Academics

Summer Reading 2010


 

Summer reading is an important part of a student’s learning; serving to enrich the reader’s ideas about character and life issues, as well as illustrating how authors choose appropriate diction and vary methods to communicate his/her thoughts. All of this can enhance a student’s vocabulary and writing style.

This summer we challenge students to read two, three or four books (either from the list below) or books of their own choosing.  We still encourage students to add one or two of the classics to their list.  While students are reading, they could annotate (for themselves) interesting word choice, questions or comments they might have about issues presented, and reflection on how the content of the book enhances their understanding (or not).  When school begins in fall 2010, we will have a “Book Chat” day when students can share his/her most outstanding read.

English 9 CPA and CPB

Card, Orson Scott Ender's Game
Carroll, Louis Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Coy, John Box Out or Crackback
Crutcher, Chris Running Loose
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conn The Hound of the Baskervilles
Eliot, Eve Insatiable
Flinn, Alex Nothing to Lose
Frank, Anne The Diary of Anne Frank
Giles, Gai Playing in Traffic
Hesse, Karen Out of the Dust
Kidd, Sue Monk The Mermaid’s Chair
Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon
Korman, Gordon Born to Rock
Ji Li Jiang Red Scarf Girl
Martel, Yann The Life of Pi
Oyeyemi, Helen The Icarus Girl
Paolini, Christopher Eragon
Paulsen, Gary Hatchet, Harris and Me (or any book in series)
Perel, David Bat Boy Lives
Potok, Chaim The Chosen
Rawles, Nancy My Jim: A Novel
See, Lisa Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Tan, Amy The Joy Luck Club
Vizzini, Ned Be More Chill
Volponi, Paul Black and White
Vonnegut, Kurt Sirens of Titans

English 9 HONORS

Brown, Dan 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 The Life of Pi
Martini, Steve The List
McGhee, Alison Shadow Baby
Pelzer, Dave Child Called It
Picoult, Jodi My Sister’s Keeper, Vanishing Acts
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
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

English 10 CP-A and 10 CP-B

Adams, Douglas Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Aronson, Sarah Purge
Bissinger, H.G. Friday Night Lights
Bradbury, Ray Dandelion Wine
Clark, Arthur 2001 Space Odyssey
Colfer, Eoin Artemis Fowl
Doherty, P.C. Mask of Ra
Gaiman, Neil Coraline
Gill, David Soul Enchilada
Golden, Arthur Memoirs of a Geisha
Grisham, John The Painted House
Halls, Kelly Milner Albino Animals
Murrie, Steve Every Minute on Earth
Rice, Anne The Tale of the Body Thief
Scott, Elizabeth Living Girl Dead
Sleator, William The Boy Who Couldn’t Die
Stewart, Mary Crystal Cave
Vonnegut, Kurt Galapagos
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine

English 10 HONORS

Adams, Richard Watership Down
Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility
Bellow, Saul Henderson the Rain King
Bradbury, Ray The Illustrated Man
Caldwell, Ian The Rule of Four
Carroll, Lewis Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Coelho, Paula The Alchemist
Esquivel, Laura Like Water for Chocolate
Faulkner, William The Sound and the Fury
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The House of the Seven Gables
Hemingway, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea
Hilton, James Lost Horizon
Orwell, George 1984
Picoult, Jodi Nineteen Minutes
Rice, Anne The Queen of the Damned
Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey
Shaara, Michael The Killer Angels
Shakespeare, William As You Like It
Steinbeck, John The Winter of Our Discontent
Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle
Wharton, Edith Summer

English 11 CP and American Studies

Capote, Truman In Cold Blood
Crichton, Michael Timeline
Bradbury, Ray Something Wicked this Way Comes
Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby
Frey, James A Million Little Pieces
Green, John Looking for Alaska
Gruen, Sara Water for Elephants
Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms
Kingsolver, Barbara Pigs in Heaven
Lahiri, Jhumpra The Namesake
Lamb, Wally She’s Come Undone
McCullers, Carson Member of the Wedding
Morrison, Toni The Bluest Eye
Schlosser, Eric Fast Food Nation
Steinbeck, John Cannery Row
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome
Wharton, Edith Summer
Wiesel, Elie Night

English 11 HONORS

Baldacci, David Wish You Well
Follett, Ken Code to Zero
Hamill, Pete Snow in August
Hurston, Zora Neale Their 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
Sebold, Alice Lucky
Setterfield, Diane The Thirteenth Tale
Shreve, Anita The Pilot’s Wife
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

English 12CP

Baldacci, David The Camel Club
Brown, Dan Angels and Demons
Chevalier, Tracy The Girl With the Pearl Earring
Crichton, Michael Eaters of the Dead
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man
Gaines, Ernest A Lesson Before Dying
Guterson, David Snow Falling on Cedars
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog In Night-Time
Heller, Joseph Catch 22
Hesse, Herman Siddhartha
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
Kafka, Franz The Metamorphosis
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

English 12 HONORS and AP Literature

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
Baldacci, David The Camel Club
Brown, Dan Deception Point
Chevalier, Tracy 1.Falling Angels
2.The Lady and the Unicorn
Clinch, Jon Finn
Coban, Harlan Tell No One
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
Gilbert, Elizabeth Eat, Pray, Love
Hosseini, Khaled A Thousand Splendid Suns
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
Martini, Steve Shadow of Power
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
Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle
White, Michael A Brother’s Blood