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GHS Library News - June 2022 / Summer Reading Edition
Summer Reading Assignments @GHS
Special summer reading assignments can be found under the Summer Assignments tab for:
- Grade 10 AP English Language and Composition
- Grades 11 & 12 AP English Language and Composition
- Grade 12 AP Literature and Composition
- Grades 9, 10, & 11 Innovation Lab
- Shapers of the World
- AP United States History
- ELL
For students taking English classes not identified above, click HERE for the summer reading assignment.
Greenwich Library: Check out this Summer Reading Information Sheet put together by your friendly GHS librarians. It details how to access ebooks and audiobooks through both town libraries and the GHS Library. You can also stop by and checkout books, DVDs, CDs, computer games, and more from your reighborhood library!
Greenwich Library's 2022 Teen Summer Reading Program
GHS Faculty and Staff Recommendations!
The Lincoln Highway: A Novel by Amor Towles
War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret MacMillan
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss
I like how the story manages to connect all the different characters at the end and how beautiful the prose is. - Kim Pennings, Sheldon House English Teacher
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
If Mr. Jones is reading fiction instead of non-fiction, it must be a great book! Anything by Andy Weir is not only engaging and thought-provoking, it is also hilarious. - Ryan Jones, Clark House Social Studies Teacher
The House of the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
It's sweet and magical and full of kindness. I felt the same way reading it as I did when I first read the Harry Potter books. - Aimee Bolash, Clark House Biology Teacher
Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance by Mia Bay
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The first book in a trilogy, The Inheritance Games is a fun mystery that will keep readers guessing. Unique characters who you want to read more about. Catch up on The Inheritance Games and the sequel, The Hawthorne Legacy, before the last book comes out in August! - Laura Jean Waters, Folsom House Library Media Teacher
The Paris Apartment: A Novel by Lucy Foley
Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago by LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Aliens on a mission to save the galaxy? Demons possessing souls?? A runaway trans teen violinist? Donuts! What's not to love? - Stephen Collins, Folsom House Physics Teacher
We Run The Tides: A Novel by Vendela Vida
Pendragon: Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space by D. J. MacHale
Doing It! Let's Talk About Sex by Hannah Witton
The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another by Ainissa Ramirez
Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports by John Branch
- Meri Cutler, Folsom House Social Worker
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Dystopian future where a small section of the population lives in a utopia, and the rest are condemned to a prison that is so large, no one incarcerated can find the exit. The only person who knows how to get to and from the prison is the warden. The young adult story is told from two perspectives, the warden's daughter, and a teenage boy inside the prison. The story is full of plot twists, prophecies, and world-altering technology. - Oliver Probst, Clark House Biology Teacher
A Stone of Hope: A Memoir by Jim St. Germain
The Border by Erika Fatland
The Name of the Wind by Patric Rothfuss
The Maid: A Novel by Anita Prose
Coward: Why We Get Anxious and What We Can Do About It by Tim Clare
A literary writer's darkly witty, meticulously researched, and at times deeply moving examination of anxiety. He approaches it from almost every conceivable angle, never arguing for a particular answer to the problem; as he says in the introduction, it is not a self-help book, nor is it "science," although he does speak with many of the world's foremost scientific experts on the subject. It is equal parts memoir, meditation on the nature of fear, and the story of one person immersing himself in the cacophonous debate over what anxiety is and how it can best be dealt with. As a lifelong anxiety sufferer himself, he treats the subject with frankness and respect. It's a great read. - Daniel Palheiredo, Folsom House English Teacher
Ghacher Chochar by Vivek Shanbhag
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Red Rising is my all time favorite book series and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys science fiction rooted with real-world issues. - Kaden Bouldin, Cantor House Special Education Teacher
The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found by Frank Bruni
Poignant memoir from New York Times journalist of 25 years (Food Critic, Op-Ed ), Frank Bruni. He wakes up one morning and cannot see much out of one eye. He finds out he had a stroke while sleeping, affecting his optic nerve. What follows is an amazing journey of loss, resilience and optimism. Gorgeously written. I loved every word of this book. - Mari Cutler, Folsom House Social Worker
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
2022 Greenwich Reads Together Selection Announced!
Greenwich Library is thrilled to announce that the critically acclaimed novel Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez has been named the Greenwich Reads Together book selection for 2022. Olga Dies Dreaming is a bold, thought-provoking debut novel about resilience and diaspora that presses readers to examine their ambitions and at what cost pursuing an American success story may come.
Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico’s history, Olga Dies Dreaming (the title is an allusion to the Pedro Pietri poem “Puerto Rican Obituary,” which contains the lines “Olga / dies dreaming of a five dollar raise”) is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife, and the very notion of the American dream ― all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.
Olga Dies Dreaming (Flatiron) was one of the year’s most anticipated novels. Boosted by rave reviews in the Times, The Washington Post, and Kirkus, which called Olga “atmospheric, intelligent, and well informed – an impressive debut,” Olga Dies Dreaming debuted on The New York Times bestseller list after its release in January 2022. Months before it hit shelves, 20th Century Television ordered a series based on the book with Gonzalez attached as lead writer and co-executive producer.
Gonzalez will speak in the Berkley Theater at Greenwich Library on Tuesday, October 25. Greenwich Reads Together is sponsored by the Friends of Greenwich Library.
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