{"id":3596,"date":"2017-06-13T13:51:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T21:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/?p=3596"},"modified":"2017-06-22T11:28:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T19:28:53","slug":"summer-reads-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/2017\/06\/13\/summer-reads-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reads 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Summer Reading Bend-La Pine Schools\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DjcCjvEWjhQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;font-weight: 300\">I love summer read lists. Well okay, I have to admit I pretty much love any list of books to read. It&#8217;s fun to see what the top recommended books are. Here are some top picks for this summer that all have starred reviews. I have not read them all&#8230;yet. Be sure to leave a comment below on books you have read from this list or about others you recommend. I&#8217;ve put the genre in parentheses. Here&#8217;s a legend of genres:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Act = Action<br \/>\nAni = Animals<br \/>\nBio = Biography<br \/>\nGN = Graphic Novel<br \/>\nFan = Fantasy<br \/>\nHis = Historical Fiction<br \/>\nHum = Humor<br \/>\nMil = Military<br \/>\nMys = Mystery<br \/>\nRea = Realistic Fiction<br \/>\nRom = Romance<br \/>\nSF = Science Fiction<br \/>\nSS = Short Stories<\/p>\n<p>Happy Reading!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Elementary (K-3)<br \/>\n<\/span><span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>ABC P<\/em>asta :<em> an Entertaining Alphabet<\/em> by\u00a0Medina, Juana<br \/>\n<\/span><em><span id=\"at-display-title\">All Ears, All Eyes<\/span><\/em>\u00a0by Jackson, Richard<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Away<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Sher, Emil<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Big Cat, Little Cat<\/span><\/em>\u00a0by Cooper, Elisha<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>The Book of Mistakes<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Luyken, Corinna<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Egg<\/span><\/em>\u00a0by Henkes, Kevin<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Frederick Douglass : the Lion Who Wrote History<\/span><\/em>\u00a0by Myers, Walter Dean<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">The Giant Jumperee<\/span><\/em>\u00a0by Donaldson, Julia<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Goldfish Ghost<\/span><\/em>\u00a0by Snicket, Lemony<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">A Greyhound, a Groundhog<\/span><\/em><span class=\"small normal\">\u00a0<\/span>by Jenkins, Emily<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors<\/span><\/em> by Daywalt, Drew<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Life on Mars<\/span><\/em> by Agee, Jon<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Little Wolf&#8217;s First Howling<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Kvasnosky, Laura McGee<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">A Perfect Day<\/span><\/em> by Smith, Lane<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Princess Cora and the Crocodile<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Schlitz, Laura Amy<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Priscilla Gorilla<\/span><\/em> by Bottner, Barbara<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Rivers of Sunlight :\u00a0How the Sun Moves Water Around the Earth<\/span><\/em> by Bang, Molly<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Round<\/span><\/em> by Sidman, Joyce<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Town is by the Sea<\/span><\/em> by Schwartz, Joanne<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">The Unexpected Love Story of Alfred Fiddleduckling<\/span><\/em> by Ering, Timothy B<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Wolf in the Snow<\/span><\/em> by Cordell, Matthew<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Yours Sincerely, Giraffe<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Iwasa, Megumi<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Elementary 3-6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Amina&#8217;s Voice<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Khan, Hena (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Balderdash! : John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children&#8217;s Books<\/span><\/em> by Markel, Michelle (Bio)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Boat of Dreams<\/span><\/em> by Coelho, Rogerio (GN)<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Bronze and Sunflower<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Cao, Wenxuan (His)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Clayton Byrd Goes Underground<\/span><\/em> by Williams-Garcia, Rita (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">The End of the Wild<\/span><\/em> by Helget, Nicole Lea (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Flying Lessons &amp; Other Stories (SS)<br \/>\n<\/span><span id=\"at-display-title\">Grand Canyon<\/span><\/em> by Chin, Jason<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Henry and the Chalk Dragon<\/span><\/em> by Trafton, Jennifer (Fan)<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Lesser Spotted <\/em>Animals :<em> the Coolest Creatures You&#8217;ve Never Heard of<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Brown, Martin (Ani)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Me and Marvin Gardens<\/span><\/em> by King, A. S (Fan)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Real Friends<\/span><\/em> by Hale, Shannon (GN)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Restart<\/span><\/em> by Korman, Gordon (Hum, Rea)<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>The Sand Warrior<\/em> (5 Worlds Book One)<\/span> by Siegel, Mark (GN)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">The Secret Project<\/span><\/em> by Winter, Jonah (Mil)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Short<\/span><\/em> by Sloan, Holly Goldberg (Hum, Rea)<br \/>\nSputnik&#8217;s Guide to Life on Earth by Cottrell Boyce (Fan)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Storm Horse<\/span><\/em> by Garlick, Nicholas (Act, His)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Three Pennies<\/span><\/em> by Crowder, Melanie (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">A Time to Act : John F. Kennedy&#8217;s Big Speech<\/span><\/em> by Corey, Shana<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Middle School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Beyond the Bright Sea<\/span><\/em> by Wolk, Lauren (His, Mys)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Edgeland<\/span><\/em> by Halpern, Jake (Act)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora<\/span><\/em> by Cartaya, Pablo (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Forever, or a Long, Long Time<\/span><\/em> by Carter, Caela (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Hello Universe<\/span> <\/em>by Kelly, Erin Entrada (Hum, Rea)<br \/>\n<em>Hideout<\/em> by Key, Watt (Act)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">In Darkling Wood<\/span><\/em> by Carroll, Emma (Fan)<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Isaac the <\/em>Alchemist :<em>\u00a0Secrets of Isaac Newton, <\/em>Reveal&#8217;d\u00a0<\/span>by Losure, Mary (Bio)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Last Day on Mars<\/span><\/em> by Emerson, Kevin (SF)<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>The Murderer&#8217;s Ape<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Wegelius, Jakob (Mys)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Motor Girls : How Women Took the Wheel and Drove Boldly into the Twentieth Century<\/span><\/em> by Macy, Sue<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Quicksand Pond<\/span><\/em> by Lisle, Janet Taylor (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">The Shadow Cipher<\/span><\/em> by Ruby, Laura (Act, Fan)<br \/>\n<em>Speed of Life<\/em> by Weston, Carol (Rea)<span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><br \/>\n<\/span><em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Stormy Seas :\u00a0Stories of Young Boat Refugees<\/span><\/em> by Leatherdale, Mary Beth<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Train I Ride<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Mosier, Paul (Act)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Undefeated : Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by Sheinkin, Steve (Bio)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts :\u00a0Being an Absolutely Accurate Autobiographical Account of my Follies, Fortunes, &amp; Fate Written by Himself<\/span><\/em> by Avi (His)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">The Whydah : a Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found<\/span><\/em> by Sandler, Martin W<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">High School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"at-display-title\">The Adventures of John Blake :\u00a0Mystery of the Ghost Ship<\/span><\/em> by Pullman, Philip (GN)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Alex, Approximately<\/span><\/em> by Bennett, Jenn (Rom)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Allegedly : a novel<\/span><\/em> by Jackson, Tiffany D (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">American Street<\/span><\/em> by Zoboi, Ibi (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Between Two Skies<\/span><\/em> by O&#8217;Sullivan, Joanne (His)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Breaking<\/span><\/em> by Rollins, Danielle (Mys)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">City of Saints &amp; Thieves<\/span><\/em> by Anderson, Natalie C (Mys)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Crossing Ebenezer Creek<\/span><\/em> by Bolden, Tonya (His)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">A Crown of Wishes<\/span><\/em> by Chokshi, Roshani (Fan)<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Dreamland Burning<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Latham, Jennifer (His)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Eliza and her Monsters<\/span><\/em> by Zappia, Francesca (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">A Face Like Glass<\/span><\/em> by Hardinge, Frances (Fan)<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Frogkisser<\/em>!<\/span> by Nix, Garth (Fan)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Gem &amp; Dixie<\/span><\/em> by Zarr, Sara (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Grendel&#8217;s Guide to Love and War<\/span><\/em> by Kaplan, A. E (Hum, Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">The Hate U Give<\/span><\/em> by Thomas, Angie (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">A List of Cages<\/span><\/em> by Roe, Robin (Rea)<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Optimists Die First<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">The Pearl Thief<\/span><\/em> by Wein, Elizabethz (His, Mys)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Piecing Me Together<\/span><\/em> by Watson, Renee (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">A Psalm for Lost Girls<\/span><\/em> by Bayerl, Katie (Mys)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Radio Silence<\/span><\/em> by Oseman, Alice (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo. 1,The\u00a0Road to Epoli<\/span><\/em> by Costa, Ben (GN)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Saint Death<\/span><\/em> by Sedgwick, Marcus (Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Song of the Current<\/span><\/em> by Tolcser, Sarah (Fan)<br \/>\n<span id=\"at-display-title\"><em>Strange the Dreamer<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Taylor, Laini (Fan)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Thick as Thieves<\/span><\/em> by Turner, Megan Whalen (Fan)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Things I Should Have Known<\/span><\/em> by LaZebnik, Claire Scovell (Rom)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Who killed Christopher Goodman? : Based on a True Crime<\/span><\/em> by Wolf, Allan (Mys, Rea)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Words in Deep Blue<\/span><\/em> by Crowley, Cath (Rom)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Adult books that I&#8217;ve read and enjoyed this year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Beartown by Backman, Fredrik (Rea)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Chasing Slow :\u00a0Courage to Journey off the Beaten Path\u00a0<\/span>by Loechner, Erin<em><span id=\"at-display-title\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Crow Lake<\/span><\/em> by Lawson, Mary (Rea)<br \/>\n<em>Flash the Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith and Second Chances<\/em> by Ridge, Rachel Anne (Ani)<br \/>\n<em><span id=\"at-display-title\">Orphan Train\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by Kline, Christina Baker (His)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love summer read lists. Well okay, I have to admit I pretty much love any list of books to read. It&#8217;s fun to see what the top recommended books are. Here are some top picks for this summer that <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/2017\/06\/13\/summer-reads-2017\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Summer Reads 2017<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":3599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stc_notifier_status":"sent","_stc_notifier_sent_time":"2017-06-13 14:15:19","_stc_notifier_request":false,"_stc_notifier_prevent":false,"_stc_subscriber_keywords":"","_stc_subscriber_search_areas":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10695,3853,3852],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elementary-school","category-high-school","category-middle-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3596"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3607,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions\/3607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}