Pleasure+Reading+List

Here are some reading ideas for you, but it is best if you pick out your own books to read. I will keep adding to this list. So look for new entries from time to time. Plan to visit the Alameda County Library or a bookstore and pick out some books that interest you. You might talk to a librarian and ask if they can help you. (Warning: Some librarians are helpful and some are not. Don't give up. Keep trying.) When you find a book you are interested in, try to read a page of it. If you find many words that you do not know on one page, then you will need to try an easier book. You may want to try non-fiction books as well. You can look these books up on Amazon and "look inside" and there will be a description of what the book is about. You do not have to purchase the book, but you can request it on the Alameda County Library website. I will go over this in class :)

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Level One Fiction: Sacajawea, by Joseph Bruchac The Friends, by Rosa Guy 145th Street (short stories), by Walter Dean Myers. Sarah Plain and Tall

Level One Non- Fiction Rosa Parks: My Story

Level Two Fiction: The Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean Auel The White Mountains, John Christopher Johnny Tremaine, Esther Forbes Jazz Country, Nat Hentoff The Call of the Wild, Jack London Animal Farm, George Orwell

Level Two Non-Fiction: New Burlington: The Life and Death of an American Village, John Baskin Hiroshima, John Hersey The Upstairs Room, Johanna Reiss

Level Three: My Antonia, Willa Cather And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie The Firm, John Grisham Being There, Jerzy Kosinski The Kitchen God's Wife, Amy Tan

Level Three Non-Fiction: I know why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela Nisa: The Life and Words of a Kung Woman, Marjorie Shostak

The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot