HS Summer Reading 09 - Nonfiction

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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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