HRA SUMMER READING 2007

Order Form for the 7th Grade due April 6, 2007

 

Student Name ______________________________Telephone Number_____________

 

Current English Teacher/Block__________________________Locker  No.________

 

Email Address __________________________________

 

Students entering the seventh grade are required to read three books.  All students must read Hoot and two other titles from the list below.  Check off the books you are ordering.  Please bring your required book to class on the first day of school.

 

______            Hoot                                                    Carl Hiassen                                     $ 9.00   

This is an ecological mystery, made up of endangered miniature owls, the Mother Paula’s All-American Pancake House scheduled to be built over their burrows, and the owls’ unlikely allies-three middle school kids determined to beat the screwed-up adult system.

 

______            Lupita Manana                                  Patricia Beatty                                   $ 6.00

To help her poverty–stricken family, 13-year-old Lupita enters California as an illegal alien and starts to work while constantly on the watch for “la migra.”

 

 ______           Deathwatch                                       Robb White                                       $ 6.50

An honest, courageous, young man finds himself battling for survival against a harsh desert environment and a cynical business tycoon.

 

______            December Stillness              Mary Downing Hahn                                    $ 6.00

Fourteen-year-old Kelly tries to befriend Mr. Weens, a disturbed, homeless Vietnam War veteran who spends his days in her suburban library, though the man makes it clear he wants to be left alone.

 

______            The Grey King                                   Susan Cooper                                   $ 6.00

A strange boy and dog remind Will Stanton that he is an immortal, whose quest is to find the golden Harp which will rouse others from a long slumber in the Welsh Hills so they may prepare for the Ultimate battle of Light versus Dark.

 

­­­­______            Scorpions                                          Walter Dean Myers                           $7.00

After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun—until a tragedy occurs.

 

______            Tangerine                                           Edward Bloor                                                $7.00

Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.

 

______            The Thief                                            Megan Whalen Turner                      $6.00

Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure that takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone. 

 

 

Total Cost                                                                                                                  $___________                                                                                                                                               

Please make checks payable to Friends of the Arts

and return to the Development Office using the enclosed envelope by April 6th.

Questions?  Call Mary Waddill @ 599-6557 or Joni Hafley @ 884-9177.