REQUIRED NOVELS FOR BILINGUAL STUDENTS

REQUIRED NOVELS FOR BILINGUAL STUDENTS

CORE NOVELS FOR BILINGUAL STUDENTS
2006-2007 (4 of 5 per Grade To be Implemented with LEADS model)
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Quien Cuenta Las Estrellas,
Senderos Fronterizos,
( Breaking Through)
by Francisco Jimenez
Escorpiones,
by Walter Dean Myers
La Perla Negra, (The Black
Pearl)
De Scott O’ Dell
Un Verano para Morir,(A
Summer to Die) by Lois
Lowry or Un Lugar entre las
sombras,( Somewhere in the
Darkness) by W. D. Myers
El Dador, ( The Giver)
by Lois Lowry
(Number the Stars)
by Lois Lowry
Cajas de Carton,
( The Circuit)
by Francisco Jimenez
En el Lugar de las Alas,
(Skellig)
by David Almond
La Ronda de Cada día,
de Ricardo Alcantara
La Canción de Cada Cual,
(A Song to Sing)
by Anne Schraff
Hoyos, ( HOLES)
by Louis Sachar
Beisbol en abril,
by Gary Soto
Cruzando el Pacífico,
(Pacific Crossing) by Gary
Soto
Esperanza Renace,
( Esperanza Rising)
de Pam Muñoz Ryan
De Cuando era
Puertorriqueña, ( When I was
Puerto Rican)
by Esmeralda Santiago
Other Suggested Titles:
6th
La Gran Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Patterson
Un Caballo llamado Libertad, by Pam Munoz Ryan
El León, la Bruja, y el Ropero, by C.S. Lewis
7th
Stargirl, by Jery Spinelli
House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
No le Eches la Culpa a los Niños, by Anne Schraff
8th
El Color de mis Palabras, by Lynn Joseph
Una Arruga en el Tiempo, by Madeline L’Engle
Antes de Ser Libres, by Julia Alvarez
Author Studies:
6th – Ricardo Alcántara or Anne Schraff
7th – Gary Soto
th
8 – Walter Dean Myers or Lois Lowry