2013 Summer Reading Books
Each rising eighth grade student at Woodward Academy is required to read three books before beginning school in the fall. Two of those books are for English - please see the books for each level below. The third book is for science. Each book is followed by a study guide that can be printed either as a printable Word Document.
Required of students in HONORS (HP) English
Click the links after each book for the study guide to help with your reading:
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The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt – STUDY GUIDE
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Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns – STUDY GUIDE
Required of students in ENRICHED COLLEGE PREP (EP) English
Click the links after each book for the study guide to help with your reading.
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt – STUDY GUIDE
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie – STUDY GUIDE
Required of students in COLLEGE PREP (CP) and TRANSITION (TP) English.
Click the links after each book for the study guide to help with your reading.
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt – STUDY GUIDE
- The Name of the Game was Murder by Joan Lowry Nixon STUDY GUIDE
Required of students in COLLEGE PREP (CP), ENRICHED COLLEGE PREP (EP), AND HONORS (HP)SCIENCE:
- Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History by Penny LoCouteur & Jay Burreson STUDY GUIDE
Note: The test for Napoleon's Buttons will be an open-note test - be thorough and accurate when filling out the study guide.