Enjoying your summer?

I hope you are all enjoying your summer. Don't forget to read your book(s). Summer is already about half way over! Can you believe it?????

Book hits close to home!

I came across this news story today and thought I would share the link.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090616_tnt_houston-fault-lines.883b69a1.html

As I read the book I read many things that hit close to home: weather, floods, and now earthquakes! Check out the link about fault lines in Houston!

Where are they talking about?

Throughout the book they talk about locations in the city of New York. I thought maybe a map would be helpful.

So...Have you started?

Just wondering how many of you have started your summer reading assignment. Remember you can post comments on the blog. Just click comments to get started. Also, you can follow the blog. Click followers on of the right side of the screen.

Synopsis - The Dead and the Gone

Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event--an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Now this harrowing companion novel examines the same events as they unfold in New York City, revealed through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican Alex Morales. When Alex's parents disappear in the aftermath of tidal waves, he must care for his two younger sisters, even as Manhattan becomes a deadly wasteland, and food and aid dwindle.

With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful new novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.

---from the Barnes and Noble website

Summer Reading

Hello everyone and WELCOME! This is our summer reading blog. Please make sure you check the blog throughout the summer. We will have book discussions as well as other great and exciting information.

This summer all 2012 students will be reading The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer. I have included the link to her blog on our site. Pre-AP English students will also be reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.