Summer Reading List 2012 | Week 9

What would summer be without a good reading list? Throughout the summer BGSU faculty, staff and students will share their picks for best summer reading. We hope you find time to read some of the selections and share your thoughts in the comments section at the bottom of the page!

Julia Krebs Davis ‘80
Curriculum Specialist
Secondary English Language Arts
Lakota Local Schools
Liberty Township, OH

My reading time is precious, and I have the hardest time deciding which of my three literary passions to pursue: professional literature, young adult literature, or a run to pure escapism. Not one to jump on the best seller list as soon as it comes out, I tend to rely on recommendations from my peers. (When you work with teachers, you have contact with some of the best read people on the planet!) Open my Kindle or rummage through the stack on the bedstand, and here is what you will find:

For the professional me:

• Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?, Cris Tovani – for teachers of other content areas
  
• Literature & Thought: Echoes from Mt. Olympus, Perfection Learning
  
• How to Differentiate in Mixed-Ability Classrooms, Carol Ann Tomlinson
  
• Better Learning Through Structured Teaching: A Framework for the Gradual Release of Responsibility, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
  

For the students I hope to transform into readers for life:

• The Hunger Games Trilogy, Suzanne Collins
  
• Beautiful Creatures, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl  - fantasy, deliciously Goth
  
• Graceling, Kristin Cashore – We all have a little grace…
  
• The Maze Runner Trilogy, James Dashner

For my days in the sun:

• Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese – a touching book about family
  
• Deeper Than the Dead, Tami Hoag
  
• The Gentling Box, Lisa Mannetti – dark, couldn’t get it out of my head…
  
• Iron House, John Hart
  
• Catch Me, Lisa Gardner

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