ESOL Level 2
Assignment
- One book for required reading
- One book from the reading list
The book review form below will be completed in class during the first week of school in August. It will be helpful to your child to read through the book review form before reading the book.
Required
- Snicket, Lemony, The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
Reading List
- Avi, Wolf Rider (ISBN 0020415133)
- Dahl, Roald Matilda (ISBN 0-14-034294-X) A Puffin Book
- Choi, Sook Nyul, Year of Impossible Goodbyes (ISBN 0440407591)*
- Ihimaera, Witi, Whale Rider (ISBN 0152050167)
- Horowitz, Antony, Scorpia (ISBN-10: 0142405787/ ISBN-13: 978-0142405789)
- Staples, Suzanne Fisher, Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (ISBN 0440238560)
This book is about Andy, a teenage boy. One day, he gets a strange call from an unknown man named Zeke who says that he has killed a young woman called Nina. Andy does not understand the message, so he tells his friends, his family, and the police. However, nobody believes him, but Andy knows that there is a killer out there! This book is a thriller.
Bright, sparkly, and ‘gentle’ Matilda finds herself facing Miss Trunchbull, a child-hating headmistress! Matilda, a great practical joker now plays her best trick ever to rid the school of the worst headmistress ever!
The story takes place in North Korea under Japanese occupation during World War II and is about Sookan, a ten year old girl whose family is torn apart by the war. The escape from North Korea is full of suffering when she loses her mother and has to struggle to get her little brother safely across the border to South Korea. The book is very well written and makes an inspiring read.
This story is about a young Maori girl from New Zealand who tries to save her people and restore their pride in the ancient culture from which they come. The film version of the book is also excellent.
Alex Rider is a14-year-old spy and adventurer who must fight against the world's most powerful criminal organization to stop the murder of thousand of London's children, and him. It is an action packed book that is full of suspense.
The story takes place in Pakistan and is about a strong willed young girl who has to eventually face the cultural constraints of her culture and her people.