LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Linden, New Jersey
SUMMER READING LIST
2009
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grade 2 Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grade 2 in September are required to read one book and complete one project. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be assessed on this assignment, and the grade will be recorded for the first marking period. (See accompanying suggested project list)
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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Amelia Bedelia Series |
Parish |
Araboolies Of Liberty Street |
Swope |
Arthur Stories |
Hoban |
Aunt Chip & The Great Triple Creek Dam Affair |
Polacco |
Ben’s Trumpet |
Isadore |
Biographical Series |
Adler |
Cinder Edna |
Jackson |
The Day Eddie Met the Author |
Borden |
Franklin (Turtle) Series |
Bourgeois |
Frog And Toad Series |
Lobel |
The Funny Little Woman |
Mosel |
George And Martha |
Marshall |
Giggle, Giggle, Quack |
Cronin |
Happy Birthday Moon & Other Stories |
Asch |
Hank the Cowdog (Series) |
Erickson |
Henry’s Show & Tell |
Cazet |
If You Give…… Series |
Numeroff |
Junie B. Jones Series |
Park |
Kat Kong |
Pilkey |
The King Who Rained |
Gwynne |
Little Bear Series |
Minarik |
Mcduff Series |
Wells |
Minnie And Moo Series |
Cazet |
The Mitten & Other Stories |
Brett/Tresselt |
Nate The Great Series |
Sharmat |
Our Tree Named Steve |
Zweibel |
Piggie Pie |
Palatini |
Sheep Series |
Shaw |
Swimmy |
Lionni |
Three Billy Goats Gruff |
Stevens |
Whistle For Willie |
Keats |
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grade 3 Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grade 3 in September are required to read one book and complete one project. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be assessed on this assignment, and the grade will be recorded for the first marking period. (See accompanying suggested project list)
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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A Chair For Mama |
Williams |
The Amazing Magic Show |
Petersen |
Arthur Chapter Book Series |
Brown |
The Beast In Ms. Rooney’s Room |
Giff |
Berenstain Bears Chapter Book |
Berenstain |
Bunnicula Series |
Howe |
Butterfly Buddies |
Cox |
Cam Jansen And The Mystery Of Monster Movie |
Adler |
Flat Stanley Series |
Brown |
Henry & Mudge Series |
Rylant |
Henry Huggins |
Cleary |
Hit-Away Kid |
Christopher |
Horrible Harry And The Green Slime |
Kline |
Jenny Archer, Author |
Conford |
Jigsaw Jones Mystery Series |
Preller |
The Legend of Spud Murphy |
Colfer |
Little Bill Series |
Cosby |
Magic School Bus Series |
Cole |
Many Moons |
Thurber |
Marvin Redpost: Is He A Girl? |
Sachar |
Mary Marony And The Chocolate Surprise |
Kline |
Meg Mackintosh Series |
Landon |
Mercer Mayer’s Lc 7 Critter Kids Series |
Farber |
Picture Book Biography Of Jackie Robinson |
Adler |
Pinky And Rex Series |
Howe |
Ramona The Pest |
Cleary |
Ronald Morgan Series |
Giff |
Runaway Ralph |
Cleary |
Snowed in with Grandmother Silk |
Fenner |
Stone Soup |
Brown |
Stories Julian Tells Series |
Cameron |
Surprising Sharks |
Davies |
The Talented Clementine |
Pennypacker |
Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People’s Ears |
Aardema |
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grade 4 Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grade 4 in September are required to read one book and complete one project. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be assessed on this assignment, and the grade will be recorded for the first marking period. (See accompanying suggested project list)
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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A Log’s Life |
Pfeffer |
A Series Of Unfortunate Events Series |
Snicket |
A To Z Series |
Roy |
Amber Brown Goes Fourth |
Danziger |
American Girl Series |
Various authors |
Animorphs Series |
Applegate |
Bailey School Kids Series |
Dadey |
Be A Perfect Person |
Manes |
Betsy Series |
Haywood |
Blubber |
Blume |
The Double Digit Club |
Bauer |
Encyclopedia Brown Series |
Sobol |
Fat Men From Space |
Pinkwater |
Hank Zipzer Series |
Winkler |
Hey, New Kid! |
Duffey |
I Hate Camping |
Petersen |
Judy Moody Series |
McDonald |
Leonardo Da Vinci |
Stanley |
Little House Series |
Wilder |
Magic Tree House Series |
Osborne |
Marvin Redpost Series |
Sachar |
Matilda |
Dahl |
Matt Christopher Sports Series |
Christopher |
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughter |
Steptoe |
Muggie Maggie |
Cleary |
Poppy |
Avi |
Ramona Series |
Cleary |
Shiloh |
Naylor |
Spiderwick Chronicles Series |
Black |
Stone Fox |
Gardiner |
Superfudge |
Blume |
Tales Of A 4th Grade Nothing |
Blume |
Time Warp Trilogy Series |
Scieszka |
The Truth About Great White Shark |
Cerullo |
Wayside School Series |
Sachar |
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grade 5 Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grade 5 in September are required to read one book and complete one project. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be assessed on this assignment, and the grade will be recorded for the first marking period. (See accompanying suggested project list)
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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The Aliens Ate My Homework |
Coville |
All-Of-A Kind-Family Series |
Taylor |
Anastasia Krupnik Series |
Lowry |
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? |
Fritz |
Animal Ark Series |
Baglio |
Boxcar Children Series |
Warner |
The Boys Start The War |
Naylor |
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit |
Danziger |
Dear America Series |
Various authors |
Dear Mr. Henshaw |
Cleary |
Earthquake Terror |
Kehret |
Esperanza Rising |
Ryan |
Freaky Friday |
Rodgers |
From The Mixed-Up Files Of Basil E. Frankweiler |
Konigsburg |
Fudge-A-Mania |
Blume |
George Washington’s Socks |
Woodruff |
How To Eat Fried Worms |
Rockwell |
The Incredible Journey |
Burnford |
Jip: His Story |
Paterson |
Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone |
Thomas |
Lou Gehrig |
Adler |
Love That Dog |
Creech |
Many Ways To Be A Soldier |
Pfeffer |
My Story: Rosa Parks |
Parks |
Pinballs |
Byars |
Royal Diary Series |
Various authors |
Run Away Home |
McKissack |
Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes |
Coerr |
See You Around Sam |
Lowry |
The 7 Professors Of The Far North |
Fardell |
The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of |
Fradin |
Sounder |
Armstrong |
The Summer I Shrank My Grandmother |
Woodruff |
Tuck Everlasting |
Babbitt |
The Twits |
Dahl |
The War With Grandpa |
Smith |
Who Was…Series |
Various |
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grade 6 Required Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grade 6 in September are required to read two books and complete two projects. (See accompanying suggested project list). One of the books chosen must be from the list below; the other can be from the Grade 6-8 recommended list. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be assessed on their assignments, and grades will be recorded for the first marking quarter.
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit |
Danziger |
Belle Teal |
Martin |
Brian’s Winter |
Paulsen |
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory |
Dahl |
Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator |
Dahl |
Corner Of The Universe |
Martin |
Cousins |
Hamilton |
Deenie |
Blume |
Holes |
Sachar |
Indian In The Cupboard |
Banks |
Long Way From Chicago |
Peck |
Make Lemonade |
Wolff |
The Man Who Made Time Travel |
Lasky |
Maniac Magee |
Spinelli |
Mister & Me |
Holt |
Molly Moon Series |
Byng |
Moorchild |
McGraw |
The Moves Make The Man |
Brooks |
Mrs. Frisby & The Rats Of Nimh |
O’Brien |
My Life In Dog Years |
Paulsen |
One-Eyed Cat |
Fox |
Our Only May Amelia |
Holm |
Sammy Keyes Mystery Series |
Van Draanen |
Solo Girl |
Pinkney |
Stuart Little |
E.B. White |
A Swiftly Tilting Planet |
L’Engle |
Tale Of Despereaux |
Di Camillo |
Voice That Challenged A Nation |
Freedman |
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grade 7 Required Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grade 7 in September are required to read two books and complete two projects. (See accompanying suggested project list). One of the books chosen must be from the list below; the other can be from the Grade 6-8 recommended list. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be assessed on their assignments, and grades will be recorded for the first marking quarter.
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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Baseball In April & Other Stories |
Soto |
Celine |
Cole |
Dear Emma |
Hurwitz |
Feathered Dinosaurs |
Sloan |
Ink Spell |
Funke |
The Lightning Box |
Riordan |
Lily’s Crossing |
Giff |
Locked In Time |
Duncan |
M.C. Higgins The Great |
Hamilton |
The Man Without A Face |
Holland |
Oddballs |
Sleator |
Olive’s Ocean |
Henke |
Pictures Of Hollis Woods |
Giff |
The Red Rose Box |
Woods |
Rodzina |
Cushman |
Sons From Afar |
Voigt |
Space Station Seventh Grade |
Spinelli |
The Star Fisher |
Yep |
Stranger With My Face |
Duncan |
Summer Of My German Soldier |
Greene |
The Vandemark Mummy |
Voigt |
View From Saturday |
Koningsburg |
Watsons Go To Birmingham |
Curtis |
Witch Of Blackbird Pond |
Speare |
Wolf Rider |
Avi |
Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life In Sarajevo |
Filipovic |
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grade 8 Required Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grade 8 in September are required to read two books and complete two projects. (See accompanying suggested project list). One of the books chosen must be from the list below; the other can be from the Grade 6-8 recommended list. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be assessed on their assignments, and grades will be recorded for the first marking quarter.
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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The Adventures of Young Buffalo Bill |
Kimmel |
Blizzard |
Murphy |
Chance Of A Lifetime |
Kent |
Charlie Bone Series |
Nimmo |
Crispin: The Cross Of Lead |
Avi |
Dream Real: A Top Sports Agent’s Tips For Teens |
Napoleon/D’Amato |
Eragon |
Paolini |
Eva |
Dickinson |
Golden Compass Series |
Pullman |
Harlem Stomp |
Hill |
Haymeadow |
Paulsen |
Hope Was Here |
Bauer |
Hush |
Woodson |
Inkheart |
Funke |
Lewis & Clark & Me: A Dog’s Tale |
Myers |
Locomotion |
Woodson |
Loser |
Spinelli |
Midnight Hour Encores |
Brooks |
Money Hungry |
Flake |
The Monument |
Paulsen |
Night Terrors |
Duncan |
Old Yeller |
Gipson |
One Fat Summer |
Lipsyte |
Redwall Series |
Jacque |
The Rifle |
Paulsen |
Say Goodnight, Gracie |
Deaver |
Single Shard |
Park |
Soldier’s Heart |
Paulsen |
Step From Heaven |
Na |
The Well: David’s Story |
Taylor |
Whatever Happened To Janie? |
Cooney |
Who Put That Hair In My Toothbrush? |
Spinelli |
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grades 6-8 Recommended Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grades 6-8 in September are required to read two books and complete two projects. (See accompanying suggested project list). One of the books chosen must be from the required grade level offering, the other can be from this list. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be assessed on their assignments, and grades will be recorded for the first marking quarter.
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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An Island Like You |
Cofer |
April Morning |
Fast |
The Barn |
Avi |
Beyond The Chocolate War |
Cormier |
Black Diamond: The Story Of The Negro Baseball League |
McKissack |
The Boggart |
Cooper |
The Brave |
Lipsyte |
Burning Time |
Matas |
The Captive |
Odell |
Car |
Paulsen |
Castle In The Air |
Jones |
Dangerous Promise |
Nixon |
Dawn Of Fear |
Cooper |
Days Of Jubilee |
McKissack |
Dealing With Dragons |
Wrede |
Dicey’s Song |
Voigt |
Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack |
Kerr |
Divorce Express |
Danzinger |
Dragonwings |
Yep |
Driver’s Ed |
Cooney |
Ear, The Eye, And The Arm |
Farmer |
Fire In My Hands |
Soto |
Flash Fire |
Cooney |
Flight 116 Is Down |
Cooney |
Flight Of The Dragon Kyn |
Fletcher |
Flour Babies |
Fine |
The Gadget |
Zindel |
Greenwitch |
Cooper |
Homecoming |
Voigt |
I, Juan De Pareja |
Trevino |
Incredible Journey |
Burnford |
The Invention Of Hugo Cabret |
Selznick |
Izzy, Willy, Nilly |
Voigt |
Jacob Have I Loved |
Paterson |
Jesse |
Soto |
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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Journey Home |
Uchida |
Kidnapped |
Stevenson |
Lilies Of The Field |
Barret |
Lizzie Bright & The Buckminster |
Schmidt |
Loch |
Zindel |
Losing Joe’s Place |
Korman |
Lyddie |
Paterson |
The Man From The Other Side |
Orlev |
Many Waters |
L’Engle |
Maus |
Spiegelman |
Morning Girl |
Dorris |
The Mouse Rap |
Myers |
The Name Of The Game Was Murder |
Nixon |
On Fortune’s Wheel |
Voigt |
On My Honor |
Baurer |
Over Sea, Under Stone |
Cooper |
Phoenix Rising |
Hesse |
P.S. Longer Letter Later |
Danzinger |
Ramsay Scallop |
Temple |
Saving Lenny |
Willey |
Second Mrs. Giaconda |
Konigsburg |
The Shining Company |
Sutcliff |
The Silver Kiss |
Klause |
Six Million Paper Clips |
Schroeder |
Slam |
Myers |
Slot Machine |
Lynch |
Something For Joey |
Peck |
Spite Fences |
Krisher |
Strawberry Girl |
Lenski |
Tales From Earthsea |
Le Guin |
There’s A Girl In My Hammerlock |
Spinelli |
To Be A Slave |
Lester |
Toning The Sweep |
Johnson |
Travel Team |
Lupica |
Twenty One Balloons |
DuBois |
Under The Blood-Red Sun |
Salisbury |
Voice On The Radio |
Cooney |
War Of The Worlds |
Wells |
Whalesinger |
Katz |
When The Rattlesnake Sounds |
Childress |
White Peak Farm |
Doherty |
Who Is Carrie? |
Collier |
Who Was That Masked Man Anyway |
Avi |
Words By Heart |
Sebestyen |
Year Of Impossible Goodbyes |
Choi |
The Yearling |
Rawlings |
Z For Zachariah |
O’Brien |
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grade 9 Required Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grade 9 in September are required to read two books. One of the books chosen must be from the list below; the other can be from the Grade 9-12 recommended list. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be given two assessments pertaining to the books read, and the grades will be recorded for the first marking period.
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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April Morning |
Fast |
Brave New World |
Huxley |
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway |
Cormier |
Cold Sassy Tree |
Burns |
The Crazy Horse Electric Game |
Crutcher |
The Curious Incident Of The Dog |
Haddon |
David Copperfield |
Dickens |
Girls In Love Series |
Wilson |
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy |
Adams |
The Island |
Paulsen |
Murder On The Orient Express |
Christie |
One Child |
Hayden |
Petals On The Wind |
Andrews |
Planet Of The Apes |
Boulle |
Pudd’nhead Wilson |
Twain |
Running Loose |
Crutcher |
Salem’s Lot |
King |
Scorpions |
Myers |
Silent to the Bone |
Konigsburg |
Sixteen: Short Stories By Outstanding Authors By Young Adults |
Gallo |
The Sound Of Waves |
Mishima |
Tangerine |
Blour |
Whale Talk |
Crutcher |
Yellow Raft In Blue Water |
Dorris |
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grade 10 Required Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grade 10 in September are required to read two books. One of the books chosen must be from the list below; the other can be from the Grade 9-12 recommended list. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be given two assessments pertaining to the books read, and the grades will be recorded for the first marking period.
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian |
Alexie |
Are You In The House Alone? |
Peck |
Beauty: A Retelling Of The Story Of Beauty & The Beast |
McKinley |
The Book Thief |
Zusak |
Brave |
Lipsyte |
Carrie |
King |
Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court |
Twain |
Coyote Waits |
Hillerman |
Crackback |
Coy |
The Foundation Trilogy |
Asimov |
Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But A Sandwich |
Childress |
The House of the Scorpion |
Farmer |
House of Stairs |
Sleator |
I Had Seen Castles |
Ryland |
I Heard The Owl Call My Name |
Craven |
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden |
Green |
The Kitchen God’s Wife |
Tan |
Loves Music Loves To Dance |
Clark |
One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich |
Solzhenitsyn |
Peace Breaks Out |
Knowles |
Ragtime |
Doctorow |
Rocket Boys |
Hickam |
The Screwtape Letters |
Lewis |
Them |
Oates |
Tiger’s Child |
Hayden |
Whirligig |
Fleischman |
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grade 11 Required Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grade 11 in September are required to read two books. One of the books chosen must be from the list below; the other can be from the Grade 9-12 recommended list. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be given two assessments pertaining to the books read, and the grades will be recorded for the first marking period.
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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All The King’s Men |
Warren |
The Bell Jar |
Plath |
Catch 22 |
Heller |
The Citadel |
Cronin |
Clan Of The Cave Bear |
Auel |
Clockwork Orange |
Burgess |
Code Orange |
Cooney |
The Deerslayer |
Cooper |
First Part Last |
Johnson |
Franny & Zooey |
Salinger |
From Here To Eternity |
Jones |
The Handmaid’s Tale |
Atwood |
House Of The Seven Gables |
Hawthorne |
If Beale Street Could Talk |
Baldwin |
My Antonia |
Cather |
Native Son |
Wright |
New Rules Of High School |
Nelson |
The Odessa File |
Forsyth |
Of Human Bondage |
Maugham |
Princess & The Pauper |
Brian |
Rag & Bone Shop |
Cormier |
The Razor’s Edge |
Maugham |
Tender Is The Night |
Fitzgerald |
13 Little Blue Envelopes |
Johnson |
We Have Always Lived In The Castle |
Jackson |
Where The Heart Is |
Letts |
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grade 12 Required Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grade 12 in September are required to read two books. One of the books chosen must be from the list below; the other can be from the Grade 9-12 recommended list. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be given two assessments pertaining to the books read, and the grades will be recorded for the first marking period.
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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Among The….. Series |
Haddix |
Around The World In Eighty Days |
Verne |
Artemis Fowl Series |
Colfer |
The Count Of Monte Cristo |
Dumas |
Down The Yukon |
Hobbs |
Emma |
Austen |
Enrique’s Journey |
Nazario |
Far From The Madding Crowd |
Hardy |
Feed |
Anderson |
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter Of Cambodia Remembers |
Ung |
The Fountainhead |
Rand |
Friday |
Heinlein |
Georgia Nicolson Series |
Rennison |
In The Frame |
Francis |
The Loved One |
Waugh |
The Mosquito Coast |
Theroux |
Our Man In Havana |
Greene |
Persepolis: The Story Of A Childhood |
Satrapi |
The Picture Of Dorian Gray |
Wilde |
The Rainmaker |
Grisham |
Rite Of Passage |
Wright |
The Road |
McCarthy |
Stranger In A Strange Land |
Heinlein |
The Three Musketeers |
Dumas |
LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grades 9-12 Recommended Summer Reading List
Students who will enter Grades 9-12 in September are required to read two books. One of the books chosen must be from the required grade level offering, the other can be from this list. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be given two assessments pertaining to the books read, and the grades will be recorded for the first marking period.
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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The Adrian Mole Diaries |
Townsend |
All Together Now |
Bridgers |
Arundel |
Roberts |
Bad Boy |
Myers |
Bloods: An Oral History Of The Vietnam War By Black Veterans |
Terry |
City Of Darkness |
Bova |
Empire Of The Sun |
Ballard |
Eyes On The Prize |
Williams |
Freaky Green Eyes |
Oates |
The Five People You Meet In Heaven |
Albom |
Girl With a Pearl Earring |
Chevalier |
A Great and Terrible Beauty |
Bray |
Home Before Dark |
Bridgers |
How I Live Now |
Rosoff |
Jazmin’s Notebook |
Grimes |
Keeping the Moon |
Dessen |
Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man In America |
McCall |
Malcolm X |
Haley |
Mary Bloody Mary |
Meyer |
Mississippi Trial |
Crowe |
Monster |
Myers |
My Sister’s Keeper |
Picoult |
The Nine Tailors |
Sayers |
Pride |
Cary |
Rachel & Her Children: Homeless Families In America |
Kozol |
Rebel Angels |
Bray |
The Right Stuff |
Wolfe |
Season On The Brink |
Feinstein |
The Secret Life Of Bees |
Kidd |
The Seven Storey Mountain |
Merton |
She’s Come Undone |
Lamb |
Shoot The Moon |
Letts |
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
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Snow In August |
Hamill |
So B. It |
Weeks |
Speak |
Anderson |
Spellbound |
McDonald |
The Sweet Far Things |
Bray |
They Cage The Animals At Night |
Burch |
The Things They Carried |
O’Brien |
Touching Spirit Bear |
Mikaelsen |
The Truth About Forever |
Dessen |
Wish You Well |
Baldacci |