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Unit 2 Independent Reading List
Suggestions for Independent Reading
This list, divided into the categories of Literature and Nonfiction/Informational Text, comprises titles related to the themes and content of the unit. For your independent reading, you can select from this wide array of titles, which have been chosen based on complexity and interest. You can also do your own research and select titles that intrigue you.
Unit 2: What Influences My Choices?
Literature
Author
Title
Lexile
Cisneros, Sandra
The House on Mango Street
870L
DeJesus, John
Taco
N/A
Yang, Dori Jones
Daughter of Xanadu
780L
Nonfiction/Informational Text
Author
Title
Lexile
Bausum, Ann
Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration
1170L
Carson, Rachel
The Sea Around Us
N/A
Chin-Lee, Cynthia
AKira to Zoltan: 26 Men Who Changed the World
N/A
Chin-Lee, Cynthia
Amelia to Zora: 26 Women Who Changed the World
N/A
D’Aluisio, Faith and Peter Menzel
What the World Eats
1150L
Engle, Margarita
The Lightening Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionists
N/A
Graydon, Shari
Made You Look: How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know
N/A
Hesse, Karen
Aleutian Sparrow
N/A
Hoose, Phillip
We Were There Too! Young People in U.S. History
950L
Hurley, Michael
World’s Greatest Olympians
960L
Lasky, Kathryn
John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist
1050L
Lemke, Donald
Investigating the Scientific Method with Max Axiom, Super Scientist
760L
Pollan, Michael
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat
(Young Reader’s edition)
930L
Schlosser, Eric
Fast Food Nation
1240L
Scholsser, Eric and Wilson, Charles,
Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food
N/A
Sivertsen, Linda and Josh Sivertsen
Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco- Friendly Life
N/A
Waters, Alice
Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea
N/A
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