Bookmarks
RHS Summer Reading Edition
Summer Reading Guidelines
Option 1: Read a Book
- YOU pick the book that YOU want to read! There are no required texts, but you can select one from the recommendations below.
- No projects, no essays, no reports are due. Have extra time? Read another book for fun.
- Complete Option1: Reading within this document, and share it with your English teacher on the first day of school. You'll receive extra credit for sharing!
Option 2: Writing and Vocab on IXL
- Login to your IXL account by visiting https://www.ixl.com/signin/rutherfordsd and sign in using Clever. Want to learn how to navigate IXL? Watch this quick tutorial to get started.
- Click on the Language Arts tab, and select the grade that you will be entering into (i.e. 8th graders select 9th grade).
- Under Writing Strategies, select any 3 skills that you want to work on.
- Under Vocabulary Strategies, select any 2 skills that you want to work on.
- Once the 5 skills are completed, tell us what skills you selected under Option 2: Writing & Vocabulary within this document. Share the Summer Reading Doc with your English teacher on the first day of school along with screenshots of your results pages to receive extra credit!
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Our Summer Reading Picks
Click on the links to see what we have available at the LC. Ebooks can be accessed on any device using the Sora App or website. New to Sora? Click on the image to the right to learn how to create an account. To see our entire Summer Reading Collection, visit our Sora homepage.
Print copies are on display at the LC - just stop by the help desk and ask to check them out!
Realistic Fiction
Darius the Great Deserves Better
by Adib Khorram
eBOOK | HARDCOVER (coming soon!)
A companion to Darius the Great is not Okay, Darius realizes that everything has changed after he returns from his trip to Iran, and questions his relationships.
Concrete Rose
eBOOK | HARDCOVER (coming soon!)
Maverick challenges his ties with his family and the gang they lead when he finds out he is becoming a father and tries to break away after the murder of a loved one.
You Have a Match
eBOOK | HARDCOVER (coming soon!)
Abby signs up for summer camp in hopes to meet her long-lost sister, an Instagram star, who she discovers after an online DNA test.
Mystery + Suspense
The Inheritance Games
eBOOK | HARDCOVER (coming soon!)
Avery gets caught in a dangerous game of riddles and puzzles after she becomes an inheritor of a fortune - along with the billionaire's family.
Romance
Today Tonight Tomorrow
eBOOK | HARDCOVER (coming soon!)
Rowan and Neil don't get along. They discover they have more in common than they thought after they are paired in a game during their last night as seniors.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
by Jenny Han
Lara Jean's love life spirals after her younger sister mails out all the secret letters she has written to her crushes. Familiar with the series? Check out the last book Always and Forever, Lara Jean.
Historical Fiction
Sci-Fi + Dystopia
The Infinity Courts
eBOOK | HARDCOVER (coming soon!)
After being murdered, Nami wakes up in a place called Infinity that is ruled by a virtual assistant working to eradicate human existence.
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Long Way Down
eBOOK | HARDCOVER (coming soon!)
Based on the best-seller prose book, Will's older brother Shaun has been shot, and he follows his neighborhood's rules to seek out revenge and a way to ease his pain.
Sapiens: A Graphic History
eBOOK (coming soon!) | HARDCOVER
A graphic version of the best-selling book, it chronicles humankind's creation and evolution and makes connections between the past and contemporary issues.
Nonfiction + Memoir
Staff Picks @ Rutherford High School
Looking for some reading inspiration? Browse some of the titles that our faculty and staff at RHS will be reading this summer by clicking on the image below.
Check-in with them in the fall to talk about what you thought about it!
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