HS Summer Reading 09 - Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror

HS Summer Reading 09 - Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror


Jacket	Title/Author	Annotation	Grade Level*
	The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong	After fifteen-year-old Chloe starts seeing ghosts and is sent to Lyle House, a mysterious group home for mentally disturbed teenagers, she soon discovers that neither Lyle House nor its inhabitants are exactly what they seem, and that she and her new friends are in danger.	9-12
	City of Bones: The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare	Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.	9-12
	Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins	Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.	9-12
	Dingo by Charles De Lint	Seventeen-year-old Miguel Schreiber and a long-term enemy are drawn into a strange dream world when they fall in love with shapeshifting sisters from Australia--twins hiding from a cursed ancestor who can only be freed with the girls' cooperation.	9-12
	Little Brother by Cory Doctorow	Interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus is released into what is now a police state, and decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.	11-12
	Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves	At nearly fifteen years of age, Joey Harker learns that he is a Walker, able to travel between dimensions, and soon joins a team of different versions of himself, each from another dimension, to fight the evil forces striving to conquer all the worlds.	9-12
	Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale	Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.	9-12
	Good as Lily by Derek Kirk Kim	On her eighteenth birthday Grace Kwon is visited by herself from three periods in her life and worries that her other selves will hurt her chances of saving the school play. Presented in graphic novel format.	10-12
	The Declaration by Gemma Malley	In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house servant, discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her.	9-12
	Wildwood Dancing by Julie Marillier	Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood.	9-12
	Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale by Donna Jo Napoli	Fifteen-year-old Melkorka, an Irish princess, is kidnapped by Russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility that she is enchanted.	9-12
	The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness	Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.	9-12
	Eragon by Christopher Paloni	In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.	9-12
	The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson	In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.	9-12
	Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce	Alianne must call forth her mother's courage and her father's wit in order to survive on the Copper Isles in a royal court rife with political intrigue and murderous conspiracy.	9-12
	The Dark Horse by Marcus Sedgewick	Having risen to power as chief of his people, the Storn, sixteen-year-old Sigurd leads them as they try to resist the bloodthirsty invaders known as the Dark Horse and makes a shocking discovery about his foster sister Mouse.	9-12
	Unwind by Neal Shusterman	Three teens embark upon a cross-country journey in order to escape from a society that salvages body parts from children ages thirteen to eighteen.	9-12
	The Afterlife by Gary Soto	A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.	9-12
	Impossible by Nancy Wherlin	When seventeen-year-old Lucy discovers her family is under an ancient curse by an evil Elfin Knight, she realizes to break the curse she must perform three impossible tasks before her daughter is born in order to save them both.	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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