tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48882191744537210492024-03-14T08:52:49.775-04:00Uxbridge High School Library 2017 Summer ReadingMs. Charpentierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10087133621972495018noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888219174453721049.post-92204761814930348442018-06-01T12:25:00.000-04:002018-06-01T12:25:02.083-04:00Click below for this year's summer reading website!<h2 style="height: 0px;">
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Ms. Charpentierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10087133621972495018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888219174453721049.post-91662924957654008012017-08-31T09:54:00.002-04:002017-08-31T09:54:33.676-04:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We hope you enjoyed the summer reading format this year! To earn 2 extra credit points applied to a quarter 1 grade of your choice, make sure you <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/tivX3ocTBfUzH0vt2" target="_blank">submit your summer reading activity online by Wednesday, September 13</a>.</span>Ms. Charpentierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10087133621972495018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888219174453721049.post-14006866569334529332017-05-23T11:07:00.005-04:002017-06-16T12:54:07.640-04:00This summer, you can earn 2 extra credit points applied to a first quarter class grade by reading one book and <a href="http://uhs2017summerreading.blogspot.com/p/summer-reading-instructions.html" target="_blank">completing and submitting one of these activities by Wednesday, September 13, 2017</a>.<br />
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If you wish to choose your own summer reading book, you must submit your choice to Ms. Charpentier for approval through the following Google Form: <a href="http://bit.ly/uhs-summer2017">bit.ly/uhs-summer2017</a>.<br />
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Ms. Charpentierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10087133621972495018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888219174453721049.post-77142403524936741542017-05-12T11:07:00.000-04:002017-05-25T10:47:19.797-04:00The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy #1)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Seconds before Earth is demolished to make room for a galactic freeway, an earthman is saved by his friend. Together they journey through the galaxy.<br />
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<b>Recommended by Mr. Giles:</b> “It’s outside the box.”<br />
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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.<br />
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Ms. Charpentierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10087133621972495018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888219174453721049.post-62913479922926456942017-05-10T11:07:00.000-04:002017-05-25T10:47:05.426-04:00#Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Describes how to seek a unique path to success and relates the story of Sophia Amoruso who started by selling vintage clothing on eBay and eight years later had established a $100 million dollar online fashion business with more than three hundred fifty employees.<br />
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Ms. Charpentierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10087133621972495018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888219174453721049.post-89910169260828840922017-05-09T11:07:00.000-04:002017-05-25T10:46:57.999-04:00Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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High school student Clay Jensen receives a box in the mail containing seven cassette tapes recorded by his crush, Hannah Baker, who committed suicide, and spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.<br />
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<b>Recommended by a UHS student: </b>“I watched the show, and I know the book is different. I want to read why!”<style type="text/css">
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Ms. Charpentierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10087133621972495018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888219174453721049.post-77856132307637875652017-05-08T11:07:00.000-04:002017-05-25T10:46:43.643-04:00Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen #1)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In a world divided by blood—those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities—Mare, a Red, discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. But Mare risks everything and uses her new position to help the growing Red rebellion, even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction.<br />
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<b>Recommended by Ms. Charpentier, Librarian: </b>“Reading this book felt like reading <i>The Hunger Games</i> for the first time.”<style type="text/css">
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Ms. Charpentierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10087133621972495018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888219174453721049.post-42354569863657426742017-05-07T11:06:00.000-04:002017-05-25T10:46:33.837-04:00Beauty Queens by Libba Bray<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9464733-beauty-queens" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Q6fwjpUASMpKDiEJpXAD0ipoELE5GTsiSJZFHkTiDFtWX7GMTYDmscMQa9ZbeO3EbFkdfwwiKUDy7Um7goe3N03-167CpbBeMEoNfdTW7Kj0TKeUo8fK2R40BisKPW7O-MbUNEVFgrw/s320/bray+-+beauty+queens.jpg" /></a><br />
When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition.<br />
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<b>Recommended by Ms. Charpentier, Librarian: </b>“Hilarious book about what it means to be a girl. No matter what you’re expecting from this book, it will subvert your expectations.”<style type="text/css">
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Ms. Charpentierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10087133621972495018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888219174453721049.post-33034673513986127562017-05-06T11:06:00.000-04:002017-05-25T10:46:23.339-04:00Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: center;">When a penniless governess falls in love with the brooding master of Thornfield, she is unaware of the tragic events that will follow.</span><br />
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Ms. Charpentierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10087133621972495018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888219174453721049.post-80852424546892932872017-05-05T11:06:00.000-04:002017-06-02T10:39:54.194-04:00The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Charlie, a freshman in high school, explores the dilemmas of growing up through a collection of letters he sends to an unknown receiver.<br />
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Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.<br />
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Eighteen-year-old Ben Meecham, a born athlete, struggles to reconcile his feelings about his father, Bull, a Marine officer whose standards and expectations for his family, and especially his firstborn son, are nearly impossible to meet.<br />
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Raised by a mother who's had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy believes in short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician.<br />
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Teenaged Quinn, an aspiring screenwriter, copes with his sister's death while his best friend forces him back out into the world to face his reality.<br />
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Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. <br />
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Libby Day, still haunted by the day she witnessed the murder of her family on their farm in Kinnakee, Kansas, and twenty-five-years after testifying that her fifteen-year-old brother Ben was the killer, Libby is contacted by the Kill Club and devises a money making scheme that leads her back into a killer's path.<br />
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<b>Recommended by Mrs. Gaudet, Spanish Teacher: </b>“I’ve loved all Gillian Flynn’s books - <i>Gone Girl</i>, <i>Sharp Objects</i>, and <i>Dark Places</i> - but <i>Dark Places</i> is my favorite.”<style type="text/css">
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While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.<br />
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Argues for snap decisions, discussing the value of training one's mind and senses to focus on a few relevant details when making decisions in daily life, and also examines the dangers of jumping to conclusions, describing situations in which one is "mind-blind."<br />
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<b>Recommended by Ms. Munley, Fine Arts Teacher:</b> “I think that this would be a good read for our students because it gives them an inside understanding as to how and or why we make certain ‘blink of an eye’ decisions. It talks about the psychology of why we make the decisions we do, and how we can recognize when we've maybe made a good, or ‘bad’ choice, or categorize someone into stereotype before meeting them.”<br />
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An unforgettable true story about a selfless, loyal, joyful, hard-working, competitive, and compassionate leader and teammate, the impact he had on his team and program and the lessons we can learn from him.<br />
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Tells the story of controversial scientists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch, who are credited with saving millions of lives while being responsible for the creation of the modern chemical industry.<br />
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Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, which allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. And then she sees something shocking.<br />
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A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.<br />
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The author describes his experiences after an increasing interest in the relevance of faith in the modern world led him to spend a year following the Bible as closely as possible, honoring not only the Ten Commandments, but also little-known rules such as playing a ten-stringed harp and growing a beard.<br />
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Astrid Jones, who realizes that she is a lesbian, deals with the gossip and rejection she faces by sending love up to the people on airplanes as they pass over her.<br />
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