For Entering 9^th Graders (日本語）

　

　

......以下の部分はHarrisonHigh Schoolのホームページの日本語訳です。...........

　

以下から、最低一冊読むこと。リストは上から下にいくにつれて難しくなります。これらは9月に最初に読む小説と関連があります。＊印のついた本はテープかCDもありますので参考に、、。

　これらの本の主題は人間関係-家族関係、友情です。次の事を問いかけながら読みましょう。

家族や友達との関係がわたしたちにどんな影響をおよぼすか。

主人公の選択や上記の質問について著者と会話をしているつもりで自分の感想を"reading response journal "(読書日記）に書き残すとよいかもしれません。

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If You Come Softly, Jacqueline Woodson

Jeremiah, a black boy from Brooklyn, and Ellie, a Jewish girl, meet at a prep school in Manhattan and experience racism and elitism.

　

*Stargirl　Jerry Spine

–スターガール（理論社）.....Harrison Libraryにあります。

　　

* Tears of a Tiger, Sharon M. Draperー翻訳はありません。

            Andy is an African-American teenager whose life derails when, after a long evening of drinking, the car he is driving crashes and kills his best friend. His guilt and despair lead him to turn away from family, friends and his plans for the future.

　

Safe at Second, Scott Johnson    ー翻訳はありません。

Paulie Lockwood’s best friend Todd Banister is destined for the major leagues until a line drive to the head causes him to lose an eye and they both must find a new future for themselves.

　

* The Glass Castle: A Memoir, Jeannette Walls

ガラスの城の子どもたち、ジャネット・ウォールズ/著 古草秀子/訳、河出書房新社

　

* The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver  ー翻訳はありません

            Feisty Marietta Greer leaves her home in Kentucky to head west and savor freedom but  unexpectedly becomes mother to an abandoned baby. With baby in tow, she lands in Tucson and soon finds that motherhood, responsibility and independence are thorny, if welcome, gifts.

　

* A Separate Peace, John Knowles ー翻訳はありません

            Gene was a lonely introverted intellectual. Phineas was a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happened between them at school one summer during the early years of World War II is the subject of this best selling novel.

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