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Please see below for important summer reading information.

June 27th is the last day of school (1/2 day).

One School : Many Voices
This Summer--2012 Choose your Book & Author
Four Book Choices...
Half Broke Horses
- Jeannette Walls



Picture an Indiana Jones tale, but cast no-nonsense, resourceful, stunningly compelling Lily Casy Smith as the lead. She broke horses alongside her dad as a tyke, but her passion became breaking another animal altogether: kids. She never met a kid she couldn't teach; she just needed to figure out how. Ever surprising, she could win the take-home pay from a bar full of men, but she would not stand for discrimination or rudeness. The line between memoir and nevel blurs in this book, but you don't mind one lick.
Ender's Game
- Orson Scott


It's 2070, forty years since a devastating alien invasion was barely turned back, and the world is desperately searching for soldiers to lead them to victory when the "Buggers" come again. Earth leaders are recruiting young children and sending the best of them to the Battle School, where they are trained to be ready for war in space. Ender Wiggins is a tactical genius whose skills and leadership help him succeed in the competitive Battle Room. Despite this success, Ender suffers from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and horrible nightmares about the alien invaders. Is Ender the leader Earth needs to survive?
(The DHS Literacy Committee recommends incoming freshmen to read
this attention-grabbing title!)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Mark Haddon


A teenager being raised by a single dad discovers the dead body of a poodle. This discovery leads our main character, an autistic boy named Christoopher, on a twisting, turning journey to find the poodle's killer and to learn about his own past. Christopher craves order and logical thinking in his life and uses mathematics to hlep him deal with the changes and struggles of adolescence. Told from Christopher's perspective, the reader can also see clearly how Christopher thinks, becoming empathetic with him as the novel unfolds.
Deadline
- Chris Crutcher



Ben Wolf has big plans for his senior year...until he receives some bad news from his doctor during school physicals. Ben decides to keep his news a secret from everyone. He becomes the best 123 lb football player in school history, challenges his civics teacher on a daily basis, and wins the affection of the best female athlete in the school. Ben's life becomes complicated and his resolve begins to crumble...especially when he realizes he is not the only one in Trout, Idaho, with secrets.
(DHS wants parents and students to know that several mature themes are described in this book.)
Things to know: 
- Local libraries will have extra copies of these titles in circulation all summer
- During homeroom the first week of school, we'll be doing projects on the books that will be judged for fabulous prizes
- Students taking Honors English have an additional reading assignment. See the English tab under Academics.