Parents, The rising ninth grade summer reading project is attached to this email. Please ensure that your child completes the required activities, one per book (not the same project). These assignments are due the first day of the 2011 - 2012 school year. Be sure your child understands that he/she is to read one required book and one self - selected book (from the SC Young Adult Book Award list). This information will be given to eighth grade students and sent to student email accounts. It is also available on the Columbia High Website (scroll to the bottom of the page - look for the picture of the school). * Be sure to contact other high schools to find out their summer reading requirement if you know your child is not going to attend Columbia High. Required titles are: English I CP (ninth grade regular): * Twisted Laurie H. Anderson (required) English I Honors (ninth grade AAP): *Lord of the Flies by William Golding (required) Students must also select one title from the list below (check out the attachments for an explanation of each title): Diary of a Witness by Catherine Ryan Hyde Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI by Ryan Smithson Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines Gray Baby: A Novel by Scott Loring Sanders Hate List by Jennifer Brown Hold Still by Nina LaCour Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern King of the Screwups: A Novel by K.L. Going Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld Muchacho by LouAnne Johnson Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick Rock ‘N’ Roll Soldier by Dean Ellis Kohler & Susan Vanhecke Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Unsigned Hype by Booker T. Mattison Angry Management by Chris Crutcher Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Brutal by Michael Harmon The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams Wanda Wylie Eighth Grade ELA St. Andrews Middle School 1231 Bluefield Road Columbia, SC 29210 803-731-8910 ext. 3215 803-731-8913 (Fax) ~ "I'm not an overachiever; I just work hard." - Dr. Donna Ford, 2011 ============================================== Richland County School District One provides employee e-mail access for administrative and instructional uses only. E-mail correspondence to/from Richland County School District One is considered public information and is subject to release under the South Carolina Freedom Of Information Act or pursuant to subpoena. ==============================================