOR BOOK LIST:
Freedom Writers' Diary by Erin Gruwell & The Freedom Writers
Parasite Rex by Rex Zimmer
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Sphere by Michael Crichton

REQUIRED SENIOR BOOK:

The Color of Water by James McBride

SENIOR BOOK LIST:
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Owen Sacks
Searching for God at Ground Zero by S.J. James Martin
Play for a Kingdom by Thomas Dyja
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson