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Independence Day
Summer Reading Suggestions
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Independence Day

American Scripture by Pauline Maier
Declaration of Independence by Carl Becker
Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis

Summer Reading Suggestions

Aftermath by Brian Shawver
An Iliad by Alessandro Barrico
Audacity of Hope, The by Barack Obama
Brief History of the Dead, The by Kevin Brockmeier
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
Hondo by Louis L'Amour
Honky by Dalton Conley
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
Last Town on Earth, The by Thomas Mullen
Martian Chronicles, The by Ray Bradbury
Million Nightingales, A by Susan Straight
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
My Losing Season by Pat Conroy
Perfect Man, The by Naeem Murr
Prep: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Scanner Darkly, A by Philip K. Dick
Tropical Fish by Doreen Baingana

Also see our June and August suggestions, as well as our December Independent Reading suggestions.

Professional Development Titles

Art of Teaching, The by Gilbert Highet
Delivered From Distraction by Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey, M.D.
Dreamers, Discoverers, and Dynamos by Lucy Jo Palladino, Ph.D.
Educating for Character by Thomas Lickona
Essential Conversation, The by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Schoolgirls by Peggy Orenstein
Setting Limits in the Classroom, Revised by Robert J. Mackenzie
Language Police, The by Diane Ravitch
Montessorri in the Classroom by Paula Lillard
Montessorri Method by Maria Montessori
Not Much Just Chillin’ by Linda Perlstein
Undressed Art, The by Peter Steinhardt