ELL Summer Reading List

Your ESL teachers Mr. Fonseca, Ms. Somes, and Ms. Valle have recommended the books below for your summer reading. Visit the SHS library during our summer hours to locate copies of these books, and to discover other great books that you'll enjoy! 

Beginner/ESL 2

El Deafo, by Cece Bell
A graphic novel memoir of author/illustrator Cece Bell, who grew up hearing-impaired.

Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty, by Gregory Neri
"A graphic novel based on the true story of Robert 'Yummy' Sandifer, an eleven-year old African American gang member from Chicago who shot a young girl and was then shot by his own gang members"--Provided by publisher.
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Monster: a Graphic Novel, by Walter Dean Myers and Guy A. Sims
​"While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken." -- from the NOBLE online catalog

Intermediate/ESL 3

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, by Meg Medina
Piddy Sanchez deals with bullying at her new school, and as the harassment escalates, she struggles to survive and to discover who she really is.

I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, by Erika L. Sanchez
"When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed." -- from the NOBLE online catalog

The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo
"Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours her frustration onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers - especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class. With Mami's determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she knows that she could never get around Mami's rules to attend, much less speak her words out loud. But still, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in spite of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent." -- Provided by publisher HarperTeen.

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