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Independent Reading

Alexander the Great by Paul Cartledge
Burn Journals, The by Brent Runyan
Caramba by Nina Martinez
Donorboy by Brendan Halpin
Icarus Girl, The by Helen Oyeyemi
On the Wing by Alan Tennant
Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defore
Plot Against America, The by Philip Roth
Promise, The by Chaim Potok
Queen of Dreams by Chitra Divakaruni
Scooter by Mick Foley
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson

Also see our June, July, and August suggestions for Summer Reading.

Movie Tie-Ins

Atonement (Focus Features). Based on the Anchor book by Ian McEwan. Directed by Joe Wright from a script by Christopher Hampton; staring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave and Romola Garai. RELEASE DATE: December 7, 2007

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax Films) Based on the memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby; directed by Julian Schnabel from a screenplay by Ronald Harwood; starring Mathieu Amalric (Jean-Dominique Bauby), Emmanuelle Seigner, and Max von Sydow; produced by Kathy Kennedy. RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2007

Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics). Based on Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir; directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, who also wrote the screenplay; starring Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands, Catherine Deneuve, Iggy Pop, Chiara Mastroianni RELEASE DATE: December 25, 2007

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