Summer Reading List for the 2014—2015 Academic Year
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Summer Reading List for the 2014—2015 Academic YearPhilosophyWe believe that reading can be a pleasurable experience for all students, and that it is a skill that can and must be developed through practice. As such, we value summer reading as a vehicle to exercise young minds, to increase literacy, and to cultivate a love of reading. PurposeThe primary goal of summer reading is to maintain essential skills and to motivate students to read books that are both challenging and appealing. For students in Honors and AP courses, summer reading has the additional purpose of supplementing the curriculum. The lists have been devised to promote college readiness and success in high school students. AssessmentOn the first Friday of the academic year, all students, regardless of which English course they are taking or which trimester they are scheduled to take it, will take a summer reading test. This assessment will be used to hold students accountable for meeting the summer reading requirements and to enable teachers to gauge students’ incoming skill level. Students will not be allowed to use their books during the exam period. Obtaining BooksBefore leaving for summer vacation, students will know in which English class they are enrolling and should consult the appropriate section of the reading list. To offer even more choice, students not enrolling in honors or AP courses may read the books on those lists for their appropriate grade level. Students are encouraged to buy their own books. Underlining, highlighting, and annotating personally owned books is also recommended. Several area bookstores have our reading list and will have books available. Students may also borrow books from the Attleboro Public Library. Notice to GuardiansAlthough the books on this list are appropriate for high school students, both students and guardians should be aware that some books contain adult topics with adult language and/or controversial material. Different students and families have different perspectives on what is most appropriate for a student’s best choice so please review these books carefully before deciding which ones are most appropriate for your child. 9th Grade Summer Reading List All students must read the following book: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, English I Honors students must read two additional titles: Required Reading: Homer. Iliad Note: Either a verse or prose version is acceptable. Read 1 of the following: Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist Hersey, John. Hiroshima Keneally, Thomas. Schindler’s List Kingsolver, Barbara. The Bean Trees London, Jack. Call of the Wild Remarque, E. M. All Quiet on the Western Front Weisel, Elie. Night Yolen, Jane. Briar Rose In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, English I College Prep students must read one additional title: English Department Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game Christie, Agatha. And Then There Were None McCormick, Patricia. Purple Heart Meyers, Walter Dean. Monster Newton Fusco, Kimberly. Tending to Grace Kingsolver, Barbara. The Bean Trees Trueman, Terry. Stuck in Neutral
Crew, Linda. Children of the River Frank, Anne. Diary of Anne Frank Kovaly, Heda Under a Cruel Star Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis
Ogawa, Yoko. The Housekeeper and the Professor Crichton, Michael. Jurassic Park. Enzensberger, Hans M. The Number Devil Science Department Crichton, Michael. Andromeda Strain Crichton, Michael. Cool It
Soto, Gary. Baseball in April and Other Stories Valdes-Rodriguez, A. The Dirty Girls Social Club
Carson, Ben. Gifted Hands Hoyle, Jay. Mark
Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire Boser, U. The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Theft
Redfield, James. The Celestine Prophecy Summer Reading Runner-ups Dasher, James. The Maze Runner Roth, Veronica. Divergent Schmidt, Gary. Okay for Now 10th Grade Summer Reading List All students must read the following book: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, English II Honors students must read two of the following: Dorris, Michael. Yellow Raft on Blue Water Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees Malamud, Bernard. The Natural Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. Chronicle of a Death Foretold McCourt, Frank. Angela’s Ashes
English Department Anderson, M. T. Feed Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees McCourt, Frank. Angela’s Ashes Roy, Travis. Eleven Seconds Wallace, Daniel. Big Fish Wolff, Tobias. This Boy’s Life Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief Social Studies Department Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Ellis, Joseph. Founding Brothers Jones, Edward P. The Known World Loewen, James. Lies My Teacher Told Me Shaara, Jeff. Rise to Rebellion Shaara, Michael. The Killer Angels Stauffer, John. Giants: Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln Wood, Gordon. The American Revolution
Abbott, Edwin. Flatland Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code Sobel, Dava. Longitude Science Department Bryson, Bill. A Walk in the Woods Crichton, Michael. Prey
Bouraoui, Nina. Tomboy Garcia, Cristina. Dreaming in Cuban Perez-Reverte, Arturo. The Fencing Master Health, PE, and CTE Departments Acton, Robert. Diving for a Living Bruschi, Tedy. Never Give Up
King, Stephen. Duma Key Boser, U. The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Heist
Byrne, Rhoda. The Secret Summer Reading Runner-ups Dasher, James. The Maze Runner Roth, Veronica. Divergent Schmidt, Gary. Okay for Now 11th Grade Summer Reading List All students must read the following book: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, AP Language students must read the following titles: Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers. Springer, Sally P., Reider Jon, and Morgan, Joyce Vining. Admissions Matters—What Students & Parents Need to Know about Getting into College Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale
In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, English III College Prep students must read one additional title: English Department Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the Butterflies Castillo, Ana. So Far From God Green, John. Looking for Alaska Haley, Alex. The Autobiography of Malcolm X Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable Stockett, Kathryn. The Help Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five Social Studies Department Bush, George W. Decision Points Kerr, Michael. Dispatches Larson, Erik. Devil in the White City McCall, Nathen. Makes Me Want to Holler McInterney, Jay. Bright Lights, Big City Thompson, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail Vowell, Sarah. Assassination Vacation Wakatsuki, Jeanne. Farewell to Manzanar Woodward, Bob and Burnstein, Carl. All the President’s Men Science Department Adair, Robert. The Physics of Baseball Kean, Sam. The Disappearing Spoon
Carroll, Lewis. Alice through the Looking Glass Guillen, Michael. Five Equations that Changed the World Feynman, Richard. Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! Foreign Languages Department Allende, Isabel. Stories of Eva Luna Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises Van Cauwelaert, Didier. One-Way Health, PE, and CTE Departments Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickeled and Dimed Reynolds, Bill. Fall River Dreams
McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (a graphic novel) Hesse, Hermann. Narcissus and Goldmund Stein, J. & Pimpton, G. Edie: American Girl Violet, U. Famous for Fifteen Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol
Dasher, James. The Maze Runner Roth, Veronica. Divergent Schmidt, Gary. Okay for Now 12th Grade Summer Reading List All students must read the following book: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, AP Literature students must read three additional titles: Required Reading: Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature Like a Professor McCarthy, Cormac. The Road
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations
English Department Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Danticat, Edwidge. Krik? Krak! Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Hosseini, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns McCarthy, Cormac. The RoadMyers, Walter Dean. Sunrise over Fallujah Social Studies Department Chen, Da. Colors of the Mountain Friedman, Tom. The World Is Flat Harford, Tim. Undercover Economist Khadra, Yasmina. The Attack Levitt, Steve. Freakanomics Standage, Tom. Edible History of Humanity Ung, Leoung. First They Killed My Father Mathematics Department Singh, Simon. The Code Book Singh, Simon. Fermat’s Enigma Seife, Charles. Zero Science Department Cornwall, Particia. The Body Farm McNeil, William. Plagues and People
Allende, Isabel. The House of Spirits Claudel, Philippe. By a Slow River Fuentes, Carlos. The Years with Laura Diaz Health and PE Department Reynolds, Bill. Basketball Junkie Visual Arts Department Goldsher, Alan. Paul is Undead Hustvedt, Siri. What I Loved Yang. Gene Luen. American Born Chinese (a graphic novel) Summer Reading Runner-ups Dasher, James. The Maze Runner Roth, Veronica. Divergent Schmidt, Gary. Okay for Now Directory: docs docs -> Cuba I. Introduction docs -> I. introduction docs -> United states supreme court docs -> The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court By Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, New York, 2007 docs -> Sw 44: human trafficking, slavery & abolition in the modern world docs -> The Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery? docs -> Books on Leadership ed 7304 Readings Leadership in Educational Administration docs -> #17622 Relational Leadership: New Developments in Theory and Practice docs -> Leadership Development Programs and ecq-based Readings Download 31.58 Kb. Share with your friends:
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