Summer Reading

During the summer months, students should refer to the following lists and choose the appropriate number and titles required for his/her English course level. During the first week of classes in September 2007, students will be tested on these required readings. With this in mind, it might be helpful to jot down a few notes about the book (characters, setting, conflict…) immediately after reading. This will facilitate a review before the test.

For those entering 9 CP-B - Select any two (2) books from this list.

Card, Orson Scott Ender's Game
Crutcher, Chris Running Loose
Frank, Anne The Diary of Anne Frank
Hesse, Karen Out of the Dust
Hinton, S.E. Rumblefish or Pigman
Hunt,Irene Across Five Aprils
Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon
Ji Li Jiang Red Scarf Girl
Paolini, Christopher Eragon
Paulsen, Gary Hatchet
Potok, Chaim The Chosen
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit
Vizzini, Ned Be More Chill

For those entering 9 CP-A-Select any two (2) books from this list.

Carroll, Louis Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Eliot, Eve Insatiable
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees
Kinsella, Sophie Can You Keep a Secret?
Oyeyemi, Helen The Icarus Girl
Rawles, Nancy My Jim: A Novel
See, Lisa Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Strause, Brian Maybe A Miracle
Tan, Amy The Joy Luck Club
Vonnegut, Kurt Sirens of Titans

9 HONORS - Select two books from this list and 2 from the list below

Brown, Dan Deception Point, or Digital Fortress
Binchy, Maeve Scarlet Feather
Boyle, T. Coraghessan The Tortilla Curtain
Castellani, Chris A Kiss from Maddalena
Chbosky, Stephen The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Crichton, Michael Timeline
Cussler, Clive Shock Wave
Earley, Tony Jim the Boy
Evans, Nicholas The Smoke Jumper
Grealy, Lucy The Autobiography of a Face
Klass, David Danger Zone
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
Martini, Steve The List
McGhee, Alison Shadow Baby
Pelzer, Dave Child Called It
Picoult, Jodi My Sister’s Keeper
Quindlen, Anna Object Lessons
Salzman. Mark The Laughing Sutra
Shield, Carol The Stone Diaries
Vonnegut, Kurt Sirens of Titans
Vreeland, Susan The Girl in Hyacinth Blue

9 HONORS - Choose an additional two (2) books from this list

Austen, Jane Emma
Bellow, Saul The Adventures of Augie March
Cisneros, Sandra The House on Mango Street
Conway, Jill Ker The Road from Coorain
Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe
Dickens, Charles Great Expectations
Gibbons, Kay Ellen Foster
Orwell, George Animal Farm
Saroyan, William The Human Comedy
Simon, Neil Biloxi Blues
Twain, Mark The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson

For those entering 10 and 10 CP - Select any two(2) books from this list

Adams, Douglas Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Bissinger, H.G. Friday Night Lights
Bradbury, Ray Dandelion Wine
Clark, Arthur 2001 Space Odyssey
Doherty, P.C. Mask of Ra
Golden, Arthur Memoirs of a Geisha
Rice, Anne The Tale of the Body Thief
Stewart, Mary Crystal Cave
Vonnegut, Kurt Galapagos
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine

10 HONORS- Select any four books listed below

Adams, Richard Watership Down
Bradbury, Ray The Illustrated Man
Dillard, Annie Living By Fiction
Hilton, James Lost Horizon
Orwell, George Animal Farm
Rice, Anne The Queen of the Damned
Shaara, Michael The Killer Angels
Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey
Shakespeare, William As You Like It
Steinbeck, John The Winter of Our Discontent
Tuchman, Barbara A Distant Mirror
Wharton, Edith Summer

For those entering 11 CP – Select any two (2) books from this list

Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby
Miller, Arthur All My Sons
Morrison, Toni The Bluest Eye
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome
Wilson, August Fences

For those entering 11 CP and American Studies – Select any two (2) books from this list  

Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby
Frey, James A Million Little Pieces
Grogan, John Marley and Me
Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms
Kingsolver, Barbara Pigs in Heaven
McCullers, Carson Member of the Wedding
Morrison, Toni The Bluest Eye
Steinbeck, John Cannery Row
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome
Wharton, Edith Summer

11 HONORS should read two starred books and two that are not starred from the following list.

*Hurston, Zora Neale T heir Eyes Were Watching God
Mc Bride, James The Color of Water
*Miller, Arthur The Crucible
*Morrison, Toni The Bluest Eye
O’Brien, Tim The Things They Carried
Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar
Rice, Anne Interview with the Vampire
*Salinger, J.D. Franny & Zooey
*Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath
*Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse Five
Walker, Alice The Color Purple
*Wright, Richard Native Son

For those entering 12CP - Select any two (2) books from this list

Brown, Dan Angels and Demons
Chevalier, Tracy The Girl With the Pearl Earring
Crichton, Michael Eaters of the Dead
Gaines, Ernest A Lesson Before Dying
Guterson, David Snow Falling on Cedars
Heller, Joseph Catch 22
Hesse, Herman Siddhartha
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
Kusson, Robert Shadow Divers
O’Brien, Tim In the Lake of the Woods
Orwell, George 1984
Rodriquez, Luis Always Running
Tucker, Neely Love in the Driest Season

12 HONORS and AP Literature - Select two (2) starred books two (2) from the remaining books

*Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart
*Allende, Isabel Daughters of Fortune
*Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid’s Tale
* Doctorow, E. L. Ragtime
*Hardy, Thomas The Mayor of Casterbridge
*Heller, Joseph Catch 22
* Kingston, Maxine Hong Woman Warrior: A Memoir of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
*Lewis, C.S. Till We Have Faces
*Paton, Alan Cry the Beloved Country
* Wharton, Edith The Age of Innocence

12 HONORS and AP Literature- Select two (2) from this list also.

Brown, Dan Angels and Demons
Chevalier, Tracy 1.Falling Angels 2.The Lady and the Unicorn
Clinch, Jon Finn
Deane, Seamus Reading in the Dark
DeMille, Nelson 1.Charm School 2. Plum Island 3.Up Country 4. Nightfall
Follett, Ken 1.Code to Zero 2.Jack Daws 3.Pillars of the Earth
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner
Kidd, Sue Hamm The Secret Life of Bees
Kingsolver, Barbara Poisonwood Bible
Lahiri, Jhumpa Interpreter of Maladies
Lamb, Wally She’s Come Undone
Lauck, Jennifer Blackbird
Laurence, Margaret Stone Angel
Rodriquez, Luis Always Running
Roth, Philip A Plot Against America
Russo, Richard Empire Falls
Schwarz, Christina Drowning Ruth
Sebold, Alice The Lovely Bones
Tan, Amy The Bonesetter’s Daughter
Vonnegut, Kurt Cat’s Cradle
Vreeland, Susan The Passion of Artemisia
White, Michael A Brother’s Blood