I am most pleased to present the Boston Public Schools' Summer Booklist. As you know, the Boston Public Schools has vision for the future -- Focus on Children.   This is reflected in city-wide learning standards, new assessments, an emphasis on early literacy, the Read Boston initiative and the literacy focus in our schools through the Boston Public Schools Whole-School Change Plan.

The books listed in this flyer are available in your local neighborhood library so that they will be available to you and your child all summer long.

I count on your efforts to communicate the higher standards called for in our state and city.  Your example, encouragement, and support of your child's reading will go a long way toward helping us meet the student learning goals that we all share.

Summer gives you more time to help your child develop a love for books and reading. The staff of the Boston Public Schools and the Boston Public Library are ready and willing to assist you in planning a summer reading program for your child.

Happy Reading!

Sincerely,

DR. THOMAS PAYZANT
Superintendent
Boston Public Schools

9-12 SUMMER READING LIST:

CONTEMPORARY FICTION:

Squashed Bauer
In the Middle of the Night Cormier
Catherine Called Birdy Cushman
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm Farmer
All That Glitters  Ferris
Shadow of the Dragon Garland
Toning the Sweep Johnson
Deliver Us From Evie Kerr
Finding My Voice Lee
Saying Goodbye Lee
Twelve Shots:  Outstanding Short Stories About Guns  Mazur, ed
White Lilacs Meyer
The Glory Fields Myers
The Monument Paulsen
Freak the Mighty Philbrick
Is Kissing A Girl Who Smokes LIke Licking An Ashtray?  Powell
Missing the Piano Rapp
The Secret of Sarah Revere Rinaldi
Oddballs Sleator
Walker in Time Vick
When She Hollers Voight
The Road Home  White
Facing The Music Wiley
Fast Talk On A Slow Train  Williams-Garcia
Make Lemonade Wolf
I Hadn't Meant To Tell You This Woodson

ROMANCE FICTION:

The Jasmine Candle  Botchway
Lasso The Moon  Covington
Yellow Blue Bus Means I Love You  Hamilton
Dither Farm  Hite
Shadow Of The Dragon  Garland
The Image Game  Johnston
Love Story, Take Three  Miklowitz
In Your Dreams  Neenan
The Romantic Obsessions  Plummer
Is Kissing A Girl Who Smokes Like Licking An Ashtray?  Powell
If It Weren't For Sebastian  Ure
David and Della  Zindel
Early Sorrow:  Ten Stories Of Youth  Zolotow

MYSTERY:

The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories Christie
Remember Me Clark
Blindsight Cook
The Silver Pigs  Davis
The Hound Of The Baskervilles  Doyle
The Twisted Window Duncan
Time and Again Finney
The Blessing Way Hillerman
Finding Moon Hillerman
The Green Mile King
Blood And Chocolate  Klause
The One Who Came Back Mazzio
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth Neely
Secret, Silent Screams  Nixon
A Morbid Taste for Bones Peters
Ruby in the Smoke Pullman
The Spirit House Sleator

BIOGRAPHY:

Maud: The Life of L.M. Montgomery Bruce
Written by Herself: Autobiographies of American Women Conway
The Triumph of Discovery: Women Scientists Who Won the Nobel Prize Dash
Who Killed My Daughter?  Duncan
Black Cowboy: The Life And Legend Of George McJunkin  Folsom
Barrio Boy Galarza
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave Hamilton
W.E.B. Dubois: A Biography Hamilton
Sounding the Alarm: A Biography of Rachel Carson Harlan
Louisa May Johnston
Thomas Jefferson: The Revolutionary Aristocrat  Meltzer
Rosa Parks: My Story Parks
Anonymously Yours Peck
Bearing Witness: Stories of the Holocaust Rochman, ed.
Matthew Brady: His Life and Photographs Sullivan

POETRY:

I Am The Darker Brother  Adoff, ed.
On the Pulse of Morning Angelou
Joker, Joker, Deuce Beatty
The Voice That Is Great Within Us: Carruth, ed.
Shimmy, Shimmy, Shimmy Like My Sister Kate Giovanni
Pierced by a Ray of Sun: Poems for the Times We Feel Alone Gordon, ed.
The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America Hongo, ed.
Going Over to Your Place Janeczko, ed.
Lifelines: A Poetry Anthology Marcus, ed.
Earth, Air, Fire & Water  McCullough, ed.
Slam Dunk: Basketball Poems Morrison
Nappy Edges Shange
Once: Poems Walker

ANTHOLOGIES:

Growing Up Latino: Memoirs And Stories Augenvaum, ed.
Am I Blue?  Bauer, ed.
Do You Like It Here? Benard, ed.
Growing Up Female Cahill
Where Angels Glide At Dawn: New Stories From Latin America Conway, ed.
Athletic Shorts Crutcher
Join In  Gallo, ed.
Visions  Gallo
Death Walks Tonight Horowitz, ed.
Meeting The Winter Bike Rider And Other Prizewinning Plays  Lamb, ed.
Somehow Tenderness Survives Rochman, ed.
Who Do You Think You Are? Rochman & McCampbell, eds.
Short Takes  Segel, ed.
Pieces Of The Heart: New Chicano Stories  Soto, ed.
A Gathering Of Flowers Stories About Being Young In America  Thomas, ed.

INFORMATIONAL BOOKS:

What's Your Story? A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction Bauer
Death Is Hard to Live With Bode
Time Exposure: A Photographic Record of the Dinosaur Age Burton
Talking Peace Carter
Starting Out: Step-by-Step Guide for Teens Succeeding in the 90s Davenport
Off the Clock Fakih
Stock Market Explained for Young Investors Fisher
Urban Indians Fixico
Women in Medicine Garza
Baseball and the Color Lines Gilbert
Black Music in America Haskins
Between Two Fires: Black Soldiers in the Civil War Hansen
Free Within Ourselves Jacques
Kids Without Homes Johnson
Say It Loud! The Story of Rap Music Jones
Battered Women: Living With The Enemy  Kosof
The First Men in Space Kennedy
We Have AIDS Landau
I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler Lewin
By Any Means Necessary Malcolm X
America and Vietnam: The Elephant and the Tiger Marrin
How Long Does It Hurt? A Guide to Incest Survival for Teenagers Mather
52 Ways to Get Along Rollins
Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strenght of Architecture  Salvadori
Ancient Egypt  Scholz
Democracy and Race: Asian Americans and World War II Takaki

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
SUMMER READING PROGRAM, 1998

UNLOCK THE MYSTERY!

The Boston Public Library's Summer Reading program invites all readers to focus on magical world of books. Special programs and activities are planned to encourage families to get involved in reading together.

For more information, call the nearest branch library.

Adams Street 436-6900
Brighton 782-6032
Charlestown 242-1248
Codman Square 436-8214
Connolly 522-1960
Dudley 442-6186
East Boston 569-0271
Egleston Square 445-4340
Faneuil 782-6705
Fields Corner 436-2155
Grove Hall 427-3337
Hyde Park 361-2524
Jamaica Plain 524-2053
Lower Mills 298-7841
Mattapan 298-9218
North End 227-8135
Orient Heights 567-2516
Parker Hill 427-3820
Roslindale 323-2343
South Boston 268-0180
South End 536-8241
Uphams Corner 265-0139
WashingtonVillage 269-7239
West End 523-3957
West Roxbury 325-3147

Central Library 536-5400
Children's Room ext. 328
Copley Square