All
freshman class students must choose and read one (1) book from
the following list. Freshman Honors class students must
read one book from the list and the additional book listed
below. The faculty will evaluate the completed reading
during your first academic cycle. Be prepared with comments
and a supporting quote.
All
freshmen must choose one book from this list:
Anderson,
Laurie. Speak.
When
Melinda Sordino’s friends discover she called the police
to quiet a party, they ostracize her, turning her into an outcast—even
among kids she barely knows. The worst part of not “fitting
in” is the secret she has to hide.
Bourdain,
Anthony. Typhoid
Mary.
From
the best-selling author of Kitchen Confidential comes
this true, thrilling tale of pursuit through the kitchens of
New York City at the turn of the century. By the late nineteenth
century, it seemed that New York City had put an end to the
outbreaks of typhoid fever that had so frequently decimated
the city's population. That is until 1904, when the disease
broke out in a household in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Authorities
suspected the family cook, Mary Mallon, of being a carrier.
But before she could be tested, the woman, soon to be known
as Typhoid Mary, had disappeared. Over the course of the next
three years, Mary worked at several residences, spreading her
pestilence as she went. In 1907, she was traced to a home on
Park Avenue, and taken into custody. Institutionalized at Riverside
Hospital for three years, she was released only when she promised
never to work as a cook again. She promptly disappeared. For
the next five years Mary worked in homes and institutions in
and around New York, often under assumed names. In February
1915, a devastating outbreak of typhoid at the Sloane Hospital
for Women was traced to her. She was finally apprehended and
reinstitutionalized at Riverside Hospital, where she would
remain for the rest of her life. Typhoid Mary is the story
of her infamous life. Anthony Bourdain reveals the seedier
side of the early 1900s, and writes with his renowned panache
about life in the kitchen, uncovering the horrifying conditions
that allowed the deadly spread of typhoid over a decade. – Summary
from the book.
Patterson,
James. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment.
A
group of bird-kids, genetically altered with avian DNA, and
led by Max, have escaped from the experimental "school" and
must survive the perils of other mutants as they save the youngest
member of their flock... Teens will love the chaotic chases
and frantic action.
All
Honors students must also read:
Pausch,
Randy, The Last Lecture
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."
--Randy Pausch
A
lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors
are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what
matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't
help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart
to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to
vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?
When
Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon,
was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine
it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal
cancer. But the lecture he gave--"Really Achieving Your
Childhood Dreams"--wasn't about dying. It was about the
importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams
of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all
you have...and you may find one day that you have less than
you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had
come to believe. It was about living.
In
this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration
and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and
given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared
for generations to come. Amazon.com
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