HS Summer Reading 09

HS Summer Reading 09 - Nonfiction


Jacket	Title/Author	Annotation	Grade Level*
	My Thirteenth Winter by Samantha Abeel	A memoir in which Samantha Abeel discusses her life before and after being diagnosed with the math-related learning disability discalculia in seventh grade.	9-12
	Getting away with Murder: The True Story of Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe	Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.	9-12
	King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography by Chris Crutcher	Chris Crutcher, author of young adult novels such as "Ironman" and "Whale Talk," as well as short stories, tells of growing up in Cascade, Idaho, and becoming a writer.	9-12
	No Choirboy-Murder, Violence and Teenagers on Death Row by Susan Kulkin	A collection of essays in which inmates at American prisons who were sentenced to death while still in their teens share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up in prison and how they feel about capital punishment.	11-12
	Inside the Alamo by Jim Murphy	An overview of the struggle between the Texan settlers and Mexico's General Santa Anna for control of Texas, with a detailed description of the 1836 siege of the Alamo. Includes biographical sketches and quotations of some of those involved.	9-12
	Left for Dead by R. A. Nelson	Recalls the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the end of World War II, the navy cover-up and unfair court martial of the ship's captain, and how a young boy helped the survivors set the record straight fifty-five years later.	9-12
	Crime Scene: The Ultimate Guide to Forensic Science by Richard Platt	Provides information about the major forensic disciplines, looking at procedures, tools, and techniques used to gather evidence at the crime scene and from the body of the victim, and to analyze evidence, identify a suspect, or solve a crime without a corpse.	9-12
	Grief Girl by Erin Vincent	Author Erin Vincent describes her life after her parents were both killed in a car accident, leaving her parentless at the age of fourteen with a seventeen-year-old sister and a three-year-old brother; and gives a description of the stages of grief she experienced.	9-12
*Grade level suggestions are based on professional review sources. Some books contain mature themes. Please discuss reading selections as a family.

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